President Joe Biden decided to cave into pressure from right wingers in the Senate,
to decouple a bill that would have included military spending for Ukraine.
But also, I would venture to say more importantly,
it would also appropriate some funding for Covid related matters.
Well, he's now decoupling it to ensure that we prioritize
military spending for Ukraine.
And it's very unlikely that there will be any new funding allocated for,
Covid, which is an issue considering the fact that we are now,
having yet another wave of Covid.
I would know since I got it again, but nonetheless, let me give you the details.
Biden and Democratic leaders had hoped to move a coronavirus aid package
alongside the Ukraine aid, using the Ukrainian assistance as leverage,
to secure additional Covid funding for republicans bulked.
And you know what happens when Republicans, bulk democrats run away and
cry about it.
Republicans balked saying they would not approve new money to fight
the pandemic without a vote on Biden's decision to end a Trump era border
policy known as title 42.
So Republicans of course are like, yeah you want you want covid related
funding included to make sure that people get tested to make sure that people
have access to monoclonal antibody treatments without going bankrupt.
Yeah, we're not willing to do that unless we involve yet another issue and
that has to do with expelling people at the border immediately and
not allowing asylum seekers in.
But, remember at the heart of this is funding for Ukraine, which is really
listen, we've said it a million times were not necessarily against helping Ukraine.
I am against helping Ukraine in lieu of helping the American people, so
let me be clear about that.
And also, the money, we all know what happens, right?
It's a way of redistributing taxpayer money,
from the bottom to defense contractors.
We know that Republicans love that because Republicans,
much like Democrats, are heavily funded by private military contractors.
So they wanna do this for their donors.
If Biden was willing to play hardball, he could have gotten what he wants, but
he's not willing to play hardball.
So apparently he had a conversation with mitch McConnell actually
wanna go to that graphic next.
So Manu Raju reported that McConnell says he called Biden last week and
asked them to separate out Ukraine aid from Covid aid.
He said Biden told him he would think about it and
called back just 15 minutes later, and said he agrees.
I think we are on the path to getting it done, McConnell said of Ukraine
>> Loser.
>> Okay, total loser, how like had Biden and Democratic leadership.
How do you think this plays out for you?
To essentially message to the American people, that we are willing to send
tens of billions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine.
But we can't even appropriate a measly 10 billion, for Covid-related spending,
to make sure people can get tested, to make sure people can get treated.
It is unreal they are absolute losers.
Now I'll tell you what Biden's strategy is to win in a second but
Jake I wanna open this up to you.
>> Yeah, so let's be clear on a bunch of things.
So they're gonna help Ukraine before they help America.
We wanna help Ukraine, but we also wanna help American citizens,
doing it at the same time perfect.
But if you're gonna prioritize, you could go with what Republicans say,
what's the phrase, America 1st?
Now what Biden could have done, if he was a strong leader and if he actually
believed anything he says, is he could have said, no mitch go ahead and eat it.
And here's what I mean by that, you go publicly, and
tell the American people you do not want to give them Covid relief.
I'm asking for
1/3 to America, I'm sorry one quarter to America out of the 40 billion,
and three quarters of Ukraine, and you're gonna say no to the one quarter.
Just the one quarter that's going to America, go ahead,
do it I dare you to do it.
And I'm gonna kick the living crap out of you in the elections and
say Mitch McConnell didn't want you to get relief.
He wanted you to get more sick.
He wanted you to get Covid,
all of our Covid problems are because of mitch McConnell.
He wouldn't do the funding, he wouldn't do the goddamn funding it's so simple.
And then by the way Mitch, you're blocking the Ukraine funding,
which I know you don't want to block.
Because that's your defense contractor donors and they're gonna kick your ass,
if you block that funding, right?
But hey, have at it Hoss, I'll go on tv and say, Ukrainians need our help and
Mitch McConnell's helping Russia by blocking the funding to Ukraine.
What a monster?
Those are two giant wins.
Instead, Biden like the absolute pathetic weakling that he is called back
15 minutes later.
Okay, I'll do it I'll do anything your husband.
And by the way, that is the career of Joe Biden and
we told you during the primaries.
And mainstream media is like you are so rude for pointing out the actual history
of Joe Biden, we're all supposed to cover for him.
No, we're not, we're supposed to be reporters and tell people the truth.
What has Biden done his entire career cave in to mitch McConnell?
I can give you dozens of examples, but
the one that I point to because even corporate Democrats were like Joe.
Jesus Christ this was a bridge too far,
was he when he made 94% of the Bush tax cuts for the rich permanent under Obama.
Biden negotiated that with McConnell and gave him everything he wanted,
Biden is a trojan horse for Republicans.
You put him in pretend he's a Democrat, and his job is to call back 15 minutes
later and go, yes sir, you're my actual boss sir I'll do anything you say.
Remember all this stuff and they're still saying it.
Biden listened to Bernie too much.
Okay, name a policy of Bernie's that passed.
None zero, the bare minimum was $15 minimum wage, voting rights,
none of it past name of policy that McConnell likes.
I can show you a dozen that passed, I can show you two dozen that passed.
We don't have a Democratic president.
We have a a Democrat who is a servant of Republicans like mitch McConnell.
These are obvious effects by the way later what the Republicans will do.
They said, can you believe that Biden did the aid for Ukraine but not for America.
>> That's exactly right.
They'll say that they're America first that they would have ensured that
Americans got everything they needed.
And that Americans would be prioritized before any other foreign country I mean,
they would lie.
Because the fact of the matter is Biden cave to the Republican party and
cave to military contractors who are served as donors for both parties.
But it doesn't matter, Republicans succeed in lying.
They succeed in lying and
they can point to exactly what Biden was willing to do today.
By the way let's go to graphic for here.
Biden's decision to separate the two bills, should help clear the way for
congressional approval of nearly $40 billion dollars in funding for Ukraine.
But leaves in Limbo a $10 billion dollar pandemic relief bill.
So even by the way, even if they did succeed, if Biden did succeed
in getting this bill passed without decoupling those two provisions.
It still doesn't look so great when you're allocating $40 billion dollars for
Ukraine, another round of funding.
By the way, it's not like this is the first round of funding.
And then you compare that to the 10 billion that would go to the American
people for coronavirus.
>> Yeah, >> It's bad, so
let's, >> Can I just say one quick thing there
and just so in case you're wondering like wow man, they care so much about Ukraine.
Yeah, sure there's they do care a little bit about the Ukrainians,
they care about weakening Russia etc.
But mainly the reason why they're all animated is because all of the money is
going to the defense contractors.
And so when Biden says we had to pass it right away,
that's why I couldn't delay I had to agree with McConnell.
That's actually not true, the weapons are already made and
being sent to Ukraine, what we're paying for
is weapons that are going to be made later, to replenish our stocks.
So there's no emergency at all, every part of it is a lie.
>> Now, what is Biden planning to do?
To win reelection, to ensure that Democrats don't take a beating during
the midterm elections, we'll get a load of this.
This is a headline from the hill,
Biden seeks to frame election as a choice between Democrats and Maga GOP.
Wow, that sounds like a totally new strategy that
Democrats have never tried before, I wonder if it'll work.
So in other words, we didn't get you anything, except for
some coronavirus relief early on in my presidency.
And a bipartisan corporate handout bill that has some provisions
that might benefit you a little bit in the coming years but vote for
us because GOP bad, Orange man bad, which by the way is true.
But I would venture to say and
we have case studies from the past to to refer to prove my point here.
People don't get excited to show up to
the polls to prevent another party from winning.
People get excited to show up, to take time out of their day,
to to use up their own resources to go to the polls and vote because they're
excited about a party or they're excited about a particular candidate.
But even that jinx, even that strategy, he's not even really gonna do
that strategy, >> No,
>> Because like he's made,
he's making calls, he's like Homeboy McConnell what do you think I should
do with decoupling this defense industry handout versus Covid relief?
And then he'll take orders from Mitch McConnell is if he's not the president,
as if mitch McConnell is the President of the United States,
the unelected Leader of the United States >> Things are actually a little bit worse
than you just stated.
So let me explain why, first on that, on that Covid bill, it's gone.
It has no chance of passing now.
It's best chance of passing was forcing the Republicans to defy their
donors in the defense industry, without that leverage.
Well then obviously it's not gonna get any republican votes and
we can't break the filibuster, so it has no chance of passing.
So he gave up on it, let's just be super clear about that.
And by the way, Republicans want Covid to get worse, so they could blame Biden for
it and buy a lot of the press is helping him.
Now, I've seen a lot of articles about like, well,
Covid is another round of it must be Biden's fault.
Meanwhile, Mitch McConnell blocked aid going to help on Covid response.
And Biden agreed with him, and now there's gonna be no help for Covid, and
McConnell's laughing his ass off and what an idiot Joe Biden is.
It was so easy to block the Covid response, and
they're gonna blame Biden for.
Now the part where Anna explained that this is a new strategy,
where Biden is going to fight the GOP.
Think about that guys and it's not an exaggeration,
you can read any mainstream media article today almost anywhere, and
they're like Joe Biden taking a risky move.
He's now going to frame things as democrats versus Republicans.
Well, what the hell was it?
Of course it's Democrats versus Republicans for
him to actually take dip his toe into fighting Republicans.
They're like, whoa, big move, by the Democratic leader.
He's thinking about representing his own party during the elections, and
maybe even fighting a tiny bit, tiny, tiny, tiny bit against the Republicans.
And by the way,
he's not wrong to be scared in the sense that what did the mainstream media do?
A lot of the articles are like, well, I don't know this he said he was
gonna unify, he said he was gonna do bipartisanship.
Is this breaking his promise?
I mean, he promised to be right in between Mitch McConnell and
Donald Trump's as cheeks, and it looks like he's not fully in goddamn it, right?
The lunatics in Washington, think that the Democrats shouldn't
fight the Republicans, that it's uncivil >> They want Democrats
to take on GOP messaging.
So, final thing on this, Mike Morey, who is a Democratic strategist, a real winner,
had this to say, about Biden's strategy and what he needs to do to win.
Quote, Biden needs to make sure every American knows that republicans have
a plan to raise taxes on your small business.
So basically, co opt right wing messaging about taxes.
Okay, he continues Biden needs to be aggressive in telling every small
landscaper, home bakery, Esty based business and home childcare company.
That Republicans don't think you pay enough in taxes,
if they take control of Congress, they will raise your taxes.
That is word for word, Republican campaign messaging, word for word.
So is Mike Moriah Democratic strategist or is he a Republican strategist?
It doesn't matter exactly, I mean it's the same thing at this point.
And also, it's probably not gonna work when because look that's
messaging that would theoretically appeal to small business owners,
small vendors who sell on platforms like Etsy.
He apparently doesn't know that the I R S under the Biden administration,
decided to target not wealthy corporations that are evading taxes.
But specifically small businesses and
vendors who allegedly aren't paying enough in taxes.
That didn't happen under Trump, that happened under Biden.
>> Yeah.
>> And so like the messaging it wouldn't even work for the people that they're
specifically trying to target here and besides which it's just GOP messaging.
It's not gonna work, how about you give people something?
Write something substantive, something that materially improves their lives.
Why don't you do that?
But that's, a no go because that would actually mean, that Biden would have to go
against corporate donors, possibly raise taxes on corporations.
And the rich, to help fund for
programs that actually are incredibly popular among the American people.
And even when it comes to reproductive rights guys, I mean codifying
reproductive rights, isn't gonna take much money, if any money at all.
They're not even willing to fight for that, even though 70%
of Americans support roe v wade and do not wanna overturn it.
No democrats love to lose, they're addicted to it.
I mean, I've never seen addiction like this in my life.
>> And just if you're wondering why are business owners have to be a tiny tiny
percentage of the electorate,
why are they framing all their message towards business owners?
That's because they're the top donors.
That's why the Democratic strategist is like, now, here's our plan to make sure
that we please all the business owners in the country.
Okay, but how are you going to win the election?
The election I know how you're gonna raise money and stuff it into your pockets.
They're the worst of the worst, so okay.
And there's still people who believe in New York times and MSNBC and
CNN and they'll say no Jake you guys are being really rude, Biden and Pelosi and
Schumer are doing four dimensional chess.
That's what you say that about Obama too.
At the end we're gonna win on a roll of our policies.
We one on none of them, and we're not gonna win on any of them, and
Joe Biden and Pelosi and Schumer are going to absolutely butcher this 22 election.
It's gonna be even with rodeo, with row with 70% of the country on our side,
that's their opportunity to make a comeback and actually win these elections.
And they're gonna blow it, cuz they're losers, they're weak, and
they actually work for the Republicans.
So they're gonna find a way to bungle it with 70% of the country's on their side.
They're the worst of the worst.