‘Swag bag’: Trump reportedly won over GOP holdouts with signed merch 

‘Swag bag’: Trump reportedly won over GOP holdouts with signed merch 

NOW. GOOD EVENING FROM NEW YORK, I’M. >> CHRIS HAYES. >> WELL, DONALD TRUMP GOT. >> HIS BILL. >> IT’S UNCLEAR. >> WHETHER HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT’S IN IT, BUT. >> HE GOT HIS BILL. REPUBLICANS GOT ON BOARD. AND NOW ALL THAT IS LEFT FOR. >> THOSE. >> OPPOSED TO THIS MONSTROSITY IS TO MAKE THE REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED FOR IT PAY A. POLITICAL PRICE. >> JUST HOURS. >> AGO, HOUSE. >> REPUBLICANS VOTED. >> BY A. >> VERY THIN MARGIN. >> TO APPROVE. >> DONALD TRUMP’S. DEFICIT BUSTING, MEDICAID. SLASHING OMNIBUS BILL. TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO SIGN IT INTO. >> LAW TOMORROW. >> THE 4TH OF. >> JULY, IN A TELEVISED EVENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >> NOW HE WILL BE SIGNING. INTO LAW A BILL THAT. >> VIRTUALLY EVERYONE ON CAPITOL. >> HILL EITHER. >> OPENLY OR. >> TACITLY ADMITS IS. >> A. >> PIECE OF GARBAGE. >> I MEAN. >> IT’S FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURE, LIKE THE BIG THINGS IT DOES IS HAND OUT. >> TAX CUTS TO THE VERY WEALTHY. >> AND TO CORPORATIONS, AND CUTS NEARLY $1 TRILLION. >> WITH. >> A T OUT OF MEDICAID OVER THE NEXT DECADE. >> IT KICKS. >> AN ESTIMATED 12 MILLION AMERICANS. OFF THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE. >> AND BECAUSE. >> THE BILL WILL TURN ICE. >> INTO THE WORLD’S. LARGEST POLICE. >> FORCE AND. >> SETS BACK THE U.S. ENERGY. >> INDUSTRY BY. >> DECADES WITH. >> HANDOUTS TO OIL AND COAL, COAL SUBSIDIES, THE WHOLE THING COMES TOGETHER. >> TO ADD. $3 TRILLION TO THE DEFICIT THAT HAS PITTED TRUMP AGAINST HIS FORMER BENEFACTOR. WORLD’S RICHEST MAN ELON MUSK. MUSK HAS BLASTED THE BILL. >> AS AN INSANE. >> ATTACK ON. CLEAN ENERGY AND BALANCED BUDGETS. HE’S VOWED TO PRIMARY. >> REPUBLICANS WHO VOTE FOR. >> IT, AND HE’S. >> ATTACKED TRUMP ONLINE OVER IT. THIS MORNING BEFORE. THE HOUSE VOTE, SOMEONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA POSTED. RELEASE THE UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES. MUSK REPLIED WITH A SINGLE WORD YES. YOU’LL REMEMBER LAST MONTH, AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR SNIPING OVER THE BILL, MUSK HAD SAID IN A NOW DELETED POST, QUOTE, TIME TO DROP THE REALLY BIG BOMB. DONALD TRUMP IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES. HE LATER APOLOGIZED FOR THAT OR SAID HE WENT TOO FAR. OBVIOUSLY. >> WE DON’T KNOW IF. >> THAT’S TRUE. ALL WE. >> KNOW IS. THAT DONALD TRUMP AND. JEFFREY EPSTEIN. >> WERE GOOD BUDDIES. AND DONALD. >> TRUMP SAID THAT JEFFREY EPSTEIN LIKED HIM. >> YOUNG. NOW, I GENERALLY. >> WOULD. >> TAKE ELON MUSK WITH A HUGE GRAIN OF SALT, BUT SOME OF HIS ACTUAL CRITICISMS OF THE BILL HAVE BEEN QUITE VALID AND. >> SHARED BY OTHER REPUBLICANS ALL THE WAY INTO THE. >> WEE HOURS. >> WEDNESDAY NIGHT, TRUMP. >> FACED SOME. >> RESISTANCE FROM. >> HOLDOUTS IN HIS. OWN PARTY. ALTHOUGH I THINK. >> MOST OF US FELT THAT WE KNEW WHERE THIS WAS. >> GOING TO END UP. >> BUT FUNDAMENTALLY, SOME OF THEM AT LEAST KNOW HOW RUINOUS IT’S. >> GOING TO. >> BE FOR. >> THE COMMUNITIES. >> THEY REPRESENT AND. >> NEEDED SOME CONVINCING TO GET. >> ON BOARD. EVEN TRUMP’S MOST. >> STALWART ALLIES COULDN’T REALLY EVEN BRING THEMSELVES. TO FAKE ENTHUSIASM. ENTHUSIASM FOR THE THING. IT’S REALLY AMAZING. I’VE JUST BEEN WATCHING THIS, LIKE HERE, HERE’S AN EXAMPLE. >> HERE’S CONGRESSMAN RYAN ZINKE, HE’S TRUMP’S FORMER. INTERIOR SECRETARY. >> GIVING AN. >> ENDORSEMENT OF THE BILL. >> ENDORSEMENT OF THE BILL. THAT SOUNDS. >> LIKE ANYTHING. BUT. >> YOU KNOW. >> IT PROBABLY. >> HAS TOO MUCH SALT, NOT ENOUGH PEPPER. >> THERE’S SOME SMALL. >> GAMBLING ISSUES IN. >> IT THAT CAN. >> BE CORRECTED, BUT I. >> DON’T I DON’T THINK. >> THIS IS THE VEHICLE TO CORRECT IT. OVERALL. THERE’S NO POISON PILLS IN IT. >> IF YOU’RE A FISCAL. >> HAWK ON ONE SIDE. >> YOU KNOW. >> YOU’RE PROBABLY NOT SATISFIED. IF YOU’RE MODERATE THE OTHER SIDE, YOU’RE NOT SATISFIED. SO OVERALL, I THINK THIS IS THE BEST WE CAN DO. >> AT THE MOMENT. >> THAT’S THAT’S THE THAT’S THE PERSON. >> VOTING FOR AND ADVOCATING FOR THE BILL. NOW, DESPITE ALL THAT, MOST OF THE REPUBLICAN HOLDOUTS RELENTED. >> HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE. JOHNSON COULD AFFORD TO LOSE. >> THREE VOTES. ULTIMATELY, ONLY TWO REPUBLICANS. >> VOTED AGAINST THE BILL. >> THE NEW YORK TIMES. REPORTS THAT HOLDOUTS WHO VISITED TRUMP. YESTERDAY WALKED OUT WITH SIGNED MERCHANDISE PHOTOS IN THE. OVAL OFFICE AND, BY SOME ACCOUNTS, A NEWFOUND APPRECIATION FOR THE BILL TARGETS ALL OF A BLUNT FORCE CHARM OFFENSIVE WAGED WITH PRECISION BY THE PRESIDENT. >> I MEAN, I DON’T THINK IT’S LIKE THAT PRECISE, RIGHT? >> HE JUST HAD THE. >> HOLDOUTS. >> TO. >> THE WHITE. >> HOUSE WHERE HE. >> SIGNED STUFF FOR THEM. ONE OF THOSE HOLDOUTS. >> TIM BURCHETT. >> OF TENNESSEE, A FREEDOM CAUCUS MEMBER WHOSE SOCIAL MEDIA BIO CALLS HIM A FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN, POSTED A VIDEO TO SOCIAL MEDIA GUSHING ABOUT HIS WHITE HOUSE VISIT. >> AND. >> HIS SWAG BAG. >> PRESIDENT WAS. >> WONDERFUL. >> AS ALWAYS, INFORMATIVE, FUNNY. TOLD ME HE LIKED SEEING ME ON TV, WHICH WAS KIND OF COOL. >> THANK YOU ALL. >> SO MUCH FOR. >> SENDING ME HERE. >> I’M INCREDIBLY. >> HUMBLED FOR YOU. >> YEAH. >> HE SIGNED A BUNCH OF STUFF. IT’S COOL. >> OH WELL THAT’S COOL. >> YOU GOT STUFF SIGNED BY THE. >> PREZ TODAY. BOTH THOSE. >> GUYS VOTED TO ADD $3 TRILLION TO THE DEFICIT. IT WAS A REPLAY. >> OF THE SCENE. >> LAST WEEKEND BEFORE THE SENATE PASSED THE BILL. TRUMP HOSTED A HANDFUL OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS AS VIRGINIA. GOLF RESORT BEFORE THEY VOTED HIS WAY. ONE OF THEM, LINDSEY GRAHAM OF SOUTH CAROLINA, TOLD THE TIMES HE LIKES HOSTING PEOPLE. IT RELAXES HIM. QUOTE, MR. TRUMP TOLD HIM LINDSEY GRAHAM, HE COULD GO TO THE PRO SHOP AND PICK OUT A SHIRT. >> GO PICK OUT. >> A SHIRT SO. >> TRUMP CAN STILL SWAY THESE FOLKS INTO VOTING FOR A BILL THAT JUST WRECKS THEIR CONSTITUENTS. >> BUT NOW THEY. >> GOT TO SELL IT, RIGHT. TODAY IS REPUBLICAN. >> CAUCUS LOUDLY CELEBRATED THE VOTE. >> FLORIDA REPUBLICAN. >> BYRON DONALDS, ONE OF THE GUYS WHO. >> GOT. >> SOME TRUMP. >> SWAG, IMPORTANTLY TOLD NBC NEWS THE BILL TAKES CARES OF. >> INVESTORS AND JOB. >> CREATORS, AND PRETTY SOON THEIR SUCCESS WILL TRICKLE DOWN TO THE REST OF US. >> I WAS IN MISSOURI. I SPOKE TO ACTUALLY A PATIENT WHO VOTED FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, A REPUBLICAN VOTER WHO WAS NOT QUALIFIED FOR MEDICAID UNTIL MISSOURI VOTED TO EXPAND IT BECAUSE OF HOW LOW THE WAGES THERE ARE FOR TEACHERS, FOR NURSES, FOR POLICE OFFICERS. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE? ARE YOU WORRIED THAT YOU COST THEM THEIR VOTE? >> NO, ACTUALLY, I’M NOT WORRIED BECAUSE WHAT WE’RE ALSO DOING IN THIS BILL ON THE OTHER SIDE IS WE ARE EXPANDING OUR ECONOMY. WE ARE GOING TO GET FAR MORE INVESTMENT INTO THE UNITED STATES. SO WHETHER IT’S FLORIDA, MISSOURI, UTAH, TEXAS, WHEREVER YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT CALIFORNIA, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A STRONGER ECONOMY, A MORE DURABLE ECONOMY. SO WAGES WILL GO UP. >> THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT REPUBLICANS. >> HAVE BEEN SAYING, YOU KNOW, SINCE. >> REAGAN, RIGHT. >> VOODOO ECONOMICS IS BACK, RIGHT? SUPPLY SIDE STUFF, TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH AND CORPORATIONS. EVERYONE ELSE IS GOING TO BENEFIT WHEN IT’S NOT ERODING CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CONSTITUTIONAL SAFEGUARDS AND THE FUNDAMENTALS OF. >> AMERICAN SELF-GOVERNANCE. >> THE MODERN REPUBLICAN PARTY IS JUST MONOMANIACALLY OBSESSED WITH THIS, ABOUT CUTTING TAXES. >> FOR RICH. >> PEOPLE AND CORPORATIONS AND INVESTORS AND TAKING AWAY PEOPLE’S HEALTH CARE AND FOOD. THEY VOTED ALMOST IN LOCKSTEP FOR PRECISELY THAT. ALL THAT IS LEFT. >> IS TO HOLD THEM. >> ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT. WE ALSO GOT A CLEAR PICTURE. >> TODAY. >> OF A UNITED. >> DEMOCRATIC PARTY. >> I MEAN. >> SAY WHAT YOU WILL. >> ABOUT. >> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND THERE’S LOTS TO SAY. EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF BOTH HOUSES. >> VOTED TOGETHER AGAINST THIS BILL. THEY DIDN’T LOSE A VOTE. IT’S AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS YOU CAN GET OF WHAT AMERICA’S TWO PARTIES STAND FOR. AND THE CHOICE REALLY CAN’T BE STARKER, SOMETHING HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES LAID OUT AT LENGTH TODAY IN HIS EIGHT HOUR, 44 MINUTE SPEECH AGAINST THE TRUMP BILL, THE LONGEST FLOOR SPEECH IN THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE. >> I ASKED THE QUESTION IF REPUBLICANS WERE SO PROUD OF THIS ONE BIG, UGLY BILL, WHY DID DEBATE BEGIN AT 3:28 A.M. IN THE MORNING? REPUBLICANS ARE ONCE AGAIN WHICH HAS BEEN THE CASE. MR. SPEAKER, THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THIS JOURNEY, TRIED TO JAM THIS BILL THROUGH THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS. BUT I’M HERE TODAY TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I’M GOING TO TAKE MY TIME AND ENSURE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW

The New York Times reports that holdouts who visited Trump on Wednesday “walked out with signed merchandise, photos in the Oval Office and, by some accounts, a newfound appreciation for the bill.”

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