>> SENATE RACES ARE DIFFERENT.
CANDIDATE QUALITY HAS A LOT TO
DO WITH THE OUTCOME.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A 50/50 SENATE
IN A 50/50 COUNTRY.
WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, WE’RE
LIKELY TO HAVE AN EXTREMELY
CLOSE SENATE, EITHER OUR SIDE UP
SLIGHTLY OR THEIR SIDE UP
SLIGHTLY.
>> Trace: THERE YOU HAVE THE
WARNING FROM MITCH McCONNELL
ABOUT THE MID-TERM POLLS SHOW
DEMOCRATS EDGING OUT THEIR
COMPETITION.
RON JOHNSON ORDINARILY TRAILED
HIS OPPONENT.
MARK KELLY HAS AN EIGHT-POINT
LEAD OVER REPUBLICAN BLAKE
MASTERS.
IT’S A DIFFERENT PICTURE IN THE
BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF THE HOUSE,
HOWEVER, WITH FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR NEWS PREDICTING A
GOP MAJORITY NEXT TERM.
LET’S BRING IN INDIANA
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN JIM BANKS
WHO SERVES AS CHAIRMAN OF THE
REPUBLICAN STUDY COMMITTEE.
IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE YOU HAVE
MITCH McCONNELL OUT THERE TRYING
TO TAMP DOWN EXPECTATIONS.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> WE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS TO
WIN BACK THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY AND RETIRE NANCY
PELOSI, SEND HER BACK TO
SAN FRANCISCO FOREVER AND TAKE
THE SPEAKER’S GAVEL AWAY FROM
HER.
THE BIG REASON WHY IS WE’RE
FOCUSED ON HYPER -- HYPER
FOCUSED
FOCUSED ON A TRUMP AGENDA THAT
WORKED FOR FOUR YEARS THAT
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE BEGGING TO
GO BACK TO.
I’M TALKING ANT BEING ENERGY
INDEPENDENT AGAIN, ADDRESSING
THE BORDER AND SECURING THE
BORDER, ADDRESSING CRIME,
ADDRESSING THE BIG ISSUES THAT
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CARE ABOUT.
THAT’S WHY REPUBLICANS ARE ON
THE CUSP BECAUSE THAT’S WHY THE
CONTRAST IS SO CLOSE, TO PUT
WORKING CLASS AMERICANS FIRST
FOR FOUR YEARS VERSUS WHAT
THEY’RE ENDURING TODAY.
>> Trace: I KNOW YOU FOCUS ON
THE NUMBERS A LOT.
I WONDER WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
RACES IN ARIZONA AND WISCONSIN,
WHY ARE THESE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES RUNNING, OUTRUNNING
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S NUMBERS.
ARE THEY RUNNING AWAY FROM
PRESIDENT BIDEN HIMSELF?
>> THERE’S A LONG WAYS TO GO.
TAKE OHIO, FOR EXAMPLE.
YOU LOOK AT THE DEMOCRAT THERE
IS TRYING TO PRETEND TO BE A PRO
TRUMP DEMOCRAT.
HIS ADS ARE TALKING ABOUT
SUPPORTING THE TRUMP AGENDA.
THE LONGER IT GOES BETWEEN NOW
AND NOVEMBER, WHEN THAT RECORD
IS EXPOSED AND THE VOTERS FIND
OUT LIKE THEY WILL IN ARIZONA,
OTHER KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES
THAT THESE DEMOCRATS ARE ON THE
RADICAL LEFT WING END OF THE
SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT PARTY, THOSE
NUMBERS WILL CHANGE IN A HURRY,
I BELIEVE.
SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- 90% OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SAYING
AMERICA IS ON THE WRONG TRACK,
THIS IS A THROW THAT BUMS OUT
ELECTION.
GET RID OF THE DEMOCRATS
CONTROLLING THIS COUNTRY AND
SENDING IT OVER THE CLIFF THAT
IS THE REALITY THAT THE
DEMOCRATS ARE FACING IN THE
MID-TERMS.
>> Trace: WHICH IS MY NEXT
QUESTION, CONGRESSMAN.
YOU’RE RIGHT.
IT’S BEEN IN THE HIGH 80s, THE
LOW 80s, THE MID 80s FOR MONTHS
NOW ABOUT AMERICANS THAT THINK
THIS COUNTRY IS ON THE WRONG
TRACK.
YET YOU HAVE THESE POLLS THAT
ARE NECK AND NECK.
HERE’S WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE
CHIEF OF STAFF RON KLAIN SAID.
"WE HAVE AN EXTREME MAGA GROUP
IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT HAS
NO REAL PLAN TO BRING DOWN
INFLATION.
I THINK THAT CHOICE IS BETWEEN A
PARTY THAT IS STANDING UP TO
SPECIAL INTERESTS AND DELIVERING
CHANGE AND AN EXTREME PARTY."
IF THEY MEAN CHANGE, ARE THEY
TALKING ABOUT INFLATION?
ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT OPEN
BORDERS?
ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT CRIME?
THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL IN
THIS COUNTRY, AND YET THESE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES HAPPEN TO
BE WINNING IN A LOT OF THESE
RACES THAT ARE UNEXPECTED.
IS IT MESSAGING?
ARE THE REPUBLICANS NOT DOING A
GOOD JOB?
>> A LONG WAYS TO GO.
IF ULTRA MAGA IS $2.50 FOR A
GALLON OF GAS, SIGN ME UP.
MOST AMERICANS WANT SO
DESPERATELY TO GO BACK TO THAT
AS WELL.
THE LONGER THIS GOES --
REMEMBER, THERE’S SEVERAL WEEKS
LEFT BEFORE ELECTION DAY AS THE
VOTERS IN THESE KEY SWING STATES
REALIZE THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE
SO DIVORCED FROM THE REALITIES
THAT FACE WORKING CLASS
AMERICANS, BLUE COLLAR AMERICANS
THAT WORK JOBS WITH AN HOURLY
WAGE, THE MORE LIKELY THEY’RE
GOING TO VOTE FOR REPUBLICANS.
THAT’S JUST THE REALITY.
SO I LARGELY DISMISS THESE POLL
NUMBERS TODAY BECAUSE THERE’S A
LONG WAYS TO GO.
SOME OF THESE DEMOCRAT
CANDIDATES IN OHIO AND IN
ARIZONA, OTHER STATES, ARE LYING
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THOSE LIES WILL BE EXPOSED.
>> Trace: THE REASON I ASK,
CONGRESSMAN, BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN
HEARING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
FIRST INFLATION WASN’T REALLY
INFLATION.
RECESSION IS NOT REALLY A
RECESSION.
THEY HAVE THIS NEW ACT THAT THEY
SAY WILL BRING DOWN INFLATION.
OH, BY THE WAY, IT’S ALSO GOING
TO BRING UP ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
IN THIS COUNTRY.
HOW IS THAT?
THERE’S THIS CONSTANT SALES
PITCH GOING ON.
IT’S LARGELY INACCURATE, BUT
APPEARS TO BE WORKING.
AM I WRONG ON THAT?
>> WELL, AGAIN, MY ADVICE TO
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES, WHETHER
THEY’RE RUNNING FOR THE SENATE
OR THE HOUSE IS TO RUN ON THE
TRUMP AGENDA.
IT’S A VERY POPULAR AGENDA.
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, SECURING
THE BORDER, TOUGH ON CRIME.
RESTORING THE STRENGTH OF
AMERICA’S MILITARY.
THOSE ARE WINNING ISSUES TODAY
MORE THAN EVER.
SO I’M NOT GOING TO GIVE ADVICE
TO SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP.
IF THEY ASKED FOR IT, I’D SAY
RUN ON THE VERY POPULAR TRUMP