Drew DiMeglio is a student at Hampden-Sydney College and the president of his College Republicans chapter. He writes for Restoration News, the Carolina Journal, and The College Fix. His latest piece is "Gen Z's Socialist Swing Cannot Be Ignored."
Houston Gaines is a Georgia state representative serving his fourth term and the Republican nominee for Georgia's 10th Congressional District. He has passed more than 20 pieces of legislation in the Georgia House, including bills stopping local governments from defunding police, holding jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement accountable, and cracking down on district attorneys who decline to prosecute.
Jim Pfaff is the president of The Conservative Caucus, the oldest conservative grassroots organization in the country. He previously ran Americans for Prosperity of Colorado during the founding period of the modern Tea Party movement.
Key topics:
- The SAVE America Act's last five days before the Senate's August recess
- 6,600 noncitizens on New Jersey's voter rolls and more than 3,000 in Alaska
- Trump v. California and mail-ballot citizenship verification at the Supreme Court
- Kamala Harris on the Electoral College, 13 Supreme Court justices, and statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C.
- Why Gen Z swung right in 2024 and has drifted toward socialist candidates since
- Anthony Fauci, the lockdowns, and the collapse of a generation's trust in institutions
- The affordability crisis, housing, and the conservative answer to "free"
- Georgia's tax record and what Houston Gaines tells families worried about inflation
- Why the socialist surge on the left is not a Tea Party moment
Timestamps:
00:00 — Five days left before the Senate leaves town
01:48 — The votes are not the problem, the calendar is
02:05 — 6,600 noncitizens on New Jersey's voter rolls
03:02 — Trump v. California at the Supreme Court
03:57 — South Carolina's special primary and five state primaries tomorrow
05:15 — Kamala Harris on the Electoral College and 13 justices
06:58 — Todd Blanche, Iran, and the water system cyberattacks
09:20 — Drew DiMeglio on Gen Z's socialist swing
10:02 — Where a generation's distrust of institutions comes from
19:02 — How the Democratic Socialists reach young Americans
21:25 — What conservatives should take away about Gen Z
24:19 — Addressing the economic concerns driving young voters
27:42 — Socialism is diametrically opposed to liberty
29:25 — Call the Capitol switchboard
31:41 — Houston Gaines on Georgia's 10th Congressional District
36:15 — Top issues for Washington and the SAVE America Act
40:32 — Defining conservatism
41:56 — Inflation as voters' number one concern
45:38 — Jim Pfaff on Kamala Harris and packing the Court
47:04 — Pfaff: they want unilateral control of the country
53:42 — The SAVE America Act's last five days
58:55 — Why the socialist surge is not a Tea Party moment
01:01:30 — One message for every senator packing a suitcase
01:02:52 — Closing call to action
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