Annie Karni

If they want protection, they have to pay for it themselves from their campaign accounts. Not to mention then you're doing all this traveling and not having a regular family life and being threatened. And then you look at it and you're like, for what? When we're here – The House floor is frozen. We're not actually voting. We're sitting and taking 15 rounds. It took a week to elect a speaker.

If they want protection, they have to pay for it themselves from their campaign accounts. Not to mention then you're doing all this traveling and not having a regular family life and being threatened. And then you look at it and you're like, for what? When we're here – The House floor is frozen. We're not actually voting. We're sitting and taking 15 rounds. It took a week to elect a speaker.

Like, for what? So a lot of people just made the calculation like it's just not worth it anymore. I mean, it's broken and I'm killing myself for nothing.

Like, for what? So a lot of people just made the calculation like it's just not worth it anymore. I mean, it's broken and I'm killing myself for nothing.

Like, for what? So a lot of people just made the calculation like it's just not worth it anymore. I mean, it's broken and I'm killing myself for nothing.

Well, that's like a, I mean, it saves money. You know, they don't, a lot of people can't have two residences and the office sleeping is a long time thing. It kind of got less popular during COVID and after the Me Too movement because it's an awkward thing to be like living in your office and having staffers walk in in the morning and you're like brushing your teeth.

Well, that's like a, I mean, it saves money. You know, they don't, a lot of people can't have two residences and the office sleeping is a long time thing. It kind of got less popular during COVID and after the Me Too movement because it's an awkward thing to be like living in your office and having staffers walk in in the morning and you're like brushing your teeth.

Well, that's like a, I mean, it saves money. You know, they don't, a lot of people can't have two residences and the office sleeping is a long time thing. It kind of got less popular during COVID and after the Me Too movement because it's an awkward thing to be like living in your office and having staffers walk in in the morning and you're like brushing your teeth.

But people still do it to save money. Yeah.

But people still do it to save money. Yeah.

But people still do it to save money. Yeah.

Also, I spent a lot of time with some younger women, female members, who just doing the job drives home every day for them that this was not created for me. Okay.

Also, I spent a lot of time with some younger women, female members, who just doing the job drives home every day for them that this was not created for me. Okay.

Also, I spent a lot of time with some younger women, female members, who just doing the job drives home every day for them that this was not created for me. Okay.

I've been talking to current lawmakers, former lawmakers, people who have been around Trump, working for him, just to get a sense of how does he kind of control House Republicans? How does he go about getting them to vote the way he needs them to vote?

I've been talking to current lawmakers, former lawmakers, people who have been around Trump, working for him, just to get a sense of how does he kind of control House Republicans? How does he go about getting them to vote the way he needs them to vote?

I've been talking to current lawmakers, former lawmakers, people who have been around Trump, working for him, just to get a sense of how does he kind of control House Republicans? How does he go about getting them to vote the way he needs them to vote?

So he is using, you know, the carrot more to appeal to them, the nice guy, the charm offensive. He knows these members really well. Like, a lot of them have his cell phone. He texts them when he sees them on TV. He invites them to dinner at Mar-a-Lago and encourages them to bring their families.

So he is using, you know, the carrot more to appeal to them, the nice guy, the charm offensive. He knows these members really well. Like, a lot of them have his cell phone. He texts them when he sees them on TV. He invites them to dinner at Mar-a-Lago and encourages them to bring their families.

So he is using, you know, the carrot more to appeal to them, the nice guy, the charm offensive. He knows these members really well. Like, a lot of them have his cell phone. He texts them when he sees them on TV. He invites them to dinner at Mar-a-Lago and encourages them to bring their families.