Mark Bednar

But make that case and, like, bear hug it.

And, you know, that has been, I think, notably for as strong of a communicator and, you know, ever present as President Trump is, like, that portion has...

Kind of been lacking, which is, you know, I wish that they would just lean into that more.

I mean, that that has been kind of a case going forward.

Like you have a very loyal House and Senate Republican conference that will don't if you lead them to water, they're going to drink.

And like they will they will reiterate whatever points that they want to make, but just get them there and then they'll be supportive.

But, you know, if to the literally waking up, Maduro is a perfect example, Melissa, literally waking up on a Saturday morning only to find out that it had occurred and then to kind of scramble for ex post facto answers here.

Like these these Republicans and the allies around the ecosystem, they want to be supportive.

Just give them the ammo and they'll do it.

I think it's always going to, you're always going to need that.

That is like fundamental art, you know, red versus blue.

We do, you know, and like talking to different administration officials and, you know, people and people on the Hill, like what what is a foreign policy place?

It's a much different lead up.

So take compare that to vis-a-vis one big, beautiful bill.

There was a buildup.

It's we need to do this because.

Right.

And lay out the five economic reasons.

And that's, you know, things that require congressional action.

a role like you need to get all the horses lined up right um with these situations like they've been able to go it alone and that's okay from an article two standpoint whatever that's fine go deliver these wins but also if you want the surround sound from congressional allies you know that that needs to be a two-way street and i hear from a lot of hill folks that like