District Club: Congress Breaks, Trump Contemplates Iran and Kamala Hits the Trail
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Welcome back to another edition of the District Club. I'm Ben Dominic, opinion editor at the Daily Wire, joined by my colleague Tim Rice, who is the DC Bureau Chief. And we also have two guests today. We don't have Mary Margaret, White House correspondent, but we do have a White House correspondent, Greg Reese from the Daily Caller. And we have Democratic strategist and former Obama advisor Amisha Cross with us as well. This was An interesting week in Washington for a number of reasons. There's certainly people who believe that the midterms do not start until the point when the members of the House of Representatives tuck tail and run back to their districts, afraid of what lies uh behind them there.
Especially considering the way that this Congress has behaved over the past couple of months. They seem to have no eagerness to stay here in the swamp and they wanted to get back home. Because they are worried. They're worried for a number of different reasons, which we can get into. But Reagan, I'll start with you. When it came to the decision by Congress to head out of town this early, uh before the November elections, isn't that really a sign of weakness and frankly an incapability of the Republican leadership to keep their conference under control? before.
Uh a thousand percent. It feels like they just I I can't even really comprehend them leaving because I feel like they just got back and now they're out again and they were barely here and I barely even noticed they were here. Um I think that this is uh just it just adds to the negative vibes going into the midterms from Congress, from the GOP. Uh it doesn't seem like they're operating from a position. Of strength. They don't want to stay. They don't want to fight. They don't want to pass anything. And I think after just the whole situation with the Save America Act and how that was flubbed, the least you could do was maybe stay a little bit longer and try to get something past, try to get some win on the board for your team going into uh the midterms, but they don't seem willing to do that at all.
Amisha, you saw a couple things happen this week uh in terms of that dynamic that Reagan's talking about. You saw a vote on Iran War Powers where you had seven Republicans uh break uh with the president, including some Midwesterners, which is a like a little bit of a surprise. Um you saw the uh remarks from Maria Salazar on the immigration issue. Clearly, there's a lot of different frustrations coming, both the administration. And the Republican leadership from a couple of different directions. At the same time, a lot of Republicans are excited about the fact that almost $100 million has been committed in the past couple of weeks from a major, you know, uh MAGA adjacent PAC spending in critical races across the country, not just Senate races, but houses as well.
Should Republicans be coming out of this week feeling like We we should be worried about this infighting, or is it more like actually now this is the campaign is really starting. We're coming to it to a little bit late, but post-dallas we can get our feet underneath us.
I think the Republicans should be worried. And they should be worried because Americans are still, you know, fighting the affordability crisis. We see that, you know, change is the pump, gas, uh gas prices continue to go up, people's utility bills are rising like crazy.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–8:35
2
Why did Congress decide to leave town early and what does it signal for the midterms?
8:35–15:26
3
How are Republicans reacting to the Iran War Powers vote and what does it mean for Trump’s strategy?
15:26–21:04
4
What impact does the affordability crisis (gas, utilities, rent) have on voter sentiment right now?
21:04–26:50
5
How is JD Vance positioning himself for a potential 2028 run and what are his strengths and weaknesses?
26:50–32:33
6
Why might Kamala Harris be planning a campaign trail push in Michigan for 2028?
32:33–38:15
7
What role could AI, data‑center issues, and healthcare play as surprise topics in the upcoming elections?
38:15–43:30
8
How could emerging law‑fare and investigations into the Trump family affect the 2028 race?
43:30–46:43
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