House Speaker Mike Johnson warned wealthy Republican donors that a Democratic House majority would investigate Donald Trump, his cabinet, his family, and even GOP allies. John Iadarola breaks down Johnson's remarkable comments, why they reveal Republican anxieties ahead of the midterms, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's blistering response. Leave a comment with your thoughts below! #TheDamageReport#JohnIadarola#theyoungturks#mikejohnson#politicians
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The video discusses Mike Johnson's warnings to donors about potential Democratic investigations following midterm elections, framing these threats as a \"protection program.\" The speaker argues that such investigations into corruption, insider trading, and the Trump family are necessary for accountability, while AOC emphasizes that those who commit crimes should expect prosecution.
If we were to lose the midterms, heaven forbid, these Democrats,
y'all impeachment's not even the big concern. They will turn every committee of Congress into
an investigative body and they'll go after the president's family, the cabinet, his donors and
friends. Half of you in this room will be targeted. I run the protection program,
I'll take care of you, okay? We're gonna win, we're gonna win the midterm, okay?
Yeah, yeah, I sound very confident, right? And this is totally all good and I totally
like everything. That's why I'm talking about this. Okay, we're gonna do fine.
And that's why our main strategy in the midterms has been gerrymandering. Because we're so awesome
and so great. Anyway, that is an awesome set of admissions accidentally by Mike Johnson,
but also reasons to vote Democrat. Because yeah, I want impeachment, I want impeachment.
Even though I do agree with Mike Johnson that impeachment is not the most serious thing the
Democrats can do because it can't take Donald Trump out of office. The investigations are
actually way more important. And I don't think that Mike Johnson really cares.
You think that Mike Johnson, no, they're gonna get Trump and that's gonna hurt Mike Johnson's
feelings because he likes Trump so much. I don't think he cares. He got his big tax cuts last year.
I think he'd be perfectly happy to not be in charge anymore. That job
sucks. But anyway, I am excited about the investigations.
And here are a few that are apparently being planned according to Representative
Robert Garcia. We've got a team on Epstein. We have a team on Trump family corruption.
We have a team on DHS and ICE. Those teams are actively working on preparation, letters,
research. The House Judiciary Committee is the other panel that's set to play an outsized role
in accountability for Donald Trump with Representative Jamie Raskin expected to
serve as chairman. He told MSNOW that the political and financial corruption at the
heart of the Trump presidency amounts to a civic emergency. We need to go directly after that
corruption to expose it and to do whatever we can to stop it as quickly as possible.
And I could not agree more. I keep increasing the estimate. The top 20 most corrupt acts by
a president ever have now all been done by Donald Trump. They need to be investigated.
Just a little bit later on the show, we're gonna be focusing on a couple of new ones
that have been unveiled. But it isn't just him. Again, the prediction market betting that's going
on, the insider trading with the stock market, the oil futures and all of that, that's way broader
than just Donald Trump. And I think Mike Johnson is right that there's probably other people in
that room that have been willingly breaking the law in that way. But as AOC is gonna point out
in this clip, then they probably shouldn't do the criming if they're so worried about
the investigating. Take a look. Mike Johnson paints this as though it's
some partisan witch hunt. But if you don't wanna be prosecuted for crimes, don't do crimes.
And he's talking about running a protection racket. And we are already seeing that this
Trump administration has run what some have called one of the largest pedophile protection programs
in American history in the cover up of the Epstein files. When Mike Johnson tells a group
of wealthy donors, I'm the only thing standing between you and a consequence.
That should rattle at the conscience of every American. What he wants to do is create and
rather not even create because it's already been created. But protect a class of impunity
in America that say you can commit whatever crime and so long as you pay a check to us,
we will protect you.