>> Martha: ALL RIGHT.
THE MID-TERMS ARE COMING AT US.
A FEW MONTHS AWAY NOW.
THE LATEST POLLING FROM OHIO IN
THE SENATE RACE THERE, THIS IS
FOR ROB PORTMAN’S SEAT THAT HE’S
VACATING.
THIS WOULD BE A PLACE THAT
REPUBLICANS WOULD HOLD,
OBVIOUSLY.
THE SEAT IS TIGHTER THAN
EXPECTED WITH TIM RYAN IN A
VIRTUAL DEAD HEAT WHEN YOU LOOK
AT THE MARGIN OF ERROR AGAINST
J.D. VANCE.
FOX NEWS HAS THE RACE LIKELY R.
IN A STATE WHERE THE MAJORITY OF
BUCKEYE VOTERS TURNED OUT FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
OHIO HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY SOLID
RED THE LAST FEW ELECTIONS.
WITH THAT, WE BRING IN
REPUBLICAN J.D. VANCE OF OHIO
AND WE ASKED TIME RYAN TO
APPEAR.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING HIM AS
WELL.
J.D. VANCE, WELCOME.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Martha: MARINE, SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESSMAN.
AUTHOR OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST
BOOKS THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
YOU DECIDE TO RUN IN YOUR HOME
STATE OF OHIO.
LOOKS LIKE THIS RACE, THAT AS I
SAID, WOULD BE A REPUBLICAN HOLD
IS GETTING TIGHT.
WHAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE?
>> FIRST OF ALL, THE POLLS IN
2020 SAID TRUMP WOULD LOSE IN
OHIO.
HE WON BY EIGHT POINTS.
THE POLLS HAVE US AHEAD.
I TRY NOT TO JUDGE BY THE POLLS
MUCH.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE RACE
IS ABOUT JOE BIDEN’S
INFLATIONARY POLICIES AND TIME
RYAN HAS GONE ALONG WITH THOSE
POLICIES 100%.
WE DON’T NEED A RUBBER STAMP TO
JOE BIDEN.
WE NEED SOMEONE TO PUSH BACK
WHAT’S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON.
WE’LL WIN AND WIN CONVINCINGLY.
>> OBVIOUSLY THERE’S SOME FOCUS
ON THE JANUARY 6 HEARINGS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP LOUDLY ENDORSED
YOU.
IT MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THAT
PRIMARY.
YOU THINK THERE’S SOME MODERATE
VOTERS AND WONDERING WHETHER OR
NOT THEY SHOULD SUPPORT YOU?
>> SURE, THERE’S SOME PEOPLE
THAT ARE LOOKING AT THE JANUARY
6 HEARINGS AND WORRIED ABOUT IT
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY
CAN’T AFFORD GAS AND THE BASIC
NECESSITY.
LIFE IS WORSE UNDER JOE BIDEN.
MOST PEOPLE THAT PAY ATTENTION
TO THE JANUARY 6 HEARINGS ARE
NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE
GROUND IN OHIO WHERE LIFE IS
WORSE.
THE ISSUES ARE ABOUT KITCHEN
TABLE ISSUES IS.
YOUR LIFE GETTING BETTER, IS IT
EASY TO PUT BASIC NECESSITIES ON
THE TABLE.
THAT’S A DEBATE WE’LL WIN.
>> Martha: WE SHOWED A CLIP
ABOUT TIM RYAN BEING ASKED IF
YOU WANT JOE BIDEN TO CAMPAIGN
WITH YOU.
HE GOES COMPLETELY DEER IN THE
HEADLIGHTS AT THIS QUESTION.
THAT RAISES -- IT’S INTERESTING.
HE’S CLEARLY DISTANCING HIMSELF
FROM THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW.
HE’S TALKING ABOUT TAX CUTS FOR
THE MIDDLE CLASS.
HE’S MOVING IN TO YOUR TERRITORY
WHEN IT COMES TO HOW TO HANDLE
THIS INFLATION.
>> HE’S TRYING TO.
HE PLAYS MODERATE ON TV
COMMERCIALS BUT A RADICAL IN
WASHINGTON D.C. REPRESENTING THE
PEOPLE OF YOUNGSTOWN.
THAT’S THE DEBATE.
I THINK IT’S FUNNY HE’S RUNNING
FROM JOE BIDEN.
IF I WAS A DEMOCRAT, I’D BE
RUNNING FROM JOE BIDEN RIGHT
NOW, TOO.
>> Martha: WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES TO OHIO
VOTERS, ECONOMY, GAS PRICES,
WHICH WE’VE TALKED ABOUT.
NUMBER 3 IS ABORTION RIGHTS.
I THINK THAT’S ANOTHER AREA
WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO
SHOW PEOPLE WHERE YOU STAND
AGAINST TIM RYAN WHO IS SAYING
THAT HE BELIEVES IN CHOICE.
NOW THAT’S GOING TO GET SOME
MODERATE VOTERS, MAYBE WOMEN
VOTERS LOOKING AT THE SCOTUS
DECISION AND NOT BE SO SURE
WHERE YOU STAND, WHICH IS WHERE
EXACTLY WHEN IT COMES TO RAPE
AND INSIST.
>> I’M 100% PRO LIFE.
I CAMPAIGNED THAT WAY.
THAT’S HOW I FEEL IN MY HEART.
THERE’S PEOPLE THAT ARE MORE
MODERATE ON THE ABORTION ISSUE.
WE CAN HAVE AN ARGUE.
HAVE A DEBATE.
WE CAN IDENTIFY WAYS TO MAKE IT
EASIER FOR YOUNG WOMEN TO BRING
SUCCESSFUL AND HAPPY CHILDREN IN
THE WORLD.
TIM RYAN IS SO DIFFERENT.
HE’S DEFENDED ABORTION UP TO 40
WEEKS.
YES, LET’S HAVE A DEBATE.
I’M 100% PRO LIFE.
IT’S ONE THING TO BE PRO CHOICE
AND ANOTHER THING TO DEFEND
ABORTION UP TO 40 WEEKS.
IT’S SO RADICAL AND SO OUT OF UP
TO.
I DON’T THINK THE VOTERS OF OHIO
WILL STAND FOR IT.
>> Martha: WHERE DO YOU THINK
THE LINE SHOULD BE?
THAT WILL COME UP IN A DEBATE.
WHERE DO YOU THINK THE LINE
SHOULD BE IN OHIO.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE
SUPREME COURT DECISION IF IT
GOES THE WAY IT LEAKED, NOT THAT
IT WILL BAN ABORTION ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, IT WILL MOVE IT BACK TO
THE STATES AND ALLOW THEM TO
DECIDE.
YOU’RE FROM OHIO.
WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT LINE
SHOULD BE?
>> YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
WHAT ROE V. WADE WOULD NOT BAN
ABORTION NATIONWIDE.
I’M FROM OHIO.
IF I’M IN THE STATE OF OHIO AND
I’M SAYING, LOOK, WE NEED TO
MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOUNG WOMEN
TO BRING CHILDREN IN TO THE
WORLD AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF
CHILDREN FROM THE MOMENT OF
CONCEPTION.
THIS HAS TAUGHT US AS MOMS AND
DADS AND I’M THE FATHER OF THREE
YOUNG KIDS TO SEE BABIES AS
INCONVENIENCES TO BE DISCARDED.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WHATEVER
THE SUPREME COURT DOES TO
REDEFINE THIS AND CHILDREN TO BE
WELCOMED.
THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AS
CONSERVATIVES WHEN THIS ABORTION
FIGHT STAKES ITS NEXT STEP.
>> I KNOW YOU’LL BE ASKED IN THE
DEBATE.
I DON’T MEAN TO BELABOR THERE
AND THE ECONOMY IS BIGGER.
BUT IN TERMS OF RAPE AND INSIST,
DO YOU HAVE AN EXCEPTION TO
THAT?
>> I’M 100% PRO LIFE.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE MOST
ABORTIONS ARE HAPPENING, THEY’RE
TRAGIC AND TERRIBLE BUT MOST OF
THE ABORTIONS ARE ABORTIONS OF
CHOICE, OF CONVENIENCE.
THAT WHERE WE SHOULD FOCUS.
THAT’S WHERE THE POLICY IS
HAPPENING.
>> THIS IS NOT YOUR RACE, THIS
IS MISSOURI.
THIS AD IS GETTING A BIT OF
ATTENTION.
IT’S A WEB AD.
IT’S FROM MANY IT’S SEWER.
AND JOSH HAWLEY CAME OUT ON THE
BACK SIDE OF THIS AD AND HAS PUT
HIS SUPPORT -- HE’S ENDORSING
VICKY HARTZLER IN THIS RACE.
THIS SPEAKS TO THE TENOR OF
POLITICS IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT
NOW.
LET’S SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
>> JOIN THE MAGA CREW, GET A
RINO HUNTING PERMIT.
THERE’S NO BAGGING PERMIT OR
TAGGING LIMIT AND IT DOESN’T
EXPIRE UNTIL WE SAVE OUR
COUNTRY.
>> JOSH HAWLEY IS A GOOD FRIEND
OF MINE.
I THINK THAT SO MUCH OF
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT -- I RUN
MY OWN ADVERTISEMENTS.
YOU’RE TRYING TO GRAB HEADLINES.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT
HE’S TRYING TO GO AFTER, A LOT
OF OUR VOTERS, A LOT OF OUR BASE
FRUSTRATED WITH SENDING
REPUBLICANS TO WASHINGTON THAT
DON’T DO ANYTHING.
I’M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON THE
MISSOURI RACE.
IT’S NOT MY RACE --
>> HE’S GOING INTO A HOUSE WITH
A GUN AND SAYING THEY WANT TO
BAG AS MANY RINOS AS THEY CAN.
>> LIKE I SAID, A GOOD FRIEND OF
JOSH HAWLEY.
I DON’T THINK THAT ERIC IS
SAYING THAT HE WANTS TO MURDER
PEOPLE.
IT’S A TELEVISION AD MEANT FOR
EFFECT WE SHOULD TAKE IT LIKE
THAT.
>> LAST THOUGHT.
IN TERMS OF TIM RYAN AND IN
TERMS OF THE ECONOMY.
ARE YOU GOING TO ALSO BE BACKING
MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUTS?
THIS IS WHERE -- THIS IS ALSO ON
THE DEBATE STAGE.
DO YOU BELIEVE HE’S BEHIND THAT
IDEA IN A SINCERE WAY?
>> NO.
>> THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT
TAXING THE RICH MORE AND TAX
HIKES.
>> IT’S PRO TAX CUTS.
I’VE SUPPORTED TAX CUTS WHEN
THEY WERE BEING DEBATED.
HE’S OPPOSED EVERY EFFORT TO CUT
THE TAXES OF THE MIDDLE CLASS.
HE’S RUNNING AWAY FROM HIS
RECORD AGAIN.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE
TO FIND THIS JOE BIDEN ECONOMY.
THAT’S WHERE WE HAVE TO DO THE
WORK.
NOT WITH GIMMICKS FROM A GUY
THAT HAS NEVER SUPPORT ADD REAL
TAX CUT IN HIS LIFE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AS I SAID, WE INVITED TIM RYAN
TO COME AS WE.