hanson. congressman, let s start with you. some are suggesting this might be too early to announce. people are wondering about that. your thoughts tonight. i think when you get in a race, you get in a race. the president has been thinking about this for quite some time and he says we re not going to wait we re going right now. take a back drop forget the midterm elections put that aside. america is struggling and of all the people who know what to do we know donald trump can get the country back on track. he did it once he can do it again. the timing is up to him because you know he s been thinking about this for quite some time he s decided to set the pace for the 24 elections. laura: ben the congressman mentioned the i had in terms but here s donald trump touting his endorsement success. i do want to point out that in the midterms my endorsement success rate was 232 wins and only 22 losses. we elected a group of incredibly talented america first leaders who will be stars of ou
mistakes republicans made. laura: victor, and to ben s point, these issues did motivate parents across the country to vote in school board elections, house elections in california and out in long island. lee zeldin made a lot of these points in his campaign, especially about crime. so these issues are kitchen table issues for americans all across this country. the problem s not with the people, they re enthused. they had more national republican votes across state lines than democrats did. the problem is in the leadership. if mitch mcconnell had just said i disagree with donald trump he has candidates but we re all republicans and we re going to support everybody and the people who are divisive is the president of the united states not me not donald trump not us when he calls us semi fascist and unamerican he could have put all that focus on that rhetoric on biden and give positive corrections instead he
and unfortunately, that s a consequence of the mistakes that republicans made victor. and to ben s point, these issues did motivate parents across the country to vote in school board elections, house elections in california and long island. lee zeldin made a lot of these points in his campaign, especially about crime. so these these issues are kitchen table issues for americans all across this country. the problem is not with the people there in the food. they had more national republican votes across state lines than the democrats did. the problem in the leadership, if mitch mcconnell had just said, i don t i disagree with donald trump, he has candidates, but we re all republicans. we re going to we re going to support everybody and the people who are divisive in this country is the united states, not me, not donald trump, not when he calls up calls a semi fascist and un-american. you could have put all of his focus on all of that rhetoric of biden and then give positive correctio