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David French

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1977 total appearances

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The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

I have Republicans thought this through because that's what I want to know.

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

You know, if you look at the numbers in 2024, Kamala Harris won college educated voters by more than 10 points.

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

Trump won non-college voters by more than 10 points.

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

And there were more than there were more non-college voters than college voters.

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

OK, fast forward to right now.

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

Who do you think has their citizenship documents squared away more, college voters or non-college?

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

Is college voters by a mile?

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

You raise a really good point, and that is,

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

that we've been having this pattern in American politics where the vast bulk of voters are saying, hey, guys, I want prosperity and stability.

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

This is what we want, prosperity and stability.

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

And every two years, they come forward and they vote for prosperity and stability according to their best assessment at the time and then sort of recede back and get back in their lives.

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

In the meantime, the activist base never recedes back anywhere, and it just keeps...

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

hammering away at its pet issues.

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

In this case, the president of the United States and his MAGA activist base have this same pet issue.

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

And so they are hammering away at this when they're about to experience a general election electorate that's going to come forward and say, where is my peace?

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

Where's my prosperity?

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

Where's my stability?

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

And I think they're going to experience a tremendous electoral consequence.

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

David?

The Opinions
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

So I'm going to go in a completely different direction here to anything I've ever recommended before.