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MSNBC's Elise Jordan on Wednesday pushed back at Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) when she suggested that the only reason that Americans were protesting at Republican town halls was because they were being paid off by billionaire George Soros.

During an interview on MSNBC, Jordan asked McClain about recent guidance from GOP leadership warning Republicans against doing town halls with constituents in the future.

Voters overwhelmingly agree that president Donald Trump needs to get his priorities straight, according to CNN's Harry Enten.

The polling analyst called attention to a new CBS News/YouGov survey that shows more than eight in 10 Americans believe the president hasn't focused enough on the economy, which they identified as their top issue, and Enten said that's part of a growing trend six weeks into his second term.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Wednesday morning, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was called out by co-host Joe Scarborough over criticism from his fellow Democrats that he and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) are failing to stand up to Donald Trump.

With Schumer on to provide a postmortem of Trump's abrasive address before both chambers of Congress on Tuesday night and, after Schumer praised the Democratic response from Sen . Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), the MSNBC host pointed out the rumblings about his performance as the Democratic leader in the Senate.

'We came in with a clip of [late night host] Stephen Colbert telling Democrats 'do something.' We've had other people on this show, Democrats being critical, saying that you and Hakeem Jeffries and other Democratic leaders on the Hill aren't doing enough. First of all, respond to those criticisms from other Democrats, and also let us know what is your plan? What can you do being in the minority?"

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"Well, let me tell you our plan, which is a very good plan, the plan is to organize," the New York Democrat offered.

"The most important thing you can do is to protest is organizing," he continued. "It's not easy, but the American people are rising to the cause. So I had a call set up with our major activists in New York state, you know, lots of them. I thought about 500 people would get on the call. 3000 did."

"And here's what we decided to do on the issues that so affect Americans; the cuts to Medicaid, Social Security, the tariffs," he reported. "We're going to focus on the six Republican Congress members in New York state. As you know, the margin is so small in the House that only two would change, only two votes, two people changing their vote would help us win some of those fights."

"We're getting other senators to go after Republican senators in their own states," he added. "The best way to do this is organize, because their actual program is so unpopular and so bad for the American people. I believe organizing has a very good chance of succeeding –– that's the answer that I have. That's the answer Hakeem is doing in the House and it is the best way to protest the horrible things that Trump is doing."

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CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checked president Donald Trump's congressional address, but he said one lie in particular stuck out.

The president gloated over the changes he's implemented during his first 43 days in office in a historically long, nearly 100-minute address, and Dale walked through some of the false or misleading claims Trump made during his speech, but he told host Kate Bolduan the lie that "stuck out the most" to him was his claim that Elon Musk had found rampant fraud in the Social Security system.

Plans by the Donald Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), helmed by billionaire Elon Musk, to dismantle the Social Security Administration, were trashed by a former Democratic senator on Wednesday morning.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," ex-Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said the staffers working DOGE, with an assist from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), hope to slash half the Social Security staffers.

That, she claimed, would not only backfire, but is a sign they have no idea what they are doing.

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With "Morning Joe" regular Elise Jordan pointing out, "We were talking off camera about just how often you, when you were in office, you had to utilize the local social security offices to really get issues resolved by a caseworker who was local and in person. And I mean, just in terms of practicality, people who are on Social Security tend to be a little bit older. They aren't necessarily going to be as web savvy and immediately able to use the internet to solve whatever problem they have," McCaskill weighed in:

"I would like Elon Musk to sit down with a woman who is struggling with her benefits after her husband has died and trying to reconcile an error in the documents" the Missouri Democrat replied. "I would love him to sit down and talk to one of those people, instead of just assuming that tech can solve everything."

"It's so naive, it's so stupid," she bluntly stated.

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A pair of commentators clashed on CNN over Donald Trump's economic policies laid out in his congressional address.

The president touted his tariffs as a vehicle for "making America rich again and making America great again," but he conceded they may cause some short-term "turbulence," which conservative pundit Shermichael Singleton argued would be relatively insignificant.

The morning after Donald Trump's bombastic 99-minute State of the Union-style address, former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) focused on one claim made by the president that she considered more than laughable.

With MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough calling out Trump for his litany of lies which he claimed American voters will see right through, McCaskill piled on.

"What did you make of what you saw last night as someone who has sat through a few similar addresses in that chamber?" co-host Willie Geist prompted the former lawmaker.

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Donald Trump highlighted his crackdown on immigration during his congressional address, but a Democratic strategist warned the issue could eventually spark backlash.

The president acknowledged the family of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student murdered by an undocumented migrant in Georgia, and whose mother and sister were invited to attend the speech by first lady Melania Trump, and "CNN This Morning" host Audie Cornish said he clearly relished the topic.

President Donald Trump’s first major address of his second term got off to a rowdy start Tuesday as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) ordered the removal of Rep. Al Green (D-TX) while Republicans burst out singing, “Hey, hey, hey, goodbye.”

The moment happened within the first five minutes of Trump’s joint address to Congress when the president said “Small business optimism” saw a “41 point jump.”

As President Donald Trump entered Congress to deliver his first speech to the body following his re-election to office, a chaotic moment occurred on the House floor in which a member forcibly ripped a sign out of another's hand.

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) was seen on camera holding a handwritten sign saying "This is NOT Normal."

President Donald Trump was set to address a joint session of Congress late Tuesday in what will become his first speech to both chambers since returning to office for his second term.

The address at the U.S. House chamber in Washington, D.C., is expected to touch on the economy, his administration's efforts to dramatically reduce the government and foreign policy issues, including steep tariffs imposed on China, Canada, and Mexico.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) didn’t hide his views of Attorney General Pam Bondi, who he blasted on a right-wing podcast over her bombshell announcement that “blew up in her face" last week when Bondi promised to release new Jeffrey Epstein files that never came.

“That was a stupid move,” Burchett said Tuesday.

A MAGA Republican put Democrats on notice Tuesday evening to not get in his face during President Donald Trump's address to Congress.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) joined right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson for a livestream of Johnson's eponymous show ahead of Trump's highly-anticipated speech to lawmakers.