Tom Emmer

And the problem is you're using terms like dragged them out. No, I mean, they're going to start with the worst of the worst in JD's answer. You start with those because you know that this is going to have an emotional aspect to it. And guess what? If you start doing it the way you're supposed to do it, I'm going to suggest to you that a lot of them are going to leave voluntarily.

And the problem is you're using terms like dragged them out. No, I mean, they're going to start with the worst of the worst in JD's answer. You start with those because you know that this is going to have an emotional aspect to it. And guess what? If you start doing it the way you're supposed to do it, I'm going to suggest to you that a lot of them are going to leave voluntarily.

And then if we fix the system that we have. Then we can start to restore this.

And then if we fix the system that we have. Then we can start to restore this.

I think it's more basic than that. I do think there's a political element to it. States like Minnesota, where the traditional educated what entrepreneur is leaving, they're being replaced with, in many cases, with illegals, right? Because we are a sanctuary state. So they come into Minnesota, whether they vote or not, there is a big argument that, yes, many of them are.

I think it's more basic than that. I do think there's a political element to it. States like Minnesota, where the traditional educated what entrepreneur is leaving, they're being replaced with, in many cases, with illegals, right? Because we are a sanctuary state. So they come into Minnesota, whether they vote or not, there is a big argument that, yes, many of them are.

But I think the bigger issue is how Congress is divided up. You're losing. You're hollowing out whether you're Illinois or you're New York. You're hollowing out your state. They bring illegals in, and incredibly, our census calculates them in the numbers.

But I think the bigger issue is how Congress is divided up. You're losing. You're hollowing out whether you're Illinois or you're New York. You're hollowing out your state. They bring illegals in, and incredibly, our census calculates them in the numbers.

No, so you've got these blue states that are completely mismanaged.

No, so you've got these blue states that are completely mismanaged.

You got to kill people?

You got to kill people?

So everybody likes to say to me, you've got the worst job in Washington, D.C. I think the speaker has the worst job in Washington, D.C. That guy can be having a great day and he's got all kinds of people that are just throwing sandwiches at him all the time. The majority leader does a calendar, manages the floor, works with the chairs. Great job. The whip?

So everybody likes to say to me, you've got the worst job in Washington, D.C. I think the speaker has the worst job in Washington, D.C. That guy can be having a great day and he's got all kinds of people that are just throwing sandwiches at him all the time. The majority leader does a calendar, manages the floor, works with the chairs. Great job. The whip?

You don't get to do anything those guys want to do unless we can actually get it across the floor. And the world has changed. I know they elected me because they thought my personality is very direct. I am from Minnesota.

You don't get to do anything those guys want to do unless we can actually get it across the floor. And the world has changed. I know they elected me because they thought my personality is very direct. I am from Minnesota.

But you just got to be honest and you got to respect everybody. And it's a different world because we probably have 40% of our members who will vote for whatever Mike Johnson says we're going to put on the floor. But we got 60%. And this is what's been changing, I think, over the last couple of decades. It keeps getting larger. They didn't come here. to follow somebody, they came here to lead.

But you just got to be honest and you got to respect everybody. And it's a different world because we probably have 40% of our members who will vote for whatever Mike Johnson says we're going to put on the floor. But we got 60%. And this is what's been changing, I think, over the last couple of decades. It keeps getting larger. They didn't come here. to follow somebody, they came here to lead.

To represent their people. And they need to be involved in the process. And what I tell them all the time, I don't care if you like each other, I don't care if you despise one another, I don't care if you socialize together, or the second you walk out of here, you run to two polar opposite places. When you're here, the American people elected Donald Trump, and we have the benefit of a majority.

To represent their people. And they need to be involved in the process. And what I tell them all the time, I don't care if you like each other, I don't care if you despise one another, I don't care if you socialize together, or the second you walk out of here, you run to two polar opposite places. When you're here, the American people elected Donald Trump, and we have the benefit of a majority.