THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF.
>> OKAY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP YESTERDAY IN
MICHIGAN.
JOINING US NOW, MISSOURI STATE
SENATOR DEMOCRAT JILL SCHUPP.
SHE IS IN MISSOURI’S SECOND
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RACE.
DAY OF WASSERMAN OF "POLITICO"
REPORTS THAT STATE SENATOR
SCHOOP COULD PULL OFF, QUOTE,
ONE OF THE BIGGEST UPSETS ON
ELECTION NIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING OG
ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM
VOTERS AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IS
MAKING YOUR CAMPAIGN A
CONTENDER?
>> I WILL TELL YOU THAT PEOPLE
IN THIS COMMUNITY REALLY WANT TO
SEE A CHANGE.
THEY ARE EXCITED AND ENERGIZED
TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WORKING ON
THEIR BEHALF, NOT ON BEHALF OF
THE BIG CORPORATIONS AND SPECIAL
INTERESTS, AND IT STARTS WITH
THE MOST BASIC THING.
PEOPLE WANT ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE
HEALTH CARE.
PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MY
OPPONENT, THE CURRENT
CONGRESSWOMAN WHO VOTED AGAINST
THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT FIVE
TIMES.
THERE ARE MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN
THIS COMMUNITY WITH PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEIR
HEALTH CARE IS INTACT.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
ISSUES, EVEN BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC, FOR THE PEOPLE HERE IN
THIS COMMUNITY, AND THEY ARE
ENERGIZED AND EXCITED ABOUT
SOMEBODY NEW WHO REALLY MY GOAL
WAS NEVER TO GET INTO POLITICS.
I GOT INTO POLITICS AS A RESULT
OF A PROBLEM IN MY KID’S SCHOOL
THAT NEEDED TO BE FIXED, AND WE
HAD TO STEP -- NOBODY ELSE
STEPPED UP, SO I DID.
I RAN FOR OFFICE.
WE FIXED THOSE PROBLEMS.
WE CAME UP WITH SOLUTIONS, AND I
KNOW AND THE PEOPLE HERE KNOW
THAT YOU NEED TO WORK FOR
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS FOR THE
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND
THAT’S WHY I BELIEVE THEY ARE SO
ENERGIZED BEHIND A NEW
CANDIDATE, SOMEBODY WHO IS HERE
FOR CHANGE.
>> SENATOR SHUPP WILLIE GEIST.
WE TALK ABOUT SUBURBAN WOMEN.
YOU ARE THE PERFECT PERSON TO
TALK TO BECAUSE YOU ARE THE
SUBURBS OF ST. LOUIS, RELATIVELY
WEALTHY SUBURBAN AREA OF ST.
LOUIS.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING AMONG THE
SUBURBAN WOMEN THAT WE TALK
ABOUT BROADLY ACROSS THE
COUNTRY?
WHAT ARE THEIR CONCERNS?
THAT’S TOP OF MIND AS YOU GO OUT
AND CAMPAIGN?
>> RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, WILLIE.
I THINK AGAIN THE BIGGEST
CONCERN PEOPLE HAVE IS
AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO HEALTH
CARE.
PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY NOW IN
THIS ECONOMY, YOUNG ADULTS WHO
ARE UP TO AGE 26 WANT TO BE ABLE
TO STAY ON THEIR PARENTS’ HEALTH
CARE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE NOT
EMPLOYED RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS
PANDEMIC.
THEY HAVE SEEN AN ABSOLUTE LACK
OF LEADERSHIP BOTH AT THE TOP OF
THE TICKET AND FROM THE PERSON
WHO REPRESENTS THEM IN
WASHINGTON.
YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD DONE THIS
MONTHS AGO, WE WOULDN’T BE
TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS.
BUT ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, THEY
WANT SCHOOLS TO OPEN AGAIN
SAFELY INSTEAD OF OPENING AND
CLOSING.
WE KNOW OUR KIDS NEED IN-PERSON
LEARNING.
AND PEOPLE ARE WORRIED HERE
ABOUT REBUILDING OUR ECONOMY.
SO THE SAME ISSUES HERE IN
SUBURBAN ST. LOUIS ARE THE
ISSUES THAT WE SEE AROUND THE
COUNTRY ARKSD PEOPLEND PEOPLE WA
TO GO TO WASHINGTON AND
REPRESENT THEIR INTERESTS,
SOMEBODY WHO STANDS WITH THEM,
NOT WITH THE BIG CORPORATIONS
AND SPECIAL INTERESTS.
AND, WILLIE, THIS IS A VERY
SPLIT DISTRICT IN TERMS OF
PARTY.
THAT’S WHY WE ARE VIRTUALLY TIED
IN THIS RACE.
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW THAT THE
PERSON WHO IS REPRESENTING THEM
CARES ABOUT SOLUTIONS AND
LISTENS TO PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES
OF THE AISLE TO GET AT THE BEST
SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS THAT
THEY FACE.
THIS IS NOT A DISTRICT WHERE YOU
CAN VOTE WITH YOUR PARTY 97% OF
THE TIME AND EXPECT TO BE
REPRESENTING ALL OF THE TEAM
HERE.
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW SOMEBODY IS
REACHING OUT TO THEM, WILLING TO
MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE ON THEIR
BEHALF EVEN IF THAT PERSON IS
FROM THE OTHER PARTY.
>> KASIE HUNT, STEP UP.
>> SENATOR SHUPP, GOOD MORNING.
YOU MENTIONED HOW SPLIT YOUR
DISTRICT IS.
I AM CURIOUS ABOUT WHETHER,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK TO
PEOPLE WHO HAVE PERHAPS VOTED
EITHER WAY, A DEMOCRAT AND THEN
REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN OR
INDEPENDENTS, ARE THEY TIRED OF
WHAT THEY ARE SEEING FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP EVERY DAY?
ARE THEY TIRED OF THE SHOW, OR
DO YOU FEEL LIKE REPUBLICANS WHO
LIVE IN YOUR AREA ARE STILL
EXCITED AND ENERGIZED BY THE WAY
HE CONDUCTS HIMSELF EVERY DAY?
>> YOU KNOW, I WILL TELL YOU
THAT PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THE
PARTISAN BICKERING THAT’S GOING
ON IN WASHINGTON.
THEY ARE TIRED OF WHAT THEY ARE
HEARING AT THE TOP OF THE
TICKET.
I HAVE REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE
STOOD UP AND PUBLICLY SUPPORTED
ME IN THIS RACE.
A LOT OF THE REPUBLICANS IN OUR
COMMUNITY FEEL LIKE THEIR PARTY
HAS LEFT THEM.
SO THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY
WHO IS WILLING TO GO AND
REPRESENT THEM AND HEAR THEM
OUT.
THERE IS NOT A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM
IN THIS DISTRICT.
WE SAW PRESIDENT TRUMP WIN BY
TEN POINTS IN THIS DISTRICT IN
2016.
RIGHT NOW JOE BIDEN IS UP IN THE
POLLS IN THIS DISTRICT, AND TO
SEE THAT A DEMOCRAT AND A
REPUBLICAN IN THIS CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT ARE IN A TIE 49-49 IN
THE POLLS TELLS YOU THAT
SOMETHING DRAMATIC HAS CHANGED.
AND PEOPLE WANT TO SEE SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
THEY WANT TO FEEL THAT THEY’RE
HEARD AND REPRESENTED AND HE
WANT TO KNOW THAT THERE IS
SOMEBODY GOING TO WASHINGTON WHO
IS LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE BACK
HOME AND WILL BRING THEIR
CONCERNS AND ISSUES TO THE FORE
AND MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING
THINGS TO CREATE GOOD SOLUTIONS
FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> ALL RIGHT.