Red States Freak Out as Trump Royally Screws Them

The MeidasTouch Podcast

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🗓️ 8 March 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Red States like Kentucky and Louisiana freaking out as their states get decimated by Trump. Fast Growing Trees: Get 15% OFF your first purchase at https://fastgrowingtrees.com/meidas when you use code: MEIDAS at checkout! Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.7	magger republican leaders in red states are starting to get more vocal about how donald
0:35.8	trump's policies are hurting their states.
0:38.3	Yep, Trump's policies are not only hurting blue states.
0:41.6	They're also hurting red states where former President Biden's policies were actually
0:46.8	contributing a lot to the economies of these red states.
0:49.8	And we're hearing from some MAGA Republican leaders who you might find somewhat unexpected. For example,
0:55.9	Maga Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, Maga Republican Senator Tillis, let's hear what
1:02.5	they have to say. Let's play it. Almost every industry in Kentucky has come to be and said
1:08.5	it will hurt our industry and push up prices of homes, cars.
1:13.8	And so I want to continue to argue against tariffs.
1:16.3	Should you back off of it if it starts to hurt the constituents?
1:19.9	When we start losing, you back off.
1:21.6	There's such a thing as a strategic retreat.
1:23.7	The end of the day, I think we have more leverage than any other nation.
1:26.1	But we've got to be smart.
1:26.9	We don't have all the leverage. Next up, I want to show you Maga Republican Senator Kennedy
1:32.8	of Louisiana saying, look, Trump promised to bring down prices and what he's doing with these tariffs,
1:39.6	it seems to be causing inflation. Here play this clip.
1:43.0	How do you read it, Senator Kennedy?
1:45.0	You happy with it?
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