Transcript of All Hell Breaks Loose at WH as His Top Officials Jump Ship

14:04 12 min read 43 views Published 8 days ago

Copy link
Episode summary

Jennifer Welch and Josh Welch react to a wave of departures from the Trump administration, including reports that Marco Rubio may step down to run for president and that a Justice Department civil rights official is leaving. They discuss the gutting of the civil rights division, Melania Trump's claims about a ceasefire, and reports of tension inside the White House over deportations.

The hosts also turn to Fox News ratings and a clip of an interview about Hassan Piker, and they call on Democrats to resist working with Trump. Listeners get the hosts' sharp, often profane commentary, which is opinion-heavy and should be weighed as such.

In this episode Jennifer Welch, Josh Welch

The transcript of this I've Had It episode on Trump officials jumping ship was made with the technology behind HappyScribe's AI meeting note taker.

Jennifer Welch00:00:00

All right, uh, the Trump officials are already starting to jump ship. It's been, like, 2 hot minutes since the big blue nominee, and they already see the writing on the walls: tanks, Kangles McTaco tits, it is dementia duck hour, sundowner hour. Look at this picture of this algae. They saw the closing statement, they see all the writing on the wall, pop this up. Marco Rubio, Lil Marco, expected to step down in launch bid to be next U.S.

President. Um, I want to say that the White House vehemently denies this reporting, but I tend to believe it.

Josh Welch00:00:38

No doubt. And this is my favorite part of the decline of MAGA. This is what I call the "rinse and cleanse" session, where they try to cleanse themself from being associated with all of this corruption. And so they try to do it, get a do-over, and say, "Hey, we really weren't a part of all this stuff. I'm going to go out, I'm going to create my own brand, I'm going to remove myself from MAGA and all the awful, horrible shit that we did for 2 years." You know, he— and Marco Rubio was right in the middle of all of it, going back and forth.

Didn't he have some bullet point for the position?

Jennifer Welch00:01:14

They gave him, like, 5 jobs. He has, like, 5 different titles.

Josh Welch00:01:18

And he would have to stand next to Trump during all of those bullshit speeches. We would see him on TV. And— and so, yeah, I mean, they're running now. You guys got your ass kicked, and now you're running? And you think you can rebrand yourself, that that's going to help you? Um, because we're not going to forget at all. We're going to subpoena.

Jennifer Welch00:01:36

Here's what's coming. Here's what's coming. Marco will be like, "I quit because I could— they were just doing so many illegal things." And then you're going to have the people that weren't in it. You're going to have Nikki Haley. She's going to, like, surface, and it's going to be like, "We want to bring back the Republican Party of— of old times. We want to bring back, usher in the era of Reagan." And it's going to be the status quo stale Republican, just circle jerk, nauseating.

Josh Welch00:02:03

It's recycled bullshit.

Jennifer Welch00:02:04

Totally. They never have any new ideas. They're going to just dust off this shit and say, "You still get to be racist, and we'll still give you your tax break and rip off all the poor people and feed all the corporations." But we'll just be more polite about it this time. We're bringing that back. All right. So then it's escalating even more. Another Trump official is out. Pop this up. Uh, Hermite Dillon is out after Democrats' midterm sweep. The Trump DOJ official leaves behind a gutted civil rights division, a trail of vindictive— vindictive legal crusades and bitter feuds.

Former DOJ officials are now delivering a scathing rebuke of her tenure after her departure may— and her departure may only be the beginning. Josh, you had a case recently with a civil rights division, and you were very familiar with all of this. So unpack all of this for us.

Josh Welch00:02:59

Well, and— and when they say "gutted" the civil rights division, I mean, they did. Their idea, uh, typically the civil rights division goes in and investigates any kind of hate crimes against minorities or prison— prisoners abuse, uh, 1983 claims, where.

Jennifer Welch00:03:15

I'm sorry to interrupt you. Isn't she— Hermite? Isn't she a minority?

Josh Welch00:03:20

Yes. Yes.

Jennifer Welch00:03:21

Okay. I just wanted to point that out. All right, go on.

Josh Welch00:03:23

I think she's from maybe India? I don't know where she's from. But yeah, she's from another country. And so— but the civil rights division now was all about restoring gun rights to convicted felons. That was their idea of restoring civil rights to people. And so the civil rights division was gutted. And when I talked to— I had a case involving, uh, U.S. Attorney in the Department of Justice in DC, and it was in their civil rights division. And the first 3 or 4 weeks of the case, I had to talk to 2 or 3 or 4 different lawyers because they kept changing.

Like.

Jennifer Welch00:03:55

Because they were quitting?

Josh Welch00:03:56

Yes. Quitting right and left because of the crazy things they were doing. And so to see her go, that's not a surprise. Like, all of these Department of Justice lawyers, their reputations have been tarnished so poorly and badly in front of these federal judges. And at the end of the day, when Trump is long gone, 3 or 4 or 5 years from now, guess what? You're still stuck with your reputation. These judges are going to remember who you were when you stand up in court, when those lawyers in Minnesota have to stand up in court and lie about things that happened, uh, in investigations and ICE raids and things like that.

Guess what? That follows you. Everywhere you go, people know you for that. And that's important for people to understand. There's a whole nother world outside of this Trump administration that's coming for us. And if you were a part of this, guess what? That stain will not— will not go away.

Jennifer Welch00:04:44

All right. And speaking of stains that won't go away, Melania is speaking at the White House about her ceasefire. Play the clip.

Speaker 300:04:51

OSHAR objective was to deliver critical humanitarian aid to Alaskan residents and establish a safe evacuation route for civilians. My role as an exclusive intermediary was memorized in written agreements.

Jennifer Welch00:05:11

Is she drunk? Is she drunk? Her English got worse.

Josh Welch00:05:15

When was this?

Jennifer Welch00:05:16

Was that today? You guys, is that today? Was she intoxicated? Her English got worse. Oh, my Natalia.

Josh Welch00:05:24

Did she speak Russian when she was negotiating this thing? What, is she taking credit for something that she did?

Jennifer Welch00:05:30

She thinks she negotiated a ceasefire. And she's been grandstanding. But I'm sorry, but she's having a problem even reading that she had to have been intoxicated, right? People saying online she's drunk. She's got to be drunk. Play a little bit more of that.

Speaker 300:05:47

By both Russia and Ukraine. Mark and I began our work using the communication channels we had previously— previously established.

Jennifer Welch00:05:58

She's drunk. She's got to be. And that's where her English just got worse. And listen, I mean, I admire anybody who speaks different languages. And I like accents. I'm just going to say I do. MAGA deserves to be bullied. Every single last one of them. And it's total bullshit that she says that she qualified for an Einstein visa and she speaks 7 languages. Give me a fucking break. And ceasefire. I mean, just— shut up.

I'm so— like, we had amazing First Ladies. I mean, think about, uh, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton. I mean, these people, these women are educated, they had initiatives. Nobody's buying the ceasefire stuff. We all know the entire Trump family sits in the palm of Vladimir Putin's hand, and he says jump, and y'all say, "How high?" And you probably say it in Russian, every last one of you.

Josh Welch00:06:54

I think— and she said in there, "Mark and I, we blah blah blah, talking about Rubio." That's probably why he's jumping ship. He's like, "I'm not going to that fucking press conference. I'm not going to stand up there next to her and listen to this bullshit about how she's claiming that she did this with me. I'm out." I guarantee you that's part of— that's why he's leaving.

Jennifer Welch00:07:13

Totally. Okay. And now Trump is saying he's going to work with Democrats. Pop this up. The country has had enough. Trump told me this morning that he has not spoken to Schumer or Jeffries since the election, but I think we can get along. It's good for the country if we do. The country has had enough. He says he has spoken to other Democrats since the election. There are others. Not them, but people, other Democrats, who have been calling. I have friends over there.

Keep that up for just a second. That's a lie. I don't think other Democrats have called him. Whenever he says that at the bottom, there are others, not them, but people, other Democrats. I think that's a total lie. And when he says, "Here's the other thing, the country's had enough," he says it twice. Okay, you can take it down. What are you talking about? Had enough. It's true. We have. But I wonder what his— what he thinks the country's had enough. Are there— are there conversations behind the scene where he's like, "Steep?" There was reporting that Melania jumped on him.

She's like, "Hey, my friends are getting deported. This is bullshit." So then Trump goes to Stephen Miller, and he's like, "Hey, cut it with these deportations. My wife's mad at me. Her friends are getting deported." And other friends of the Trumps are like. So do you think this is where he goes up to Stephen Miller? He's like, "You know, just enough. Everybody hates us now again. Everybody liked me there for 2 years. I think we've done enough."

Josh Welch00:08:34

I think it— I think, yeah.

Jennifer Welch00:08:35

What is it? Go ahead. I'm sorry.

Josh Welch00:08:37

Well, I think he probably popped 4 or 5 Adderalls, feeling kind of jolly. And he's probably thinking to himself, "Look, I've got 15, 20 billion tucked away. You know, I fleeced these motherfuckers for about 15 billion in 2 years. That's probably enough. I can— I can probably get by with that. Let's— let's offer, you know, a peace offering and— and everybody be nice." You know, who— who the fuck knows? Like, and what— what are we tired of? We're tired of your ass, of all the evil shit that you did for 2 years murdering citizens in the street.

Stephen Miller and these— this I stuff just has me so fucking mad. I just stay mad about it.

Jennifer Welch00:09:14

There is.

Josh Welch00:09:14

Every day.

Jennifer Welch00:09:15

The worst prison cell. The worst dreams that he imagined for immigrants. People with paperwork issues that are good people, better people than he could ever be. And I'm not a punitive person, but I want him to live under those conditions. And I want his wife to live under those conditions with him. And I— I say that very— I'm not— I'm not a super punitive person, and I try to give grace, but he is an evil, evil, evil person to his core. And what he has done to generations— there's generational trauma that these kids have from their parents saying, "Okay, hide," you know, or "We can't take you to school," or these kids that saw their parents cuffed and hauled off.

It's just so inhumane. And this is who they are. This is who MAGA voters are, and it's who these people are. And it's something we're going to have to reckon with long after Trump is taken care of by biology.

Josh Welch00:10:09

Right. But— and if we have any Democrats that try to reach across the aisle to work with Donald Trump.

Jennifer Welch00:10:15

No.

Josh Welch00:10:15

And so think about this. So when Alex Pretty and Renee Good, when they were murdered— when Alex Pretty was murdered, the Department of Homeland Security got on X and posted that he was a terrorist.

Jennifer Welch00:10:26

Yeah.

Josh Welch00:10:27

And we heard the agent on video with Renee Good call her a bitch.

Jennifer Welch00:10:31

A fucking bitch.

Josh Welch00:10:32

And not— not fucking bitch. And not only do they do those things, but they do— they double down on him. They dig in on him. Then they troll you on social media. They do that shit. And I remind myself, every time someone says they're going to go to this administration and be nice, I think, "Fuck you. No, you're not. You're not." That doesn't mean you can't submit policy and try to pass legislation. You can do that. But beyond that, that's it. That's it. Like, remind yourself every day of how you felt when he won this race in '24. Remind yourself of that.

And don't fall into this relaxed ease of thinking, "Okay, the Democrats are back, and we're going to pass legislation." Keep that same fire in your belly. I keep it every single day. They need to stomp on these motherfuckers. Stomp on them.

Jennifer Welch00:11:16

I completely agree with that. Speaking of getting stomped on, Fox News is just getting battered in the ratings. It's— it's beautiful. They're down like 40%. People are jumping ship from the Trump administration. They're also jumping shit from this— jumping ship from this piece of shit propaganda channel. And I'd like to welcome all the Fox producers. Y'all are watching us again. Between us and Hassan Piker, we're keeping you really busy. But they're still— they're still talking about Hassan. And I just think they all are obsessed with him.

Play the clip.

Speaker 400:11:48

Hassan Piker, who you are friendly with, he seemed to support the people who were coming after you at the vigil. He said Zohran Mamdani is definitely very fearful of negative press coverage. He said that's pressure that he's responding to with material support to organizations like the JCRC, Jewish Community Relations Council. So listen, he said things like Hamas is better than Israel, the U.S. deserved 9/11. This city, New York City, deserved 9/11. He also said the Middle East would be more stable if Iran had a nuclear weapon.

Where do you break with him on any of that?

Speaker 500:12:21

I would say those are all things that I disagree with, and I've made very clear about my own opinions. And I think that it's important to both be able to be confident in your opinions and be able to have a conversation with those that you disagree with, those that you agree with. Because if you just surround yourself with people who echo everything that you say and think, you're going to just end up at home looking at a mirror.

Jennifer Welch00:12:41

I love how he laughed first, laughed in her face when she brought up Hassan Piker. He just busted out laughing, first and foremost, and then ended in the most polite, charming way, told her she's in a cult. I just— it was just a masterclass. He goes into the Death Star and just doesn't even address all the shit. He doesn't take the debate on any of it. Yeah, hang out with people I disagree with. Otherwise, basically, you're in a cult. And it was just— he's so good. He is such a generational talent. All right, that's all we have. Like, subscribe.

Tell us in the comments section, because I'm going to beat this horse forever. Do you want Chuck Schumer to be the Senate Majority Leader? Yes or no. Do you want Hakeem Jeffries to be the Speaker of the House? Just write "Chuck no, Hakeem no." And tell us what you think. And there's a petition at change.org. And today, the last time I checked, we've been filming all day. It had half a million or so signatures to give the Democrats a permission structure that we are telling you yet again, we want bold leadership, bold change.

So if you agree with us on this, go sign that petition, subscribe to our channel, buy my book, "Not Today: Fascists," and we will be back later with more news.

Episode description

Trump officials are desperate to distance themselves.

Get Jennifer’s new book Not Today, Fascists, join our Substack, shop our merch, and more by clicking here: https://linktr.ee/ivehaditpodcast

Follow Us:

I've Had It Podcast: @Ivehaditpodcast
Jennifer Welch: @mizzwelch
Josh Welch: @joshwelch_
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices