Matt Gaetz

And those decisions are made by staff, by interest groups, by foreign countries at times.

I think we are headed for a bloodbath in the midterms for a few reasons, primarily history.

The president's party loses seats during the midterms.

I don't think I'm breaking any news there.

And I think that –

The other side has just really worked up and they have an organizing principle.

The organizing principle of the left in America today is we hate Trump.

And they don't really need any more than that.

And there's something elegant politically about using that to activate voters.

Whereas we're trying to tell people to reward us for securing the border.

And...

Voting is rarely an exercise in rewarding prior conduct.

It is always about new promises.

What are the new promises you're making?

And right now, a lot of people have economic anxiety around the cost of living.

I think the Democrats, again, have an elegant presentation to make, which is we're going to take the things that cost you a lot of money and have the government provide those to you.

And then those things won't cost you a lot of money.

And we try to make an argument about economic theory that doesn't always land with the same poignance.

Yeah.

I think Hakeem Jeffries becomes the speaker.