Sam Gringlas
speaker
253 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 15 Sep
Sam Gringlas’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Yeah, so there's this small group of Senate Republicans who have either lost primaries to challengers backed by President Trump, or have decided to retire after facing Trump's wrath for acting in a way that was in opposition to his agenda.
The people we're usually talking about in this group is North Carolina,
Senator Tom Tillis, who opted to retire after voting against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year.
And then there's also Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and John Cornyn of Texas, who lost to Trump back primary challengers within the last couple of weeks.
And, you know, these figures so far have made threats, for example, to hold up nominations or take other actions to push back more tangibly.
But, Tam, it's been a lot of talk, I would say, so far.
being really vocal in their criticism, which is a departure from how most Senate Republicans have operated in recent months.
But for the most part, there isn't a lot of action to back up that talk.
I spent time on the campaign trail with Senator Cassidy in Louisiana before he lost his bid.
And catching up again later, a lot of them see themselves as being liberated now to speak out.
And that is significant for the Senate.
Though, you know, I should say that this latest conflict between Senate Republicans and Trump that we've been talking about, it's not just this small group that is unhappy.
We're hearing frustration from a much broader swath of the Republican caucus.
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