>> AND -- LAUREN: KARI LAKE.
STU: SHE WAS SUPPORTED
VIGOROUSLY BY DONALD TRUMP.
I WANT TO BRING IN TED CRUZ AND
SHE’S A REPUBLICAN FROM THE
GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.
SENATOR, GOOD MORNING.
KARI LAKE.
SHE WAS TRUMP’S PICK AND TRUMP
EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE CAMPAIGN
FOR 2024 TONIGHT.
DO YOU SUPPORT HIM MAKING THAT
DECLARATION TONIGHT?
>> WELL, WE’LL ALL LISTEN AND
SEE WHAT HE SAYS TONIGHT AND WE
ACCOMPLISH ADD LOT OF THINGS
WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT AND IF
HE’S THE NOMINEE, I’LL SUPPORT
HIM BUT WE’LL HAVE A PROCESS,
PRIMARY AND DEBATE AND THAT’S
THE WAY THE POLITICAL PROCESS
WORKS.
YOU WERE TALKING A MINUTE AGO
ABOUT THE RESULTS IN ARIZONA.
I THINK KARI LAKE LOSING IS
REALLY FRUSTRATING AND SHE WAS A
VERY TALENTED CANDIDATE AND LOOK AT RESULTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
AT RESULTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
I’M GLAD, VERY GLAD THAT
REPUBLICANS RETOOK THE HOUSE AND
WILL STOP SOME OF THE DAMAGE
BUT, STUART, I’M FRUSTRATED OUT
OF MY MIND WE DID NOT HAVE THE
KIND OF ELECTION WE SHOULD HAVE.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE UNHAPPY
WITH THE PATH WE’RE ON AND THE
POLLING SHOWS 70% OF AMERICANS
KNOW WE’RE ON THE WRONG PATH AND
UNFORTUNATELY THE DEMOCRAT
DEFIED THE ODDS AND HELD ON TO
THE SENATE.
WE LOST RACES WE SHOULDN’T HAVE
LOST AND I THINK THAT MEANS, AT
LEAST IN THE UNITED STATES
SENATE, WE NEED TO CHANGE WHAT
WE’RE DOING.
WE NEED STRONG PRINCIPLED
CONSERVATIVES IN THE SENATE TO
STAND AND LEAD.
LEAD AS HAPPY WARRIORS AND LEAD
WITH A SMILE BUT WITH A CLEAR
CONTRAST.
WE NEED TO NOT ROLL OVER AND
GIVE IN TO DISASTROUS POLICIES
FROM THE DEMOCRATS, BUT RATHER
GIVE THE VOTERS A CLEAR AND
MEANINGFUL ALTERNATIVE THAT
MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR
LIVES AROUND THEIR KITCHEN TABLE WITH THEIR FAMILY.
WITH THEIR FAMILY.
>> FAMILY.STU: YOU’RE TAKING AIM
SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL AND
SAYING HE LOST THE SHOT FOR THE
REPUBLICANS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU’RE SAYING?
>> IN THE NEXT 4 HOURS,
SENATE -- 24 HOURS, SENATE
REPUBLICANS WILL DECIDE WHETHER
OR NOT WE HAVE LEADERSHIP
ELECTIONS.
LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS ARE SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW MORNING.
SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW MORNING.
PERSONALLY, I THINK IT IS [
AUDIO ISSUE ].
WE DON’T KNOW WHO WILL WIN IN
GEORGIA AND IT’S CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT HERSCHEL WALKER WINS
IN GEORGIA.
I WENT AND CAMPAIGNED WITH HIM
TWO DAYS INTO THE RUNOFF AND A
HUGE CAMPAIGN AND THAT RACE IS
STILL NOT DECIDED AND WON’T BE
TILL DECEMBER 6 AND WE ALSO
DON’T KNOW WHO THE SENATOR WILL
BE FROM A.C. THAT RACE IS --
ALASKA.
THAT RACE IS BEING DECIDED
STILL.
THE CASE I’M MAKING TO MY
COLLEAGUES AND THERE ARE ABOUT A
DOZEN OF US THAT ABADE THIS
CASE, WE NEED TO DELAY
LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS TILL AFTER
THE GEORGIA RUNOFF, TILL AFTER
DECEMBER 6 AND IMPORTANTLY
LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS NEED TO
FOCUS ON HOW ACTUALLY WE’RE
GOING TO LEAD.
THE PATTERN OF OUR CURRENT
LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN TO GIVE INTO
THE DEMOCRATS JUST ABOUT EVERY
BIG BAD THING THAT WAS PASSED IN
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WAS
PASSED WITH ALL THE DEMOCRATS
AND 10 OR MORE REPUBLICANS.
YOU KNOW, STUART, THE DEMOCRATS
NEVER DO THIS.
WHEN WE WITH HAD REPUBLICAN
MAJORITIES, GOT NOTHING PASSED
WITH ALL THE REPUBLICANS AND A
FEW DEMOCRATS AND YET FOR SOME
REASON, OUR CURRENT LEADERSHIP
THINKS IT’S A GOOD IDEA TO
FACILITATE THE DESTRUCTION THAT
CHUCK SCHUMER AND THE DEMOCRATS
ARE DOING.
I DON’T THINK OUR VOTERS WANT
THAT.
I THINK WE NEED TO -- AS REAGAN
FAMOUSLY PUT IT, PAINT IN BOLD
COLORSCOLORSCOLORS AND PALE PAST
STU: NEW POLL SAYS TEXAS
REPUBLICANS PREFER RON DESANTIS
OVER DONALD TRUMP FOR 2024.
SEEMS LIKE THE FAULT LINES
WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE
OVER THE OLD GUARD AND I’M
CALLING DONALD TRUMP THE OLD
CARD AND THE NEW GUARD, THE RON
DESANTISS OF THIS WORLD.
DO YOU AGREE THAT’S THE WAY THE
SPLIT SHAKES OUT? >> I THINK THERE’LL BE LOTS OF
>> I THINK THERE’LL BE LOTS OF
DISCUSSIONS AND I GET THAT.
WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES THAT
WE’LL CHAMPION THAT WILL HELP
PEOPLE STOP THE DISASTERS THAT
ARE HAPPENING AND TACKLE STOP
INFLATION.
THAT ARE GOING TO DRIVE GAS
PRICE DOWN SO FAMILIES CAN
AFFORD TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.
THEY’LL STOP THE OUT OF CONTROL
CRIME ENDANGERING SO MANY
FAMILIES IN THIS COUNTRY AND
POLICIES TO SECURE THE BORDER.
WE NEED TO BE A POSITIVE RESULTS
ORLIKOWSKI GENTED PARTY AND
PRESENT A -- ORIENTED PARTY AND
PRESENT A CLEAR ALTERNATIVE.
ONE OF THE REASONS I’M UNHAPPY
WITH THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP IN
THE SENATE IS THEY BELIEVE AS A
MATTER OF PRINCIPLE THAT IT’S
BETTER WHEN REPUBLICANS DON’T
RUN ON AN AGENDA AND RUN AS
WE’RE NOT THE DEMOCRATS.
WE’RE NOT AS BAD AS THOSE GUYS.
THAT’S A MISTAKE.
WE NEED CLEAR MEANINGFUL
POLLTIES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
VOTER’S LIFE AND IN THIS LAST
ELECTION REPUBLICANS DIDN’T SHOW
UP AND VOTE.
STU: IN A MOMENT, WE’RE GOING TO
BE SWALLOWED UP BY A HARD BREAK.