Donald Trump is planning a large political party next week, streamed live by the host, with the goal of energizing his base despite his declining approval ratings and widespread Republican opposition. The event, announced in June, has drawn strong resistance from multiple Republican lawmakers and influencers who are either skipping it or distancing themselves from Trump, citing personal obligations or political disillusionment. Notable figures like Victor Marx, who claims to have exorcised Satan during a Texas prison encounter, have drawn scrutiny for making unverifiable and bizarre statements, further undermining the movement’s credibility. The absence of GOP attendance—especially from influential members—suggests a deepening crisis within the MAGA coalition. Critics argue that the party’s rhetoric and events are now self-defeating, with members openly mocking Trump’s leadership and policies. The host emphasizes that the live stream will focus on the absurdity of the event, highlighting how Trump’s attempt to rally support has backfired, revealing a loss of public trust. As dozens of Republicans decline to attend, the event becomes a symbolic moment of collapse for the MAGA movement, reflecting broader voter fatigue and a shift in political sentiment. The host urges viewers to tune in, promising satire and commentary on the event’s failures and the growing disconnect between Trump’s brand and his base.
If you don't know, Donald Trump is planning a big party next week. We're actually gonna be live streaming it here on the keep that word show. It's on Wednesday and Thursday at next week, the 8th and the 9th. And we will be streaming in the evening. I'm not sure exactly when. We're gonna figure it out. I don't want to do the whole thing. All right, it's like five hours long each day. We're not doing the whole thing. But we're gonna watch it. We're gonna watch it. We're gonna make fun of it. And so please stay tuned. What we're gonna be looking for is the fact that it looks as though no one is showing up. No one wants to go. They announced this thing in June. And I have clips of many prominent Republicans saying they're not going to Donald Trump's big party next week. And I think we know why. The tides have turned on MAGA. In fact, MAGA is making their own memes about the MAGA lemmings who no matter what defend and do whatever Donald Trump wants. And here's that. You're scared of flock cameras. You carry a cell phone with GPS all day. What's the difference? It's not a war. We're just bombing Iran. We need the data centers. We have to win the AI race. Oh my god, shut the hell up about Epstein already. Gas costs more? So what? It's worth it if Iran doesn't get a nuke. If you've got nothing to hide, why do you care if they track you? Oh my god. America's finally great again. That honestly is so good. I want to make my own. I enjoy this character. This looks literally. It's perfect. It's perfect. MAGA. You suck, but you can still meme. And listen, they know that they're cooked because many MAGA influencers are leaning into it saying patriot. Someone else said, I look like this and say this man is absolutely hammered down a whole 12 pack of Budweiser and still dunking on lip charts. They're just like, no, no, no. I think this is funny. This is hilarious. I love this. I love this. No. The MAGA movement is dying. It's dying. And another piece of evidence that this thing has jumped the shark. GOP nominee for Colorado of Governor Victor Marx said that he met Satan and that he's performed an exorcism. By the way, I'm pretty sure he'll be speaking next week. Here's that day. We need to tell you more about the Republican nominee for Governor of Colorado, Victor Marx. You might remember him as the candidate who claims to have called in deadly military strikes against ISIS as a civilian. He claims his organization has rescued 43,000 women and children, but has not said where that is happening. And when asked, he famously wouldn't tell a journalist how many people he's allegedly killed. Now there is more. Talking points, Memo, first reported an audio recording of Marx claiming, get ready for this, that he has met Satan during an encounter in a Texas prison with a potentially possessed teenage inmate. Hey, I've met the devil. I've met Satan in person through a person. I said, hey, you know, this devil, man, I said, I feel like, all right, in the thought of Jesus Christ, man, you tell me your name. And I said things got born looking. I am Satan. Right. He has openly talked about this kind of work, including releasing people from demonic holds over the phone. MSNOW has reached out to the Marx campaign for comment before the primary election, a local news station asked him directly about it all. If you're elected governor, would you continue to perform exorcisms while governor? Well, let's make sure we get the semantics right. It's not casting demons out of people. It's breaking strongholds, which are evil, impressive. I mean, I think there are people out there that suffer tremendously because of evil. And I would never stop praying for people. No, I want to be clear. This isn't about his faith. This is about a pattern of statements Marx has made that he can't or won't back up. And a decision Colorado voters are going to have to make this November. Now, they put out a release in June saying that the Republican midterm convention monks are first in American political history. A prime time showcase for President Trump's success. What's success? A ballroom renaming lakes and I don't know, putting us in more debt, putting us in an illegal war. He made, he made a lot of money. That's about it. And says that it's going to create a vision of the bold plan of the work they continue to do on behalf of the hardworking patriotic Americans after they achieve victory in November. The message is simple. This is crazy. Americans want strong borders and sound immigration policies, not sanctuary cities and the unspeakable crimes that comes with them. They want to continue to reap the profound benefits from the one big beautiful bill, no tax on tips, new pathways to retirement savings and a vibrant economy that lifts all boats. Okay. Well, Donald Trump is desperate, apparently. He's desperate to make this thing a success. He says here, Donald Trump will now speak on, oh my god, he's speaking on both nights. Amazing. As he desperately tries to drum up enthusiasm, he was always supposed to speak for one night, now he's speaking for two. The president was originally supposed to headline only the second night, now he's going to speak at both. The event was organized. He had to give the GOP a much needed election boost and mobilize Trump's mega base, even though his name will not be on the ballot. Dozens of Republican lawmakers have confirmed that they have no intention of attending. I'm going to show you that in just a moment. Others have decided it is better to distance themselves from Donald Trump, who is the most unpopular president in modern history, who is facing dire approval ratings over the war in Iran, voter backlash over his handling of the economy in order to improve through election chances. What's really interesting about this is that typically when you have a very unpopular president, you try to be like, we don't, we don't, hey, that's not me. I'm an independent Republican. I vote the way I want, not the way they tell me to and blah, blah, blah, maybe you do a little bit of critiquing to try to distance yourself from the property. What Donald Trump is trying to like wrap them around his shittiness. They're like, he is like, remember me, it's me. You're voting for me. You don't want to do that when you're the most unpopular president in American history. Voters are like, all right, I don't like you. You're connecting to her? No, we're voting her out. Susan Collins, I'm sorry, Susan Collins is not long for this world. She's not long for this world. It's so bad that Max Miller, who has been accused of domestic abuse, is not going to the convention. How bad is something when even Max Miller is like, guys, this is not even something I want to do. We do have other Republicans just saying straight up, no, I'm not going. Here's MSNR reporting on that. The only downside to this event is that a surprising number of Republicans may not be able to attend at all. Are you going to get your convention? Uh, no, I'm going to be in my district working to win. Yeah, I'm still DVD. We actually are trying to work out our schedule right now. No, no, no, I'm not going to go to the convention. Yeah, thank you. Do you want to go? I will, I want to be in my district. Yeah, so we'll see. Okay. Why would you rather be in your district just to talk to you? I always want to be in my district. Yeah, it's very rare that I go outside of my district. Are you planning to go to the midterm convention next week? I'm not. Tell me why. Uh, my son's getting married in Greece. Destination wins. I have a good excuse, right? I want to get there, but I've got a few things on my son's playing high school football. I promised I might not miss any of his games, so. I really wanted to go to the big party. You're charging me $100,000 for it, but I'm busy getting a tooth bolt. CNN also has some reporting of Republicans being like, uh, midterm convention, not for me. I'm planning to go to the Republican convention next week. I'm planning to be in my district. Are you going to the Republican convention next week? I have to be in the district because I have events. I would love to go. I was thinking about it. I'm going to, I'm going to miss out on something important, but I cannot be in two places at the same time. Even James Comer said he's not going to Trump a Paloza. In the next week, Congressman, um, the midterm convention in Dallas is being called Trump a Paloza, but it comes as President Trump's approval rating is underwater. And at least 45 or Republican lawmakers have told Politico, they're going to skip it. Will you be there? I had stuff already planned in my congressional district, or I would be there, but, uh, got a lot going on back in Kentucky. So, uh, my time's needed there. It, what, it seems kind of like, uh, a no-brainer that you would move your schedule around for. No, the first ever of its kind where the president is talking both nights in a row. Um, what do you make of that and your 45 other colleagues who aren't going? It's quite a number. Well, I mean, I don't know how many go to a regular Republican national convention. I mean, I, I go one time and then I'll skip one time. I mean, I, I don't think that, uh, most members of Congress are in a regular schedule to go to party conventions. That's just, uh, the way it is with the Republicans, the Democrats may be different, but, uh, I certainly support the cause. There's several people from my district who are going to be in attendance there, but I already had stuff planned back home in Kentucky and I feel like that's where I need to be, but a lot of members are going to be there. There are going to be a lot of donors there and, uh, the ones that I think are going to be in most of the tough races. I think we're going to be there because they're going to be different events and media opportunities for them there. So, uh, it just depends on, uh, where, where you are in your congressional race, I guess. And, and what you have planned in your district, for me, I have a lot planned back in Kentucky next week. And as I mentioned at the top, this thing was announced in June. He hit stuff planned. What do you have planned? What do you have planned since June? I'd love to know that. Now, as I said, Donald Trump, he is going to bring the party down with him because he is reminding everyone that he's on the ballot.
That's what that's a Democrat's message Democrats are like Trump's on the ballot Trump's like yeah, I am You know, you don't you can't do it and I'm gonna take A lot of time and I'm gonna help people get elected if I can there's a theory that I get the vote You know, there's I see it all the time that when Trump's on the ballot They went when he's out of the ballot the people don't got about and I'm asking the people through your brilliant show number one show I'm asking the people to get out and vote pretend them on the ballot. They tend not to vote You know, it's not an insult. It's sort of the opposite of an insult when I'm on the ballot Oh, if I was on the ballot everybody was saying it would be a slaughter But like 35% of the people don't vote that would have voted and I got to get them to vote and If we do that we're gonna have a great victory and as one Tarant county voter told GOP officials nothing you can do is gonna stop us this November. Here's this I want to reiterate with the nice lady before me said you're fired mr. Tim O'Hare Matt Kraus I guess maybe you're safe Manine Ramirez wherever he is You guys are out what what could possibly be so important mr. O'Hare? Can you listen to me, please hello? Yeah, hello? Can you look at my my eyes, please? I can hear every word your side I want you to look at the eyes. I want you to look me in the eyes. Yeah, okay. Yeah, look down because I'm going to down is what you're going in November So keep looking where you're going Okay, cuz this is what we're doing after this from now until November whether you cut these places or not We're going and we're knocking on doors and we're bringing people out and we're telling where the voter locations are and we're helping Get there and nothing you can do can stop us from removing you in November So come November you better find yourself a new job and to many Ramirez who is not here Maybe you can hear me in the restroom both for Nidia and November All right, and Zeta so I just said we are gonna watch this thing. We are gonna laugh at it We are going to if you want to commiserate watch with us. We have a link I don't know if there are links to be below, but you can go to the livestream section on the page here And you can click notify and you'll be notified when we go live So we're gonna be going live next week Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. Are you ready for that? I am I'm looking for it It's gonna be so bad. It's gonna be so it's gonna be hilarious. I cannot wait. I cannot wait. I wish Democrats doing it too It would be either be nice to see Democrats do it, but I understand whether or not. We'll see them [BLANK_AUDIO]
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
Donald Trump is hosting a major party next week, with live streaming scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, August 8–9, where the host plans to mock and critique the event.
Numerous prominent Republicans, including Congressman James Comer and Victor Marx, have refused to attend, citing personal commitments, political distancing, or skepticism about Trump’s leadership and policies.
The decline in Republican support for Trump—marked by public mockery, criticism of his policies, and rejection of his events—signals a significant erosion of the MAGA movement’s influence and credibility.
Summary:
Donald Trump is planning a large political party next week, streamed live by the host, with the goal of energizing his base despite his declining approval ratings and widespread Republican opposition. The event, announced in June, has drawn strong resistance from multiple Republican lawmakers and influencers who are either skipping it or distancing themselves from Trump, citing personal obligations or political disillusionment. Notable figures like Victor Marx, who claims to have exorcised Satan during a Texas prison encounter, have drawn scrutiny for making unverifiable and bizarre statements, further undermining the movement’s credibility.
The absence of GOP attendance—especially from influential members—suggests a deepening crisis within the MAGA coalition. Critics argue that the party’s rhetoric and events are now self-defeating, with members openly mocking Trump’s leadership and policies. The host emphasizes that the live stream will focus on the absurdity of the event, highlighting how Trump’s attempt to rally support has backfired, revealing a loss of public trust.
As dozens of Republicans decline to attend, the event becomes a symbolic moment of collapse for the MAGA movement, reflecting broader voter fatigue and a shift in political sentiment. The host urges viewers to tune in, promising satire and commentary on the event’s failures and the growing disconnect between Trump’s brand and his base.
FAQs
The party is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday of next week, specifically the 8th and 9th.
Yes, the event will be live-streamed on the 'Keep That Word' show, with viewers able to receive notifications when it goes live.
Many Republicans are avoiding attendance due to Donald Trump's low approval ratings and concerns about distancing themselves from his controversial leadership.
It shows a desperate effort to boost enthusiasm and mobilize his base, as he was originally only scheduled to speak one night.
Yes, signs include prominent figures like Victor Marx making bizarre claims and influencers openly mocking the movement, indicating a loss of credibility.
Victor Marx claims he met Satan in a Texas prison and performed exorcisms, though he has not provided evidence or explained where these events occurred.
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