Iowa was over before it began

Glennis Meagher:[00:00:00] No polls,

Brian Derrick: No pundits.

Glennis Meagher: Just vibes. And the vibes this week

Donald Trump: It’s a very special night. Iowa, we love you. You are gonna, oh, you just go out and buy larger tractors and more land. Don’t worry about it.

Brian Derrick: Trump indeed dominated the Iowa caucus, winning by over 30 points. But that didn’t keep the second and third place finishers from declaring their very own sad, sad little victories.

Ron DeSantis: They threw out the kitchen sink at us. In spite of all of that that they threw at us, everyone against us, we’ve got our ticket punched out of Iowa.

Nikki Haley: I can safely say, tonight, Iowa made this Republican primary a two person race.

Glennis Meagher: will break down the results and what it means, if anything, for the rest of the GOP primary and the general election.

Brian Derrick: And

Joe Fryer: On Capitol Hill, congressional leaders from both parties have reached a short term spending deal [00:01:00] to keep the government open until March.

Glennis Meagher: Then we’ll play it’s giving before catching you up on our group chat and leaving you with a good vibe. Let’s get into it. It

Brian Derrick: let’s go.

Glenis, it has been a busy week since I last saw you.

Glennis Meagher: truly has.

Brian Derrick: Iowa caucuses we have to talk about it. 31

Glennis Meagher: not text you? Cause I was watching the Emmys. You were watching Iowa caucus stuff. And I said, I can’t stay up that late. Text me when it’s over. Cut to 31 minutes later

and it was over.

Brian Derrick: minutes. That’s all it took for the Iowa caucus goers to say, burn it down. honestly is a non story we went into this already knowing what the outcome was going to be and to no one’s surprise Trump won in a distant second was Ron and then Nikki Haley, the network’s called the race literally half an hour after caucusing began, which has to be close to a record, but if there is a story here, it really is Trump’s win [00:02:00] margin, which is a historic record.

No one’s ever won the Iowa caucuses by such a large margin. I believe the previous record was like 12. 8 percent and he won by over 30. that should really give people an idea of where we are. And what this means for the rest of the nominating contest and the presidential election in 2024. So your split screen Emmys and Iowa, what did, what were you, what were you taking away?

Glennis Meagher: Astronomical and I, I will say from a vibe perspective, I felt bad for the people who are actually like in their caucus and it was called, you know, the act of caucusing, I think, is quite nice as it relates to our democracy and actually having conversations with people about who they should be supporting or why and just what a morale blow to be like.

Pitching your candidate and then hearing the AP call that Trump won.

Brian Derrick: Totally.

Glennis Meagher: a presentation in high school and then learning you failed

before you even finished.

Brian Derrick: Yeah. And it is odd. The way that they’re able to call a caucus, [00:03:00] which is different than a primary for people who are sort of our one on one vibe a caucus, you’re actually getting in a room with a bunch of people. People are pitching the candidate, as you just noted, and there’s sort of a discussion.

There are oftentimes multiple rounds of voting. In a primary, you show up, you submit your ballot, you leave. And so it’s a very different vibe at the actual polling location, at this caucus location. And so I’m sure they all got their push notification, New York Times, Washington Post, AP 31 minutes in, they’re all standing there.

I imagine the woman, if you saw last year, who tried to sneak in a bottle of wine and smash it on the gym floor, that is fully

you. That is the Glenis vibe. I don’t think she would have even had time to pop the cork open before it was called like, I’m out of here. I’m going, I’m going to go drink this at home.

It’s literally negative 20 degrees out in Iowa.

Glennis Meagher: So cold. So cold. That didn’t matter, especially for a Trump supporter. They’re a hell or high water. I think what Trump said, if you [00:04:00] pass away,

it’s worth it.

Donald Trump: You can’t sit home, if you’re sick as a dog, you say, Darling, I’ve got a neck. Even if you vote and then pass away, it’s worth it.

Brian Derrick: That

Glennis Meagher: you not see

Brian Derrick: I did! It’s outrageous. It’s outrageous. He’s, he literally was like, some of you might die, but I’m okay with that. That’s a, that’s a price that I’m willing to pay.

Glennis Meagher: Well, he did win 98. He won 98 of 99 counties. He lost one, Johnson County, to Nikki Haley by one single vote. Your vote

matters. Emergence matter.

Brian Derrick: so we all knew that Trump was going to win, and we were watching to see who came in second and third, and even though he’s going to win the nomination, this did, at least for now, matter, and the reason is, Trump got the nomination. I think his best possible outcome in Ron DeSantis beating Nikki Haley, because if Nikki Haley came in second, she really would have had this potential, small potential, but still potential for a wave to like say, I’m, it, she, [00:05:00] she’s been claiming, Oh, it’s a two person race.

It’s a two person race. And to come in third, by definition says it is not a two person race. And so this means Ron’s not going to drop out because he’s in second. And Nikki Haley is certainly not going to drop out because she feels like she has momentum. And therefore they’re going to continue to split the non Trump vote, ensuring that in New Hampshire, which is next week and South Carolina following that, that he will continue.

to place in first because no one else can consolidate enough support around them.

Glennis Meagher: And there’s so much money, so much money that went into that second place finish, which is super disheartening. I want to say it was about 72 million between Hailey DeSantis and maybe Vivek.

He dropped out. No one cares. Bye. He took and he dropped out while simultaneously echoing a ton of support for Donald Trump, his leader.

And I thinkwere going to throw up some clips of just how horrific he

is

Vivek Ramaswamy: Loud, he opens his mouth. So first let me just address a question that is on everybody’s mind at home tonight. Who the heck is this [00:06:00] skinny guy with a funny last name and what the heck is he doing in the middle of this debate stage?

Do you want a leader from a different generation who’s gonna put this country first?

I’m

the only person on the stage who isn’t bought and paid for so I can say this. I said it the first debate and I stand by it. The climate change agenda is a hoax. We’ve become a party of losers at the end of the day.

It’s a cancer to the Republican establishment. Let’s speak the truth. That was a song.

Brian Derrick: I hope it includes where he gets hit by the sign.

Glennis Meagher: plagiarism.

Brian Derrick: Literally. You’re not Obama. Is he getting booed? That was hot. [00:07:00] Ding, ding, ding, ding. Love it.

Glennis Meagher: Loser.

We had the lowest Iowa caucus turnout last night since the year 2000. And I think that that’s really important. I think that that’s

it’s important.

Brian Derrick: Totally of like the, the disengagement that people are feeling, the disillusionment with these candidates. And so I, I think that that should be just as important and reported alongside numbers like Ron DeSantis coming in second, right?

Like that’s a, that’s a story there.

Glennis Meagher: So what I’m hearing is that Trump won, but with a really low

turnout, so.

Brian Derrick: Yeah, that’s true. It was a historic margin, but it was low turnout.

And that’s sort of like dovetails into the messaging that we’ve heard from the Biden team and related media in the last 24 hours since the caucusesGovernor Pritzker was on the [00:08:00] stump, basically saying half of Republicans.

Vote it against this guy, right? You had super low turnout and half of the people who did turn out voted against him.

JB Pritzker: Almost half of the base of the Republican Party showing up for this caucus tonight voted against Donald Trump. Think about that. I mean, this is the most famous Republican. He’s the guy who, you know, basically built the modern Republican Party, the MAGA Republican Party that Democrats are running against, and half the people in that party didn’t vote for Donald Trump.

So, I think that is telling. It tells you the weakness of Donald Trump, and also the opportunity for Democrats.

Brian Derrick: what are your thoughts on that?

Did you, did that resonate with you? Do you feel like there is an opening there?

Glennis Meagher: I do think it’s smart for Dems to be critiquing and highlighting any weaknesses, any points of weakness with the Trump campaign, It’s a valid point.

Yeah, I’m, I’m not mad at that. I did not have the same reaction. I have to say, I think that winning by 30 points is significant. As I mentioned with the [00:09:00] turnout thing. There is something to, this is just such a tiny fraction of people. Trump, Trump won 56, 000 votes last night. Like more people than that live on my block.

Brian Derrick: You know what I mean? Like

Glennis Meagher: Yeah,

Brian Derrick: the idea that this is like somehow

Glennis Meagher: end all be

Brian Derrick: totally like this is, this is indicative of some massive enthusiasm wave across America that will sweep Trump back into office. Like I’m not buying that, but I also do think that. Iowa is used to having a say that people do end up voting for people that they had personal conversations with because all of these candidates have spent months in grocery stores in Des Moines and stuff.

So like I, I never expected Trump to win 70 percent or 80 percent or something like that. But yeah, 50 percent of the Republican party is. Saying no. No, thank you. Somebody else. Something else. Something else.

Glennis Meagher: Before we move on, have to say, This is why the Democratic Party has shifted away from [00:10:00] Iowa being the tip of the spear in the nominating contest because a small minority of an minority gave a huge boost to the lead presidential candidate in a state that is almost entirely white, does not represent the

electorate.

Brian Derrick: electorate, the demographic interests, the economic interests of the wider country and they have this huge outsized power in selecting a president and so I know that not everyone’s thrilled with it, but it is at least.

Interesting and progress to see that the DNC is making changes to try to balance the system a little bit more.

Glennis Meagher: Yes, I would agree. I was a vibe check and I will say I was on my morning walk and I was thinking I live in the city of New York as do you how awesome it would be if New York City caucused for mayor city council. I would live for it. It would be

Brian Derrick: I think that’s my nightmare. I think that’s my

Glennis Meagher: [00:11:00] participatory

government.

Brian Derrick: my god. Go do participatory budgeting if you want to get involved in city government. I’m sure you do.

Glennis Meagher: we’ll talk

Brian Derrick: Join the community

board. I cannot go caucus in my Chelsea middle school gym. I can’t. I’m sorry.

Glennis Meagher: I can, I can have, I can talk to a wall and I can convince that

wall. You’re on my team.

Brian Derrick: I mean, don’t get me wrong, if I went I would

win. If I’m coming, I’m coming to play, but I don’t want to, I don’t, I don’t, I’m I’m busy, girl. Sorry.

Glennis Meagher: I’m not too busy for democracy, Brian.

Okay. Speaking of people who are, I think, too, are pretending to be too busy and budgets around democracy, our federal government, Okay.

Brian Derrick: Speaking of participatory budgeting, the federal government needs some help.

Glennis Meagher: they need a lot of help, a lot of help. We are on the precipice of, yet again, a government shutdown. LOL, what? [00:12:00] So lawmakers are scrambling. The deadline is this Friday, the 19th, and we need to fund government agencies before they shut down. So this is MAGA Mike, MAGA Mike Johnson, his second go around at this process of trying to keep the government open.

And let’s talk a little bit about what that looks like

for MAGA Mike.

Brian Derrick: let’s start out, because I know this does get confusing for people. It feels like we are constantly talking about government funding. So how is this supposed to work? Last year, Kevin McCarthy, who was Speaker of the House and Democrats, ironed out an agreement and said, this is how we’re going to fund the government.

These are the new limits. And if we spend at these levels, then we can extend the debt ceiling to make sure that we have funds to pay our bills. Great. Republicans freaked out and voted to oust McCarthy and then have basically been in a stuck in a Groundhog Day doom loop ever since where they come back to the [00:13:00] table and realize, okay, we’re going to have to negotiate with Democrats because they control the White House and the Senate and then the far right says, no, we won’t accept anything other than the exact thing that we want. That can’t work because Democrats control the White House and the Senate. So they say no. And then they go back to them. Republicans get rid of their speaker. Republicans revolt. They vote down the bill. And then we start all over again.

Glennis Meagher: And just to clarify, It’s not, it’s not all Republicans. This is minority, right? Of all to write Republicans who we, we changed the rules for. And by we, I mean, Kevin McCarthy changed the rules for, so that he could get elected speaker. Lest we forget Kevin McCarthy retired. He no longer goes to work on Capitol Hill anymore.

So he set all of this up and then was like, bye bye now.

Brian Derrick: literally

Glennis Meagher: Good luck. So there’s, it’s. wild. So there’s this small minority of Republicans who really hold the reins on the Republican party because they have created these new rules by which [00:14:00] the speaker has to operate and exist

in.

Brian Derrick: And so every time they can’t actually figure out how to fund the government, they end up passing what’s called a continuing resolution, which literally just means We’re going to keep spending at the same levels that we’re spending right now until a certain date. And they’ve moved those goal posts, I think three times now, maybe four times.

It’s really not a good way to govern because You have all these agencies across the federal government who have no annual budget. They have no idea what their budget is going to be six months from now, whether it’s going to be bigger, smaller, they can’t sign contracts, they can’t hire people. It really does affect how government works.

And I know that it’s easy for it all to be lost in the headlines and the shuffle and the boring language and, and continuing resolution, stopgap bills, ceilings, all of that kind of stuff. But. It really does matter and the through line here is that Republicans have reached a point where they’ve elected exactly as you’re saying this far right group and continue to send more and more [00:15:00] extreme individuals to the house where they are now unable to govern.

We have had the least productive Congress that we’ve had in a hundred years by like We, I think we’ve passed a fifth of the bills that we would have expected to pass by now in this Congress. And it is because these people would rather see absolutely nothing happen. They would rather see the whole system torn apart than to do something for the people who sent them there to govern.

Glennis Meagher: Totally.

it’s like, what reality are you operating in? Not the reality of everyday Americans, because if, if the government does shut down, it’s not. Any of these people who are going to lose days or weeks of salary.

It’s federal government employees who will go without pay. And yes, there’s ways to, you know, pass bills, like give them back pay, et cetera, but this affects all government

agencies.

Brian Derrick: Totally, and it, people should know that it takes a long time to pass these bills. It’s not like everyone shows up, you raise your hand, we did it, and we go home. There are 14 appropriations bills, [00:16:00] and they can take sometimes, minimum days, could take weeks, in order to make them, to debate them, to read them, and to vote for them, and to move them across the floor.

So, this week, I know that Schumer is sort of leading the charge. They have to pass this continuing resolution to avoid a shutdown by Friday. And so it looks like that’s going to happen. They came to an agreement around the top line number this past weekend. They’re figuring out how they can sort of, what they end up doing is stuffing this bill into another bill that’s already gone through some of these hoops.

And Passing it as quickly as possible. I think that that’s great. Like I’m glad there hopefully, hopefully is not going to be a government shutdown, but the bar is so low. The devil needs a basement. The bar is so low for what we’re expecting them to do for us.

It’s crazy.

Glennis Meagher: right. And, you know, if you’re losing sleep at night wondering if the government’s gonna shut down this bill, we’ll keep it open through early March, I believe, March 8th or 9th, and then it all

begins again.

Brian Derrick: So that’s [00:17:00] exactly right. And When Johnson became Speaker, he invented this new concept called a laddered CR. And what that meant was instead of having one doomsday government shutdown deadline, we were going to have multiple.

I think he originally wanted like six, but they finally agreed to two. And so the government actually shuts down in Like in, in phases, exactly. And so they are passing this continuing resolution. We are going to continue funding the government beyond this first deadline, but they’re still going to have this really dumb laddered CR approach, which based on every single person I’ve talked to, everything that I’ve read did not exist before two months ago.

Like it’s just, he just made it up. It doesn’t make any sense at all.

Glennis Meagher: Yeah, well, if you don’t like the rules of the game, you

just make up new ones.

Brian Derrick: Yeah. And that’s exactly what the house freedom caucus, which is this group of far right extremists. Are trying to do they tweeted after Johnson agreed to this new bipartisan deal. The House [00:18:00] GOP is planning to pass a short term spending bill continuing Pelosi levels with Biden policies to buy time to pass longer term spending bills at Pelosi levels with Biden policies.

This is what surrender looks like. And it’s crazy to me because it, it, I think highlights their mindset, which is that they don’t know how. government works. They don’t know how how split government works. You work with the other party who also is in power. Like, I’m sorry that you’re not. You don’t have a trifecta.

You don’t have a Republican in the White House. You don’t have Republicans in the Senate. People didn’t elect you to do that. They didn’t pick you. And so you don’t have the power, baby. Like, where are we getting lost?

Glennis Meagher: Also, have we ever once seen a bill or rather a budget from the House Freedom Caucus or any sort of work? They just sound like babies with poopy diapies all day, every day.

And perhaps the most famous of them all. Marjorie Taylor [00:19:00] green. She told Megan, Mike, she would not support a CR, a continuing resolution. Excuse me.

Brian Derrick: Yeah, it’s easy to choke on Marjorie Taylor Greene’s words, it’s hard to get them out.

Glennis Meagher: literally she was coming for me. Her energy was

Marjorie Taylor Greene: coming for me. in my meeting with him yesterday and many other members of Congress, I let Speaker Johnson know that in no way, shape, and form will I support any type of CR. We aren’t, we aren’t continuing Nancy’s budget, Nancy Pelosi’s budget. And that if he moves forward with a separate deal trading our border security weakening HR2 in exchange for 60 billion to Ukraine, I told him yesterday in his office that I would vacate the chair.

That that is absolutely unacceptable, and we actually have the power of the purse. We’re the ones that are in control, and we need to control the negotiations. Uh, I reiterated those same points this morning, so the ball is in his court.

Brian Derrick: She has to get her.

Glennis Meagher: [00:20:00] So she said the quiet part out loud. We have control of the purse. No American taxpayer wants like 10 peoples have control of the purse. Also get a grip

Brian Derrick: I think there were a couple of things that were interesting there. I had not heard that she threatened to vacate the chair. The motion to vacate is how you oust your speaker, that’s what happened to McCarthy, and so she’s saying, if he tries to do this, I Will use the power that I have in order to force a vote to oust johnson the way that we did mccarthy man overboard round two I think the other interesting thing here is that she’s like the least trustworthy person ever and she Explicitly [00:21:00] states that she will or won’t vote on things and then goes back on it all the time Like all the time she said like she wouldn’t vote for mccarthy.

She voted for mccarthy. we could go through, I think, a long list of examples of Marjorie Taylor Greene, especially popping off on Fox News and then voting the opposite way. No

Well, I think that we’ve had enough Participatory budgeting, policy, and primary. politics for the week.

Glennis Meagher: Yeah. So let’s go into.

Brian Derrick: let’s see what’s giving. What is it giving?

Glennis Meagher: we have a clip we’re gonna talk about Gutfeld Gutfeld.

Brian Derrick: let’s see it.

[00:22:00] It’s giving Amelia Bedelia.

Glennis Meagher: Truly, it’s giving to me, like, Gutfeld is off, off, off, off Broadway King Lear. Like, who speaks like

that?

Brian Derrick: Wait,

Glennis Meagher: Why does it, why,

Brian Derrick: it’s giving the face from The Fairly Odd Parents for sure. Gutfeld is, not Trump.

Glennis Meagher: Nothing makes that, who? If I ever

speak like that, cut me off.

Brian Derrick: Does Trump think that Israel’s Iron Dome is made out of iron? Real, real question. Real question.

Glennis Meagher: Yep. I think he thinks it’s like a football stadium when it, when it’s bad weather or it

rains and [00:23:00] they can close the dome.

Brian Derrick: He can’t really believe

that.

Glennis Meagher: No, surely not. He was leader of the free

world for four years.

Brian Derrick: he proposing that we set up, like, an Iron Dome in the United States because we have so many missile attacks happening?

Glennis Meagher: Yes. I think that’s exactly right.

Brian Derrick: I’m like, I’m like, genuinely,

deeply Concerned and confused about what he is trying to even propose.

Glennis Meagher: I don’t know, because I assume as you know, I’m not a military expert by any means, but I’m sure that we have some sort of

air air to

Brian Derrick: Surface to air missile defense system. Absolutely.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! iMessage is coming in hot!

Glennis Meagher: Always. Always,

especially on our group chats.

Brian Derrick: what was popping off

in your group chats this week?

Glennis Meagher: Well, last night was busy with the Emmys because we kind of were live tweeting what was going on. I have to say the Emmys were much more political than any award show has been[00:24:00] this award season cycle,

RuPaul drag race,

RuPaul won. And used it as an opportunity to talk about essentially book bands, drag brunches, et cetera, which I was happy

about.

Brian Derrick: Totally. It was great. Basically. RuPaul saying listen to a drag queen

RuPaul: Listen, if a drag queen wants to read you a story at a library, listen to her.

Because knowledge is power. And if someone tries to restrict your access to power, they are trying to scare you.

Brian Derrick: if they’re trying to cut you off from that power Then you know that it’s time to stand up and do something about it.

Glennis Meagher: yeah, because I want to make you

powerless.

Brian Derrick: Exactly. Who else what what else what else Emmys? What was

Glennis Meagher: Jennifer Coolidge, she thanked the evil gays.

Jennifer Coolidge: I want to thank all the evil gays, you know, I just really, [00:25:00] really

Glennis Meagher: If anyone has seen the White Lotus, you know that there are some evil gays

involved in that plot.

Brian Derrick: Here even here even they’re

Glennis Meagher: here I’m actually amongst one right now.

Ayo has been sweeping for her category. And she also someone, she was doing a red carpet interview and I knew I really liked her when, when she said this, but basically the interviewer was like,

would you say to younger Aya who had dreams of nights like this?

Ayo Edebiri: She didn’t dream of nights like this, she sort of dreamed of just like dental insurance So, I would say we’ve got dental, we’ve got eye, we’ve got ear We can, we can go to the dermatologist, get that yearly check up, check your moles, people.

Wear sunscreen even if you’re black and check your moles

Brian Derrick: Totally.

Glennis Meagher: that will show it, but basically. That’s for on Medicare for all

Brian Derrick: Period.

Glennis Meagher: should that should not be people’s

aspirations and dreams.

Brian Derrick: that was That was really

epic. The only other viral clip that [00:26:00] I saw was

Nicey Neesey. Does anyone know how

Glennis Meagher: nice enough.

Brian Derrick: Was Neesey

Nash.

Glennis Meagher: Nacy Nash had this epic moment where she’s like, I just want to thank me.

Niecy Nash: And you know who I want to thank? I want to thank me. For believing in me. And doing what they said I could not do. And I want to say to myself, in front of all you beautiful people, Gone girl with your bad self

Brian Derrick: And I was like, work.

Niecy Nash: She also, you know, use it as a moment to like inspire black and brown women across the country and use it. She used it also as a moment to stand up for social justiceFinally, I accept this award. On behalf of every black and brown woman who has gone unheard, yet over policed. Like Glenda Cleveland, like Sandra Bland, like Breonna Taylor. As an artist, my job is to speak truth to [00:27:00] power, and baby, I’ma do it to the day I die.

Brian Derrick: Totally. Moving on from the Emmys, what else has been in the group chats? I have to say mine were definitely popping off with J Christ.

You’re talkin bad like J. Crist.

Glennis Meagher: don’t take away my Ally card. I have not

watched it

Brian Derrick: No, it’s allowed. I’ll, I’ll allow you. Your, your GBF can take it away from you this week. I’ll leave it alone. Lil Nas X, who I am a fan of. released a new video saying that it’s his comeback and he’s going to come back like J Christ, like Jesus Christ.

Glennis Meagher: Oh,

Brian Derrick: And there’s a video

associated with it. It’s very controversial.

Like it always is with him and people

love to call other people snowflakes. And then if you say anything about Christianity, Oh, like they are melting. They are melting. So they really had a meltdown. There was like a, I think a quite a big backlash, not in My communities. But there certainly was like some, some backlash.

It’s pretty epic. If you [00:28:00] ask me,

Glennis Meagher: and there was one photo that I was sending to everyone I knew yesterday

Brian Derrick: Including me,

Glennis Meagher: including you,

Brian Derrick: put it up, put, put up the photo.

Glennis Meagher: I, thought it could not be real.

Brian Derrick: You’ve disabled.

Glennis Meagher: me. Oh, there was a photo I sent to everyone, which was a photo of Donald Trump walking in to give pizzas to a bunch of like workers in Iowa yesterday. And the coloring, we know that he uses like an orange foundation. The coloring is off. I have, I kind of went on a rant yesterday on Instagram about how I think for the first time in Donald Trump’s political career, he is presenting as elderly in a way that Joe Biden.

Also presents as elderly. He has now, but people, the vibe of Joe Biden is much older than the vibe of Donald Trump, even though there’s only three years separating their age. However, the last, you know, until yesterday in Iowa, until he got, he walked into the Iowa hotel on Sunday night and he looked

like a hot mess, which is fine.

Brian Derrick: Girl, [00:29:00] look how orange you look, girl.

Glennis Meagher: no. And then the next day, his, his MUA. He came, did his hair and makeup, and he was orange. Orange. And I, surely I thought it was photoshopped or like some crazy liberal took it and like, you know, painted. Nope. I went and I fact checked. This is the kind of fact checking I do.

I checked the original Getty image or, you know, the original image with LA times and like the Iowa, whoever put it out. No, that was the color he was. So something, this is, you know, my, it’s my petty, but my hard hitting journalism,

Trump looks older

Brian Derrick: No, it’s very

Glennis Meagher: and he,

Brian Derrick: I’ve never been one to call him the orange monster, the cheeto, 45, like, whatever. That’s never been my thing. He’s always been Trump. Like, let’s For me, it’s like, let’s, let’s just call a spade a spade. But, that actually did feel newsworthy for the exact reason that you just identified.

Which is that it does have electoral implications when he shows up looking

like that. Rotted. Gutted.

Glennis Meagher: I did have a [00:30:00] good laugh at Ron DeSantis gag that they pulled. Do we want to play that clip?

Davram Stiefler: Uh,

real quick before we get started, thank you everyone.

Governor DeSantis, I want to present to you this participation trophy. Now, it’s probably not going to win the election, right? But we’re proud of you for trying. There you go. I mean, he’s special, he’s unique, and he’s our little snowflake. Thank you. Here you go. Do you want the award

Brian Derrick: God! Oh, no! It’s so good, and it’s so cringe! But,

Glennis Meagher: has no personality. That’s the issue. Like, how do you knock on [00:31:00] A make a joke. Be like, thanks. Yeah. It’s just tough.

Brian Derrick: I think that you have to have a sense of humor about these things. Like, you know, the data better than anybody else.

How unlikely it is that he, that he was to win. He, he already knew that going in. And so dude, just like be not a robot for five seconds. And he can’t do it. He can’t do it.

Glennis Meagher: He can’t do it. He does not have it in him.

Brian Derrick: Yeah, that’s the group chat, but we cannot possibly leave you with a Ron DeSantis flavor in your mouth. So, what do we say? We send him off with a good vibe goodbye.

Glennis Meagher: All right, Brian. I’ve read, this is a really good vibe for our goodbye. Cause it has tremendous impact across millions of Americans and their families. Congress announced a major tax deal that will expand the child tax

credit.

Brian Derrick: Boom. That’s huge. That’s a big deal.

Glennis Meagher: 15 million kids from low income families.

We better off as a result of this plan. This is all coming from Senator Ron Wyden who is the chairman of the Senate finance committee. And given today’s [00:32:00] miserable political climate, that’s right, Ron. It’s a big deal to have this opportunity to pass pro family policy that helps so many kids get ahead.

Bottom line.

Brian Derrick: A hundred percent. When Biden expanded the child tax credit and made it refundable, we cut child poverty in this country in half, in a year. And. Republicans did fight it and let it expire, but to bring back even a portion of the expanded child tax credit, I think is a huge victory and is going to go a huge way to helping literally the neediest kids in the country.

So huge win. Good vibe for the week.

And that’s all the vibes for this week.

Bye friends!

Glennis Meagher: See ya!