WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:03.000 Will President Donald Trump take to the well of the 2 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:07.839 Senate to personally debate Democrats on voter id His former 3 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:10.800 chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has pointed to a little 4 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:14.080 known Senate rule that would actually allow it to happen. 5 00:00:14.119 --> 00:00:16.000 He joins me at the top of the show to explain. 6 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:20.079 Plus Ace strategist Matt Brainerd is here to help explain 7 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:23.679 how he's advising Republican candidates to talk on the campaign 8 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:26.760 trail about the war with Iran. There's a big update 9 00:00:26.839 --> 00:00:31.239 in the Somali fraud prosecutions. Some of the brothers actually 10 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:35.159 tried to bribe a juror. Minnesota Senate candidate Royce White 11 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:37.759 will sound off. We'll check in with Dave DeCamp of 12 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:40.079 Anti War News and head to the Paul Meadow States 13 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:42.439 campaign trail with Paul Dan's it's all next to the 14 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:43.200 Matt Gates Show. 15 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:47.439 Let's do this shaking up Washington, d C. We're breaking 16 00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:50.479 the fever. Do you haven't watch this guy on television. 17 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:52.200 It's like a machine. 18 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:53.359 He's great. 19 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:55.000 Matt Gates. 20 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:00.679 As we join you this evening, President Trump's former chief 21 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:04.319 of staff Mark Meadows is turning the political screws on 22 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:08.239 Republican US Senators refusing to do what is necessary to 23 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:11.640 pass the Save America Act, and in a political world 24 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:13.920 where we seem to look to President Trump to do 25 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:19.519 literally everything, now Meadows says President Trump can go to 26 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:21.920 the Senate floor and command the room. 27 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:23.159 What a site it would be. 28 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:27.000 The Save America Act is the last chance for a 29 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:30.239 big policy win passed by Congress before the midterms. To 30 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:33.239 use a football metaphor, the clock is winding down and 31 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:36.439 our option on four and three is to either punt 32 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:40.120 or go for it. And the United States Senate loves 33 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:43.640 to punt, but President Trump isn't making it easy on 34 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:45.439 them to do so. He said he wants the bill 35 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:48.719 before any other and that has elections experts like Kleida 36 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:49.599 Mitchell encouraged. 37 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:52.920 Some of these ball bulls in the Senate who aren't 38 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:55.400 used to having to actually do any work are starting 39 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:58.719 to feel the pressure and the President is not letting up. 40 00:01:58.799 --> 00:02:00.680 I think he should just say, you guys don't have 41 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:02.560 anything else to do, so tech all the time. 42 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:04.680 You want, have the filibuster, make. 43 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:07.840 The Democrats debate because I'm not signing anything else. You 44 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:10.919 guys have all summer, get on with it. So I 45 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:12.400 think that President's doing great. 46 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:16.599 Mark Meadows leads the Conservative Partnership Institute. Now he put 47 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:19.800 up a social media post that calls out the Senators 48 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:23.000 who haven't backed to standing filibuster, which would force the 49 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:26.319 Democrats to actually debate the legislation if they want. 50 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:26.599 To block it. 51 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:29.560 This is a long list. Take a look and see 52 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:31.879 if you can find your senator. If so, give him 53 00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:34.680 a ring and ask why Democrats should be able to 54 00:02:34.759 --> 00:02:39.199 block voter ID and proof of citizenship without even making 55 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:41.879 them work for it. Earlier today, Senate Leader John Thun 56 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:44.520 announced that he's bringing the Save America Act to the 57 00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:45.840 floor for debate next week. 58 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:46.400 Tick a listen. 59 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:49.719 Next week, I will be bringing the Save America Act 60 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:52.400 to the floor and we will be having a full 61 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:55.680 and robust debate that we are going to put Democrats 62 00:02:56.159 --> 00:02:59.439 on the record, that they will be forced to defend 63 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:03.919 their outrageous positions on these issues and explain to the 64 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:09.240 American people why common Sense and the Democratic Party have 65 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:10.039 parted ways. 66 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:13.199 Okay, so that sounds exciting, but the game you're watching 67 00:03:13.400 --> 00:03:16.080 may not be the game that is actually being played. 68 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:19.800 You heard Thuon say there would be robust debate and 69 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:21.639 as much as we hate to be the bearer of 70 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.400 bad news. What he's really saying is that you could 71 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:29.000 be watching political theater, not lawmaking. Typically, you need sixty 72 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:31.719 votes to advance a bill in the Senate. Leader Thun 73 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:34.639 knows he doesn't have that, But there are a few 74 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:39.159 legislative maneuvers he could use, not just to have robust debate, 75 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:42.400 but to actually pass the bill, including the standing filibuster, 76 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:47.800 which would force Democrats to physically exhaust themselves by talking 77 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:48.960 to block this vote. 78 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:50.639 And he could also do another thing. 79 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:55.479 Leader Thune could fire the Senate Parliamentarian and put the 80 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:59.439 Save America Act in a reconciliation bill, which only requires 81 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:03.479 as simple Kleta. Mitchell weighed in on that possibility earlier 82 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:05.919 this week, and she doesn't seem to think fun is. 83 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:06.639 Up to the task. 84 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:10.319 Do you think right now Leader Thun is actually having 85 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:13.560 to face the very practical question, are his actions going 86 00:04:13.599 --> 00:04:17.279 to fire the Senate Parliamentarian or fire Senator Cornyn? 87 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:19.439 Well, that's a really. 88 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:23.199 Good question, I mean, and he's apparently this business of 89 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:27.120 having to make tough decisions is not necessarily in his wheelhouse. 90 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:32.079 Mark Meadows is encouraging President Trump to directly address the 91 00:04:32.079 --> 00:04:34.480 Senate next week when the Save America Act is considered. 92 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:38.120 The former president can address the Senate at any time 93 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:41.959 on demand. And that's exactly what I would love to see. 94 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:44.439 I'd love to see the Save America Act be brought 95 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:47.519 to the Senate floor and let our current president and yes, 96 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:51.920 the former president, my friend and boss, address the Senate 97 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:55.199 and the American people on the importance of the Save 98 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:58.199 America Act. No one could communicate it better. 99 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:03.480 So we looked into it, and yes, Senate rules require 100 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:06.800 the Senate to allow former presidents to address the Senate 101 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:07.319 on demand. 102 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:09.439 I had no idea that George W. 103 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:11.920 Bush or Barack Obama or Bill Clinton could just wander 104 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:14.920 into the Senate and be in charge as a former president, 105 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:17.240 or at least in charge of being able to offer 106 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:21.720 their own thoughts and debate. Now, Senate Rule nineteen, paragraph 107 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:25.439 a is what's operative here. It says, quote, former presidents 108 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:27.680 of the United States shall be entitled to address the 109 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:31.319 Senate upon appropriate notice the Presiding Officer, who should thereupon 110 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:36.439 make the necessary arrangements. It's mandatory, obligatory that they get 111 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:40.639 this opportunity. Talk about must see TV with ratings machine, 112 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:46.079 President Trump, President Americans would see Democrats trying to explain 113 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:49.800 to the country that voter ID is racist, but that 114 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:52.399 it isn't racist to ask for that same ID when 115 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:54.680 someone wants to pick up a rental car, or board 116 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:58.160 an airplane, or buy a lottery ticket in a disposable vape. 117 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:00.800 I had to show my ID at the post office 118 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:03.639 this morning to pick up a package. Not a single 119 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:07.279 person there thought it was racist or even intended to 120 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:11.680 discourage package pickup. So there's a realistic path to passing 121 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:15.720 the most consequential election legislation and possibly a decade. The 122 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:19.079 only question is if Senator Thun is willing to deliver. 123 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:22.279 Joining us now is senior partner at the Conservative Partnership 124 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:25.079 Institute and former chief of staff to President Trump. Former 125 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:28.000 North Carolina Congressman Mark Meadows, Mark, thanks for joining us. 126 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:30.680 I've put up that Senate rule for our audience that 127 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:33.680 would allow a former president to command the floor of 128 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:35.120 the Senate, as you suggested. 129 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:36.439 How do you think that would go? 130 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:39.720 Hey, let me just tell you it would be must 131 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:43.079 watch TV, Matt, you know, and I know that it 132 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:47.519 would just melt the Internet down. I think the president 133 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:51.240 should do that. I think if he goes on the 134 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:54.600 floor of the Senate. It will have more action on 135 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:57.560 the floor of the Senate than they've seen in decades, 136 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:01.439 primarily because he actually means what he says. 137 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:04.600 So Leader Thun has said he will bring this bill 138 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:08.600 to the floor, but explain how that doesn't really mean 139 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:11.439 he's doing everything possible to pass the bill. 140 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:16.079 Yeah, Matt, Probably the biggest thing is is I want 141 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:19.160 to say thank you Leader Thune for bringing it to 142 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:24.040 the floor, but don't file cloture. Let's make the Democrat speak, 143 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:26.759 Let's make sure that they hold the floor, and if 144 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:29.920 they can't hold the floor, then let's pass it with 145 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:34.079 a fifty vote threshold. And candidly, you and I have 146 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:36.879 served in Congress, we know how this goes. There's what 147 00:07:36.920 --> 00:07:40.720 we call the robust whip and the soft whip. The 148 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:43.519 soft whip is so that they can tell everybody, hey, 149 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:46.519 we've whipped it. There's not the votes there. The robust 150 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:50.399 whip is what they do on anything that generally is 151 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:54.000 not what the American people want, or at least it's 152 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:57.759 what k Street wants. They'll go robustly about that. And 153 00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:00.120 so we need him to do a robust wind it 154 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:03.399 with these senators and say get on board. And let's 155 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:07.639 pass the Save America Act. The American people don't understand 156 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:11.680 what is the big deal, and especially when you've got 157 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:15.160 Schumer's and Schumer and others pushing back against it. 158 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:17.920 Matt, Yeah, so you and I have both spent plenty 159 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:20.240 of time on the wrong end of the robust whip 160 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:22.839 during our time in the House of Representatives. 161 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:23.199 Together. 162 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:27.759 It just gives me, like the creepy Crawleys to think 163 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:30.680 about the Paul Ryan speakership. But I want to get 164 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:33.159 to some of the tools that would make that happen. 165 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:33.399 Right. 166 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:36.360 That's not a phone call requesting that these senators you've 167 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:40.759 named come on board. That's things like withholding appropriations. That's 168 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:44.600 things like committee assignments or chairmanships. Walk us through the 169 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:47.360 robust whip you want to see in the United States Senate. 170 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:52.480 Yeah, listen, Senators, as you know, both in the House 171 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:55.399 and in the Senate, but particularly in the Senate, you 172 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:59.840 don't get elected or re elected without the big coffers 173 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:02.639 coming in for your behalf. It's so hard to get 174 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:07.159 rid of a sitting senator, primarily because hundreds of millions, 175 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:10.159 not tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars get 176 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:13.279 spent on their behalf, so you can withhold that. You say, listen, 177 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:16.480 we understand you're a majority maker, but you need us 178 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:19.480 to get re elected. So go first to those people 179 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:23.240 that are in cycle. Listen, Senators like Tom Tillis who 180 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:26.120 are going out. You're not going to convince him to 181 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:29.240 do it. But go to the others that actually want 182 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:33.840 to come back and do that. There's also the potential 183 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:39.639 with committee assignments. Listen. I think Donald Trump said this 184 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:42.720 best the other day. He's the leader of the Senate. 185 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:43.399 He needs to. 186 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:45.720 Lead and get these people on board. And I will 187 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:48.240 say we've seen some real action in the last twenty 188 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:54.200 four hours, based not in just in the fact that 189 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:57.519 so many Americans that are tuned in watching us here 190 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:02.519 have lit up the witchboards and the social media to 191 00:10:02.679 --> 00:10:05.399 say we want this bill passed. Well. 192 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:09.240 Leader Thune said that the people calling for an end 193 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:12.879 of the talking filibuster were just paid influencers. Did you 194 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:15.519 ever think you'd be so cool as to be deemed 195 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:16.480 to paid influencer? 196 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:20.159 Mark Meadows, Well, well, I'm waiting for that first paid check, 197 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:23.840 and they paid influencer. So I can tell you that 198 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:29.159 literally what this is is a grassroots support the influencers 199 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:32.120 that are out there. They're coming along, but they're not 200 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:35.600 getting paid to move this motivation and go forward. It's 201 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:39.840 eighty five percent issue. Why is there such a problem. 202 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:44.960 Who is the special interest out there paying influencers for 203 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:48.320 voter ID. If there was some massive special interest out 204 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:51.960 there paying influencers on voter ID, we probably would have 205 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:54.639 gotten done before now because of the popularity. 206 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:55.600 You explained now. 207 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:58.039 When you and I were in Congress together, we lived 208 00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:01.399 under the tyranny of a person called the Senate parliamentarian 209 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:05.440 because they got to decide what was considered under a 210 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:09.639 lower threshold than sixty votes. Our friends like Chip Roy 211 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:14.480 and Scott Perry were pushing really hard to get this 212 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:18.480 Save America Act into the last Reconciliation bill. The Senate 213 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:23.480 parliamentarian hired by like Harry Reid many moons ago said no, 214 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:28.039 why won't Leader Thun just fire the Senate parliamentaryman like 215 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:30.840 make Cleida Mitchell the Senate parliamentarian for a week and 216 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:32.399 a half and we saved the country. 217 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:36.600 Well, their heads would explode if Cleida Mitchell became the 218 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:40.440 Senate parliamentarian. I can tell you that, But you're exactly right. 219 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:44.639 What happens is is you've got this parliamentarian and it's 220 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:47.679 almost as if Matt, they just want to lose, but 221 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:52.080 want to lose in a gentleman or lady like fashion. 222 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:56.000 And I can tell you the donor class, even the 223 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:59.279 donor class, have taken notice of this. If they don't 224 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:02.600 get the Save America Act passed and to the President's desk, 225 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:05.159 there will be a problem. Listen, they passed out of 226 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:09.159 the Senate today a housing bill that has a real 227 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:12.679 rocky road coming to the House. I don't think the 228 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:15.480 House will take it up, nor should they take it 229 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:19.080 up until the Save America Act is in the Oval 230 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:20.840 Office for the President's signature. 231 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:23.679 It'll be an interesting one to watch. Thank you for 232 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:26.679 leading on this fight. Mark Meadows, the senior partner of 233 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:29.759 the Conservative Partnership Institute, former Congressman, former chief of staff 234 00:12:29.799 --> 00:12:30.559 to President Trump. 235 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:32.279 Always going to be in the fight with you, my friend. 236 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:35.320 Great to be with you, Matt. Thanks for taking the 237 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:36.840 message to the American people. 238 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:37.480 Thank you. 239 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:40.360 And to coming up, We've got Matt Brainerd from LUK 240 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:44.080 ahead to America to talk about how he's advising candidates 241 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:46.960 dealing with this question about the Iran war. How to 242 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:49.039 talk about it, how to put themselves in the best 243 00:12:49.039 --> 00:12:51.600 position to succeed. Plus, we've got a big update on 244 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:55.440 the Minnesota fraud case. 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First, most Republican candidates 284 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:41.799 avoid sounding eager for a long war. Instead, they emphasize 285 00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:44.960 national security and deterrence. They point to the fact that 286 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:47.559 Iran has been a destabilizing force in the Middle East, 287 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:51.840 which is undeniably true, but some might say they haven't 288 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:56.480 become a more stabilizing force this month. Second, there's a 289 00:15:56.519 --> 00:16:00.480 clear understanding that explanation will be required as voters here 290 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:04.480 at home experience higher prices as a consequence of the war. 291 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:07.960 White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt addressed these rising prices 292 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:09.120 as temporary. 293 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:12.600 Recent increase in oil and gas prices is temporary, and 294 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:16.440 this operation will result in lower gas prices in the 295 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:20.840 long term. Once the national security objectives of Operation Epic 296 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:24.320 Fury are fully achieved, Americans will see oil and gas 297 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:28.440 prices drop rapidly, potentially even lower than they were prior 298 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:30.320 to the start of the operation. 299 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:35.080 Third, Republicans are trying to pivot to broader security themes. 300 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:38.039 They rightly claim credit for making the country safer with 301 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:41.600 a secure border that's actually quite smart. Voters give Republicans 302 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:45.360 a big edge on immigration enforcement. Candidates are always worried 303 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:48.360 about saying something in the present that will come back 304 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:50.559 to haunt them in the future. Maybe I should have 305 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:53.679 been more worried about those things during my time in politics. 306 00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:57.559 But frankly, it's why so many politicians sound like a 307 00:16:57.679 --> 00:16:59.480 response to the most boring. 308 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:01.240 Chat shept prompt you've ever heard. 309 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:04.920 We wanted to dig into how strategists are advising candidates 310 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:07.640 to talk about this war as it continues to develop. 311 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:10.240 The newest polling on the war with Iran shows a 312 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:14.079 country that is cautious, divided, and quite uncertain about where 313 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:17.480 the conflict is headed. A Washington Post national survey released 314 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:20.759 today finds that only thirty four percent of Americans support 315 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:24.319 continuing US strikes on Iran, while forty two percent want 316 00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:28.160 the attacks halted and twenty four percent remain undecided. The 317 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:31.880 divide becomes sharper when you look at who supports the campaign. Republicans, 318 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:35.759 older voters, and women show the highest levels of backing 319 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:40.160 for continuing strikes. Meanwhile, Democrats, independents, and younger Americans are 320 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:43.519 more skeptical, creating one of the largest partisan gaps in 321 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:47.680 foreign policy opinion in recent years. Among major themes in 322 00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:51.359 this polling are this Americans do not feel they fully 323 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:54.400 understand the objective of the war. Nearly two thirds say 324 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:58.079 the administration has not clearly explained the goals of the campaign, 325 00:17:58.079 --> 00:18:01.559 and more than sixty percent say current US casualties are 326 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:06.279 already unacceptable this early in the conflict. Separate national polling 327 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:09.359 released this week shows a similar caution about escalation of 328 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:13.359 Quinnipiac survey finds fifty three percent of voters oppose US 329 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:17.960 military action overall, and an overwhelming seventy four percent of 330 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:22.920 Americans a pose sending ground troops to Iran. Perhaps most 331 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:26.000 striking is how Americans see the future of this war. 332 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:28.640 Six and ten believe the conflict will stretch on for 333 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:31.880 a long period, suggesting the public expects a drawn out 334 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:34.839 fight rather than the quick victory that I think would 335 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:38.079 be most politically expedient. Put together, the numbers paint a 336 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:42.680 clear picture. Americans remain wary of deeper involvement. Support exists, 337 00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:47.839 but it's limited, highly partisan, very boomer and heavily conditioned 338 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:51.039 on the conflict, staying short to avoid a large US 339 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:54.759 troop deployment. Joining US now, Executive director of look Ahead America, 340 00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:57.960 Matt Brainerd, Matt, thanks for joining us. How are you 341 00:18:58.039 --> 00:19:02.039 advising candidates in a republic in primary to talk about 342 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:03.920 the war between the United States and Iran? 343 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:08.160 My advice. And that's funny you ask, is a striting 344 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:10.119 a statement about that today to help on candidate out. 345 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:12.359 I can only imagine that that would be something you 346 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:13.839 would be working on today, my friend. 347 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:17.079 Well, look, I think first to remember a few things. 348 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:19.680 Number one is that this operation is on a clock. 349 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:22.240 He's got about forty five days under the understanding of 350 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:24.200 the current war power zac, which he seems to be 351 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:26.960 abiding by, before he has to get Congress involved. So 352 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:29.160 that's the time frame that I think that they're hoping 353 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:32.119 to complete the mission that they've set out to accomplish. 354 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:35.440 My message is that none of very few members of Congress, 355 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:38.279 and certainly no candidates, have access to the kind of 356 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:40.400 intelligence that the president has that led him to make 357 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:44.599 this decision. So my advice to candidates is to encourage 358 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:48.720 a swift and decisive resolution of this conflict, and to 359 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:51.240 pray for the safety and well being of our troops, 360 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:53.519 and to trust a president that I think is more 361 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:56.400 deserving a trust on foreign policy stage than any president 362 00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:58.960 of my lifetime, who has always steered us right, who 363 00:19:58.960 --> 00:20:01.319 has kept us out of long engagement, who has not 364 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:04.240 gotten this bogged down in any forever wars like so 365 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:06.160 many of the people who are criticizing him for now 366 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:08.119 are the same people who voted US to go to 367 00:20:08.160 --> 00:20:11.119 war in Iraq and Afghanistan in an endless cycle of 368 00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:15.279 nation building. This is a president who flipped Venezuela almost 369 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:18.200 instantly for us. He kept us out of any wars 370 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:20.480 in his first term, and his actions and foreign for 371 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:22.839 policy and the second term have been brief, decisive, and 372 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:26.559 with minimum loss to American lives. So we have to 373 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:29.279 trust because neither you nor I have access to the 374 00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:31.559 intelligence that led them to make this decision. I have 375 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:33.839 to trust him and pray for a quick resolution, and 376 00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:35.359 ideally we'll have that. 377 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:41.079 I wonder if how candidates talk about this changes whether 378 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:45.359 or not their dispositive elections in a primary or a general. 379 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:48.720 Do you think it's different talking about this to a 380 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:51.359 general election audience than to a primary audience. 381 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:57.480 That's a really good question. I think that the Republican 382 00:20:57.599 --> 00:21:00.599 audience in a primary is much more likely to give 383 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:05.119 the president leeway and some room to maneuver in these 384 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:08.720 types of conflicts. In a general election, I think it's 385 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:10.200 a little bit of a different concern because we've got 386 00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:14.680 the calendar issue. I expect this conflict to be in 387 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:17.440 our rearview mirror in any way that could be perceived 388 00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:20.359 as negative. Probably around May, and that's also about the 389 00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:22.039 time we're going to have a new Federal Reserve chairman 390 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:24.880 who is likely going to be more supportive of lower rates. 391 00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:27.359 So by the time we'll get to the voting season 392 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:32.839 October November, I don't expect this to be an issue 393 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:35.839 at the forefront. So my general message is saying, look, 394 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:38.319 let's just pray for the safe return of our troops 395 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:41.160 and for a quick and decisive victory to rid the 396 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:46.160 world of a regime that has been killing Americans, thousands 397 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:47.880 of them for longer than I've been alive. 398 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:52.079 Yeah, but that regime doesn't be going anywhere, right. I mean, 399 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:54.599 you're not advising any candidates to say that the war 400 00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:56.799 must continue until the regime is gone, are you. 401 00:21:57.839 --> 00:22:01.359