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Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING from Voters…IN ALABAMA?!!

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING from Voters…IN ALABAMA?!!", an episode of MeidasTouch published December 15, 2025 (16 min, about 2,861 words). It mentions 46 people, works and ideas, including Tommy Tubberville, Barry Moore, Alabama Power, Republican policies, Muslims.

What this episode is about

Recent town hall meetings in Alabama have revealed significant dissatisfaction among constituents with the Trump administration, as they express concerns over rising healthcare costs, increasing electricity prices, and overall economic struggles due to inflation. Republican Congressman Barry Moore faced backlash while discussing the impending loss of health coverage for over 100,000 residents if Affordable Care Act subsidies expire, highlighting the dire state of healthcare and financial strain on local hospitals.

Key takeaways

  • Tariffs: Consumers foot the bill, proving once again, free trade isn't so free.
  • 100,000 Alabamians at risk of losing healthcare—proof that subsidies aren't just spare change.
  • Alabama's electricity: As high as its summer, ranked 3rd in costly power usage.
  • Farmers face tariffs; sowing seeds of doubt while hoping for a political harvest.
  • Economic growth slows; Alabama's budget feeling the pinch from its pandemic piggy bank.

Who speaks in this episode?

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 3:00: Barry Moore, Affordable Care Act subsidies, Alabama Hospital Association, Dne Howard
  2. – 6:00: Alabama Power, CBS 42, COVID money, Daniel Tate
  3. – 9:00: Republican policies, state legislature, Tommy Tubberville
  4. – 12:00: Tommy Tubberville, authoritarian, illegals, Muslims
  5. – 15:00: Crowded Table, dougjones.com, Islamists, Muslims
  6. – 16:04: Midas Plus, midasplus.com, Ron Philipski, Santa Rosa Beach

Notable quotes from "Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING from Voters…IN ALABAMA?!!"

  • That was Republican Congress member Barry Moore getting booed out of a recent town hall in Alabama. Alabama is furious right now at what's going on in that state and what's happening with this Trump administration that made all.
    about Barry Moore · at
  • The first question that we have is from Katherine Finley from Fairbo. They want to know who pays the tariffs. Is it consumers or true the exporting country? So, right now, what we just saw in a report is that we.
    about Katherine Finley · at
  • State's hospitals is the worst that she's seen in her 30-year career. She says with the premium tax credits expiring, it won't have any immediate impact, but one that will grow…
    about premium tax credits · at
  • Alabama Power customers are paying some of the highest electric bills in the entire country.
    about Alabama Power · at
  • CBS 42 state capital reporter Ryan Hall brings us the latest from Montgomery.
    about CBS 42 · at
  • Make a lot of progress, right? there's a direct cause and effect of these failed Republican policies. they've had the opportunity in Alabama for a very long time to show that their ideas, whatever they may be, work. And we're seeing the.
    about Republican policies · at
  • The Democratic party and that's scheduled for sometime in May. the Republican favorite out there is Tommy Tubberville who you have experience running against and the people in…
    about Tommy Tubberville · at
  • What he says about Muslims, what he says when he talked about white nationalists in the military that he was okay with that. this is someone who has divides the people of.
    about Muslims · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

  • Tommy Tubberville — Person · 3 mentions · first at
  • Barry Moore — Person · 2 mentions · first at
  • Katherine Finley — Person · 1 mention · first at
  • Dne Howard — Person · 1 mention · first at
    Stay open. Let's play this clip. Current president and CEO of the Alabama Hospital Association, Dne Howard, says that the current financial strain on the state's hospitals is…
  • Daniel Tate — Person · 1 mention · first at
    That's Daniel Tate, president of Energy Alabama, fighting to lower Alabama power bills. He's right. Alabama has the third highest residential monthly electric bills in the country. On average, $173.
  • Dr. Ryan Hall — Person · 1 mention · first at
    CBS 42 state capital reporter Ryan Hall brings us the latest from Montgomery.
  • Pablo Monriquez — Person · 1 mention · first at
    Upset with, you know. And then there's this clip right here that I want to show you from my buddy Pablo Monriquez who interviewed Tommy Tuberville. I could show you a lot of…
  • Rob Reiner — Person · 1 mention · first at
    In martini glasses like that's so that's like what you know we're like Donald Trump attacking you know Rob Reiner after he was murdered you know likely with the suspect being…
  • Ron Philipski — Person · 1 mention · first at
    Stay plugged in? Become a subscriber to our Substack at midasplus.com. You'll get daily recaps from Ron Philipski, ad free episodes of our podcast, and more exclusive content only available at midasplus.com.

Companies & orgs

  • Alabama Power — Company · 2 mentions · first at
  • Alabama Hospital Association — Company · 1 mention · first at
    Expire and hospitals are struggling to stay open. Let's play this clip. Current president and CEO of the Alabama Hospital Association, Dne Howard, says that the current…
  • Energy Alabama — Company · 1 mention · first at
    That's Daniel Tate, president of Energy Alabama, fighting to lower Alabama power bills. He's right. Alabama has the third highest residential monthly electric bills in the country. On average, $173.
  • CBS 42 — Company · 1 mention · first at
  • dougjones.com — Company · 1 mention · first at
    Blue Sky. And I'm going to be doing more Instagram, probably even a little Tik Tok down the road. But dougjones.com will give you everything that you need to help us with the…
  • Midas Plus — Company · 1 mention · first at
    That 6 million mark this month. Want to stay plugged in? Become a subscriber to our Substack at midasplus.com. You'll get daily recaps from Ron Philipski, ad free episodes of…
  • midasplus.com — Company · 1 mention · first at
    That 6 million mark this month. Want to stay plugged in? Become a subscriber to our Substack at midasplus.com. You'll get daily recaps from Ron Philipski, ad free episodes of…
  • The Highwomen — Company · 1 mention

Concepts & topics

  • Republican policies — Concept · 2 mentions · first at
  • Muslims — Concept · 2 mentions · first at
  • Affordable Care Act subsidies — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Then in Alabama, over a 100,000 people may lose their health care as the Affordable Care Act subsidies are set to expire and hospitals are struggling to stay open. Let's play…
  • premium tax credits — Concept · 1 mention · first at
  • emergency room — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Care. Howard says when that happens people who are uninsured will go to the emergency room when seeking primary care. If we are looking at the potential of adding another…
  • primary care — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Care. Howard says when that happens people who are uninsured will go to the emergency room when seeking primary care. If we are looking at the potential of adding another…
  • Governor of Alabama — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Alabama who made a big announcement, the former senator from Alabama who's running for governor of Alabama, Doug Jones. Senator, it's great to see you here and you want to turn…
  • soybean farmers — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Only thing that you may have missed, well, there a couple things. One, the farmers are hurting. our soybean farmers and others are losing markets because of all the Trump, what…
  • Trump Tubberville tariffs — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Farmers and others are losing markets because of all the Trump, what I call Trump Tubberville tariffs. and that last one was especially interesting.
  • COVID money — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Just a downturn in the economy, but Alabama has been like spending money, COVID money, federal money, like a drunk sailor over the last few years. And now that money's gone.…
  • federal money — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Just a downturn in the economy, but Alabama has been like spending money, COVID money, federal money, like a drunk sailor over the last few years. And now that money's gone.…
  • private prisons — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Sailor over the last few years. And now that money's gone. The old ARPA money is gone. We have spent it on prisons. We have spent it on other things that it wasn't quite…
  • state legislature — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Over a few years. And in 2010, Republicans took complete control of the state legislature. They took control of all the state offices. I've there were maybe one no there's not been a single Democrat elected statewide except for me in 2017.
  • strong border — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Of emblematic, which is I think everybody believes that there should be a strong border. but what Tommy Tubberville says is if you look a certain way or if you hang out with…
  • authoritarian — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    To me is where there's a point to be made about strong borders. But then he takes it to this authoritarian, way that I think people whoa, whoa, whoa. I didn't vote for that. Here, let's play this clip.
  • US citizen — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    So, Senator, do you care if US citizens accidentally get detained in ICE raids?
  • illegals — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Yourself in a situation where that happens. Okay. And I'm sure with all the illegals we have in this country, you're going to probably have some mistakes happen. That always that's going to happen. But yeah, it's statements.
  • white nationalists — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    What he says about Muslims, what he says when he talked about white nationalists in the military that he was okay with that. this is someone who has divides the people of Alabama, divides America by race and by.
  • the military — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    What he says about Muslims, what he says when he talked about white nationalists in the military that he was okay with that. this is someone who has divides the people of…
  • Islamists — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Yeah. He says, regarding Muslims, Islam is a cult. Islamists aren't here to assimilate, they're here to conquer.
  • school shooting — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Know on his official social account or Donald Trump doing misinformation about a school shooting in Brown like a Twitter troll like people like just stop these are leadership…
  • Crowded Table — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    And to try to have a better state. And I quoted the other day the song by the high women called Crowded Table. I want a house with a crowded table where everybody has a seat by…
  • ARPA — Concept · 1 mention
  • Medicaid expansion — Concept · 1 mention

Places & events

  • Fairbo — Place · 1 mention · first at
    The first question that we have is from Katherine Finley from Fairbo. They want to know who pays the tariffs. Is it consumers or true the exporting country? So, right now, what…
  • Montgomery — Place · 1 mention · first at
    CBS 42 state capital reporter Ryan Hall brings us the latest from Montgomery.
  • Santa Rosa Beach — Place · 1 mention · first at
    People while he stays home and hides behind whatever facade he's got down there in Santa Rosa Beach.
  • Brown — Place · 1 mention

Sponsors

Full transcript with timestamps

LIES. That was Republican Congress member Barry Moore getting booed out of a recent town hall in Alabama. Alabama is furious right now at what's going on in that state and what's happening with this Trump administration that made all of these promises and hasn't delivered anything and has made things worse. Health care is being taken away. Electricity prices are rising. Homes not affordable. People are struggling and people know that inflation is hitting them. They know that inflation is causing prices to surge. from that same town hall of MAGA Republican Barry Moore. Watch as his constituents ask a very basic question. Who pays the tariffs? Here, play this clip.

The first the first question that we have is from Katherine Finley from Fairbo. They want to know who pays the tariffs. Is it consumers or true the exporting country? So, right now, what we just saw in a report is that we haven't seen inflation at all. But y'all saw the report.

Then in Alabama, over a 100,000 people may lose their health care as the Affordable Care Act subsidies are set to expire and hospitals are struggling to stay open. Let's play this clip. Current president and CEO of the Alabama Hospital Association, Dne Howard, says that the current financial strain on the state's hospitals is the worst that she's seen in her 30-year career. She says with the premium tax credits expiring, it won't have any immediate impact, but one that will grow over time. Howard estimates that 100,000 Alamians will lose health care coverage if the tax credits expire. There's a reason why they have a subsidized plan and that's because they couldn't afford.

They're working but they can't afford the cost of an insurance plan fully plus everything else your expenses in life

meaning they will lose access to routine care. Howard says when that happens people who are uninsured will go to the emergency room when seeking primary care. If we are looking at the potential of adding another 100,000 individuals into the uninsured population, then that just adds to a stressor that is already straining hospital finances and

electricity prices in Alabama amongst the highest in the entire country. Let's play this.

The price of your power bill is a very complex issue. In fact, we'd argue power is an overarching theme here. political power, the power of profitability, and your power to change it. We're going to walk you through all of it. Alabama Power customers are paying some of the highest electric bills in the entire country.

That's Daniel Tate, president of Energy Alabama, fighting to lower Alabama power bills. He's right. Alabama has the third highest residential monthly electric bills in the country. On average, $173. Alabama Power customers account for more than half that number. In Alabama, we use more power than most states due to our climate. Take a look. Alabama consumes the fourth largest amount of electricity in the country. And our bills are still the highest. Alabama Power says the bills are higher due to high consumption.

And then you have economic growth slowing in Alabama. Let's play it. Well, some Alabama leaders have concerns over the future of state funding. That's because new data shows economic growth is slowing in the state, which could make for tighter budgets down the road. CBS 42 state capital reporter Ryan Hall brings us the latest from Montgomery.

Leaders explain a decrease in Alabama's revenue growth could force state agencies and classrooms to cut back on spending.

Now, I want to bring in someone from Alabama who made a big announcement, the former senator from Alabama who's running for governor of Alabama, Doug Jones. Senator, it's great to see you here and you want to turn that governor's seat blue. You know, it's uh it's it's it's a fight for sure. Talk to us about what's going on in the state.

Well, you know, look, I appreciate the opportunity to be here with you today. I mean, you guys have been great to me over the years, and I really appreciate this. We had an amazing launch, but you know, I don't at this point, man, I don't really need to say anything. You set the table with four minutes worth of everything going on in Alabama and all the issues and all the problems. The only thing that you you may have missed, well, there a couple things. One, the farmers are hurting. I mean, our soybean farmers and others are losing markets because of all the Trump, what I call Trump Tubberville tariffs. Um, and that last one was especially interesting.

That last piece that you played was especially interesting because it's not just a downturn in the economy, but Alabama has been like spending money, COVID money, federal money, like a drunk sailor over the last few years. And now that money's gone. The old ARPA money is gone. We have spent it on prisons. We have spent it on other things that it wasn't quite designated for. So, the next four years are not going to be that easy in Alabama. But I think it's time to give folks a choice. I think it is absolutely time. People are looking for change. They're looking for a responsive uh state government just like with a with a federal government. So there's an interesting, I think, and unique opportunity in Alabama right now to to make a lot of progress,

right? I mean, there's a direct cause and effect of these failed Republican policies. I mean, they've had the opportunity in Alabama for a very long time to show that their ideas, whatever they may be, work. And we're seeing the outcome of that. And the report card seems to be an F or if you were a generous grader, a D minus, but I think most people see it's an F. And people are expressing the frustration. But how do you convert that into the kind of deep partisan feelings that just people grow up with where they just are kind of told, you know, well, I don't vote for Dem for whatever reason. I I just I can't How do you How do you make that connection knowing that the Republican policies are what's causing them to suffer?

You know, look, I think I think you got to do what Democrats in the South haven't always done, and that is try to really get back uh to basics and to meet people, to go where they are, to listen to them. I I think Democrats got away from that. But this this, you know, this is the same song with a with a different verse. I mean, all this happened before when the Democrats were in control. There was an old saying down here that I I would rather vote for a yellow dog than a Republican. And that's the way this state handled for so long. But then Democrats just kind of let their guard down. They say too many things happening. Republicans did a good job of connecting the dots between those failed policies and a one party state with Democrats in control. And so in 2010, it was a a little bit of a fast process over a few years. And in 2010, Republicans took complete control of the state legislature. They took control of

all the state offices. I've there were maybe one uh no there's not been a single Democrat elected statewide except for me in 2017. So we're going to do two things. First of all, we're going to start connecting those dots. We've got to now to November the uh 5th or whatever the date is for election day to connect those dots between these failed policies and all of the problems that people are seeing their loss of health care, their skyrocketing electricity bills, the farmers losing markets. We're going to connect the dots, but we're also going to do something that hadn't been done in a long long time. And that is we are going to field uh a slate of candidates in every statewide office. slate of candidates that are credible, that can be competitive, and we're going to offer people choices, and we're going to make uh those that are in power right now defend the ill- fated choices that they've made over the years, whether

it's the refusal to expand Medicaid or whatever that is costing people their livelihoods, it's costing people their money. Um, that's what we're going to do over the coming year. And look, we know all of this, we're we're an underdog, but that's okay. underdogs win win win things all the time and we've got I think that we're on the right side of history on these all of these issues not just on one or two.

Now there's still a primary of course in the Democratic party and that's scheduled for sometime in May. Uh the Republican favorite out there is Tommy Tubberville um who you have experience running against and the people in Alabama have seen you know the the types of things that that he said. He's a a rubber stamp for everything that, you know, I think people are frustrated and upset with, you know. And then there's this clip right here that I want to show you from my buddy Pablo Monriquez who interviewed Tommy Tuberville. I could show you a lot of clips of Tommy Tubberville and we can go on for hours of some of the stuff that this guy said, but this one to me is is is really kind of emblematic, which is I think everybody believes that there should be a strong border. Um, but what Tommy Tubberville says is if you look a certain way or if you hang out with people who look a certain way, that make

that means you should be arrested as an American citizen and round it up. And that's just the price to pay for being an American and hanging out with people who may look a little different or who or being in a restaurant with someone who's American. Just watch this cuz this to me is where there's a point to be made about strong borders. But then he takes it to this authoritarian, you know, way that I think people like, whoa, whoa, whoa. I didn't vote for that. Here, let's play this clip.

So, Senator, do you care if US citizens accidentally get detained in ICE raids?

If US citizens Yeah, it's been happening a lot. It's been happening a lot with veterans in particular.

Yeah. Well, first of all, don't put yourself in a situation where that happens. Okay. And uh I'm sure with all the uh illegals we have in this country, you're going to probably have some mistakes happen. That always that's going to happen. But

yeah, I mean, you know, it's statements like that. I mean, you know, you could be out and about Alabama and you're what at a restaurant and you get rounded up and Tommy Tubles, eh, it's the price we pay.

Yeah. No, you know, look, everything he says uh along the lines of immigration and really even about race and religion are pretty disgusting in most instances. I mean, this guy is not uh he is a divider. That's the other thing about our race. We're going to try to be a unifier. And I think I think you know me and you know that that has been my history, reaching across the aisle, working with folks, trying to do our best to find common ground to do things. not Tommy Tubberville. He is the divider chief. Uh the things he says about immigrants uh whether they are um here legally or not uh are pretty disgusting.

What he says about Muslims, what he says uh when he talked about white nationalists in the um the military that he was okay with that. Um this is someone who has divides uh the people of Alabama, divides America by race and by religion. And I just don't think that that's what people ultimately want. I think people want to see folks working together. And again, we've got a a chance now to show him for who he really is. We did not have that chance in 2020 for a lot of reasons, but we've got that chance now. He's got a record. He's got a lot of statements out there like that.

And you just can't walk all of those things back. Yeah. He says, uh, regarding Muslims, Islam is a cult. Islamists aren't here to assimilate, they're here to conquer. And you know, there's 22,000 23,000 plus people who are Muslim um in the state. which goes to kind of a final point here which is just leadership in general like be behaving like a grown like you and I can get into policy discussions and they're important and we did that at the beginning of this interview but for me what drew me to like doing this and leaving my other job is like just the behavior I felt wasn't grownup wasn't adult wasn't leadership it wasn't these skills it wasn't reflecting empathy and I just I think right now people want to look at leaders who they go, you know what, this person cares and they're doing a good job and they're trying and they're not out there just going to like Mara Lago parties with half naked women

in martini glasses like that's so that's like what what you know we're like Donald Trump attacking uh you know Rob Reiner after he he was murdered you know likely with the suspect being his his son and and Donald Trump mocks that you know on his official social account or Donald Trump doing misinformation about a school shooting in Brown like a Twitter troll like people like just stop these are leadership positions and Tubberville's like that. So I think that's an important point also that doesn't get spoken about enough.

I totally agree with you and and the fact of the matter is if everything that you see and hear from Tubberville, everything is is an is a sports analogy. I mean, and think about this. When you are a coach or whatever and everything is that analogy, you're always in a us versus them, winners versus losers mentality. That's the kind of thing he does. Well, I'm going to tell you, the people's healthc care in Alabama, it's not a game. Their education, it's not a game. The fact that we've got communities than in Alabama that are suffering is not a game. This is not a sports metaphor. As I said Friday, Alabama is not a stadium and we are not the scoreboard. We are all working together to try to be a better folks and and to try to have a better state. And I I quoted the other day the song by the high women uh called Crowded Table. You know, I want a house with a crowded table where everybody has a seat by the

fire. Those are the things I think people ultimately really want where everyone is treated with dignity, respect, and that we can work together for a better Alabama. This guy doesn't even live in Alabama. If he did, he would have proved it by now. He doesn't even live here. So, how can you really uh expect to be a governor for all the people of Alabama if you spend all of your time down on the beach in Florida? Senator, before we go, where can people find out more about the campaign and any final message to our six million subscribers?

Well, look, I really appreciate that. You can go to dougjones.com. That's the easiest way. It's at dougjones on X and Blue Sky. And I'm going to be doing more Instagram, probably even a little Tik Tok down the road. But dougjones.com will give you everything that you need to help us with the campaign for financial volunteers, whatever. And just stay tuned. It's going to be an an evolving process. We're going to be involved. We're going to be out there in the community uh a lot. That's is something else that you won't expect to see from Tubberville. We're going to be out there talking to people, meeting people while he stays home and hides behind whatever facade he's got down there in Santa Rosa Beach.

Senator Doug Jones running for governor, the great state of Alabama. We wish you the best.

Thanks so much. Appreciate being here. Everybody, hit subscribe and let's hit that 6 million mark this month. Want to stay plugged in? Become a subscriber to our Substack at midasplus.com. You'll get daily recaps from Ron Philipski, ad free episodes of our podcast, and more exclusive content only available at midasplus.com.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING from Voters…IN ALABAMA?!!"?

Barry Moore (Guest), Katherine Finley (Guest), Dne Howard (Guest), Unknown (MeidasTouch host/interviewer) (Host), Doug Jones (Guest), Daniel Tate (Guest), Ryan Hall (Guest), Pablo Manríquez (Guest).

What is "Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING from Voters…IN ALABAMA?!!" about?

Recent town hall meetings in Alabama have revealed significant dissatisfaction among constituents with the Trump administration, as they express concerns over rising healthcare costs, increasing electricity prices, and overall economic struggles due to inflation. Republican Congressman Barry Moore faced backlash while discussing the impending loss of health coverage for over 100,000 residents if…

What is mentioned in this MeidasTouch episode?

46 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Tommy Tubberville, Barry Moore, Alabama Power, Republican policies, Muslims, Katherine Finley. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING from Voters…IN ALABAMA?!!"?

The episode runs 16 min; the transcript is about 2,861 words in 32 timestamped sections.

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