Tom Emmer

I can only tell you the experience I've had with one of my Minnesota colleagues who, I won't name him, but he might have run against the sitting president. We were talking on the House floor one day, and I was complaining to him, or giving him a hard time, I should say, about some of the off-color remarks coming from the squad. And he made a point of telling me... Off-color how?

I can only tell you the experience I've had with one of my Minnesota colleagues who, I won't name him, but he might have run against the sitting president. We were talking on the House floor one day, and I was complaining to him, or giving him a hard time, I should say, about some of the off-color remarks coming from the squad. And he made a point of telling me... Off-color how?

Well, let's just say there were some anti-Semitic comments all about the Benjamins, this stuff. And there was a censure that was being worked on. Oh, wow. Yeah. And it was public. But the point is, when I was saying, boy, you've had quite a week, he goes, oh, yeah. He says, that's a very small group of people in our party with very large voices.

Well, let's just say there were some anti-Semitic comments all about the Benjamins, this stuff. And there was a censure that was being worked on. Oh, wow. Yeah. And it was public. But the point is, when I was saying, boy, you've had quite a week, he goes, oh, yeah. He says, that's a very small group of people in our party with very large voices.

And my response to him was, OK, well, that might be true, but... then people like you have to stand up and speak up and take my grandfather's Democrat Party back.

And my response to him was, OK, well, that might be true, but... then people like you have to stand up and speak up and take my grandfather's Democrat Party back.

And so, no, I think they've got a problem. Identity politics, which they've perfected and been playing for years, it has now come back to bite them. And there's, where is the way out? They don't have a brand. They don't know who they are. They're fighting about things like men participating in women's sports. I mean, It just it isn't resonating with the American people.

And so, no, I think they've got a problem. Identity politics, which they've perfected and been playing for years, it has now come back to bite them. And there's, where is the way out? They don't have a brand. They don't know who they are. They're fighting about things like men participating in women's sports. I mean, It just it isn't resonating with the American people.

So they're going to have to figure that out for the future. But on our side, we're going to have to figure out Donald Trump is the one that pulled this across the line. Here's the problem with the Republican Party for me.

So they're going to have to figure that out for the future. But on our side, we're going to have to figure out Donald Trump is the one that pulled this across the line. Here's the problem with the Republican Party for me.

The last 30 years, we've had great people representing us, but the public has been very frustrated because it seems like government and the bureaucrats always get a better deal than the average citizen in this country. We're talking about Main Street.

The last 30 years, we've had great people representing us, but the public has been very frustrated because it seems like government and the bureaucrats always get a better deal than the average citizen in this country. We're talking about Main Street.

We're not talking about Silicon Valley, which has its own Main Street, but I'm talking about just good old Main Street, USA, where it's rural country. It's people who are just trying to live their lives. They feel like their government hasn't been listening to them for years. This is what's on the Tea Party. This is why we've had this over and over. And Donald Trump, you got to give him credit.

We're not talking about Silicon Valley, which has its own Main Street, but I'm talking about just good old Main Street, USA, where it's rural country. It's people who are just trying to live their lives. They feel like their government hasn't been listening to them for years. This is what's on the Tea Party. This is why we've had this over and over. And Donald Trump, you got to give him credit.

This energy was out there and he actually grabbed it. And he showed us what it looked like when he ran in 16 and got elected.

This energy was out there and he actually grabbed it. And he showed us what it looked like when he ran in 16 and got elected.

Or he just innately has an ability to read people better than I've ever seen. Yeah.

Or he just innately has an ability to read people better than I've ever seen. Yeah.

A generational? I think he's a one in 150 year leader. Yeah. Yeah.

A generational? I think he's a one in 150 year leader. Yeah. Yeah.