Was This Trump's Most Insane Speech Ever?

All right, love it. Republicans kicked off their midterm convention in Dallas last night with a Trump speech that lasted about an hour and 45 minutes. What? I'm a hour and 40 minutes. - For an hour and 45 minutes. - Fuck. Somewhere around the 60 minute mark, he got to the actual news of the speech. Let's take a look. If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of them, because of our economic, tremendous economic success, like in history, we've never had anything like what's happening. But because of our tremendous strength and success economically, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000. I'm asking you to pretend that I'm on the ballot. I'm on the ballot. I'm on the ballot. Just one more time. Just one more time, that's good news. JD Vance was on Fox after already suggesting that maybe wealthy people wouldn't qualify and that they pay for the approximately $1.3 trillion post-election bribe checks with a tariff revenue, which is less than $300 billion. No word on why the Republican Congress chose not to issue these checks or any of the other dividend checks. Trump promised over the last two years, but I'm sure they'll get around to it if they win the election, right? Yeah, no, I'm excited because I'm still waiting for my $2,000 Doge dividend check. I've already been promised. It's a little bit double counting on the tariff checks because I've already been promised my tariff check. Well, the post office is having some issues these days, so. Well, yeah, they've all got all their people focused on whether the ballots are from illegals. And then on top of that, it's a bit confusing, right? Because does the economy suddenly become bad if Democrats win? Does that happen on day one? What kind of precipice are we going off of if we manage to take the House? Doesn't survive many follow-up questions. No. Because like you said, yeah, if so if Democrats win, he could say, well, then I couldn't pass the dividend checks. Well, if only you had a Republican Congress, which you do now. The JDans cleanup is just a great example. I really was. I saw. In 2028 preview. Yeah, and it was I was watching him do that sort of dance, which is basically he said that I know what he said, which was a clear promise to bribe Americans if they vote for Republicans, but really what he meant was we're going to have a policy of helping people because of the benefits of the tariffs of the economic policy. He just sort of actually met something much smaller and meaningless by this kind of promise. And I just think like boy, did you read your own book about Catholicism? Did you be like, what is this? I just saw you do a long interview about your faith and the importance of values and doing God's work and the virtues of living a modest and honest life. Are you going to get us into blood libel again? Nope. Clip it. Clip it. No, I think it's, I mean, clearly from Trump's perspective, this is in the category of no one has more contempt for Trump's voters than Donald Trump. And so what he is hoping here or betting on is that voters who are not paying very close attention to the election just see headlines that say Trump says vote Republican and get $5,000. That's all. Yeah. And no one will scratch the surface on that, ask any more questions. And then he'll just be able to fool people again. So that's the bet. And you know what? I'm sure there will be a small set of voters who have kind of will hear this through the ether and said, yeah, I didn't really care, but I heard I was get $5,000. You know, it's like, I don't think that's impossible. Yeah, but just in case you're wondering, there's no chance in hell. Yeah, he's lying. He's lying. Republican Congress hasn't done it over the last two years. He hasn't pushed it for over the last two years. The reason is because Republican senators don't want to do it. Also, because I think he knows his economic team knows Republicans know that since inflation just came in hot again. A $1.3 trillion dividend payment would increase inflation even more. And also he just doesn't want to give people $5,000. He just wants to brag about the economy. There was some article saying, like, you know, he can't possibly do this given the fragility of the bond market. He's just making it the fuck up. Yeah, no, he's really, he's deep in the weeds on the bond markets and the yields there. Yeah, he's really worried about that. With the convention being in Dallas, Trump also spent some time on the Texas Senate race, where poll show Ken Pax and narrowly trailing James Taylor, Rico, see if he think this will help. He may not dress right. He may not talk exactly perfectly and he may not be the best-looking guy I've ever seen. But you know what he is? He's the greatest attorney general in America and he deserves to be your next son. He was also somebody that hated eating meat. But he ran a campaign to beat meat. He called it beat meat. I don't know what the hell he meant by that. These people are going to tell me what the hell is he wants to beat meat. But it was bad for his image though. He started eating meat and he recently was getting worse. I'm getting myself in trouble. Yeah, that's just good stuff. Very funny. Imagine being Ken Paxson is like, you finally get the president to come campaign for you in Texas and he once again tells everyone that you're ugly before moving on to a masturbation joke. Yeah, he's landed on this riff. He's been doing it a lot. He's a deeply unlikable and unpopular person in Texas. He's also not doing very much campaigning. I know he sucks, but it's really just like just vote for the fucking guy. Yeah, it's also funny because he's pretty ugly. He dresses horrible. He's a real loser. But greatest attorney general and you can tell because he famously let a pedophile off without he wanted a pedophile to serve a day in prison. Yeah, it reminds me of the old Roger Ailes joke, which is sure he's contributed to the right wing propaganda that fundamentally wrecked the way we communicate with each other as citizens, but privately disgusting. Yeah, this is that. Yeah, same thing. So I don't know how much that's going to help Ken Paxson, though, the meat beating riff was quite good. Hey, it's John. 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Yeah, when Ashcroft put the the the curtain over the boobs, because he didn't want to be in front of naked naked lady justice. Remember that remember that arrow controversy when James Ashcroft covered up the tits on the statue of justice. What an error that was. Is that supposed to make people afraid of a soundpiker? I thought he was supposed to be like America hating terrorist guy, but he's there is I think they're afraid of something. I think there's something remember when they put that people were very I think people are mad when they feel something complicated about a figure they're meant to despise. And I think the people selecting these images are a complicated relationship with the connection between attraction and anger. Well, it's sort of I mean, it's kind of mirrors what they're doing what they're trying to do with a duel. And then you've seen this a couple times in the Michigan Senate race, which is like scary socialist America hater. And then they show his like cringy millennial videos that he's made and he's like he's a just a dork and it's like well, which I don't know the both of those messages are going to land with people and in fact one may cancel out the other. Right. Like is he a swifty or is it moss? Right. So it's unclear if I self Carolina Senator Tim Scott delivered his speech right after that Hassan speedo shot, but something certainly got him excited before he spoke. So let's watch. They hate our culture, they hate what it means to be American. Hear me, Dallas. >> Who's that guy? >> On our watch, we will not back down, we will not grow weary. Or you with me, I said or you with me, we will keep the majority. >> I feel like he took the whole Trumpism is just like wrestling, like a little too literally. That was very uncomfortable. >> Yeah, I feel like, okay, Senator Scott, that was fantastic. I love what you're doing out there, but we're just going to go back to one, do it again, but this time, just throw it away. Just take all those emotions and kind of feel them, all right, but let's just do a take where we know you're feeling those emotions, but we're not as explicitly demonstrating them. Also, if you are going to do that, you can't have a mild man or cowboys standing beside. Because it really is a stark contrast to have the kind of unemotional kind of smiling man behind you while you're doing this. Because that person also needs to hype, if you're going to do this, you have to have a hype man behind you that's really into what you're doing. >> He looked like he was very close to, like he needed a shirt to rip off. >> Yeah, he was going to Hulk Hogan it. >> Yeah, he was trying to Hulk Hogan it. >> It should have given him a shirt that would have torn away pretty easily. >> Yeah, it's, he's, I don't know, just incredible stuff, and look, we're so used to it now, right? But Republican senators saying they hate you, they hate your culture. They want to destroy America and say, hey, man, just like, health care. >> He's supposed to be like the God fearing nice guy. >> Right, right, right, just pay the fucking road, you know? What is this? It's about taxes and revenues and trying to figure out how to allocate a budget and get people some social services. >> Just. >> What the fuck are you talking about? >> Just screaming. >> Now we're beating meat. >> [laughs] >> Honestly, this whole fucking convention is one sort of meat-beaten session. >> I know, we got half naked Hassan up there, beating meat. Now, if you're looking for a more subdued, unexpected piece of oratory, we have special convention guest John Federman, who recorded a video introducing his fellow Pennsylvania senator, Dave McCormick. >> Dave, remove Republicans in Dallas. Yes, I'm Senator John Federman, Pennsylvania, yes, I'm a Democrat, why am I here talking to you today? Because, well, I'm a common sense Democrat, I'm always going to stand with America, I'm always going to reject the extremes and socialism in that anti-American way of life. I have this opportunity to introduce this great American, a great senator, and yes, he's in a different party, but I'm proud to count him as my great friend. So for everybody in Dallas, I'm here to introduce Dave McCormick. Compelling stuff, now, after the video played, Federman's office released a statement that said, in part, quote, "I'm a lifelong Democrat who votes overwhelmingly with my party, and should the Senate flip in November, I will still be the 51st vote that I ran on." What do you think? >> Great. >> That's what I think. >> Do all the videos you want, if you're going to say that, if that's true? >> Yes, Federman is not up in this election. I am sure there will be a debate, and ultimately a primary against him in 2028, and that would be a good chance to have it out. >> Not at all out. >> Yeah. >> Like your Tim Scott. >> But there's been a lot of leaks around how little he wants to do the job of Senator Day, meetings he hasn't been going to, ways in which most of them, and that's not what I would want on my Senator, but a vote for a Democratic majority. I would rather a Senator who shows up just to vote for the Democratic leader and then blows off every fucking meeting with the most, like, I mean, just room after room filled with sick children and elderly waiting for their Senator who does not show. >> Because he is doing a Laura Ingram hit. >> Do I like it? No. >> I wanted it to have a vote for it to keep a Democratic majority that can prevent Donald Trump's allies from rubber snapping his agenda, absolutely. >> Yeah, you don't want it. Would you rather Eileen Cannon on the court for four decades? >> Right. Replace somehow find a worse and younger vital, like, a 28-year-old Alito with fucking abs. >> Yeah. >> Like, that's what you want. Like, it's frustrating, but politics is frustrating. And I think constantly telling John Federman, he's not a Democrat. I don't think it's particularly productive, right? >> And also, some of these guys yell about, you can say, well, they're not, everyone's yelling each other on Twitter and they're not checking Twitter. He's online. >> He's online. >> He's seeing it all. >> He's online. >> And you know what? It's what it's doing to his head. It does to all of our heads when we're too much in our mentions. >> Yeah, head that's been through a lot already. >> That's right. >> And so I guess I just, like, I have the same frustrations, but I sometimes think we, we perform the anger at the people we're mad at for the people we agree with in a way that's not particularly helpful. I honestly, you see it in Michigan, too, like, you'll see a lot of people posting things like, if you're not going to support Abdul, then you're not really a Democrat. Well, if you're a person in Michigan who's maybe considering not voting for Abdul, even though I believe you shouldn't, I think it's wrong, someone saying that you're not a Democrat when you believe yourself to be one is not a persuasive argument. You're really performing for the other people who want to be mad with you, right? Like, what is the most helpful thing to say to someone who's on the fence? Well, it's to listen to what their reasons are and try to argue why, even if you have these concerns, here's how Abdul's addressed them, and here's why it's so important that you see it the way we're seeing it. And the same with Betterman, like, tried to persuade-- >> You're like, what-- I just asked, like, all right, what are you trying to achieve? >> Yeah. >> Like, what is your-- what's the goal? Are you trying to convince someone, persuade someone, or what, what's the purpose? >> What's the purpose? >> Right. >> And-- >> Laying into him. >> And when it comes to an election down the road, let's go, of course. >> Right. >> Because that has an outcome. >> Right. You can affect that outcome. >> Right. Like, we went through this with Joe Manchin for a while. And boy, would we rather have Joe Manchin in the Senate right now, someone who voted for the Inflation Reduction Act and a host of other Democratic priorities. And, you know, it sucks, but that's life. >> And on the other hand, Kirsten Sinema wouldn't rather have her than have Ruben Gayego. >> Of course. >> Much big upgrade. >> Absolutely. >> Jim Justice, not an upgrade. >> Downgrade from Joe Manchin. >> That's the way life is. All right, everyone, please subscribe to our channel, Pots of America. Just hit the subscribe button. It's free. Then you go on YouTube. 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