How Democrats Will Make Trump Own His Disastrous Spending Bill

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What A Day

2025-07-08

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Now that President Donald Trump has gotten exactly what he wanted, and signed his major domestic tax and policy agenda into law, what should Democrats do now? Poll after poll has shown the legislation is wildly unpopular, but also that voters don’t know a ton about it. The legislation is projected to strip millions of people of health care and food assistance over the next decade. And for Democrats, tying Republicans to the law’s most unpopular provisions will be imperative to their hopes of regaining power in Congress in next year’s midterm elections. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins us to talk about how Democrats plan to respond, both to Trump’s big beautiful disaster of a law and to the onslaught of attacks from the Trump administration more broadly. And in headlines: Texas officials said they’ve confirmed more than 100 deaths from Friday’s devastating floods, Trump announced new 25 percent tariffs on Japan and South Korea, and immigration officers staged another massive show of force in Los Angeles. Show Notes: Call Congress – 202-224-3121Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Tuesday, July 8th.

  • I'm Jane Costin.

  • This is What A Day,

  • the show thinking about how President Donald Trump invited Israel's Prime Minister over for dinner last night.

  • The pair celebrated their attacks on Iran and Benjamin Netanyahu went for the full press flatter,

  • presenting Trump with a nomination letter for the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • Because he's the poster child of peace.

  • Sure.

  • We'll have more coverage of the dinner later this week.

  • On today's show,

  • President Donald Trump is back on his tariff bullshit and immigration officers stage yet another massive show of force in Los Angeles.

  • But let's start with a big question you might be asking yourself right now.

  • After Trump got exactly what he wanted and signed his big Republican spending bill debacle disaster adventure into law on the 4th of July,

  • what should Democrats do now?

  • As far as I can tell, this was not the present voters were hoping for on America's birthday.

  • Markedly, few people are actually happy about it.

  • Even conservatives.

  • Because, as we've talked about on this show a whole lot over the past few weeks,

  • the legislation is a debacle and a disaster for poor and working-class Americans.

  • It's really good for the very wealthy,