1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: So I'm excited to have my friend Tutor Dixon on 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: the show today. She is the host of the Tutor 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:10,879 Speaker 1: Dixon Podcast. She previously ran for governor in Michigan, and 4 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: she might be running again. We'll get into that, but 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,639 Speaker 1: I want to know how is Trump doing? You know, 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: what does she think of the administration so far? Also, 7 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: you look at the Tesla firebombings and how unhinged the 8 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: left is. 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 2: Is this an out liar or just a pattern of 10 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 2: behavior from the left. 11 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: Also, want to get her take on these Trump's twenty 12 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: five percent auto tariff. 13 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 2: You have groups like UAW love it. 14 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: But then also some of these critics are saying that 15 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: car prices could jump anywhere from four thousand to fifteen thousand. 16 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: She lives in the state of Michigan. We all know 17 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: that Detroit is the auto capital of the world. So 18 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: what does she think? Which side is she on or 19 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: is it maybe somewhere in the middle. Also, Dems are 20 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: looking at a record low twenty seven percent approval rating. 21 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: What's next for them? Where does the Democrat Party go 22 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: from here? And lastly, as I mentioned before, is she 23 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: running again? Her name has been floated for a possible 24 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 1: senatorial run. Also maybe a gub edatorial run as well. 25 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 2: What is she thinking? 26 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: Will she let us know on today's episode, Stay tuned 27 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: for my friend Tutor Dixon. 28 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 2: Well, Tutor Dixon, it's great to have you on my friend. 29 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 2: I've missed you. 30 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 3: Now you're so busy. I watch what you're doing. I'm 31 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 3: so impressed. I see you on Fox and Friends Weekend 32 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 3: and I just love it. Every time you're on. I 33 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 3: love it because I feel like, oh, that's my friend. 34 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: Well, I love you. We met at a conference and 35 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: it was like stepbrothers. Did we just become best friends? Also, 36 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: I was just telling Tudor that my morning started off 37 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: with me knocking over my Starbucks latte into my makeup 38 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: brush bag, so just all my makeup brushes covered in latte. 39 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 3: And then I selfishly thought, I honestly I want to 40 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 3: feel really sad about it, but I selfishly thought, great, 41 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 3: have to really be good on this because she's already 42 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 3: had a bad day and I have to lift her up. 43 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 3: Isn't that I know? 44 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: I Well, that's why I said to it, my tutor, 45 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: I need you to carry this interview, no pressure, but 46 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: all the partimes kidding, well, I'm great to I'm so 47 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: glad to have you on. Obviously a lot to discuss, 48 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: a lot going onto the country, and also potentially, well 49 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: there's always a lot going on with you, but you know, 50 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: potentially some big announcements maybe in the future that we'll 51 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: get into. But let's start off with just you know, 52 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: how you think the past couple months have been going 53 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: with the Trump administration. 54 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 2: How is he doing so far? 55 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: What's what's sort of your your assessment of you know, 56 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: this first period of time. 57 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 3: Well, I of course think he's doing great because I 58 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 3: love what he's doing. But it's not me alone. It 59 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 3: would be one thing if it was just me saying 60 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 3: that in the country was like, oh gosh, this is 61 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 3: a disaster. But you see that his approval ratings are 62 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 3: staying high. The Democrats approval ratings are the lowest they've 63 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 3: ever been, and they're kind of in a meltdown. I 64 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 3: mean they're not even talking policy stuff. They're just out 65 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 3: there swearing and making fun of people. And so I 66 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,919 Speaker 3: think that that for us is good. But what Donald 67 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 3: Trump has been doing has been phenomenal when it comes 68 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 3: to just going in there, and no other president has 69 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 3: said I'm going to cut waste, I'm going to do this. 70 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 3: I'm going to do that, and then gotten in there 71 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 3: on day one and been like, Okay, we've got the 72 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 3: people in place to do this. And it's interesting to 73 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,959 Speaker 3: me that that's scared people because it's what we all 74 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 3: voted for. But there's this faction of very loud people 75 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 3: who keep saying this is scary, and this is dangerous, 76 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 3: and I think change is scary for people, but this 77 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 3: is necessary to avoid bankruptcy. And that's what I don't 78 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 3: understand why people aren't seeing that what. 79 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 2: I thought that was what was so interesting. 80 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: I'm not sure if we're able to watch the Doge 81 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: interview with Brett bare on Special Report, but it's like 82 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: the media wants everyone to believe that the dose people 83 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: are just like eighteen year olds playing call of duty 84 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: in their parents' basement, when in reality, it's like, you know, 85 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: the Airbnb founder and CEOs and CFOs and you know 86 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: people who left jobs who don't need to be doing this, 87 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: who just want government to be more efficient, to work 88 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: better on behalf of the American people, and who realize 89 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: that if we don't cut spending now, you know, we'll 90 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: end up in financial ruin as a country. 91 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 2: So I found it so interesting. 92 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 3: You make such a great point because I looked at 93 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 3: those folks that are out there that are in those positions, 94 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 3: and I thought, I'm watching these people come out and say, 95 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 3: you know, I don't have to be doing this, but 96 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 3: I want to do it for the country. And I think, gosh, 97 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 3: the number of times I see comments on social media 98 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 3: and I'm sure this will resonate with people out there 99 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 3: that say, why don't we have executives step out of 100 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 3: their position and run for office? And I think because 101 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 3: it is such a toxic thing for people to step 102 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 3: out of their careers and take that risk in the 103 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 3: middle of their life to say, gosh, I'm going to 104 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 3: put my reputation in the line. Because you only have 105 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 3: your reputation. So if you put your reputation on the 106 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,679 Speaker 3: line and you lose, then you can destroy your life. 107 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 3: It's very interesting to me these guys. They're like, yeah, 108 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 3: I don't have to be elected and I can serve, 109 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 3: and they're willing to do it, willing to put their 110 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 3: life on hold to serve. And I find it fascinating 111 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 3: that the media has tried to paint them as a 112 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 3: bunch of silly nineteen year olds that don't know what 113 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 3: they're doing, because it has really protected these people who 114 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 3: are very smart executives to be able to come in. 115 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 3: They haven't had to go through the scrutiny that a 116 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 3: candidate does, but they have the credentials based on what 117 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 3: they've been able to do in their life. I mean, 118 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 3: it really is a unique situation that we have going 119 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 3: on right now with some great Americans willing to give 120 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 3: up their time to do it. And I was glad 121 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 3: it was highlighted with Brett, but I also think it's 122 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 3: good to have these people protected as well. You know, 123 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 3: these Democrat crazy people that have been or just you know, 124 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 3: these folks that are like far leftists that have been 125 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 3: inside the government determining where money goes and how to 126 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 3: almost launder money. Nobody knows who they are. Why should 127 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 3: these guys have to go out there and be scrutinized 128 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 3: when they have the credit to go in there and 129 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 3: say we're not we're not taking money for ourselves, we're 130 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 3: getting rid of spending. 131 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 2: Well, you know. 132 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: And I think that's also why you know they've gone 133 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: after Elon so much and why they've just been so 134 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: malicious towards him as well, is because they want to 135 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 1: keep people like him outside of politics, you know, they 136 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: want to keep effective people outside of politics. They want 137 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: business people to be like, you know what, I don't know. 138 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 1: I don't want that, Like, you know, I don't want 139 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: to put myself in that position. 140 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 2: So do you do you think that's why they're they're you. 141 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: Know, kind of being so malicious. 142 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 3: But I also I think that it's also because there 143 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 3: is such a large brand that comes along with him, 144 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 3: and they can activate their base. But look at how 145 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 3: what happens when they activate their base. And I really 146 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 3: believe that this is backfiring on them because we've seen 147 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 3: all these videos of people going and keen teslas and 148 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:54,799 Speaker 3: doing other things that are just horrible to individual people's cars. 149 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 3: And the funny thing is these are leftists for the 150 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 3: most part, the people that buy the Tesla's, you know, 151 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 3: these they are generally not the far right conservatives that 152 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 3: you think you're going after. These are people who are 153 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 3: typically left of center who have bought a Tesla and 154 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 3: they're Tesla owners. And you see that they've even called 155 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 3: for people to go out and go to these Tesla 156 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 3: dealerships and continue to attack. You've seen the calls for 157 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 3: violence from the left when we were mad about some 158 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 3: of the things that the left was doing when we 159 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 3: weren't in power. It wasn't that it was like, hey, 160 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 3: don't buy bud Light. Hey you know what, let's boycott 161 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 3: Target for a few months and see if they will 162 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 3: change and see if they will listen to their consumers. 163 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 3: That was so much more effective than what I see 164 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 3: on the left. But it scares me that they think 165 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 3: violence is the answer. 166 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: But you know, it's been the answer for them though, 167 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, there's been a long list of 168 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: things that you know, like you look at the twenty 169 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: sixteen congressional shooting. You look at Lee Zelden almost getting 170 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: stabbed on the goobernatorial trail in New York. Trump almost 171 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: assassinated Toy just as Kavanaugh, someone showed up outside is 172 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: his house, you know, wanting to kill him. You look 173 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: at the fire bombing of pregnancy centers, or even when 174 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: President Trump was inaugurated in twenty seventeen, you know, there 175 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: are fire the limit was set on fire. There was 176 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 1: so much just right like the you know, the Summer 177 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: of love, right, the summer of riots. 178 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 2: It's like these you know, I talk about militant. 179 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 3: You know, now, you make such a good point, because 180 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 3: when you lift that list right one after another, it 181 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 3: is shocking and it's something that we I think, have 182 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,719 Speaker 3: given grace to and forgotten and passed on. And it's 183 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 3: something that we shouldn't. I mean, you should be going 184 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 3: through that list on a daily basis so people have 185 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 3: to remember this. And I talk about the Summer of Love. 186 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 3: People died in that Chad zone or the Chad Zone, 187 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 3: whatever they the multiple names that they had for it. 188 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 3: But young people we're talking about, well, I think the 189 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 3: one kid was sixteen or seventeen, the other kid was nineteen. 190 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 3: These are young people that died in these zones. And 191 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 3: we never talk about the fact that this violence led 192 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 3: to a loss of life. But you look at what 193 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 3: happened in Minneapolis and these attempted attacks on conservative politicians. 194 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 3: I mean, you mentioned Donald Trump, but you know, I'd 195 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 3: even forgotten about Leezelden. And it is very unappealing to 196 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 3: run for office when you know that there are people 197 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 3: out there who don't just disagree with what you believe 198 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 3: is right. They want you dead, I mean, and they 199 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 3: don't even hide it. I've seen these people. I saw 200 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 3: a woman interviewed the other day who said that she 201 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 3: absolutely still wants that to happen to Donald Trump, and 202 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 3: openly she has a mask on, you know' she's a coward. 203 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 3: She's not going to say it out in the public. 204 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 3: She has a mask on. It's illegal. She's calling for 205 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 3: someone's murder. It's illegal. But they don't even care. 206 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 1: So I guess where did the Democrats go from here? 207 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: Because we've all seen the approval ratings, you know, twenty 208 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 1: seven percent for an NBC poll. It's the lowest they've 209 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: ever registered, going back to nineteen ninety for that poll. 210 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: So where where does the party or the Democrat Party 211 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:04,319 Speaker 1: go from here? 212 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 3: Look, that's how I feel until I see things like 213 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 3: the special election in Florida where it's like, oh gosh, 214 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 3: it's really close in a red state of Florida where 215 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 3: we had a really safe seat where Mike Walls was 216 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 3: and now it could potentially turn blue. And I think, Okay, 217 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 3: here we are as Republicans. You cannot get comfortable. Just that, 218 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 3: I think is the message. Don't look at this and say, man, 219 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 3: they're so radical, no one's ever going to come back 220 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 3: to them, because they are very creative when it comes 221 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 3: to messaging, and when they are looking at specific races 222 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 3: that they want to win to take power back, they're 223 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 3: strategic about it. So where does the party go? I 224 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 3: think the party will target people very specifically coming up 225 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 3: in the midterm elections. And my fear is that if 226 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 3: we are not on top of that messaging and if 227 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 3: we are not letting people know, like even the list 228 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 3: you just went through. That's why I said, man, it's 229 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,839 Speaker 3: so important that people remember this because if we are 230 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 3: not on top of it, the party will take back 231 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 3: their power, and then who knows where they'll go because 232 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 3: they are split. They have this radical new system of 233 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 3: going out on the Internet and all posting the same things, 234 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 3: filled with curse words and very negative messaging. And yet 235 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 3: somehow they are saying, oh, Jasmine Crockett's like the new 236 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 3: face of the party, and AOC is the new face 237 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 3: of the party. But they're pushing p I mean they've 238 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 3: pushed out Joe Biden. Nancy Pelosi pushed out Joe Biden. 239 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 3: She was trying so long, remember to keep the party 240 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 3: together as what she thought the Democrats were, and you know, 241 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 3: keeping AOC in line. Now she's she didn't have a 242 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 3: generation between she and AOC to rely on for some reason, 243 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 3: because she held onto power for so long, she was 244 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 3: never willing to give up the rings. So this is 245 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 3: her own fault because she was never willing to train 246 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 3: someone up behind her. She left this massive generational block 247 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 3: between she and AOC. She's gone now. Now they're pushing 248 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 3: Chuck Schumer out of the way. The party is going 249 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:07,199 Speaker 3: to shift to AOC's generation, and she right now looks 250 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,439 Speaker 3: like the leader. So what happens to the party unless 251 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 3: somebody can strategically come in and say, man, there's going 252 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 3: to be some folks in their forties and fifties that 253 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 3: are going to get this back on track, they go 254 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 3: full socialist and I don't think they can get back 255 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 3: the majority at that point. 256 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 2: We've got to take a quick break. 257 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 1: But first, after more than a year of war, terror 258 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 1: and pain in Israel, the need for security essentials and 259 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: support for first responders is still critical. 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So President Trump briefly 276 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: announced that he would impose a twenty five percent tariff 277 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: on foreign automobiles imported into the United States. 278 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 2: We've seen the move supported. 279 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: By you know, the United Auto or auto workers saying 280 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: it's a victory for autoworkers. However, you know, critics are 281 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:53,679 Speaker 1: saying that it's going to increase prices for consumers potentially 282 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 1: anywhere from four thousand to fifteen thousand per vehicle depending 283 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: on how much of the cars imported. What do you think, 284 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: you know, which side of that are you on or 285 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: are you stored in between things, or what do you make. 286 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 3: I'm absolutely opposed to I'm absolutely opposed to us allowing 287 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 3: foreign car companies to bring cars into the United States 288 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 3: with no repercussions whatsoever, because you know, I want to 289 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 3: support our American car makers, but I also look at 290 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 3: I mean, we can never let Chinese vehicles get into 291 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 3: the American market, and that's something that I think Donald 292 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 3: Trump has been intentional about protecting US. If you look 293 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 3: at Germany, they allowed all the electric vehicles to come 294 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 3: in from China. They just closed down three Volkswagen plants 295 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 3: in Germany because they can't compete with these Chinese vehicles. 296 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 3: We don't want our manufacturers to close down. We certainly 297 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 3: don't want the national security implications of having our transportation 298 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 3: rely that we have to rely on a foreign country, 299 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 3: certainly not a foreign country like China. So it's very 300 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 3: important what he's doing, and he does it strategically. And 301 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 3: I know there's been some conversation about, well, some of 302 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 3: these parts will go back and forth across the border 303 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 3: in Canada, and Mexico multiple times. Donald Trump, as you've seen, 304 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 3: has not done made radical moves that he cannot negotiate 305 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 3: into different areas to make sure the Americans are getting 306 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 3: the best possible deal, but also making sure America first 307 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 3: is top of mind for everybody and continues to be pushed. 308 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 3: So if you've watched what he's done with Mexico and Canada, 309 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 3: you know he's he's said, Okay, this is when I'm 310 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 3: putting the tariff in. There have been negotiations. Sometimes the 311 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 3: tariff gets delayed, sometimes the tariff gets changed. He is 312 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 3: a man with leverage. He knows the United States has 313 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:46,479 Speaker 3: the most leverage in the world. He is a master negotiator. 314 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 3: For anybody who thinks that Donald Trump is going to 315 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 3: just crash the economy because he's going to put tariffs 316 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 3: in that are to protect American manufacturers and bring manufacturing back, 317 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 3: they have no idea what it is to negotiate, and 318 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 3: I think they I think they don't because I think 319 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 3: they're so used to some of these legislators that come 320 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 3: in and they get elected based on being loud and 321 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 3: being popular and being great with young kids, but not 322 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 3: based on experience. Just like we were talking about those 323 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 3: doge guys earlier that have the experience of being executives. 324 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 3: It's not what you see from a lot of the 325 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 3: people who are critiquing Donald Trump. But he does have 326 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 3: that that ability to understand your leverage and negotiate will 327 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 3: keep American manufacturing safe and grow it in the future. 328 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: We're also used to having a coma tost president, and 329 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: so I think it's like it's a it's a shock 330 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: to the system to go from having a president who 331 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: the Special Council said was basically not fit to stand 332 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: trial but was okay being president but couldn't run for 333 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: reelection but stayed in power, to now having a president 334 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: who doesn't sleep and is working seven days a week, 335 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: and you know, like it's it's like a I think 336 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: people it's like whiplash, right, Like it's like going from 337 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: one extreme to the other. Thing. I think one thing 338 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: that's obviously great for the country but also infuriating is 339 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: to see that, you know, we were told time and 340 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 1: time again that all like the border crisis can't be 341 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 1: solved by executive order. 342 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 2: It's a congressional thing. 343 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: We need by you know, all these excuses, and you know, meanwhile, 344 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 1: allowing you know, millions and millions of illegal aliens to 345 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: come to the United States, and then in like a 346 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: month President Trump already solved the border crisis. And you know, 347 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:32,880 Speaker 1: now we're seeing border crossings at the lowest level in decades. 348 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: So it's like you could have done it along, yet 349 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:36,919 Speaker 1: you chose not to. 350 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 3: Well, what I think is even more frustrating is these 351 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,639 Speaker 3: communities who say they absolutely will not work with ICE. 352 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 3: I mean, you've got what who is at the mayor 353 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 3: of Boston who is saying, these are my residents, these 354 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 3: are my people. And the fact that you still have 355 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 3: that pushback after even that the congressional address, when he 356 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 3: sat there, when he brought in these people who were 357 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 3: real American stories and Lincoln Riley's, the Jocelyn nongerrets, those 358 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 3: people's families who lost everything when they lost their children. 359 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 3: They sat there and he said, hey, I'm going to 360 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,400 Speaker 3: keep my promise to you. I'm going to make sure 361 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 3: that the people who hurt your children, who took their lives, 362 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 3: are going to pay the price. And yet there are 363 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 3: still Democrats on the other side who say that they 364 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 3: will not stand for keeping Americans safe. It makes absolutely 365 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:29,959 Speaker 3: no sense to me, But The funny thing is it 366 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 3: makes no sense to the country either. Even if you 367 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 3: take the pole of the country, if you take the 368 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 3: heartbeat and the pulse of the country on this issue, 369 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 3: they will almost ninety percent agree with you. Yeah, we 370 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 3: don't want criminals in our country that are going to 371 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 3: kill people. And yet the Democrats are still on the 372 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:50,640 Speaker 3: other side. That's the concerning part to me, because you're right, 373 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 3: they always knew that the Biden administration could do it. 374 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 3: They were choosing not to. That's the sick part. 375 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,399 Speaker 1: Well, it's like, you know, it's pretty obviously you know 376 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: why is for power, right, Like they were hoping essentially 377 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,439 Speaker 1: import a voting block. And I love how previously it 378 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: was like racist to say that, and somehow this was 379 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: like a white supremacy talking point. And then we saw 380 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: people in inner cities across America and like minority communities 381 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 1: rise up and be like, tell us exactly what was 382 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 1: happening that that was happening, that you know, services were 383 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,199 Speaker 1: being taken away from them, and it just sort of 384 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:28,159 Speaker 1: negated this lie that the media and the left were 385 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 1: telling for for so long. I also, you know, you 386 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 1: mentioned Boston. 387 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 2: One thing. 388 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 1: It really annoyed me it was Michelle Wu sort of 389 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: invoked Boston's rich history with the American Revolution, like we 390 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,120 Speaker 1: stand up to kings and da da da. The whole 391 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: point of the American Revolution was that so that we 392 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: would be a sovereign nation. You can't have sovereignty, you 393 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: can't be a sovereignation without enforcing or border. So it's like, 394 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:56,199 Speaker 1: you know, these people are just outrageous. But you know, 395 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: particularly when you look at some of these issues like 396 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,679 Speaker 1: the men and women's sports, like why did they keep digging, 397 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 1: why do they keep tudor why do they keep digging. 398 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 2: Their heels in on just this insanity? 399 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:09,239 Speaker 3: I don't know. Just today, there was a story that 400 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 3: came out someone tried to stop a woman in Michigan 401 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,360 Speaker 3: who you may remember her. She was the she has 402 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 3: red hair, She spoke at the DNC. She was she's 403 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 3: a state senator in Michigan, and she got a lot 404 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 3: of attention for that speech at the DNC. And now 405 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 3: she's talking about running for US Senate in the state 406 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 3: of Michigan. And they tried to stop her recently and 407 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 3: ask her, you know, what do you think about men 408 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 3: and women's sports? No response, won't even acknowledge it. I mean, 409 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:38,439 Speaker 3: how can a woman not be willing to turn and 410 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 3: say no, I want to protect other women and it's 411 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 3: not this is this has actually been a topic that 412 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 3: many progressive women have turned against the Democrats on this subject, 413 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 3: and yet a woman who wants to run for US 414 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 3: Senate won't comment on it. 415 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,239 Speaker 1: I just remember, you know, working on Capitol Hill and 416 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 1: campaigns and like all the messaging and normally we're like 417 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: even Mitt Romney's I binders full of women, which was 418 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 1: such a strange thing to say in response to the accusation, 419 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: but it was like the whole thing was, you know, 420 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 1: Republicans Warren women, Warren women, Warren women, and you know 421 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 1: now Democrats are trying to erase women, and so really yeah, 422 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: so it's like it's just, you know, it's pretty ironic 423 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: to you know, look back on all those campaign talking 424 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: points from the left and now the Democrat Party is 425 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: just insane. We've got to take a quick commercial break 426 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: more with Tutor Dixon on the other side. So what 427 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 1: are you going to do, Tutor Dixon, Because there are 428 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 1: a lot of rumors I'm sure you've seen that you 429 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 1: could be you could be potentially dipping your toe back 430 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 1: in the political waters, maybe for Senate, maybe a gubernatorial 431 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: run again. 432 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 3: Race. My friend, Michigan is an interesting state in twenty 433 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 3: because we have an open Senate US Senate race because 434 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 3: Gary Peters retired. We have the open governor's seat. Also 435 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:12,159 Speaker 3: because Gretchen Whitmer is term limited, Praise the Lord. So 436 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 3: we have two opportunities in this state. And I am 437 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 3: truly blessed by the numbers of people who are supporting me. 438 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 3: And that was something that one of the local news 439 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,479 Speaker 3: groups here did a poll on both of those and 440 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 3: numbers came back very strong supporting me for actually both seats. 441 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 3: And that's kind of the calculation now is where could 442 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 3: I best serve the state of Michigan. And that's what 443 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 3: I'm looking at because obviously having run in the governor's 444 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 3: race four and having come out of a small steel 445 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 3: foundry and knowing what we're up against here in the 446 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 3: state of Michigan, my passion has been for years to 447 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 3: protect the state, bring the state back. We're forty first 448 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 3: in the nation in so many areas. Manufacturing is dwindling 449 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 3: in the state. That's why Donald Trump has been so 450 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,919 Speaker 3: helpful with everything that he's doing. And now that he 451 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:06,199 Speaker 3: is the forty seventh president. We're so proud of what 452 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 3: he's done for the state of Michigan, and so the 453 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 3: question is, like, in what position can I partner with 454 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 3: him best to make sure that the people on the 455 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 3: ground here are getting the best having the best life 456 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 3: that they can have in this state, and that means 457 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:24,400 Speaker 3: allowing them to open their own businesses and reducing regulation 458 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 3: to do that. That also means making sure that our 459 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 3: schools are being taken care of the right way and 460 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 3: that they are educating kids and the kids have a future. 461 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 3: There is a lot to look at. So I am 462 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 3: very seriously looking at both. I've been talking to folks 463 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 3: in Washington. I've been talking to folks here, and I 464 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 3: don't have a decision yet, but I hope to have 465 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:45,120 Speaker 3: a decision soon. 466 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: What lessons do you think you learned from your previous 467 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 1: run that you would want to apply to either Senate 468 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 1: run or a good matorial. 469 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:57,360 Speaker 3: I think there's so many things that you learn when 470 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 3: you go through that you know, in the first race 471 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,199 Speaker 3: is an unknown. You know, I came out and I 472 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,360 Speaker 3: had to really fight to get people to know who 473 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,199 Speaker 3: I was and who I am and what I wanted 474 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:12,159 Speaker 3: to do for the state, and we were very quickly 475 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 3: once we got into the general defined by a ballot 476 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 3: initiative on abortion, and I had way too much trust 477 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 3: for the news media and the state of Michigan, and 478 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 3: so I made mistakes there and I learned a lot 479 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 3: from those mistakes. But I think also just mistakes and 480 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 3: how we got our message out. You know, there's there's 481 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 3: been so many advances in technology on how you can 482 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 3: target your message, how you can make sure people are 483 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 3: hearing it, how you can make sure they're seeing it, 484 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,199 Speaker 3: the ways you can deliver it, and that's something that 485 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,360 Speaker 3: I know Gretchen Whitmer and her team used very effectively, 486 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 3: and I don't think that we had really discovered that yet. 487 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:54,399 Speaker 3: I think President Trump and his campaign they changed the 488 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 3: way Republicans will campaign, not only from targeted advertising, but 489 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:01,439 Speaker 3: also how who they talked to. You know, he was 490 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 3: careful about the media. He talked to the right media, 491 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 3: he talked to the podcasters, and he didn't let these 492 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,679 Speaker 3: people trap him and put words in his mouth. You know, 493 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 3: that was really I suffered from a lot of allowing 494 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 3: the media to put words in my mouth, and that's 495 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,360 Speaker 3: something I've learned, and I think all Republicans should look 496 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 3: at things that they've done in the past two cycles 497 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 3: and say, Okay, this is what we are up against, 498 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 3: and this is what we have to be prepared to 499 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:35,239 Speaker 3: not engage in fight and define ourselves before they can 500 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 3: define us. Well. 501 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 1: Also, just think as a party, we've learned a lot 502 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 1: of lessons and turn out, you know, and we saw 503 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,679 Speaker 1: those lessons applied in the twenty twenty four presidential election 504 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 1: of just like a turnout machine was a lot better 505 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,159 Speaker 1: than it's been, you know, turning voters out early in 506 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 1: a way that we didn't you know, in twenty twenty 507 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: which really ended up being effective, which I hope we 508 00:25:56,640 --> 00:26:00,360 Speaker 1: obviously continue to apply moving forward in elections, particularly since 509 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 1: all these states are engaging and early voting in ways 510 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,880 Speaker 1: that we hadn't prior to you know, twenty twenty four 511 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: and prior to twenty twenty. 512 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 3: Right, and embracing that is something that we didn't do 513 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 3: in the past. Embracing that is so key. But it's 514 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 3: not just that you can turn people out in different ways, 515 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 3: it's also who are you turning out? You know, you 516 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 3: need to go to We have people that vote for 517 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 3: Trump that don't vote for other Republicans. But in twenty four, 518 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,120 Speaker 3: I think that the GOP and Laura Trump were very 519 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 3: effective going to these communities and making sure that those 520 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 3: people were not just going to come out for the president, 521 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,679 Speaker 3: that they were coming out for Republican candidates, they were 522 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:38,919 Speaker 3: coming out for congressional candidates, they were coming out for 523 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 3: Senate candidates. And that's something that we need to look 524 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 3: at twenty four and say, those low propensity voters are 525 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 3: the ones we want to get. We don't want to 526 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,360 Speaker 3: have to try to convert people. We want to get 527 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 3: those now. President Trump, I think was also very effective 528 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,119 Speaker 3: in converting people, and that was in the new media 529 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 3: that he was using, like your podcast. You know, going 530 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 3: on a podcast like this is a different way of 531 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 3: reaching people, and it allows you to talk in a 532 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,639 Speaker 3: longer form so somebody can say, well, you know, what 533 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 3: are you really going to do for the country. And 534 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,119 Speaker 3: when you listen to Donald Trump, he's not looking at notes, 535 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 3: he's not giving you a talking point. He's very normal. 536 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,200 Speaker 3: He's talking about it because he lives it, he knows it. 537 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,439 Speaker 3: It's in his soul, it's in his gut. And I 538 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 3: think that's the benefit that we so many people on 539 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 3: the Republican side have and we're not exploiting that. Like 540 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 3: I get the issues of the state. You know, I've 541 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 3: lived it. I have lived it as a business owner, 542 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 3: I've lived it as a mom with four kids in school. 543 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 3: I've lived it as just a resident of the state. 544 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 3: And I've lived it because I've gone around and talked 545 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 3: to people about their own experiences. And if I can't 546 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 3: sit down for half an hour or three hours on 547 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 3: a podcast and tell you, well, this is how I 548 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 3: really see it, this is what I'd really like to 549 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 3: get in and do, then I don't deserve the job. 550 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 2: I totally agree. 551 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:57,639 Speaker 1: In the longer form interviews, you get to know someone's 552 00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,919 Speaker 1: thought process better, and then you also get to know 553 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,959 Speaker 1: the person on just a human level as opposed to 554 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,479 Speaker 1: just these like little sound bites. You know. Yeah, Tudor, 555 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:07,919 Speaker 1: is there anything else you'd like to leave us with 556 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 1: before we go? 557 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 3: You know, I think that we should be very open 558 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 3: minded about what we see in Washington right now, because 559 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:21,919 Speaker 3: I think everybody in the States can look at how 560 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 3: Donald Trump has entrusted so much to his cabinet secretaries 561 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 3: and the work that they're doing with the DOGE team 562 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 3: and take that to a state level where a state 563 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:37,160 Speaker 3: like Michigan, for example, we haven't been able to afford 564 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 3: to fix the roads in the state for years now, 565 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 3: I mean decades. Really, it's been a disaster. So how 566 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 3: can we look at what doge is doing and say, okay, 567 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 3: on a statewide level, we should all do This government 568 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 3: has had many, many years, centuries now to become bloated, 569 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 3: and we need to debloat our government across the whether 570 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 3: it's state or whether it's federal. And we can be 571 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 3: grateful every single day that Donald Trump was in there 572 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 3: showing us what to do. 573 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 2: Tutor Dixon, I love you. You're awesome. 574 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 1: I can't wait to cheer you on in whatever decision 575 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: you make, and I'm looking forward to finding out. 576 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 2: Thank you. 577 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 3: Well, I'll come back when I decide. Yes. 578 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 2: Also, you know, if. 579 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 1: You were a governor, I'm sure elf with the shelf, 580 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: Elf on the shelf at the governor's mansion would be 581 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 1: a lot more interesting for your kids. 582 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 3: So, yes, that's true. You know my stories about the 583 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 3: elf on the shelf, Yes, very much. Yep, that's my friend, 584 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 3: the elf. 585 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 1: Yep, take care of Tutor great. Great to have you 586 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 1: on that was Tutor Dixon. Appreciate her for taking the 587 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,560 Speaker 1: time to join the show. Appreciate you guys at home 588 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,000 Speaker 1: for listening every Tuesday and Thursday, but you can listen 589 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: throughout the week until next time.