MARIA: WELCOME BACK WELL
WE KICK OFF THE MIDTERM
ELECTION YEAR WITH CONGRESS
BACK AT WORK THIS MORNING, I
SPOKE WITH GOP LEADER KEVIN
MCCARTHY YESTERDAY, AND HIS
EXPECTATIONS FOR THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION, WATCH THIS.
>> NUMBER 25 IS A VERY BIG
NUMBER FOR DEMOCRAT
RETIREMENT, IN 2010 WHEN WE
WON THE MAJORITY, 17 DEMOCRATS
REARED ROW TIRED UP OVER 30
DEMOCRATIC RETIREMENT SEE
FUTURE THEY SEE NUMBERS WE
NEED PEOPLE TO JOIN WITH TO BE
ABLE TO FIRE NANCY PELOSI WANT
ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE A
GOVERNING MAJORITY THAT MEANS
GETTING IN THE REALM OF 20 AND
HIGHER IF FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO
WIN 35 REPUBLICAN SEATS THAT
WOULD BE THE LARGEST
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN MORE
THAN A HUNDRED YEARS.
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MARIA: JOINING ME FORGE
GEORGE W. BUSH SENIOR ADVISER
FOLKS NEWS CONTRIBUTOR KARL
ROVE HAPPEN HAPPY TO YOU
REACTION TO WHAT YOU HEARD ARE
FROM KEVIN MCCARTHY.
>> I THINK HE IS RIGHT, I HAVE
A FRIEND DR. JOHN, HEAD OF THE
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT AT
UNIVERSITY MISSOURI TAUGHT AT
UCLA MANY YEARS, JOHN POINTS
OUT THERE ARE FIVE SHORT HE
MODELS WE USE TO PROJECT HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTIONS,
SO-CALLED SURGE AND DECLINE
WHAT WE SEE IN LAST
PRESIDENTIAL RACE PERFORM THE
JOB APPROVAL RETIREMENTS,
THREE WE CAN USE TO PROJECT,
ABOUT WHAT ELECTION MIGHT LOOK
LIKE TODAY, THERE ARE TWO
OTHERS CAMPAIGN SPENDING
CANDIDATE QUALITY, THAT CAN’T
BE USED UNTIL LATER, BUT IF
YOU LOOK AT -- AT RETIREMENTS,
JOHN POINTED OUT TO ME
DEMOCRATIC RETIREMENTS OVER
10% OF THE TOTAL DEMOCRAT
NUMBERS IN THE HOUSE THE
REPUBLICAN RETIREMENTS ARE 6%,
THAT 4% REPUBLICAN ADVANTAGE
IN RETIREMENTS WOULD IF YOU
LOOK HISTORICAL SINCE WORLD
WAR II TRENDS, WOULD GENERATE
A 40 SEAT ADVANTAGE FOR
REPUBLICANS, NOW ON THE OTHER
HAND, DECLINES WHEN A
PRESIDENT WINS, ELECTION WINS
WHITE HOUSE CARES IN A LARGE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN MARGINAL
SEATS ON COATTAILS REPUBLICANS
PICKED UP 13 SEATS 12 NOVEMBER
ONE SPECIAL ELECTION BEFORE
THAT 12 TO 13 SEAT REPUBLICAN
PICKUP, PRESIDENTIAL JOB
APPROVAL WOULD POINT TO 18
GIVEN WHAT THE PRESIDENT’S
NUMBERS TODAY THE AVERAGE IS
23, AND IF THAT IS THE CASE,
THEN REPUBLICANS GO FROM 213
TO 235 OR 236, I THINK WHERE
THEY ARE GOING TO END UP.
MARIA: WHY ARE SO MANY
DEMOCRATS RETIRING IN YOUR
VIEW.
>> BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY ARE
GOING TO LOSS A COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN PETER DeFAZIO ORGAN,
DEMOCRATS DON’T HAVE TERM
LIMITS 23 A COMMITTEE CHAIR
MAXINE WATERS FINANCIAL
SERVICES COULD STAY FOREVER
REPUBLICANS HAVE TERM LIMITS
HOW LONG YOU CAN BE HERE IF
YOU ARE CHAIRMAN DeFAZIO OR
CHAIRMAN WATTERS YOU SAY I
WANT TO BE IN MINORITY AFTER
CHAIRMAN HAVING ADDITIONAL
STAFF PRESTIGE, NOW JOHN, OF
-- KENTUCKY THE BUDGET
CHAIRMAN SAYS I AM OUT OF HERE
DeFAZIO SAYS I AM OUT OF HERE
SENIOR DEMOCRATS SAY MEMBERS
OF LEADERSHIP TEAM SAY YOU
KNOW WHAT RESPONDING TO -- THE
MAJORITY WON’T BE SO MUCH TO
BE FUN IN MINORITY ONCE INTO
MINORITY NOT TWO YEARS
PROBABLY NOT FOUR COULD BE SIX
OR EIGHT YEARS DEPENDING WHO
WITNESS PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST
IN 2024.
MARIA: DEMOCRATS TRYING HARD
TO ENSURE THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN,
IN THE REPUBLICAN RANKS, THEY
ARE PUSHING THROUGH VOTING
BILLS, SO THAT THEY CAN STAY
IN POWER LONGER WHAT IS YOUR
TAKE, ON -- THE VOTING BILLS
THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE PUSHING
RIGHT NOW POLITICO WRITES THE
BIG QUESTION DEMOCRATS WILL BE
WATCHING FOR ANSWERS TO IS
PRESIDENT SPEECH IN ATLANTA
TOMORROW, WILL BIDEN MAKE A
MORE FORCEFUL CASE FORE
REFORMING THE FILIBUSTER?
YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> MY THOUGHTS IS IS THAT THIS
IS WAY OVER THE TOP.
HE WILL DO WAR, THE HOME STATE
OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES DELAWARE WILL ALLOW
FIRST TIME EVER IN HISTORY,
EARLY VOTING, IN 2022.
TEXAS HAD IT FOR SOME 40
YEARS.
GEORGIA HAD IT FOR DECADES,
YET GEORGIA AND TEXAS ARE VOTE
YOU AS YOU PREGS AFTER
DELAWARE VOTES EARLIER FEWER
DAYS MORE DIFFICULT THAN TEXAS
OR GEORGIA YET GEORGIA AND
TEXAS ARE BEING PICKETED OUT
BY PRESIDENT, AS COUPLE OF
MINUTES OF VOTE SUPPRESSION
HIS STATE NEVER ALLOWED
IN-PERSON VOTING, A LOT THEY
WANT TO GRAB CONTROL OF THE
ELECTION TROE WILLING TO
DENIGRATE, STATES THAT HAVE
OPEN AND EXPANSIVE EFFORTS
GEORGIA AND TEXAS EXPAND EARLY
VOTING IN LEGISLATION THEY
PASSED IN 2021 THINK ABOUT
THAT TEXAS WE MOVED FOR
EXAMPLE WE -- WE REQUIRED
THATS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY
OPTIONAL WE LOWERED THE
THRESHOLD NO LONGER DID YOU
HAVE TO BE A COUNTY OF 100,000
IN ORDER TO HAVE EARLY VOTING
NOW DROPPING DOWN TO 55,000,
WAS MANDATORY THAT YOU HAVE
IT, GEORGIA EXPAND THE NUMBER
OF DAYS, THAT PEOPLE HAVE
INCLUDING SUNDAYS SO CHURCHES
WOULD HAVE -- POLLS GET OUT
THE VOTE EFFORTS THEY ARE
BEING DENIGRATED BY THIS
PRESIDENT BY DEMOCRATS, WHEN
THE HOME STATE OF THE
PRESIDENT DELAWARE NEVER
ALLOWED EARLY VOTING NEW YORK,
NOTORIOUS BEING ONE OF THE
MOST DIFFICULT STATES IN THE
COUNTRY TO VOTE ABSENTEE IN,
SO THIS IS YOU ABOUT POLITICS
THIS IS ABOUT DENIGRATING
STATES THAT ARE RED IN ORDER
TO VANS AN AGENDA, THAT IS --
A POUR TAKEOVER HAVE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE OF LOCAL
ELECTIONS, RECIPE FOR
DISASTER.
MARIA: ABSOLUTELY, TAKING
POWER AWAY FROM THE STATES,
AND THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE
TALKING POINT YOU SEE KAMALA
HARRIS TALKING ALL ABOUT
VOTING DON’T MESS WITH OUR
RIGHT TO VOTE THEY’VE GOT
THEIR STORYLINE GOING.
KEVIN MCCARTHY ALSO YESTERDAY
TOLD ME THAT IF AND WHEN GOP
DOES TAKE BACK THE MAJORITY IN
THE HOUSE, THAT THEY WILL HOLD
THE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE
FOR ALL THESE CRISES WATCH
THIS.
>> IF FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO
OWN TRUST AMERICAN PEOPLE OWN
MAJORITY WE WILL SECURE THIS
BORDER STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING
DRUGS FLOWING ACROSS WE WILL
MAKE IT EASIER TO OPEN A SMALL
BUSINESS NOT HARDER MAKE
AMERICA ENERGY-INDEPENDENT
AGAIN GASOLINE PRICE LAW TO BE
ABLE TO MANUFACTURE IN AMERICA
WE WILL PASS THE PARENTS BILL
OF RIGHTS THIS IS JUST THE
START FOR THE AT THE SAME
TIME, THIS ADMINISTRATION,
WITH ONE PARTY RULE ONE YEAR,
HAS NO ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE
WILL BE ABLE TO HOLD THEM
ACCOUNTABLE GET AMERICA BACK
ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
>> KARL WHAT ABOUT THAT YOU
STILL HAVE DEMOCRATS
PRESIDENT, AND WE DON’T KNOW
WHERE THE SENATE WILL GO WILL
REPUBLICAN BE ABLE TO MAKE
CHANGE IN THIS AGENDA ADDRESS
SOME CRISES SHOULD THEY TAKE
THE MAJORITY IN NOVEMBER?
>> I THINK SO, AND LOOK THERE
ARE TWO THINGS THAT LEADER
MCCARTHY SAID I WANT TO PAY
ATTENTION TO BOTH ONE THING
WAS WE’RE GOING TO HOLD THE
ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE,
HOLDING HEARINGS ON WHAT THEY
ARE DOING ON BORDER WHAT
HAPPENED IN AFGHANISTAN BUT HE
DEVOTED MORE TIME IN MESSAGE
TO WE’RE GOING TO LAY OUT
AGENDA WE ARE GOING TO PASS A
PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS GOING
TO PASS LEGISLATION, TO SECURE
THE BORDER, HE IS TALKING
ABOUT A POSITIVE AGENDA WE ARE
GOING TO DO MORE TO MAKE
CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESSES CAN
FLOURISH PROSPER, THIS REALLY
IMPORTANT REPUBLICANS CANNOT
SIMPLY, SAY WE ARE THE PEOPLE
GOING TO SAY NO HOLD
ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE
HOLDINGS HEARINGS GOT TO BE
PEOPLE SAY TO VOTERS IN
AMERICA IN 2022 WE HAVE AGENDA
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IDEAS TO
MAKE YOUR HEALTHCARE BETTER,
YOUR JOB MORE YOUR JOB AND
YOUR COMPANY MORE PROSPEROUS,
PARENTS IN CHARGE OF KIDS’
EDUCATION LIMIT POWER OF
GOVERNMENT AND AN POUR OF THE
INDIVIDUAL THESE ARE ALL VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT FOR REPUBLICANS
TO BE TALKING ABOUT IN 2022.
WE CAN’T SIMPLY BE NO, WE
ISN’T SIMPLY BE WE ARE GOING
TO HOLD YOU TO ACCOUNT IT HAS