Guest
Steve Cortes
Steve Cortes is a former senior advisor to the Trump-Vance 2024 presidential campaign, a 25-year veteran bond trader and market commentator, a Newsmax and Real America's Voice contributor, and one of the most widely cited pollsters in the America First movement. His monthly battleground-state polling is closely watched by Republican campaigns nationwide.
Key Topics Covered
- Why the economy remains the top 2026 voter issue and why Republicans now own it
- The polling truth behind Trump's voluntary-departure immigration policy and the 80% support number
- DHS funding, ICE resources, and why deportations have not accelerated
- Wisconsin's overwhelming rejection of Minnesota-style sanctuary policies
- Jenny Beth's eyewitness Atlanta airport story: ICE, TSA, and crowd control
- Why 'golden age' messaging backfires on working-class voters
- The fiscal conservative case against the Big Beautiful Bill and $39 trillion debt
- How Republicans can finally own education as an issue in state and local races
- Rahm Emanuel's rare admission: 'Democrats lost the plot' on education
- DEI, BLM, and the backlash against race radicalism
- The get-out-the-vote gap with low-propensity Republican voters
- What the Iran situation means for veterans and anti-war Republicans
- Concrete action items: texting, calling, and get-out-the-vote from home
Timestamps
00:00 — Open and Save America Act CTA
00:59 — Meet Steve Cortes
01:13 — The #1 issue driving 2026 voters
03:41 — Immigration as an economic imperative
05:05 — 80% support for deportations when policy is explained
07:58 — DHS funding and the deportation shortfall
09:14 — Wisconsin polling on Minnesota-style sanctuary policies
12:17 — Jenny Beth at the Atlanta airport: ICE in action
14:03 — Kitchen table reality and real wages
18:28 — $39 trillion debt and the Big Beautiful Bill
22:48 — Why 'golden age' messaging is a mistake
25:27 — Education: the GOP's new winning issue
27:54 — Rahm Emanuel admits Democrats lost the plot
31:44 — Jenny Beth's 'old dead white men' school story
38:53 — DEI, BLM, and the race radicalism backlash
44:21 — Motivating low-propensity Republican voters
49:48 — Action items for grassroots activists
52:39 — Save America Act closing CTA
Links Mentioned
Take action: passthesaveamericaact.com
Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
Tea Party Patriots Action: teapartypatriots.org
The Jenny Beth Show: jennybethshow.com