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Brent Buchanan

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Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

But we can't just walk out there and let the narrative be Republicans are going to cut Medicaid, Republicans are going to cut Social Security because that's going to freak grandma and grandpa out. What we need to do instead on the conversation is explain, here is the massive fraud, waste, and abuse. We're not just using those three words. Here's a contract for this.

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

But we can't just walk out there and let the narrative be Republicans are going to cut Medicaid, Republicans are going to cut Social Security because that's going to freak grandma and grandpa out. What we need to do instead on the conversation is explain, here is the massive fraud, waste, and abuse. We're not just using those three words. Here's a contract for this.

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

Here is where a doctor billed 100,000 MRI scans when the average doctor bills 100, as an example, and say, those are the things we're cutting. And when we cut these, we can protect the program and protect your benefits. And that's the part that's totally missing right now in the Republican messaging on Doge, but also on the budget discussions.

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

Here is where a doctor billed 100,000 MRI scans when the average doctor bills 100, as an example, and say, those are the things we're cutting. And when we cut these, we can protect the program and protect your benefits. And that's the part that's totally missing right now in the Republican messaging on Doge, but also on the budget discussions.

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

Well, if you ask, do you support or oppose diversity, equity, and inclusion, which is what DEI stands for, it has very high levels of support because who's going to say they're against any of those three things? I don't want equitable government. I don't want a diverse... Nobody's going to come out and say that. But when you put it in terms of implementing DEI as a policy...

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

Well, if you ask, do you support or oppose diversity, equity, and inclusion, which is what DEI stands for, it has very high levels of support because who's going to say they're against any of those three things? I don't want equitable government. I don't want a diverse... Nobody's going to come out and say that. But when you put it in terms of implementing DEI as a policy...

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

as opposed to a value system, means that instead of hiring people based on merit and based on their experience, we're gonna say that your racial and gender or some other immutable characteristic is more important than what you have accomplished or what you're capable of doing when matched up with somebody else who could do the job.

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

as opposed to a value system, means that instead of hiring people based on merit and based on their experience, we're gonna say that your racial and gender or some other immutable characteristic is more important than what you have accomplished or what you're capable of doing when matched up with somebody else who could do the job.

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

And so when we put it in that construct, we found that only 3% of people said prioritize racial and gender identity in hiring. And we found 64% of people that said merit and experience. And again, everything about communication comes back to anchoring and giving somebody an understanding of something they can grasp. And the whole DEI conversation has to be anchored against.

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

And so when we put it in that construct, we found that only 3% of people said prioritize racial and gender identity in hiring. And we found 64% of people that said merit and experience. And again, everything about communication comes back to anchoring and giving somebody an understanding of something they can grasp. And the whole DEI conversation has to be anchored against.

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

When we choose that, we're saying merit and experience don't matter.

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

When we choose that, we're saying merit and experience don't matter.

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

It is the item that gets the highest scoring on any poll that you see when voters are asked, do you approve or disapprove of the job that Trump is doing on, and then they lay out the individual aspects as opposed to just job approval in general. And you start to get well above his job approval numbers when you ask about illegal immigration, because that was front and center

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

It is the item that gets the highest scoring on any poll that you see when voters are asked, do you approve or disapprove of the job that Trump is doing on, and then they lay out the individual aspects as opposed to just job approval in general. And you start to get well above his job approval numbers when you ask about illegal immigration, because that was front and center

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

of his entire campaign. It was constant news clips. If you remember back to 24 of these people storming over the border, you're actually starting to see it decrease as a top issue because it's not in the news as much because it's actually being addressed. There's so few people coming across the border now compared to four months ago under the Biden administration.

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

of his entire campaign. It was constant news clips. If you remember back to 24 of these people storming over the border, you're actually starting to see it decrease as a top issue because it's not in the news as much because it's actually being addressed. There's so few people coming across the border now compared to four months ago under the Biden administration.

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

What we're seeing in our data and others is that it's not getting enough conversational attention. So voters are wanting it to be addressed or at least be spoken about. Tell us how things aren't going to cost as much or how my wages are going to be able to go up so I can make up for the gap difference between my wage and what things cost to just live now.

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

What we're seeing in our data and others is that it's not getting enough conversational attention. So voters are wanting it to be addressed or at least be spoken about. Tell us how things aren't going to cost as much or how my wages are going to be able to go up so I can make up for the gap difference between my wage and what things cost to just live now.

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

And that is an area that it doesn't get nearly as high marks because it's not being talked about as much by the Trump administration. It's a real area of opportunity because Donald Trump and the Republican Congress have good ideas for this, but it's also such a massive topic. Like, I don't know how to fix the economy.

Morning Wire
The Diploma Divide & DOGE: Inside America’s Political Pulse | 3.2.25

And that is an area that it doesn't get nearly as high marks because it's not being talked about as much by the Trump administration. It's a real area of opportunity because Donald Trump and the Republican Congress have good ideas for this, but it's also such a massive topic. Like, I don't know how to fix the economy.