>> Steve: PHIL KEATING AND A
FRIEND WITH A SIGN DOWN ALONG
THE INTERCOASTAL THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
LET’S BRING IN RNC CHAIRWOMAN
RONNA McDANIEL SHE JOINS US
NOW.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> Steve: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF
WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
>> I SAID THIS YESTERDAY
ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS
ABSOLUTELILY.
WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW IS
UNCHECKED DEMOCRAT PARTY.
MOST AMERICANS RIGHT NOW ARE
HORRIFIED IF THIS CAN HAPPEN TO
A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, WHAT CAN THEY DO TO AN
AVERAGE AMERICAN, ESPECIALLY
WITH 87,000 NEW IRS AGENTS THAT
HER UNLEASHING ON THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC.
BUT THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED.
IT’S DEEPLY CONCERNING.
AND TO SEE THIS BEING DONE
THROUGH THE PRESIDENTIAL
ARCHIVES ACT IS SUCH AN
OVERREACH.
THEY TOOK A FISA WARRANT OUT TO
SPY ON HIS CAMPAIGN AND NOW
WATCHING THE FBI RAID THE FORMER
PRESIDENT’S HOME.
>> Lawrence: I GUESS THE
QUESTION IS, RONNA, WHAT ARE YOU
GUYS GOING TO DO?
IT SEEMS LIKE THE MISSION RIGHT
NOW IS TO STOP YOUR CANDIDATE
FROM RUNNING.
HE IS THE NUMBER ONE ON YOUR
TICKET RIGHT NOW.
SO, IF THIS IS THE OVERALL GOAL,
WHAT WILL BE THE RESPONSE FROM
THE PARTY?
>> WELL, THE FIRST THING WE HAVE
TO DO, LAWRENCE, IS WIN IT BACK
IN 2022.
WE HAVE TO WIN BACK THE HOUSE.
YOU SAW KEVIN McCARTHY’S VERY
STRONG STATEMENT YESTERDAY.
AND WE HAVE TO TAKE THE REINS OF
POWER BACK.
THE ONLY WAY WE CAN STOP THEM IS
BY WINNING BACK THE HOUSE IN THE
SENATE.
FOUR SEATS IN THE HOUSE, ONE
SEAT AWAY IN THE SENATE.
I WILL SAY THIS, THE DEMOCRATS
HAVE HAD A HUGE FUNDRAISING
ADVANTAGE ON THE SENATE
CANDIDATES.
ANYBODY LISTENING YOU HAVE GOT
TO ENGAGE IN THE CAMPAIGN AND
HELP DONATE TO PEOPLE LIKE J.D.
VANCE AND HERSCHEL WALKER AND
ADAM LAXALT AND MEHMET OZ AND
CANDIDATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
THAT ARE GOING TO NEED OUR HELP
SO WE CAN GET TO THE FINISH LINE
AND PUT CHECKS ON THIS POWER.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RIGHT WHEN HE
COMPARED THIS TO WATERGATE.
THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT USING AN
AGENCY TO SPY ON A POTENTIAL
OPPONENT’S CAMPAIGN.
AND THIS IS TRULY FRIGHTENING.
IT IS NOT WHAT OUR DEMOCRACY
STANDS FOR.
>> Ainsley: I KNOW YOU HAVE
TALKED ABOUT WINNING BACK THE
HOUSE AND THE SENATE IN
NOVEMBER.
TODAY IS PRIMARY DAY IN FOUR
DIFFERENT STATES, WINK,
MINNESOTA, VERMONT AND
CONNECTICUT.
WHAT SHOULD WOULD HE BE LOOKING
FOR?
HOW IMPORTANT ARE THESE RACES
TODAY?
>> WELL, WISCONSIN IS KEY TO NOT
JUST THE SENATE.
WE HAVE A GOVERNOR’S RACE THERE.
WE HAVE A HOTLY CONTESTED
GOVERNOR’S RACE THERE ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE.
THESE LATE PRIMARIES I LOVE
GETTING THEM DONE WITH SO WE CAN
START FOCUSING ON HOW WE ARE
GOING TO BEAT TONY EASTER AND
RON JOHNSON IS ONE OF THE TOP
TARGETS FOR DEMOCRATS.
HE IS GOING TO GET HIS OPPONENT
TODAY BARNES.
THIS IS GOING TO SHAPE WHAT WE
NEED TO DO IN NOVEMBER FOR THE
SENATE.
IN ORDER TO WIN BACK THE SENATE
WE NEED SEVEN SEATS HOLD WIN
BACK ONE AND FOUR SEATS IN THE
HOUSE TO WIN TO TAKE BACK THE
MAJORITY AND FIRE PELOSI.
>> Ainsley: WHEN ARE WE FINISH
YOU HAD WITH THE PRIMARIES.
>> SEPTEMBER.
WE HAVE NEW HAMPSHIRE IN
SEPTEMBER.
INCOUPLE WENT LOVE LATE
PRIMARIES.
THEY ARE DOING THIS SPEND MORE
MONEY ON THE PRIMARY AND LESS
MONEY TO HAVE IN THE GENERAL
WHEN YOU GO AGAINST INCUMBENT
AND PUTS US IN A POSITION IN
SOME OF THESE STATES WHERE OUR
CANDIDATES HAVE TO REGROUP AND
WIN.
WE HAVE GREAT CANDIDATES AGAINST
MAGGIE HASAN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IN
SEPTEMBER WE HAVE PRIMARIES NEXT
WEEK IN ALASKA.
THE FIELD THAT IS SHAPING UP THE
FIELD THAT IS GOING TO TURN THIS
COUNTRY AROUND AND FINALLY CAP
THE UNCHECKED POWER OF THE
DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW.
TRULY FRIGHT FRIGHTENING.
A LOT OF AMERICANS RIGHT NOW ARE
AFRAID.
THEY TALKED TO A LOT OF
AMERICANS LAST NIGHT IF THEY ARE
DOING THIS TO DONALD TRUMP.
WHAT ARE ANY GOING TO DO WITH A
STADIUM FULL OF IRRELEVANCY
AGENTS COMING AFTER US AFTER
THEY TRIED TO DO THE MINISTRY OF
TRUTH TRY TO CANCEL PEOPLE AND
DESTROY PEOPLE’S LIVES WHO
DISAGREE WITH THEM.
IT IS A SCARY TIME IN OUR
COUNTRY.
>> Steve: RONNA, REAL QUICKLY
BEFORE YOU GO, YOU MENTIONED
DONALD TRUMP AND ALSO YOU WANT
TO RETAKE THE HOUSE.
WE THIS NEWT GINGRICH ON
YESTERDAY.
HE SAID HE HOPES THAT THE FORMER
PRESIDENT, IF HE IS GOING TO
RUN, DOES NOT ANNOUNCE BEFORE
THE MIDTERMS.
WOULD IT BE HELPFUL OR UNHELPFUL
FROM THE RNC POINT OF VIEW FOR
HIM TO ANNOUNCE BEFORE THE
MIDTERMS?
>> YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND, AND I
HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS
EVERYWHERE, YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT
THE SUPER BOWL UNTIL YOU WIN THE
PLAYOFFS, RIGHT IN THE DETROIT
LIONS NEVER MAKE IT TO THE SUPER
BOWL.
I’M GOING TO USE THAT ANALOGY
ANYWAY.
YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT THE SUPER
BOWL UNTIL YOU WIN THE PLAYOFFS.
WE REALLY DO HAVE TO WIN BACK
THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
I DON’T LIKE TALKING ABOUT THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE AT ALL.
I WOULD SAY TO ANY CANDIDATE
LET’S NOT SKIP OVER WHAT IS
GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT AND CONSEQUENTIAL
MIDTERMS IN OUR COUNTRY’S
HISTORY.
WE NEED TO GET BEHIND THESE
HOUSE CANDIDATES AND THESE
DISMAT CANDIDATES AND MAKE SURE
WE WIN IN NOVEMBER.
>> Steve: WELL, SO NOVEMBER IS
THE SUPER BOWL BUT IN THE
MEANTIME WE HAVE GOT A PLAYOFF
DAY IN FOUR STATES TODAY.
>> Ainsley: RONNA, THIS IS YOUR
JOB.
DO YOU THIS CAN I JUST GET
THROUGH THE PRIMARY, PLEASE?
>> JUST LET ME WIN THE PRIMARY.
LET’S NOT TALK ABOUT
PRESIDENTIAL.
>> Steve: THERE YOU GO.
>> Lawrence: RONNA McDONNELL
MAKING THE CASE FOR WHAT
REPUBLICANS WOULD DO WHEN THEY
GET POWER BACK.