Beau Bayh Discusses his Indiana Secretary of State Race
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How is Trump's approval rating impacting Indiana politics?
Donald Trump's approval is collapsing in Indiana. The approval of MAGA Republicans in Indiana falling to an all-time low. The latest Economist poll has Trump's approval in Indiana net negative 17 points. Can Indiana turn blue? Can critical national races there in Indiana turn blue? Or as I say, just turn back to competence, turn back to democracy. And if there's anybody who can do it, it's Beau Bayh, a seventh generation Hoosier who's running for Secretary of State in Indiana, Harvard undergrad, Harvard Law. was a member of the Marines, and now he's running for Secretary of State. The MAGA Republicans are so scared of Bobai at their recent convention, they replaced the sitting MAGA Republican Secretary of State, a guy by the name of Marcel, with a new guy who nobody really even knows who he is.
And that guy right now is apparently running against Bobai. Let me bring in Bo Bai right now, who's running for Secretary of State in Indiana. Bo, great to see you. The people of Indiana, they know you. They know generations of Bais in Indiana. You're running, though, right there, right now, devoting your life to public service. Talk to us about this race, though, and what you're seeing. I often do these videos and people say to me, hey, Ben,
Can Indiana's political landscape realistically turn blue?
Don't get our hopes up. Don't say Indiana could have a Democrat in a position like Secretary of State. Talk to us about it though. Are you seeing a difference there?
Yeah, well, first of all, thank you for having me on, Ben. And this is real. The momentum we're building here is real. And don't take my word for it. Look at what the other side has done. They've replaced the sitting secretary of state at their own convention a couple weeks ago, not because he was incompetent, which he is, not because he's corrupt, which he also is. They replaced him because they figured out that he was going to lose handily
Who is Beau Bayh and what motivates his candidacy?
to our campaign. And so there's real change happening here in Indiana. People are fed up with the high costs. They're fed up with the insider dealing that's infested our state government, and they're ready for honest leadership. That's what this campaign is about, and we couldn't be more excited to get our message out here in the next few months.
You know, here we are two years into Trump regime, but setting aside that Indiana now has had many, many years, perhaps decades of Republican control now at the highest level, people view Indiana as a red state. You can't say that, well, you know, in terms of the problems people are facing, it's a both sides issue. I mean, one side has been in charge pretty much and, you know, for a pretty long time at this stage as Indiana shifted red. And to me, the issue is, is, you know, have these Republicans delivered to the people of Indiana? And it just seems with all of the prices going up, with housing being inaccessible, it just seems the answer is resoundingly no, we gotta try something else.
Yeah, I mean, just your viewers may not be aware, but the secretary of state, the sitting secretary of state in my state, Indiana, has spent $92,000 of our tax money on a luxury SUV for himself. He's hired his family members to pay some six figure salaries. He's taken trips all over the world and won't tell us who's paying for them. He's given out millions of dollars in no bid state contracts to his largest campaign donors.
What challenges does Beau Bayh face in his Secretary of State race?
That type of nonsense is the natural product of 20 years of the same group of insiders controlling everything in our state government, of single party Republican control. There's no accountability. And so that's why my first act as Secretary of State is going to be to open an independent audit of this office to regain the trust of the 5 million registered Hoosier voters in our state and try and get this thing back on course where we're running our elections competently, honestly, not injecting partisanship and nonsense conspiracy theories into our electoral process where it shouldn't be.
talk about your background i gave a little bit of the primary 30 years old a lawyer marine harvard law um and you're now uh running for off let people know a little bit about about yourself and you know why you've decided to step into this race
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How is Trump's approval rating impacting Indiana politics?
0:00–1:28
2
Can Indiana's political landscape realistically turn blue?
1:28–2:03
3
Who is Beau Bayh and what motivates his candidacy?
2:03–3:32
4
What challenges does Beau Bayh face in his Secretary of State race?
3:32–5:24
5
How has the Republican Party responded to Beau Bayh's campaign?
5:24–11:13
6
What issues are driving voter sentiment in Indiana?
11:13–11:25