Election security measure or to your ID in Houston on Friday National Committee elected Michael Watley to replace
Ronna mcdaniel as chairman and Lara Trump as co chair. Both received the endorsement of former President Trump who told me exclusively in an interview
last month at Mar A Lago that changes were coming to the RNC leadership and certainly they have joining me right now is the woman
herself, the co chair, the new co chair of the RNC. Lara Trump who begins day one on Monday tomorrow
Lara. Great to see you. Congratulations. Thank you so much, Maria. I really appreciate it
What is your priority leading the RNC right now? Well, you just heard from the top law enforcement officer in the country
Merrick Garland that he doesn't want voter ID anywhere that he wants to basically give access as I just heard from him to anyone
whether they are legally able to vote or not. That is a huge problem
We have three pillars that we need to focus on at the RNC to ensure victory on November 5th
Turn out the vote, protect the vote and raise money. But I would argue that maybe the most important of those three is protecting the
vote. Election integrity. We have to ensure that when people go vote
they feel like their vote counts that they are inspired to go vote. We can never allow what happened in 2020 the questions surrounding that
election to ever happen again. So I'll tell you right now what is already underway at the RNC we have for the first time ever
an election integrity division. This means vast resources de hated solely to this cause we are going to have and we've already
started working on and I'll tell you Monday, we're gonna expand all of it
A nationwide network of volunteers, whether it's poll watchers trained, poll workers
These are people who can physically go in, count ballots that are coming in. Know how many are coming in
How many are going out, volunteer and paid attorneys. If you are a volt uh an attorney who wants to volunteer
we want you. Don jr.com gop.com, please come volunteer and we currently have 78 lawsuits out right now in 23
states across this country to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat
And here's what I want to say to anyone out there who is thinking about cheating in an election
We will go after you. You will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
It is not worth it. Every person in this country, whether you are Republican or Democrat should want free fair and transparent elections
That's what we're going to focus on. Well, look, you just heard a g garland
You are going to be fighting up an uphill battle because they do not want voter IDS
He said he's going to vow to stop states that have voter IDS and you have to question whether or not this is about the
10 million eagles who have come into this Biden's watch. I had a friend the other day
tell me she was standing at a food truck. Two gentlemen, uh, approached her
one had tattoos all over his face. They looked like illegal. She said
and one had a clipboard and he said to her, hello, Miss, do you want to sign up to become a Democrat and vote
So you're talking about people that you want to hire, they're already doing that and they may be doing it with illegals coming into this
country. Yeah. Well, you, you do have to ask yourself, why would you not want something so basic like voter ID
And I think you're right. People say, why do we have a fully open southern border
Why is it? You're willing to allow fentaNYL to pour over and kill 100,000 Americans a year
Why is it? You're allowing 100 and 69 people on the terror watch list last fiscal year to come over
And I think the only thing people can figure is that democrats are bleeding and hemorrhaging voters
They understand that they cannot fool people in this country any longer
So they have to import people. And the only reason you wouldn't want voter ID is if you want people who cannot vote to vote
in these elections, it is insane. But it's exactly the reason Maria, that this is our number one focus at the RNC
You know, you look at things like ballot harvesting. This is a tactic that the Democrats have used for decades
We are going to have a legal ballot harvesting operation at the RNC
It is already underway and we will expand it again. Starting on Monday
starting next week when we are in that office. I can guarantee you that over the next eight months
you're going to see things happen at the Republican National Committee unlike you have ever seen before because this is a must win election if
Donald Trump is not elected on November 5th of this year, I do not believe we have the same country on the other side
If these people are able to use their communist tactics, like they have to try and stop this one man
If they are able to continue to destroy this country, we'll never get it back
So we are laser focused, we're ready to go and we're ready to work hard. I mean
is it too late already? The Democrats machine is ongoing and has been on
Remember what Kamala Harris, the vice president said the other day, she says
now they're going to pay people to come out and get engaged into voting
She said government and this is all taxpayer dollars. People should understand
This is your money being used to pay college students to register voters
She said college students could soon earn money for registering other voters
Right now. They'll receive money through the work study, a federal program that pays most of students wages while employed at a part time job
taxpayer money. Yeah. It's unbelievable. Imagine Donald Trump using taxpayer money to influence the outcome of an election when he was president
people would have gone berserk over it. But this is very, very problematic
It's not too late. I think that what we have to understand right now is that every tool in our war chest we have to
bring out because they are desperate. They are floundering. They are trying to sell a product to the American people in Joe Biden that they
don't want. Look at the polling between Joe Biden and Donald Trump
If the election were held today, Donald Trump would win handily. No problem
Hands down. We have to ensure that over the next eight months, we get people out to early vote
We ballot harvest like nothing we've ever seen and we ensure that every person who is legally able to vote can do so and anyone
who legally is not able to vote cannot do so. We have to protect that vote once it in once it's in and that is
how we are going to win on November 5th. All right, Lara, we will be watching your work for sure
Thank you so much for joining us this morning. All right, the RNC co-chair Lara Trump joining us this morning from Florida quick break and
then campaigning at the stage over Biden as 36% say that he would do a better job
Joining me right now is Democrat consultant and former House Judiciary Committee, chief counsel Julian Epstein
Republican political yst and campaign strategist Ford o'connell. Gentlemen, thanks very much for being here
Ford, kicking things off with you. Your reaction to these dueling rallies in Georgia over the weekend
Look, President Biden is absolutely right. This is Bonkers. Democrats care more about labels than they do about murdered American citizens
And remember the Democrats by and large do not believe that anyone is fundamentally illegal
They're trying to import a new set of voters. And this idea that the term illegal alien is derogatory
It's a legal term. Let me tell you right now, Donald Trump, as long as
as long as border security is one of the top issues. Donald Trump is going to win Georgia in 2024
What do you think Julian? Well, I've been arguing for a long time that I think Democrat democratic elites are out of touch with the
public. On the question of immigration, Americans are for legal immigration. Americans are very much against illegal immigration
If you look at the polling on this New York Times and pew and you just go down the line with multiple polls
70 to 80% of the American public disapprove of Biden's immigration policies
What has effectively been open borders? Just look at a democratic strongholds in cities across the country
They're going through melt experiencing just a small thimbleful of what the border states have had to experience
And I think Biden's strategy on this has been, has been to sort of blame the Republicans blame Trump and then come out as he
probably will this week or next week with half steps on executive orders on immigration and that dog just won't hunt
President Biden has the authority today to close the borders. It's what the very strong majorities of the American people want and he can do
it with the stroke of a pen. He should do it right. But you know, the fact is
is that people are questioning whether or not he actually wants to do it, Jill. And you know that because the fact is
is here, we are in an election year and suddenly he's getting religion about immigration for three years
We've been watching this wide open border now, 10 million illegals are in the country on his watch
Well, Maria, I mean, this is the problem that I and others people like Rory Teixeira have been arguing about the Democrats for years now
since the beginning really of the Biden administration, the elites have really been taken over by the far left
progressive intersectional, intersectional left who have taken positions on a whole host of policies
not just immigration, crime, deficit spending, gender in the schools, you name it that are out of step out of step with majorities
And I think if the Democrats have any chance of winning in 2024 they are going to have to have a major course correction to
the political Center. I haven't seen evidence of that, but I, what do see is these half steps
we'll do a half step on immigration. Same thing with Israel, you know
the argument on Israel, the argument the administration is making with Israel is we have to protect civilians
but we also have to defeat Hamas. It's very hard to square that by saying that we're going to make Rafah in Israel a
protective zone that Hamas can operate in. And that's essentially the argument the administration is making right now
So I think the administration is going to have to make much more serious move towards the political center if it wants to get anywhere
closer to viability than it is right now. And all of these things that you're mentioning
Jillian is one of the reasons why Biden is losing support with some key blocks including Black America
Hispanic America. I spoke with South Carolina, Senator Tim Scott yesterday on Sunday morning
Futures. And he said everywhere he goes increasingly, he's seeing the African American community backing Trump watch this
I have never seen the type of enthusiasm for a Republican presidential candidate that I'm seeing right now for President Donald Trump
40% of African American men are willing to vote for President Trump
They had more money in their pockets. We had more law and order in the streets and we had a greater future for our kids
President Trump is a president that says every child in every zip code deserves a quality education
President Trump is a president who says every neighborhood deserves more. Police not defund the police
African Americans are devastated by migrant crime. We're seeing African American kids staying home at school from school in New York City so they can
put illegal immigrants in the schools. Uh Your reaction Ford. Look, I think this
is great news. Remember Donald Trump lost re election in the swing states by 43,000 votes in 2020
He got about 10 to 12% of the African American vote right now in the polls
It shows him anywhere from 18 to 22%. And if he does get 18 to 22% of African Americans
he will be the 47th President United States further. He's almost even with Joe Biden when it comes to Hispanics as well because remember in
the six battleground states, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania. Prices and illegal immigration
are the top two issues. And as long as those are the top two issues. And to Jillian's point
I give him a hat tip. The Biden administration is not going to make a course correction on illegal immigration and prices are not going
to go down particularly on groceries, particularly on electricity when they are 25 to 30%
Remember Maria, these are not luxury items, food, electricity, gasoline, these are the essentials for middle America and if those prices
don't come down, Donald Trump has got the receipts to win. Yes, but Jillian is there a master plan here with this wide open border
I mean, look, Mississippi Secretary of State sent a letter to President Biden's doj asking it to stop enforcing a Biden
executive order that he warns is being used to attempt to register ineligible convicts and illegal immigrants to vote
I mean, is this the whole point here, Julian, look a G garland the other day pledged to fight voter ID laws
I mean, on what universe is voter id, a bad thing, but that's according to a G garland
he's going to fight it. Yes, I mean, again, I think this is
well, look, I think this is again the problem with the Democratic beltway elites
which they have been taken over by the progressive left on the policy making front
And I think to Ford's point, I think the numbers are correct. We're looking at somewhere about 22% black support for Trump right now
And as much as 46% Hispanic support the polling on both of these communities particularly as you look at working class
blacks and working class Hispanics. The polling for years has consistently shown that these voters are very
very moderate. You talk about immigration, crime, the economy and inflation and even things that to your earlier guest point voter id black
voters, particularly working class voters are very moderate. So again, the argument that the central argument I make is if the Democrats want to be
more valuable. And right now, Biden is behind in this election, there's no mista it if you're clear eyed about this rather than ideological democrats
are behind right now, Biden is behind, the best way they can begin to claw back is make a shift to the common sense center
I and others have been arguing that for some time whether they'll do that or not remains to be seen
All right, great conversation, gentlemen. We so appreciate your time, Juliet Epstein and Ford