there was backlash to efforts to repeal obamacare. there were townhall protests. there was backlash to the trump tax cuts. democrats positioned this as a tax cut for the wealthy. they are doing the same thing here with the renewal of these tax cuts saying that republicans are only looking out for the special interest of the wealthiest americans in our country. therefore, want to raise -- cut taxes on the backs of working-class americans. the republicans challenge here is they will have to figure out how to pay for this massive tax cut. basically, the reconciliation budget that the house has passed states that they need to find cuts worth $1.5 trillion, john. the biggest portion of those cuts will have to come from the energy and commerce committee. what's interesting about energy and commerce is that energy and commerce oversees medicaid and medicare. to have this number, $880 billion that the budget lay lays out to find cuts -- the house has to find cuts from the enc committee, that is why you're seeing democrats say if you're going to cut that much from enc. whe

mccain comes down as well as republicans and obamacare is still the law of the land, that would not have happened without public outcry over the early months of 2017 so i have seen mobilization. >> mccain had no love for trump. you have a few other characters like mitch mcconnell, it's like you know you're in your last two years and you want to make a point so we will see if mitch mcconnell comes through, susan collins, lisa murkowski, moderates. all right. we have to get back to the battleground. that's how you win things. >> it is, it is all about pennsylvania as well as michigan, wisconsin, the sun belt battle further in margin. i believe the shortest path for democrats was through northern states, i cannot stand the term rust belt. that's my own quirk. in my view the shortest path to the white house would be pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin. it was a one or one and a half point race. in 2026 because of the nature of elections i'm confident democrats will win the house and the senate is more difficult but in 2028 this is early but like 2016 or 2020, 2024, i would be surprised if it w

. >> obamacare exists. tonight because. >> of those people. >> they are the people who went to. >> the town. >> halls of their. >> republican members of congress. when donald. >> trump was trying to repeal it. >> the republicans. >> came, as we. >> all remember. >> vividly, within. >> one vote in the united. >> states senate. >> of repealing obamacare. and it was those people who were in the. >> halls of congress. >> they were in. the russell. >> senate office building, the dirksen senate office. >> building, all. >> the house office buildings. >> but they started out there in their communities, and they determined the outcome. >> of that vote. >> and there are tens of millions of. >> people in america. >> tonight who. >> have health. >> care because of. >> those people. >> yes. and it starts with people who don't think of themselves as political, deciding to call their member of congress, whether it's a democrat or a republican, whether you're a democrat or a republican or an independent or nothing. when y

. >> obamacare exists tonight because of those people. they are the people who went to the town halls of their republican members of congress when donald trump was trying to repeal it. the republicans came, as we all remember vividly, within one vote in the united states senate, of repealing obamacare. and it was those people who were in the halls of congress. they were in the russell senate office building, the dirksen senate office building, all the house office buildings. but they started out there in their communities, and they determined the outcome of that vote. and there are tens of millions of people in america tonight who have health care because of those people. >> yes. and it starts with people who don't think of themselves as political, deciding to call their member of congress, whether it's a democrat or a republican, whether you're a democrat or a republican or an independent or nothing. when you realize that the government is doing stuff that isn't right and that you need to correct, you need to make them correct course, wh

the children in general, pacific rational avoid center at the old style register this years with obamacare. and these kids will look on you. but again, you have to be charged more expensive. also, when it's the opposite 5th street, you to go staging version 4. let's just and then one is much more the visual which from the, you know, you're the one with him before you something that i might have in front of myself, which i appreciate, you know, that's what your score this thing is this one creative filled up. those to use the equipment, and then you go to the, the only people they go down below western music choice. don't they match the positive sewer at the, at that on great out of pro participation. so again, i thought you were still not conditional, which i'm glad i time, but i'm glad you went to school today which isn't so bad because of the book of the school. it is a. ringback morning. ringback what does that mean? that of course, don't know if you have all the colors coming to them, but for me it depends on if you instruct, pursue, showing this courtney in the morning who you know, s

to be hearing about from the president some of the things we probably will not hear health care, obamacare. no solution for that other. the cutbacks medicaid to some of the >> social services, the safety net for americans. the other thing that will not be brought up likely is abortion. that was certainly trump's achilles heel on the campaign trail. the democrats, of course, making that kind of a cornerstone of their policies. >> and it's going to be especially interesting to see what the american people make of this. if they're tuning in and if they are, what issues matter to that during the economy during the election, it was the economy. >> that a lot of people and according to polling had as their number one issue, they want a cheaper gas, cheaper groceries. they wanted to be able to afford their lives more and they thought president trump was the avenue to take them in that direction. prices by and large have not gone down it at least not noticeably. and with the tariffs imposed in the trade war that follows all economists say that prices on goods that americans pay for are set to go u

but september of 2009 you had president obama giving his obamacare speech and he was hectored by joeson the republican wilson. >> lawrence: you lie. >> chad: republican senator from south carolina. listen. >> there are also those that claim that reform efforts would illegal imgrants this too is false. [boos] >> the reforms, the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those here illegally. >> you lie. [boos] >> not true. >> nancy pelosi in 2020, she made some headlines when she famously ripped up president trump's speech. he was going to be acquitted the next day in his senate trial. the first senate trial. and last year, steve nikoui, he was removed over an outburst his son kareem was killed in afghanistan during the withdrawal from abbey gate there. he was pulled up at the secret service and also the capitol police. he was charged but those charges were later dropped. so sometimes we remember, the other things that go on during the state of the union speeches and not so much the content from the day as. >> steve: what a great historical perspective. i love the fact chad, that you b

when we were fighting about obamacare in 2009, 2010. but he also doesn't want to, like, lose out to democrats on any messaging. he controls this. and as he pushes forward, can he have these cuts? what's the role of ellen? because right now, ellen, is there space between the president elon musk and the president? he doesn't want that. but they still are going to have this bromance going for a little bit longer than than democrats. and we see this is not going to be the mooch or the scaramucci moment here for elon musk. >> yeah, we're all fascinated to see where that relationship is headed during during this term. all right. let's shift here from issues at home. some of these domestic issues like the economy to foreign policy issues. and we're just a few days out from from that incredible scene, that showdown that we saw at the white house. tensions running high between president trump and ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. how do you think trump sort of follows that up in this speech tonight, trying to sort of frame his strategy for

and by the way, i remember when there were town halls around obamacare.leagues who said the tea party people were bused in and paid. they weren't. it was from the grassroots. the obamacare town halls that were so angry. i did. dozens and dozens of them. that was from. >> the grassroots. >> nobody was being paid. and trump trying to say these people showing up at town halls are being paid to go there. i mean, surely this is not a guy who's ever done a real town hall, or he would realize that this is really the essence of our democracy. and if the republican party decides to quit listening to the people who put them in office, that's a really fast way to not be in office anymore. >> yeah, i think there's something so fascinating going on. mini and the thing about defeating trump is it's not going to be a politician that magically comes up with the right ad in a lab, and then they run the ad in the right markets, in the right states, or on the right algorithm and, and poof, he's gone. it's going to be the american people rejecting trump ism. and what i think

i mean, the first turn was around obamacare, and that was really an insurance regulatory regime. and we had a massive health care debate around it. um, but then we got into personal health care choices, which is largely been done at the state and local level until covid. and the idea of a national vaccine mandate became the hot button political issue. so this is speaking to a group of people that have deep concerns about the government mandating them doing anything. frankly. um, and we still we have a decline in children getting vaccinated, but we still have a very high level of participation in vaccines, which is a reassuring and good thing for the health of our children and the health of society, frankly, and good choices that people are making on their own. absent the government telling them. >> what to say, just to your point, i don't think you can underestimate the effect of covid on where we are right now. rfk jr.. the reason is hhs secretary is because of covid. the reason why he is in trump's cabinet is because of covid. and i think that's just a huge part of what's going

. >> i am also calling on this congress to repeal and replace obamacare. >> he talked about. >> better. >> deals. >> to boost the economy. >> more pressure on. america's foes. >> more stability. >> for its friends. >> our allies will find that america is once again ready to lead. >> by 2018, with the. economy roaring, trump. >> was touting the. >> big tax cuts. he and congress had approved. >> there has never been a better time to start living the american dream. >> he pressed both parties. >> to embrace immigration reform, and in a little noted moment, he. asked congress for more power. >> to remove federal employees who undermine the public trust or fail the american people. >> but by. >> 2019, with democrats having retaken control of the house, frustration was seeping into trump's bravado. while he boasted about his friendship with foreign dictators, he suggested american democrats were not to be trusted. >> tonight, we renew our resolve that america will never be a socialist country. >> and the russia investigation, which would lead to his first impeachment. >> by year's end, was.

there was backlash to efforts to repeal obamacare. there were townhall protests.re was backlash to the trump tax cuts. democrats positioned this as a tax cut for the wealthy. they are doing the same thing here with the renewal of these tax cuts saying that republicans are only looking out for the special interest of the wealthiest americans in our country. therefore, want to raise -- cut taxes on the backs of working-class americans. the republicans challenge here is they will have to figure out how to pay for this massive tax cut. basically, the reconciliation budget that the house has passed states that they need to find cuts worth $1.5 trillion, john. the biggest portion of those cuts will have to come from the energy and commerce committee. what's interesting about energy and commerce is that energy and commerce oversees medicaid and medicare. to have this number, $880 billion that the budget lay lays out to find cuts -- the house has to find cuts from the enc committee, that is why you're seeing democrats say if you're going to cut that much from enc. where i

. $177 billion includes medicaid, ssi, obamacare premium tax credits, food stamps and more. ending birth tourism practice in which pregnant women traveled the united states to give birth insecure citizenship for their children is good policy. and allows shady and unscrupulous agencies to prey on expectant mothers. between 20,026,000 foreign tourists in the u.s. giving birth on our soil annually. as far as bacchus 2008 the ceo of the medical center, about 40% of births were to illegal alien mothers stated that mother's about to give birth walk up to the hospital clearly having just one across the river in actual labor. they are practicing birth tourism to nestle deeper into the u.s. society which carry security concerns. in 2018, at the following. women from foreign countries mainly china and russia are paying tens of thousands of dollars to temporarily relocate to the united states in order to give birth in the united states and thereby guarantee u.s. citizenship for their child. you shed light on the magnitude of this abuse, china holds over 500 companies offering birth tou

act, they gave tax credits to green energy corporations and expanded oaker subsidies to people -- obamacareubsidies and many of them had employee sponsored health care and expanded the i.r.s. i.r.s. agents shaking down middle class businesses. and wasted $2 thrillion of taxpayer monies by opening our welfare services to people in this country illegally. he waived mens testing to snap, medicaid and beyond trapping people in poverty and dependence on the federal government. he mandated expensive electric vehicles for all americans and whole lot more. we are spending $9,000 peril legal immigrant in this country for the millions of people who violated our sorchtd and came to this country in violation of our immigration laws. $9,000 is what taxpayers pay for people who are here illegally for taxpayer-funded services. that is more than we spend on the most vulnerable americans for medicaid. that is more than we spend collectively for our veterans and military retirement. the president, president biden, weakened government program entitlement. case in point, we used to review the medicaid rolls tw

during the obamacare debate, we saw people like claire, our own claire mccaskill going out, and thousandsp their own doctor. we saw that across the country when in the 1990s, we had to make some pretty tough cuts to balance the budget. you know, i had people that supported me the entire way saying, balance the budget, joe, balance the budget show. the second we started to balance the budget and started to make cuts. people showed up at the town hall meetings. what you did is you sat there, you listened. you explained what you were trying to do. and if there was any way that you could round off the sharpest of the edges, you took that as a great chance to learn and take it back to washington and your subcommittees, your committee on the house floor. that's how democracy works. that's how our constitutional republic works. you got these republicans running out of town hall meetings scared? that's a bad sign. you don't you you don't want to do that. you listen to your constituents and you respond. and even jackie, even republicans on capitol hill, i know you know this, but i mean report. tel