Republican leaders are in full panic mode ahead of the midterms, as a leaked memo reveals their urgent plea for $9 million to defend Senate seats in key red states like Iowa, Ohio, and Alaska—states where Donald Trump previously won by double digits. Polling data shows Democrats now leading in these states by four to eight points, undermining Republican confidence. The panic stems not just from shifting voter sentiment but from Donald Trump’s inconsistent and controversial foreign policy, including his warm reception of China’s Xi Jinping despite his public anti-communist rhetoric. Critics argue that Trump’s actions have damaged the party’s credibility, contributing to public distrust and voter alienation. The Republican fundraising effort—targeting $4.2 million for Iowa, $3.5 million for Ohio, and $1.2 million for Alaska—is viewed as futile, with no evidence it will influence voter decisions. Instead, the data shows a growing Democratic lead in the overall electorate, with a nine-point advantage among likely voters. In a best-case scenario, Democrats could gain control of Senate seats in New Hampshire, Michigan, Iowa, Ohio, North Carolina, Georgia, and Texas. The analysis concludes that Republicans must stop retreating and instead intensify outreach and voter engagement in time-sensitive states, as inaction risks further losses and a shift in national political power.
Republicans are in full-blown panic mode right now. The midterm elections are less than a month and a half away, and they are begging, begging for additional funding to try to defend Senate seats currently held by Republicans that they thought were safe, but new polling indicates that maybe not so much. And we've talked about this panic on the show before, how Donald Trump is not releasing any money, how Republicans are seeing the polls, are trying to distance themselves from Donald Trump. But this really goes to show you how bad things are for Republicans right now. And despite them claiming we're gonna win, we're gonna do so well in November, they know better. So we're gonna talk about this new leaked memo that just came out. Please make sure to subscribe down below, drop a like on the video, comment. Let me know what you think about it. Let's dive in. So leaked memo lays bare the Republicans panic in key red states. And these red states, again, are states that they normally should be winning. They normally have one, but this is a different time. A leaked memo has laid bare Republican panic that Democrats could snatch three Senate seats, that the Republican party had considered safely theirs. The Senate Republicans campaign arm is making a late plea for nearly $9 million. They're begging for millions of dollars to help and save them, which I really don't think is going to do much to defend their nominees in Alaska, in Iowa, and Ohio, states that Donald Trump won by double digits in 2024, according to a memo obtained by Axios exposing the party's jitters as the midterm map turns increasingly hostile. This is like Democrats trying to beg just before an election for $10 million to defend states like New York, California, or Oregon. That's what Republicans are doing here. Donald Trump won these states by double digits and Republicans are so worried about their Senate candidates in these respective states that they won $10 million. And just at a curiosity for the Republicans, like, what do you think this $9 million you're begging for is actually going to do? Do you think it's going to change how Americans feel about gas prices or war or the Epstein files being covered up? I mean, they just are totally delusional. They're completely out of touch with the time. Quote, we need $8.9 million in additional hard dollars to close the media gap and sustain that progress through election day, according to the memo sent out by the National Republican Senatorial Committee on Thursday. And here's some of the polling. Would you rather Dems versus Reps for the midterms is say, Maris Pol. If November's election for Congress were held today, which parties candidate are you more likely to vote for in your district? 53% saying a Democrat, 41% saying Republicans, the others are, I don't know, or neither. Nearly half of the GOP's fundraising target is earmarked for Iowa, where Republicans were jolted this week by a bombshell Maris Pol that found Democratic Senate candidate Jos Turk with a whopping eight-point lead over the GOP nominee, Ripley-Apsley-Hinson, who, by the way, voted to cover up the Epstein files has voted multiple times to continue the Iran War, which is deeply impacting farmers, especially in Iowa. So I'm not exactly surprised that the Democrat is doing well here and they're asking for basically $4.5 million to help save this seat. The memo sets a $4.2 million fundraising target for the Red State, which Trump carried all three times. He was on the ballot, retiring Senator Joni Ernst is leaving behind an open seat. Meanwhile, the NRSC is asking donors for $3.5 million in Ohio, where Senator John Hustead is facing former Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, who is fantastic, who leads by four points in the polling average. The state has been hit hard by Trump's tariffs and soaring diesel prices tied to the president's war with Iran, with Iowa and Alaska, facing similar pressures. And look, all of these Republican states that Donald Trump is doing badly in, that Republicans are doing badly in, are of their own doing. The Democrats didn't start a war with Iran. We didn't throw tariffs on our closest allies around the world. We didn't do any of that. We're not raising gas prices. It's them. And the American people are fed up. The numbers show it, their panic. The money shows it. In Alaska, where former Democratic representative Mary Peltola is leading a Republican Senator Dan Sullivan by two points in the polling average, the Republicans have set a goal of $1.2 million. The memo encourages donors to give through candidates campaigns or joint fundraising committees, which operate under higher contribution limits. And look, if Republicans want to go and waste a bunch of money in states that they should be winning, which gives us even better chances in states that we might be able to pick up, then I'm happy for them to do that. I genuinely do not believe that this $9 million is going to make a substantial change in anybody's mind. I think people, probably this close to the election, know how they feel. They know how they've made their mind up. And if they want to take $9 million from their donors and kind of light it on fire, I don't really have a problem with that. And a lot of this has to do with Donald Trump. We're talking about it right now. These states are impacted. And people don't want more of this. People don't want more videos like this, where Donald Trump, who invited Xi Jinping to the White House, rolled out the red carpet for him, had an entire state dinner with Elon Musk, Sam Altman, all these tech CEOs there had this flattery event for Xi Jinping. He was caught on camera today, joining them for tea in the White House. And this is what Donald Trump said. - We go by Russia. - That's very fast, that's fantastic. - Well, thank you very much, everybody. We've had a tremendous visit from two spectacular people. And we've really enjoyed it. And I think we've made tremendous strides. We made great strides, very positive for both countries. So thank you very much. And we appreciate the fair coverage. It's been very fair. We appreciate it. (laughing) Okay, we've had a tremendous visit from two spectacular people and we really enjoyed it. Donald Trump says he loves to suck up to dictators. And that's not something that really jives with the American people all that much. At least the majority of them. And what's interesting about this state visit that Donald Trump had is that he's been exposed as a total hypocrite. Surprising, I know, who could have seen that coming. Back in 2011, he called Obama stupid for hosting the Chinese president and claiming that he wouldn't give him a dinner. Quote, the president of China came a few months ago and we gave him a state dinner. Now when people are screwing you, you don't give them state dinners. Now, Donald Trump has been saying that China has been screwing us for many, many years and he gave them a state dinner. So which one is it? Are you stupid for doing it? Or is it the right thing to do? Donald Trump can't seem to make up his mind. And this is representative Thomas Massey, a Republican who has been targeted by Donald Trump calling this out and calling out the sucking up to Xi Jinping. - President literally wrote out the red carpet for Xi Jinping during this state visit. He's been talking about how strong and fit he looks amid concerns about his health. What do you make of the president's warm welcome for Xi Jinping and the way that it has been compared with the ad that the White House is putting out now of the president saying America will never be a communist country. Do you think those messages jive with one another? - I think it's a mixed message. Look, he will invite a communist to the White House but I can't even go there for the Christmas party. His retribution to or on Republicans, I think stands in stark contrast to the way he's treating the communist leader of China and also the mayor of New York. But that's just who he is. He's not an ideologue. He doesn't have a true north or honestly, any kind of beliefs. He's just kind of going with the flow here. And China, what's interesting about China, they're buying gold. They're not buying our treasury notes now. I wonder if he had a conversation about that because he's always after the Fed and the Treasury to try to get interest rates down. But the reason interest rates are going up, at least the price we pay to borrow money is because foreign countries like China are saying we don't want any more of your debt. - Yeah, I know. - It's not something and he's absolutely right. I mean, it is so hypocritical. Donald Trump is out there, lambasting communist, saying they're the worst they want to destroy our country. We're going to eradicate communists. And then he, you know, this has Xi Jinping in the White House and he's praising him and he says he's great. People don't want a morally bankrupt and unprincipled leader in the White House. And the consequences of having Donald Trump in the White House and electing that guy to be the head of your party is this panic that we're hearing about in this leaked memo. But it's also the fact that in states that they should be winning as we just talked about, they're down a lot because Donald Trump has endorsed candidates who suck, who are criminals, alleged criminals who have been impeached by their own party, like Ken Paxson, who is now down by five points in Texas according to a new poll. And on the topic of that, James Talleriko placed a call to Ken Paxson recently challenging him to a debate because Ken Paxson is running away from them. And James Talleriko has been a nice guy. He's even offering to do it on Fox News where maybe Ken Paxson would be a little bit more comfortable. This person is not available. If you would like to leave an additional message, please reply after the tone. Hey, Ken, it's James. I'm calling to invite you to a debate on Fox News. Texans start voting in less than a month and they deserve to hear from both of us before they do. I've accepted four local TV debates, but we haven't heard from you and we're running out of time. So if Fox News is where you'll be most comfortable, I'll be there because I think it's that important. Brett Barr can moderate. We can both take questions and Texans can hear from us directly. So give me a call back and I look forward to hearing from you. Now he has a voice mail from me. Sounds good to me. Talleriko for Texas, damn right. Sounds good to me. That's a very, very competitive race. Especially when Ken Paxson is running away from questions. I mean, he doesn't want to debate. He won't even answer questions that are challenging. General, I wanted to give you a chance respond to State Representative Talorigo and his campaign.
They've made a lot about the reports that have come out, one in the New York Times about you acquiring properties worth nothing. >> So, Jack, can we keep this along for some time? >> Well, I'm giving you the opportunity to answer that question. >> Yeah, but I'd like to say that we're here with the sheriffs. I'd like to keep today too long for us, so that's what I'm going to answer the questions about long for us. >> Okay. >> Greg, where did you want to go? >> You are, what are you going to answer a question about why you bought it in common? >> Yeah. >> Clear that out. >> So we're just going to do questions on long for us today, because we're just going to do it today, because we're joined with 22 amazing long for us and officers. >> I have a question. We're going to get it out here. Thank you guys. >> Yeah, we're going to get out here. >> Thank you. Can we not have more than one person answer a question? >> What's your question? >> He literally ran away. He literally ran away and his handler had to come in and sweep the situation up. That's what you get. That's what you get. Those are the consequences of the Republican Party's actions because of Donald Trump. And the final thing I want to point out, the worst consequence for the Republicans at this moment in time is that Democrats have opened up their biggest lead. This is a new poll, according to NBC or their polling average, released Friday, found that Democrats lead Republicans by nine percentage points on average, 52 to 43, among likely voters when they were asked who they would prefer to control Congress. And the best case scenario, I mean, we're talking about Senate seats right now in regards to this leaked memo. But the best case scenario come November is something that looks like this, where Democrats went in the last, and this is best case scenario. I mean, I'm not even including Florida in there, I think Florida is too far gone. I wish I could say the opposite, but I'm not hopeful for Florida. But this is best case scenario that we went in New Hampshire, we went in Michigan, we went in Iowa, we went in Ohio, we went in North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, and Alaska, which, given the numbers we're seeing, could very well be a possibility, but this is not the time to take the foot off the gas. So if you're thinking about volunteering for a campaign, if you're thinking about donating to a campaign, if you want to make calls for a campaign, whatever it might be, now is the time to do it. We don't let off the gas because when we do, we lose. So let's get all the way to Election Day, get out there and vote, check your registration, especially in states like Texas, who are canceling people's registrations, and let's do it. All right, I will leave the video there. Thank you so much for watching. Please make sure to subscribe down below, drop a like on the video, comment, let me know what you think about this story, and everything we just talked about. Have an amazing rest of your day, and we will talk soon.
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Key Points:
Republicans are experiencing panic ahead of the midterms, seeking $9 million in emergency funding to defend Senate seats they once considered safe.
A leaked memo reveals the National Republican Senatorial Committee is pleading for funds to counter Democrats in key red states like Iowa, Ohio, and Alaska—states where Trump won by double digits.
Polling shows significant Democratic advantages in these states, with Iowa, Ohio, and Alaska showing Democrats leading by four to eight points, challenging Republican claims of security.
The Republican panic stems from Donald Trump’s controversial actions, including praise for China’s Xi Jinping and a history of inconsistent messaging on foreign policy and ideology.
Critics argue that Trump’s behavior—such as hosting state dinners with foreign leaders and endorsing flawed candidates—has eroded public trust and fueled voter dissatisfaction.
The $9 million appeal is seen as ineffective, with no clear link to changing voter opinions on issues like gas prices, war policies, or economic conditions.
Voters in these states are increasingly disillusioned with Trump’s foreign policy and lack of principled messaging, reflecting broader discontent with Republican leadership.
Democrats are gaining ground, with a nine-point lead in the polling average, suggesting a potential wave of Senate gains in multiple states.
Summary:
Republican leaders are in full panic mode ahead of the midterms, as a leaked memo reveals their urgent plea for $9 million to defend Senate seats in key red states like Iowa, Ohio, and Alaska—states where Donald Trump previously won by double digits. Polling data shows Democrats now leading in these states by four to eight points, undermining Republican confidence. The panic stems not just from shifting voter sentiment but from Donald Trump’s inconsistent and controversial foreign policy, including his warm reception of China’s Xi Jinping despite his public anti-communist rhetoric.
Critics argue that Trump’s actions have damaged the party’s credibility, contributing to public distrust and voter alienation. 2 million for Alaska—is viewed as futile, with no evidence it will influence voter decisions. Instead, the data shows a growing Democratic lead in the overall electorate, with a nine-point advantage among likely voters.
In a best-case scenario, Democrats could gain control of Senate seats in New Hampshire, Michigan, Iowa, Ohio, North Carolina, Georgia, and Texas. The analysis concludes that Republicans must stop retreating and instead intensify outreach and voter engagement in time-sensitive states, as inaction risks further losses and a shift in national political power.
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Republicans are panicking because new polling shows Democrats leading in several key red states, and they fear losing Senate seats that were previously considered safe.
The leaked memo shows the National Republican Senatorial Committee is seeking $8.9 million to defend Senate candidates in states like Iowa, Ohio, and Alaska, where Democrats are gaining ground.
Iowa has seen a significant Democratic lead in polling, with a Democratic Senate candidate leading by eight points, and Republican nominee Ripley-Apsley-Hinson has a history of supporting the Iran war and covering up the Epstein files.
Recent polling shows Democrats leading Republicans by nine percentage points (52% to 43%) among likely voters when asked who they prefer to control Congress.
His warm welcome of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, contrasted with his rhetoric against communism, is seen as hypocritical and undermines public trust in his leadership.
Ken Paxson is losing ground in Texas polls, and his refusal to engage in debates or answer tough questions has raised concerns about his viability as a candidate.
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