Andrew Colvett
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Yeah, absolutely.
And thanks for having me, Steve, and for the kind words.
And you've just been a tremendous ally in the fight all along the way.
And Charlie always tuned into your show.
He was like straight into his veins.
And so you're a big part of this too, Steve.
And listen, you're right.
We were laser focused on making sure that the gains that we had, the coalitions that we were building in 2024 did not go by the wayside in 2025.
We understood that the youth vote was not a permanent thing.
you know, ushering in of a permanent new electorate.
We had to keep earning that vote.
And when we saw some of the foreign policy decisions, when we saw some of the Epstein stuff come out, we knew we were losing some of that trust that we had built.
I mean, they put a flyer on Trump.
It was a flyer vote.
We're going to give you a chance because the other thing's not working.
We see that.
But we understood it was always going to be Mangioneism, Mamdaniism versus MAGA versus Epsteinism.
economic national populism driving forward with a a uh rising tide lifts all boats as opposed to zero-sum game grievance politics that are offered by the left and so we're laser focused on how do we do this how do we re-inspire the youth to to get a stake and get some skin in the game
into the american dream believe in this in this republic and so yeah this was a punch list it was started with mass deportations we understood that that we're seeing our country get invaded we understood that this is causing housing crisis this is causing you know backup at emergency rooms it's a visible vis visceral thing that young people can see in their communities they understand that the country they inherited all of a sudden is not for them anymore that's the message that it's sending is that we don't care that you were born here
this country's for foreigners mass deportation also crime implications obviously step number two stop the h-1b scam i love what mark mitchell said this is something young people experience when they go into the workforce and and about 80 percent of these jobs in h-1b are going to entry level junior level type jobs the exact jobs that we need to be able to ensure are reserved for american citizens america is for americans and then when you do this h-1b scam and you got uh