Trump PANICS as GOP is BOOED OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA!!!

What this episode is about

Protests are intensifying in North Carolina as residents express outrage against Donald Trump's actions, particularly following incidents involving ICE and Border Patrol, leading to significant discontent among voters. Polls indicate a negative approval rating for Trump in the state, with Democrats gaining momentum ahead of the midterm elections, suggesting a potential shift in political power in congressional districts like North Carolina's 11th.

Key takeaways

• Youth-led protests in North Carolina showcase the power of peaceful dissent against perceived tyranny.
• Trump's approval rating in North Carolina is in the negative, highlighting potential midterm vulnerabilities for Republicans.
• Congressman Chuck Edwards' retreat from town halls indicates growing discontent among voters he's failed to engage.
• Hurricane relief delays serve as a stark reminder: disaster response is political, and some states are left in the lurch.
• Democratic candidate Jamie Ager's grassroots campaign reflects a larger trend of disillusionment with traditional politicians.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Jamie Ager (Host) · 9 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: North Carolina, Donald Trump, Ukraine, Chuck Edwards
2. 5:00 – 10:00: North Carolina, Chuck Edwards, Hurricane Helen, Donald Trump
3. 10:00 – 15:00: North Carolina, Chuck Edwards, Hurricane Helen
4. 15:00 – 20:00: Hurricane Helen, Chuck Edwards, North Carolina
5. 20:00 – 22:21: North Carolina, Chuck Edwards, Jamie Ager, Meckllinmberg County

Notable quotes from "Trump PANICS as GOP is BOOED OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA!!!"

• In North Carolina peacefully protesting and conducting a walk out in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis after Donald Trump's ICE and Border Patrol Gustapo murdered Renee…

  about Alex Prety · at 0:15

• Now, Donald Trump's approval in North Carolina is absolutely abysmal. You take a look right here. Right now in North Carolina, it is -3.6%.

  about Donald Trump · at 1:16

• Republican Congress member Chuck Edwards. The 11th is western North Carolina. people absolutely hate this guy right here, Chuck Edwards. Just a reminder, Chuck Edwards was…

  about Chuck Edwards · at 2:11

• Do you like bullying people that need your help? Do you go for kicking the guy when he's down?

  about Ukraine · at 3:54

• Carolina's 11 say to that? here in western North Carolina, we dealt on September 27th, 2024, we were really punched in the face when Hurricane Helen came through and ripped…

  about Hurricane Helen · at 11:18

• That. And I think that ultimately we can do better, right? The money and resources were spent in North Carolina by this Trump regime and people like Edwards sending masked agents from ICE and Border Patrol and Operation Charlotte's.

  about Meckllinmberg County · at 20:25

• Jamie Ager, fourth generation farmer, running for North Carolina's 11th congressional district against that MAGA candidate. Chuck Edwards, beat him. Do your best.

  about Jamie Ager · at 21:47

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Donald Trump — Person · Primary referenced political figure (subject of criticism) · 6 mentions · first at 0:06
  Presented as the central antagonist in the segment—blamed for ICE/Border Patrol actions, poor disaster relief, and broader governance failures affecting North Carolina.
• Chuck Edwards — Person · Primary political opponent referenced (incumbent representative) · 9 mentions · first at 2:11
  Depicted as an unpopular MAGA-aligned incumbent in NC-11; criticized for avoiding town halls and failing to deliver Hurricane Helene recovery resources and healthcare support.
• Jamie Ager — Person · Main guest (Democratic candidate / challenger) · 3 mentions · first at 7:25
  Interviewee positioned as a community-rooted alternative to Chuck Edwards, focusing on Hurricane Helene recovery, healthcare affordability, and local economic pressures in NC-11.
• Alex Prety — Person · Referenced victim (as alleged by speaker) · 1 mention · first at 0:15
  Mentioned alongside Renee Nicole Good as a recent death attributed by the speaker to ICE/Border Patrol; supports the narrative motivating protests and political anger.
• Renee Mlin Good — Person · Referenced victim (as alleged by speaker) · 1 mention · first at 0:22
  Cited as a person whose death is attributed by the speaker to ICE/Border Patrol actions; used to contextualize student protests and broader outrage in North Carolina.
  In North Carolina peacefully protesting and conducting a walk out in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis after Donald Trump's ICE and Border Patrol Gustapo murdered Renee…

Companies & orgs

• Fox — Company · Referenced company · 3 mentions
  Mentioned in the context of media and polling data.
  Have about a plus six or so advantage in general in the midterm generics, which is the biggest spread that Fox ever had on their generic polling for either party. But like you…

Places & events

• North Carolina — Place · Setting · 18 mentions · first at 0:06
  Primary location discussed in the podcast, focusing on political and natural disaster events.
  Targeted by Donald Trump's ICE and Border Patrol. Gustapo for the state sponsored terrorism. People were rounded up there as well with scenes like we saw in Minneapolis. I'll…
• Hurricane Helen — Event · Core topic · 6 mentions · first at 6:48
  Major natural disaster discussed, impacting North Carolina and its residents significantly.
• Meckllinmberg County — Place · Setting · 2 mentions · first at 0:39
  Specific county in North Carolina mentioned in the context of political and social issues.
• Ukraine — Place · Referenced location · 3 mentions · first at 3:50
  Mentioned in the context of international relations and political discussions.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 OUT. North Carolina's absolutely furious at Donald Trump and his despicable regime. What you saw right there were high school students at Asheville High School in North Carolina peacefully protesting and conducting a walk out in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis after Donald Trump's ICE and Border Patrol Gustapo murdered Renee Nicole Good and most recently Alex Prey. That protest was at the end of last week at Asheville High School. And we're seeing protests throughout North Carolina. North Carolina, specifically Meckllinmberg County and the surrounding areas were targeted by Donald Trump's ICE and Border Patrol. Gustapo for the state sponsored terrorism. People were rounded up there as well with scenes like we saw in Minneapolis. I'll just remind you of what some of the other protests look like in North Carolina. Here was a big one that took place recently with people chanting, "F Donald Trump. F Donald

1:03 Trump." Here, play this clip. Now, Donald Trump's approval in North Carolina is absolutely uh abysmal. You take a look right here. Right now in North Carolina, it is -3.6%. This was a state that Donald Trump won in 2024. The latest economist poll and other similar polling has him at -3.6% 6% in North Carolina. Now, Democrats are poised to win big uh in the midterms in North Carolina if they can keep up the momentum there. And a recent even a recent state regime media, which calls itself uh Fox poll showed that Democrats have about a plus six or so advantage in general in the midterm generics, which is the uh the biggest spread that Fox ever had on their generic polling for either party. But like you zoom in on some of these congressional districts like North Carolina's 11th congressional district which is represented by MAGA Republican Congress member Chuck Edwards. The 11th is uh western North

2:16 Carolina. Um people absolutely hate this guy right here, Chuck Edwards. Just a reminder, Chuck Edwards was um booed at at his last town hall that he did. He's since run away and he's not doing any more town halls. Here is Chuck Edwards a few months back. this actually last March. Um, and he he's run away since then. But watch as people were asking him about Greenland and Canada. Here, play this clip. Do you support the annexation of Canada andor Greenland? And this is a yes or no question. I don't want you to I don't want you to wander off into the woods. I don't want to hear about your latest week in your office.

3:06 Okay. So, I'm trying to I'm trying to get your opinion on this as a yes or no. Do you support Trump on annexing Canada or Greenland? And do you do you like the way he treats the premier or the president of Canada calling him governor? Is that the way you do as a diplomat? Is that the way is that the way the United States should act to our closest neighbors? You know, is this and and I'm still I've still got a little more time. Do you do you do you enjoy the way he's tried to extort minerals from the Ukraine? Do you like bullying people that need your help? Do you go for kicking the guy when he's down?

4:01 But do you support Trump in these things? This is a yes or no. And Republican from North Carolina, Chuck Edwards, was booed after saying that Trump supports Ukraine and people know he's lying. Play this clip.

4:14 Our next question is from Kathleen, zip code 28804. Why do you support a president that cares nothing about NATO, Ukraine, and democracy, but cares about Putin and other dictators? Actually, I believe that the uh president is very supportive of Ukraine.

5:04 I believe I believe the president recognizes that uh Putin is a murderous dictator. And here was an incredible scene where a veteran said, "You don't give an f about me. You don't give an f about this state. Get the hell out of here." Here, play this clip.

5:21 YOU'RE LYING. I'M A VETERAN. YOU DON'T GIVE A [ __ ] ABOUT ME. SHUT THE [ __ ] UP. You take off. You guys to be I deeply value the contributions that

6:14 just to be clear. Let him speak. Let him listen. Weather service. And so now MAGA Republican Chuck Edwards is running away from the people. He hasn't really done any other town halls. He does these like events where he phones it in basically at this point. Now folks, you know, the people of North Carolina see that Donald Trump's ripped away their healthcare. He's terrorizing the state. Another big issue is Hurricane Helen relief. Uh hurricane was uh back in September of 2024. I think September 26th, 27th, 2024. Uh real horrors were unleashed on the state by the natural disaster. Donald Trump's been withholding money from North Carolina. He denied disaster relief. Now he's withholding money. Um the same way he's withholding, you know, tens of billions of dollars from Los Angeles. I mean, you know, Donald Trump is very antagonistic to North Carolina. Chuck Edwards very antagonistic towards the

7:22 state. So, I want to bring in uh the Democratic uh candidate Jamie Ager. Jamie, it's great to see you here. Fourth generation uh farmer with families in with family and politics. You run the hickory nut gap, but you're not a even though you had some family back going back to your grandpa was in the House of Representatives. You've never really been in politics before, but you've decided right now given all these things that Trump and these MAGAS are doing in your state and particularly in your district in western North Carolina, um people are pissed and you're pissed. Whether it's their horrific handling of disaster relief from Hurricane Helen and the lies they keep spewing that, "Oh, we're helping out. We're doing a great job when they haven't done really anything that they promised to do." Whether it's the Trump regime's attack on farmers, and by the way, Edward's attack on farmers, taking

8:15 away people's healthcare, shutting down rural hospitals. I mean, it just seems that you have an openly hostile government and representative, which I call a regime, to the congressional district, North Carolina's 11th, that you're running it. One more thing I'll point out, the latest polling has you slightly ahead of this MAGA Republican candidate, and that is a big deal heading into these midterms. So, talk to us about why you want to run, but why you're running, but it seems I gave all the reasons. They're attacking you. Your district's under attack.

8:47 Yeah. Yeah. I'm uh I'm a fourth generation here in western North Carolina. My family's been uh in western North Carolina for over a hundred years. And you know, western North Carolina is a region where people admire folks with deep roots. There's a lot of heritage here and uh and a lot of tradition and uh you know, as someone who's from this area. I've spent my whole life here. Um and for the past 25 years, my wife and I built a little meat company and a farm at our farming operation here. We raised grass-fed beef and pasture-raised livestock production and uh really spent the the past 25 years um building a company with deep values around farming that's good for the land that's good for animals and good for people um the farmers we work with the uh the the employees of the business and most importantly our customers and so you know as somebody who who understands business have been on the

9:39 entrepreneurial journey um who comes from a background of agriculture knows a lot of farmers in the region. Um I feel like uh one of the reasons I decided to run is that I can go beat Chuck Edwards and really uh run a campaign that's not so based on sort of national politics, but on some of the challenges we're having right here in our communities around recovering from Hurricane Helen and uh getting ourselves back on our feet uh in so many other ways from the cost high cost of living that people are experiencing and uh and just try to be helpful for our communities. Um, I've never really seen myself as a hyperartisan person. I'm mostly just a a dad and a basketball coach and uh and a business owner in our community. And and I I'm pretty sure I can talk to a lot of folks all over Western North Carolina that see me in in that context.

10:28 You know, I think about the 2024 election, Trump's trips out to Asheville and other places and the speeches he gave then. Then I think to the speeches he's been giving these weird rallies he's been holding over the past uh you know few months. Um the most recent one he did was in Iowa. Um before that he was in North Carolina and before that he was in Pennsylvania. And in all of them right now he's spiking the football to give you the sports reference right there as as the coach. And he's saying I did I did what I promised that everything is better now. I don't even use the word affordability. Says because it's oldfashioned. It's been solved and everyone's doing great. Then he says, "The farmers love me." He said, "The tariffs have made us richer than ever."

11:14 What do you say to that? And what do the people that you speak to in North Carolina's 11 say to that? I mean, here in western North Carolina, um, we we uh we dealt on September 27th, 2024, we were we were really punched in the face when Hurricane Helen came through and uh ripped through these so many communities all over western North Carolina. And the flooding was so severe. We lost so many roads and bridges and coverts and fence lines here at the farm. And uh and at the end of the day, we lost a lot of friends and neighbors and that was devastating. And uh the cost of that storm was close to about $60 billion dollars. And and uh we've received, you know, we had politicians uh come into Swanoa. I think it's one of the only times Chuck Edwards has really shown up in public in Swanoa uh telling us they're going to make this thing right.

12:06 We're going to get us back on our feet. And here we are a year and a half later and uh we're still struggling to get back on our feet. I've got a you know, I've been traveling through Swanoa quite a bit. Met with some nonprofits there last week. just want to know communities coming together and there's full of examples of of um funding needed to get our get our feet back under us and we just can't and as I travel around the district you know the people are really struggling with the uh the latest um subsidies that went away for the health care and and people's premiums going up 300%.

12:40 um to feel like you're working 40 hours a week and you're not getting ahead at all and you actually can't get ahead is pretty discouraging for a lot of people and it really causes folks to not believe that the government can actually solve hard problems. And to me that's frustrating and unacceptable. And so I uh I really just decided to run cuz I I see myself as somebody that can be helpful. Uh not not so much uh locked into sort of these national political conversations, but much more around like as an entrepreneur, I know what it's like to to do hard things, to have hard conversations, to be creative and solve hard problems. And I just really think I can help this region recover from Helen, get people feeling like the economics of this country can work for them every day. And uh and I'm idealistic. I think I can we can have a better country than we have right now. And uh and right now

13:28 we need leadership that brings people together and doesn't tear us all apart. And that's pretty much all we're seeing.

13:33 Yeah. I mean it seems at every level people are getting crushed whether it's things being less affordable. I mean the on Friday the uh core inflation numbers came out

13:44 and it rising to 3.3% which is far more than people expected. Yeah. which is more consistent by the way with I think the lived experience to me it feels higher that because when I go to the grocery store and I put my thing I go that's more than 3% year-over-year but you know it compounds but the fact that it's at least in this range at least feels like okay I'm not delusional things are way more expensive right now when I'm out there but then it's ripping away the health care cost and you can go to different sectors I mean you know you're a fourth generation farmer but I could be speaking to a second generation or third generation construction construction worker, the input costs are higher. They can't afford, you know, they're struggling. Uh first time homeowners can't afford homes and farmers, your input costs are significantly higher because the tariffs are being passed through to you, the

14:33 business owners, and not to the foreign countries. And so it just everyone's getting hit with everything.

14:39 Yeah. It's funny to me. I mean, farmers generally speaking are uh are the ones who have to pay retail and they sell wholesale, which is never a good idea, and they pay trucking both ways, right? Um, that's always discouraging and uh and and it's interesting to me to listen to folks talk about tariffs as like, "Oh, we're not they're not going to cause price increases." Well, I've been in business long enough to know when we get cost increases, you kind of have to pass those along to your customers or you got to absorb them. And and both are hard to do, right? And so to me, the idea that we can we can have these sort of eat your, you know, eat your lunch and your do all the things you want to do and just celebrate everything as wins and then not be able to actually affect people's uh, you know, the pricing, all those things is is naive and uh and pretty frustrating and bad leadership, right? Um, I think that that's, you

15:29 know, when I look at these, uh, the ability for us to provide health care for for folks in our communities and farmers, our small business owners, and I feel like some of these subsidies um, when they get expired, you know, they can't even um, the ability for those subsidies is is is hitting so many small businesses in such terrific ways. And and that's on top of a health care system that's already completely dismantled and and destroyed. I mean, I got a neighbor over here who who uh who recently passed away and didn't go to the doctor because his he had a stomach ache and, you know, thought he'd be all right and then uh and ended up not going and then 4 months later he gets sick and dies because we're too scared to go to the doctor because you can't you can't imagine how much it's going to cost and you're so scared of the fees and to be more scared of how much your healthcare is going to cost than than actually

16:23 trying to get the care you need. It's happening all the time across this country and to me um we can do way better than that as a country and it's pretty frustrating.

16:31 Yeah. I mean look the story of your neighbor is a story that often doesn't get told which needs to be told because this is why I do what I do now is because I'm with you like I didn't really get into this cuz I liked politics. In fact I didn't like politics and I tell my wife I really don't like politics. She's like but you run a political media company. It's because I don't like it. I I I want to stop the the BS because like what you just described is your neighbor was sick in America, which is supposed to be the wealthiest nation in the world, knew he should have gone to the doctor. Real in any other situation, this was any other country that actually had some sort of universal health care ability or affordable health care, they'd go to the doctor because you know what? It's too expensive for me. So now a stomach ache that could have been resolved just became a death sentence and someone is

17:24 dead. Their life is over. Their family doesn't see this person and their life could have been ex How old was this per how old was the person? Do they have

17:32 Oh, I can't remember. He was he was uh not too different than me. But it's but how old how old are you?

17:38 I'm 48 years old. So 55 for the sake. You know, this person had this person had 30 plus years and maybe more of life ahead of him and is dead and you know and and you and I and others you know like we should exactly what you said like that's what we should be fight why is this person dead and what was the person's name? We don't have to say his name but how how many other people like that are out there? It's probably hundreds of thousands millions of people in this country who are just dying. It's crazy.

18:10 Right. Well, and to me, like what's frustrating is that whenever folks come into the community after something like Hurricane Helen and they make a bunch of promises and and get a bunch of PR and everything else and then here we are a year and a half later and folks are still living in campers in Swanoa and and and and living in their neighbors homes and there's all these homes that got literally washed away and uh and with big promises to get all this stuff right and fixed. Um, it makes your blood boil to think that if and if there is a job for somebody in the United States House of Representatives, that word representative means a lot to me because, you know, the role of the United States House of Representatives is to represent the region that you're from, regardless of your political party. And uh, and to me, that's been a huge failure of Chuck Edwards right here in Western North Carolina because he

19:00 didn't show up for the people. He didn't show up. He's not fighting for the money. Um, and to me that's the job. You got to go fight for it. And and that's that's that's really really frustrating. And another thing he didn't do is he never really showed up in our communities. You know, when people get go through a natural disaster like Hurricane Helen, it's devastating for so many people. People lose their homes, you know, right after it happened for us right here on our farm. Um, we had some I had a cousin of mine that lives on the other side of the state and they said, "We're coming with supplies. Do y'all need anything?" And of course, we didn't have any loss of life on this farm, thankfully. But uh we did have um a lot of work to be done all over the place.

19:40 And uh we spent basically a whole month doing this. And uh and and I didn't realize what we needed. You know, she was like, "Can we bring you some fuel? Can we bring you some food?" I was like, "I think we're good." And then they showed up and we used every bit of it right away. And so, um, and part of what good leadership is is showing up in communities and, uh, and being available for people and and and and you know, showing empathy for the challenge that we've got in front of us and and all Chuck Edwards has done is just sit back behind like telet town halls and not going out into communities and really, you know, part of what leadership is is having courage to go out and talk to people and listen to people and uh, and be available for everybody in the community. And it just makes me really frustrated that um we we didn't get that. And I think that ultimately um we can do better,

20:28 right? The money and resources were spent in North Carolina by this Trump regime and people like Edwards uh sending masked agents from ICE and Border Patrol and Operation Charlotte's Web to harass people in Meckllinmberg County when that money could have been spent to help people get housing in in in western North Carolina and help $40 billion on Argentina. 40 billion money right here in western North Carolina

20:53 people in North Carolina where could people now we're talking about buying Greenland

20:57 buying Greenland invading Iran every every arresting Don Le you know it's just can we just focus on helping the American people you know and we pull back and just say what's the point of all it what's the point of government what are you doing like that's my line my line used to be play the clip and now I increasingly say what are you doing what is this I don't even know what the hell this is where Jamie where can people find out more about the campaign.

21:22 Uh, thank you for asking. It's aggerfor Congress.com. If you just type, you know, Google Jamie for Congress, um, it'll show up and we're on all the social media stuff and all that stuff. Um, yeah, we'd love we'd love support. We're building a great team here. Um, we're building a great campaign and we feel super excited about that poll that came out that shows us beating Chuck Edwards and, uh, and we think we've got the the the the ability to go win this thing. Jamie Ager, fourth generation farmer, running for North Carolina's 11th congressional district against that MAGA candidate. Chuck Edwards, beat him. Do your best.

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Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Trump PANICS as GOP is BOOED OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA!!!"?

Jamie Ager (Host).

What is "Trump PANICS as GOP is BOOED OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA!!!" about?

Protests are intensifying in North Carolina as residents express outrage against Donald Trump's actions, particularly following incidents involving ICE and Border Patrol, leading to significant discontent among voters. Polls indicate a negative approval rating for Trump in the state, with Democrats gaining momentum ahead of the midterm elections, suggesting a potential shift in political power…

What is mentioned in this MeidasTouch episode?

10 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Donald Trump, North Carolina, Chuck Edwards, Hurricane Helen, Jamie Ager, Meckllinmberg County. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Trump PANICS as GOP is BOOED OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA!!!"?

The episode runs 22 min; the transcript is about 3,855 words in 36 timestamped sections.

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