MAGA Civil War Erupts on Capitol Hill as House Reopens

The MeidasTouch Podcast opens with a surreal image: House Speaker Mike Johnson telling Fox News that he joked with Donald Trump about getting a tattoo reading "Save America Act" on his shoulder. "I told him, Mr. President, I don't have any tattoos, but if I did, it'd say Save America on my shoulder," Johnson said. That moment captures the strange state of play on Capitol Hill as Republicans return from a shutdown with internal fractures, stalled legislation, and a brewing civil war between MAGA loyalists and Republican holdouts like Thomas Massie.

The Massie Confrontation and MAGA's Civil War

The most vivid scene from the episode involves a coordinated attack on Representative Thomas Massie. Trump and Mike Johnson reportedly tried to get a Fox News correspondent to ambush Massie with questions about an ex-girlfriend and an NDA. But Massie turned the tables. When the reporter asked if Massie had pressured someone to sign an NDA, Massie fired back: "I heard that you like gay porn. Is that true?" When the reporter tried to deflect, Massie pressed: "Are you a real news organization or not? Is this what you do for a living, man?"