At a Congressional Progressive Caucus press briefing on Tuesday, Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) spoke about the reaction to President Trump’s first 100 days in office.
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00:00All right, well, good afternoon, everyone. I'm Melanie Stansbury, and I'm deeply proud to represent New Mexico's first congressional district and to serve in the role as the ranking member of the Doge Subcommittee of Oversight and Accountability.
00:12But I'm here to say welcome to the first 100 days of Donald Trump's failed attempt to remake American society, which has been an absolute and total unmitigated disaster.
00:25And I'll build on what was said just a moment ago. Not only was this how to destroy the world's greatest economy in 100 days, I will say it was how to destroy the world's greatest democracy, its economy and its world standing in 100 days, because that is exactly what Donald Trump has done over the last three and a half months.
00:47Now, let's make something very clear. Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Doge, these billionaires who are serving in the cabinet around him are not here to make American life better.
00:58They are here to steal from us. They are here to remake American society in their image, and they are here to take over our government and dismantle it from within.
01:08Over the last 100 days, they have literally fired tens of thousands of Americans.
01:14They have signed hundreds of executive orders and taken hundreds of executive actions, resulting in mass firings, dismantling of agencies, data mining of your sensitive data, hurting real Americans, teachers, firefighters, veterans.
01:30And all along the way, they've been self-dealing, giving themselves contracts, Elon Musk taking off with literally billions of dollars in his pocket in new contracts.
01:42Now, is it any question that any of this is historically unpopular with the American people?
01:49In fact, the polling as of this week shows that almost two-thirds of Americans believe that they are doing a terrible job, whether that's Elon Musk or Doge or what Donald Trump is doing with the economy and his tariffs and immigration.
02:04The American people are speaking loud and clear. They do not want what Donald Trump is serving.
02:11So, I am here to join the American people in saying enough is enough, enough with the lies, enough with the secrecy, enough with the grip, fraud, waste, and abuse.
02:23Hands off our Social Security, hands off our veterans, hands off our communities, hands off our Medicaid, hands off the vital housing and food assistance programs that our communities depend on, and hands off our environment.
02:37We will not stand for this.
02:39As progressives, as the Progressive Caucus, we call on the American people to join us, to continue to speak up, speak out, keep marching, keep showing up, keep calling Republican offices, keep organizing,
02:54because we will take back our democracy, because we will make sure that our colleagues across the aisle stand up and are held accountable,
03:02and we will take back this house in the midterms and restore the sanity and democracy of this country.
03:10I yield so much.