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A report on MSNBC that Republican lawmakers are now planning to duck appearing at town halls after several House lawmakers ran into a buzzsaw of angry constituents furious over cuts being made by Elon Musk's DOGE led one analyst to claim it signals a bad turn for the GOP.

With MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski reading from an NBC report that stated, "The town halls, and the rash of negative headlines, have been the first bit of public blowback for members who face voters next year. And the new reluctance to hold them indicates there are bubbling concerns about the impact the cuts could have on the GOP's chances of holding its thin majority in the House next year," regular panelist Mike Barnicle said GOP lawmakers are headed for a world of hurt.

President Donald Trump posted a bizarre AI video apparently showing the future of Gaza — complete with a sunbathing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The video, posted on Truth Social, begins with scenes of destruction after a brutal, almost year-and-a-half onslaught of Israeli missiles.

A narrow victory in the U.S. House of Representatives late Tuesday on a new budget proposal that could lead to devastating cuts to Medicaid funding was pilloried on MSNBC on Wednesday morning.

With House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) urging his caucus to push through the bill — and only Rep. Tom Massie (R-KY) holding out — "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough claimed the budget plan will increase the national debt by $23 trillion dollars by handing the wealthy a tax cut and gutting Medicaid, among other programs.

The former GOP lawmaker turned MSNBC host said, "Think about this: that from the founding of our republic through 2001, it's the year I left Congress so I know, over those 220 years, the United States accumulated $5 trillion debt. In the last 20 years, $5 trillion over two centuries, over the last. 20 or so years, we've accumulated up to $36 trillion."

A Republican strategist lashed out at a fellow panelist Tuesday afternoon on CNN who interrupted his assertion that voters don't want a "scalpel" when it comes to cutting the federal government — they want a "sledgehammer."

Scott Jennings, who worked in the George W. Bush administration as special assistant to the president and deputy director of political affairs and served on four presidential campaigns, joined CNN's "The Situation Room" on Tuesday to discuss the Department of Government Efficiency. The Trump administration's initiative is tasked with slashing trillions out of the federal budget.

Former Republican strategist Tim Miller responded to GOP lawmakers telling reporters that President Donald Trump's government needs to be more deliberate, careful and compassionate about the massive cuts to government.

Miller's question: "What did you guys think you were signing up for?"

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) received a wave of gratitude online after she responded to billionaire Elon Musk with a simple but profane phrase.

During a House Democratic Caucus press conference on Tuesday, a reporter asked Crockett what she would say to Musk if she could speak to him directly.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) delivered a state-of-the-state address that was heralded by viewers as an elected Democrat standing up to President Donald Trump amid the inaction of those in Congress. Speaking to CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday, Pritzker implored Amerians to "wake up."

Among the comments Pritzker made in his speech was that it took a short amount of time for Nazis to unmake the German constitutional government. Tapper called it an "evocative" comparison and asked if he thinks it might be too controversial.

The White House press secretary was questioned again Tuesday about who is leading the Department of Government Efficiency. This time, however, she answered that there was a leader of the department, but she wouldn't tell the press who it was.

"I'm not going to reveal the name of that individual from this podium," said Leavitt. "But we've been incredibly transparent..."

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) threatened to have Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) escorted from a hearing by the sergeant-at-arms after he repeatedly called President Donald Trump a "grifter."

During a House Oversight hearing on Tuesday, Frost criticized the government cuts being made at the recommendation of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

Donald Trump is running the United States like his personal business, but that system of government has historic roots and some crucial weaknesses, according to one journalist.

The Atlantic's Jonathan Rauch told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Trump's governing style can be described as patrimonialism, a form of autocratic governance where power flows from a leader who owns the majority of the territory, resources, and institutions