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Speaker 0 and Speaker 1 discuss campaign strategy around the upcoming midterms. They note that typically midterms localize the election and federal officials are kept out of it, but they plan to invert that approach and put federal officials on the ballot because many low-propensity voters are Trump voters. Speaker 1 agrees, saying “They are.” Speaker 0 adds that a week ago Tuesday showed what happens when he’s not on the ballot and not active, and that he hasn’t fully broken the news to him but he’ll campaign like it’s 2024 again for the people he helps, who are a “turnout machine.” The midterms will be very important to them, and he’ll work to keep the majority.
Speaker 1 emphasizes the danger of not having him installed, and expresses frustration with donors who contributed to organizations like theirs over the last four years with a threefold objective: win the presidency, the House, and the Senate. They were strategic about outreach to moms, but now donors seem complacent, as if “we’re good,” which they feel is a dangerous miscalculation since “a swipe of a pen and one election can change everything.”
Speaker 0 notes that the majority is in both houses, and that this is a favorable Senate year for Republicans, with the House cycles repeating every two years. He mentions candidate recruitment and that the president began raising money for the midterms the day after the election, sitting on a huge war chest to support these candidates. He will utilize that funding, including his own resources and the money raised, and asserts that nobody can outwork him. He expresses confidence but stresses the need to actually get it done.