Trump DEMANDS Gov't Shutdown For His Bruised Ego

Donald Trump is demanding that Congressional Republicans basically threaten a government shutdown in order to obtain evidence of voter fraud or to do something about voter fraud that he has failed to provide any evidence of now he posted this saying that if Republicans in the House and Senate don't get absolute assurances on Election security they should in no way shape or form go forward with a continuing resolution on the budget the Democrats are trying to stuff voter registrations with illegal aliens don't let it happen close it down Okay so this uh lie about undocumented immigrants voting in our uh presidential election I mean it's it is nonsense and if Republicans were concerned about election security they could have voted in favor of an election security Bill immediately after the 2020 presidential election but didn't do that okay they didn't vote in favor of that so a curious thing to want Republicans to do considering the fact that they had an opportunity to do it and they wouldn't do it now last week Trump had a similar message saying I would shut down the government in a heartbeat if they don't get the save act I'll tell you what that is in just a moment it should be in the bill and if it's not in the bill you want to close it up so I'm not there but you know I have influence we know we know you have influence you manag to kill the immigration Bill uh that passed in the senate or you prevented it uh from passing in Congress overall and House Majority Leader Mike Johnson uh who has basically tried to make Trump happy while still being able to do his job to some extent uh did decide to take his lead but the plan didn't work out like the way that he was hoping it would so Johnson attempted to get a continuing resolution or CR uh passed and that would basically keep the government funded for another six months so it's not a more long-term solution it's kind of a short-term solution and I think a lot of members of Congress are sick of the continuing resolutions uh for context the government will shut down on October 1st unless some sort of deal is reached Johnson attached a bill called the save act this is what Donald Trump was pushing for it's known as the Safeguard American voter eligibility act uh to his continuing resolution Bill uh which would require voters to show uh proof of citizenship when registering to vote but it's also worth uh noting that it's already illegal for non-citizens to vote in federal elections in most cases you will need either a driver's license or a state ID to register to vote you usually get these credentials by proving that you're an American citizen like it is a redundant ask a redundant uh Amendment or provision in the government funding bill and it's again all already a felony for for non-citizens to register to vote in federal elections punishable by fines prison or deportation anyone registering must attest under penalty of perjury that they are a US citizen but turns out that Johnson actually faced far too much opposition from within the Republican party to get this continuing resolution passed and he decided to withdraw it from the house uh that was scheduled to vote on this today and so why doesn't Johnson have enough Republican votes while some GOP lawmakers have raised objections to the length of the proposed stop Gap deal they're not happy about the fact that it would only be for six months saying that it would undercut military preparedness While others disdain short-term spending packs on principes saying Congress needs to complete all 12 annual Appropriations bills rather than buying more time and I actually agree with them on that wholeheartedly so for now it's kind of un unknown what's going to happen right so Johnson faces this tricky Balancing Act Jordan as he attempts to juggle his responsibilities as the House Majority Leader but also as he's trying to appease Donald Trump who apparently scares the crap out of these Congressional Republicans hey don't scroll away come back come back because before the video continues we just want to urge you to lend your support to tyt you power our honest reporting you do it at tyt.com team and we love you for it yeah I mean this is the part cannibalizing itself yet again we've seen this time and time before and you could also bring back Trump wanting to run on immigration and I think this is an extension of that through the saac trying to make this bogus Claim about um undocumented people voting in elections a priority during a budget debate he wants to bring this up we we just talked about it he brought it up as often as he could during the debate and now they're trying to do it here I think people will be off-put by that we seen these types of situations backfire for Republicans before when they are in control of a chamber or Congress and the government shuts down people understandably look to them as the people in the party at fault so you're going into an election you have chaos in this party with Waring factions over different kind of pet issues and you're going to shut down the government because you can't get your party together and you're the party that wants to take control the White House good luck so I think Johnson is in an impossible position because you have you know the fiscal Hawks you've got the immigration Hawks and then you just have Trump who's a total wild card and outlier unenviable I don't feel bad for him at all um wish him nothing but the worst agreed agreed although I do want him to be effective at his job because it's important to pass a government funding bill I mean we're talking about a lot of government services uh that Americans rely on that would at least temporarily uh be closed off to them because they don't have the funding necessary to continue operating I mean everything from national parks to the education department you know dealing with FAFSA there's all sorts of things uh that would be impacted by the government shutting down and typically when that happens the party that's standing in the way of funding the government suffers political consequences for doing so and you know I'm curious what you think about that bipartisan immigration bill or border bill because I think that it's pretty well known among engaged voters that Trump killed that bill and now here here you have another example of him essentially putting his own campaign before the American people by meddling in what's happening in Congress so do you think that this is going to backfire against Trump in this election well um I I don't know if I share your optimism that enough people or a critical mass of people um understand his role in that and I do think it was good that Harris brought that up last night and if they continue to hammer that explain it lay it out hey we did this as much as I don't even like that bill I thought it was a little too harsh and I think we're yeah Shifting the Overton window and immigration to the right if that's how they want to do it they want to say okay we'll play the game here you go you kill it they called his bluff on on this so continuing to sell that messaging as purely an electoral strategy a campaign strategy I think is good I think you're right like this this could backfire for him but they need to continue to do uh they need to stick to message discipline they need to continue to educate voters on how that happened so if they think it's a it's something that will resonate with voters and will get people to the polls and support her as a as a result then yeah I think it's a great strategy I mean I think that the effectiveness of the democratic party attaching project 2025 to Donald Trump which has been a pet peeve of mine because I do find it to be dishonest like they were effective in doing that I think they could be just as effective in focusing on this and there's actual meat on the bones here because think about it this is something that is already impacting the American people right because you have Congress paralyzed uh and unable to pass incredibly important legislation including funding the government because Donald Trump is meddling in that process to prevent the passage to help his own campaign I mean it's such a perfect example of the selfishness here the self-interest here and the willingness to put himself before the American people so I I I think that they can do it I really want them to message more effectively on this and I think they've done an okay job so far I'm actually surprised at how often I'll hear voters kind of speak out against what Trump did with the immigration bill so I don't know how to quantify that uh I haven't seen any polling on it but it would be great if that backfired because it's not just about Trump it's also about you know future elections I don't want this to embolden other candidates to meddle in you know law people are writing laws passing laws what Congress is up to in order to ensure that they can have like a pet issue that they can run on in the election that's insane there should be a little more Independence here and if they see that it might backfire um that could serve as a a lesson you know a warning sign don't do this but here we are I don't know if they're be able to pass uh a government funding bill I don't know if it's going to come in the form of a continuing resolution one thing that I do know and this is without a doubt every year the same annoying fight happens and we got to find a better way to do this thanks for watching The Young Turks really appreciate it and other way to show support is through YouTube memberships you'll get to interact with us more there's live chat emojis badges you got emojies of me Anna John Jr so those are super fun but you also get playback of our exclusive member only shows and specials right after they air so all of that all you got to do is click that join button right underneath the video thank you