Progressives, like representative
Katie Porter
are pushing back against
corporate clowns in the senate.
Like Senator Joe Manchin,
who claims that he thinks we should
put a pause on the $3.5 trillion
budget reconciliation bill.
Which would include incredibly
important provisions, including
childcare, universal pre K,
mandatory family leave and an
expansion of the Medicare program.
To include things like hearing and
vision or vision and
dental I should say.
Now with that said, Katie Porter,
honestly said something during
an interview on cable news that
needs to be said more.
What is actually motivating or
fueling the arguments coming from
people like Senator Joe Manchin?
Well, let's see
what she has to say.
>> With regard to Senator Manchin
and others who want to talk
about the price tag for this.
Let me be clear.
You are a business person,
you get it, you can do math.
If something costs A,
then you have two options.
You can negotiate down from A or
you can find the money.
We have revenue options on
the table.
There are a huge
number of corporations
that pay zero taxes, and
by making savvy revenue choices.
For example, using a real corporate
profit approach to dealing with
those corporations that pay zero,
we can generate 700 billion.
If we use the corporate
minimum tax approach,
we're going to generate 40 billion.
Right there Senator Manchin,
right there anyone who's worried
about spending, we can generate
the revenue so that this isn't
about 3.5 trillion in spending.
It's not even now about 3.5
trillion in spending because we're
going to generate the revenue
to pay for these things.
I have the will to do it.
The question is, does Senator
Manchin or is he more concerned
about his corporate donors?
Including large corporations,
the oil and gas industry,
the big pharmaceutical industry and
others who are getting away with
paying nothing under our current
tax system?
>> Listen, that was a Prezi for
Jancuga.
So Janqie, take it away.
>> There you go.
American hero Katie Porter.
Okay, so look, guys,
the dam is broken.
This is a full scale rebellion.
In my lifetime I've been begging
progressives, will you please fight
back against corporate Democrats?
And when you do, can you please
point out their corporate donors
and the entire country would be
behind you if you did that.
Because even Republicans go out and
like the donors, though,
they looks like corruption.
It looks like we legalized bribery,
because we did okay.
And so, I wouldn't do it,
they wouldn't do it.
And then a new wave came in both
just Democrats.
Remember Katie Porter wasn't in,
she was in the same class.
She's not technically in
the squatter, just Democrats, but
who cares.
She's a world beater.
Okay, and
she always comes with facts,
she comes so well-prepared, and
the other thing is, she's so
strong.
Stevie rule is
actually a bit of a corporate.
Is there their hostess to say the
least we've shown you other clips
that overwhelmingly proves it.
But representative Porter came
in so strong there.
The 70 rule kind of had to
admire it.
So she was sitting there
going, okay.
I mean, you get ruled to bop
her head, >> Right.
>> And going after corporations and
making sure they pay
their fair share, and etc.
I mean, that was great work
by Katie Porter.
And you see guys, by the way,
when they finally did it,
did the house fall in?
Did it cave in the roof?
No, it's totally fine you see I
told you, it's okay you
are supposed to challenge yes,
your Democratic colleagues.
>> Yep >> If they are the ones
standing in the way of actually
getting the bills passed.
Otherwise, we're not going to
get anything done.
And then this is all about ego and
not actually helping people.
>> Exactly. There needs to
be a strong pressure campaign
by Democrats.
That's directed toward the
corporate Democrats in the Senate.
Who are hemming and hawing
regarding the reconciliation bill?
Now I do want to go to one
additional portion of the interview
that representative Porter had with
Stephanie Rue.
And in this portion, she's
specifically talking about the need
for childcare, and it gives you
a sense of just how important it is
to pass the reconciliation bill.
Because aside from childcare,
it includes so many provisions
that would just fundamentally and
materially improve the lives of
Americans and their families.
Let's watch.
>> Okay, let me take
this in two separate pieces.
The first piece is why should
childcare be part of this bill?
I partially addressed this, but
let me just make a practical point
to you, Stephanie.
If we had the men who have run this
country, for hundreds of years.
The wealthy men whose wives and
others have taken care of
childcare.
So convinced that it was important
we would have done something about
childcare 10, 20,30,40,50 years ago
when other countries did it.
So, I'm not today all of a sudden
convinced that we have the will to
deal with childcare when we put off
this issue.
Decade after decade.
People tweet, my colleagues tweet,
women's payday, women are falling
behind glass ceiling.
Guess what childcare is
the solution.
It's a crisis improved economic
productivity in this country.
And it's one we have to solve as
part of building back better.
>> I think Katie Porter is the real
salt queen.
I mean that was incredible.
Calling out her Democratic
colleagues for engaging in the
performative social media posts.
While failing to fight for
the very policies that they
claim to be in favor of in
said social media posts.
I love the fact that she called
that out, I want more of that.
It's amazing.
>> What was that?
That was amazing, Porter unchained.
So, yeah, like this never happens
guys, if you're new to politics,
Democrats never criticize other
Democrats, let alone in a personal
way like we got open warfare.
And that's a good thing,
it's not a bad thing,
it depends on how you do it and
why you do it.
If you're strategic about it and
you're trying to get enough
pressure, so that we can actually
pass that $3.5 trillion bill.
Which actually helps Americans with
childcare families, health care,
climate, all those things that
representative Porter laid out,
then that's worth the fight.
You're not doing it to vent.
You're not doing
it unproductive way.
You're doing it in a perfectly
productive way.
And so, now the genies out of
the bottle, AOC saying pretty good.
Go back to Prime Minister.
Look after she won her primary.
It's sometimes a little hard to
get her to support other primaries.
Now they're saying, okay,
fine primaries.
Were an open warfare.
And that's good.
And the media will tell you
generally no, that's bad.
You just follow whatever
the corporate Democrats say,
otherwise nobody in this case
the Democratic position.
This is a $3.5 trillion bill.
So Katie Porter AOC,
all the rest of the progressives,
on the side of the Democratic
proposed not just a progressive
proposal, the Democratic proposal.
So the other Democrats I
guess would be disloyal and
be against unity if they fought
back against that.
By the way,
instantly our members reacting
official CO-FFA card writes in
Katie Porter for President 2024.
She seems to be the most obvious
next Bernie quality candidate, and
she's getting pretty regular
airtime.
Look, you fight,
we appreciate it and it's for
a good cause and in the right way.
That's how you do good politics, so
you help the American people they
notice it.
>> The district she represents is
Orange County, California.
>> Yeah.
>> I mean,
clearly she has the ability to
appeal to voters if both parties.
Now Orange County has
become less red over the years, but
nonetheless, I mean, she's clearly
speaking to the issues that matter
to people regardless of
their political affiliation.
Because as we've talked about so
many times on the show,
if you look at polling,
it shows you that whether you're
talking about Democrats or
Republicans, progressive policies
pull incredibly well.
Because people want their lives to
improve materially.
And the reason why there's so much
distrust toward the government and
our institutions is because it's
been such a long time.
Since they've actually looked out
for the livelihoods of Americans.
>> So let me say one last thing
about that because politics
also about strength.
And so, she's in Purple District.
A lot of the conservative Democrats
who are the Purple Districts,
ran away from every progressive
priority and then last,
she did not.
She stood her ground on Medicare
for all in a Purple District,
in a re election where they spent
a ton of money against her.
She's like, nope,
these colors don't run.
And the voters love strength.
And so, when Democrats run away
from issues or
run towards Republicans,
the voters punish them.
When they stand their ground and
say, we're going to help
the voters no matter what.
I don't care how many donor's
feelings get hurt.
People love that,
it's not complicated.
Do like Katie Porter does, and
will fix this country quicker
than you could imagine.