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The main life in Sussex County, and I'm very proud of that. | |
| I felt like we were being left behind. | ||
| Everybody around us seemed to have internet, but we did not. | ||
| When I found out that Comcast was coming, I ran down the road and I said, welcome. | ||
| High-speed internet is one of those good things that we needed to help us move our farming, our small businesses, our recreation forward. | ||
| And now future generations will thrive here in Sussex County. | ||
| Comcast supports C-SPAN as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front-row seat to democracy. | ||
| This poll came out yesterday. | ||
| It was from the Associated Press along with NORK, and it asked Republicans and Democrats alike to give an assessment of their party. | ||
| You can find it online at the AP Nork website. | ||
| But here's one of the findings that came out of it as far as the overall assessment, saying that when it came to the Republican Party and Republicans talking about the state of their party, it said relatively few Republicans express dissatisfaction with their party. | ||
| Only 19% mention a negative aspect, while 41% use a positive word or phrase in describing their own party. | ||
| The poll takes a look at some of the specifics and under the question of the first word or phrase that you think of when you think of the Republican Party, when it comes to that general positive tone and those responding generally positive, 16% of those, 12% of those asked that question of Republicans saying they view their party as conservative that way. | ||
| 9% saying that it was pro-American, highlighting the American dream, also describing themselves as patriotic and for those aspects of freedom. | ||
| 6% saying they had a negative view of the party. | ||
| 6% only saying that the party, when it comes to their own assessment, was for the rich generally. | ||
| And then 6% saying that when it comes to the Republican Party that expressed common sense, it was honest and normal. | ||
| There's more there when it comes to the poll, but for the first half hour, kind of taking the spirit of the poll in mind, again, we're splitting it into two half hours. | ||
| Republicans only, you can start us off. | ||
| You can tell us about your level of satisfaction with your party's direction, and you can bring up any aspect of it. | ||
| It's 202-748-8000 for the Eastern and Central time zones. | ||
| It's 202-748-8001 for the Mountain and Pacific time zones. | ||
| If you want to text us your thoughts, you can do that too at 202-748-8002. | ||
| When it comes to other aspects, asking Republicans of their party, 5% of those who participated in polls said they thought that the Republican Party was for the people, is for the middle class and the working class. | ||
| 5% described their party as united, also using words like strong and powerful and fixing things, and then 8% others. | ||
| That was the poll that was released yesterday asking Republicans that. | ||
| By the way, it was not too long ago that the folks at YouGov put out their own assessment of the Republican Party, asking Republicans the same kind of question. | ||
| They highlighted it this way. | ||
| What do Republicans think the Republican Party focuses too little and too much on? | ||
| Amongst people who said that, as far as the too little category, 43% of those saying that they focus too little on the addressing the cost of living concerns. | ||
| 39% said it was focused too little on recruiting qualified candidates to run for office. | ||
| Countering the Democratic messaging, 38% of those saying that, 36% saying that developing the great nation of party leaders, and then 34% saying that when it comes to the Republican Party, they focus too little on this idea of managing party unity there. | ||
| So you can pick one of those categories if you like to highlight or others when it comes to Republicans only, giving the assessment of your party. | ||
| John Wilson from Facebook, and you can post there too at facebook.com/slash C-SPAN. | ||
| He offers this assessment saying that they need to be tougher on Democrats, change the rules in the Senate, saying that they can pass the president's agenda. | ||
| This also comes from the call from the president himself for more of his nominations to be passed. | ||
| Mike from Facebook saying that has a general positive assessment of the party, saying, except some of the Republicans still need to get on board or get out. | ||
| If you call us, you can elaborate on those things as well. | ||
| Kevin in New York starts us off. | ||
| Republicans only, again, your assessment of the party's direction. | ||
| Kevin, hello. | ||
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Good morning. | |
| How are you, sir? | ||
| Fine, sir. | ||
| You're on. | ||
| Go ahead. | ||
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I'm very satisfied with the direction of what Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance has taken. | |
| And in fact, I use a statement of we advance with JD Vance and Donald Trump. | ||
| I believe the direction of going after these individuals in the past administration is correct. | ||
| And the right for the U.S. citizens to know that they committed treason and access addition in the past is present. | ||
| And even with the cover-up of the administration's use of Pointel Pro and Project M in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, illegally lengthening people's sentences must be addressed also. | ||
| And I only heard that in the news only once, but we're proud that the individual that Donald Trump has picked for Attorney General is doing a great job. | ||
| Kash Patel is doing a great job. | ||
| And I'm very proud. | ||
| I'm an ex-Navy veteran, served two tours overseas. | ||
| And if I may ask, did you always feel so upbeat about the party before President Trump, or was it him coming into office that changed that for you? | ||
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I was always a Republican with farmers originally from South Jersey. | |
| I do farm across the country. | ||
| And when Donald Trump came on board, it most definitely really gave rebirth to the party, gave an energetic stance. | ||
| And it shows that there are Americans out there. | ||
| And Donald Trump is a great businessman who, you know, unfortunately failed twice and came back up on his feet, which shows the American dream can be obtained if you have conviction. | ||
| Okay. | ||
| Kevin there in New York. | ||
| Again, Republicans only giving your satisfaction level of the party's direction. | ||
| In North Carolina, Scott joins us. | ||
| Scott, hello. | ||
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Hello. | |
| You're on. | ||
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Go ahead. | |
| I would say that I am definitely behind what the Republican Party is doing. | ||
| I think that a lot of what's going on now is the Democratic side is taking and choosing things to get mad about, whether it's tariffs. | ||
| They say that the tariffs are exploding the debt and the inflation. | ||
| However, their speaking point is, well, Trump keeps going back on all the tariffs, But yet he is putting a flat 10% tariff, which is well above the average back four years ago by, I think it's, what, 8%? | ||
| I am totally blind, so I don't have all the statistics in front of me, nor can I read them. | ||
| But after hearing the Democrats ran in rage over these tariffs, which they were in favor of many years ago, I do like what Trump is doing. | ||
| I think that some of the spokespeople for the administration are saying the things wrongly. | ||
| And I think that overall, I think that in the end, Donald Trump will be correct, as he has been multiple times when it comes to the economics of our government and how we used to look at things and how we should be looking at things. | ||
| Okay. | ||
| Again, another Republican giving an assessment of the state of his party. | ||
| You can do the same on the phone line. | ||
| Some of you are putting on Facebook and you can text us too at 202-748-8003. | ||
| This is from Facebook, Ron Victor, saying no when it comes to satisfaction levels and explaining why. | ||
| Too many rhinos, which if you watch this program, that stands for Republicans in name only, still trying to sabotage the president. | ||
| Then Brad Ralph saying it's the only party that puts Americans first and fights for the American way. | ||
| No party is perfect, but at least the Republican Party is putting forth an effort for America. | ||
| Again, Facebook available to you. | ||
| Many of you posting on X. Text us if you wish. | ||
| Call us on the lines if you want. | ||
| 202748-8000. | ||
| For those of you in the Eastern and Central time zones, Republicans. | ||
| 202748-8001 in the Mountain and Pacific time zones. | ||
| If you want to tell us about your satisfaction level with your party's direction, there's more from this YouGov poll when it comes to the things of focus saying when asked about the Republican Party, what it focuses too much or too little on. | ||
| 29% saying that it focused too little on appointing judges. | ||
| 30% winning the control of Congress. | ||
| 26% promoting civility when it comes to politics. | ||
| Adapting to changing public opinion. | ||
| 25% saying that the Republican Party focuses too little on that. | ||
| And also that same amount, 25% saying that it focuses too little on crafting a positive vision for the future. | ||
| Again, that was from the YouGov poll. | ||
| This YouGov poll, by the way, took place in May. | ||
| You can use some of those categories if you want and talk about the state of the party. | ||
| It was yesterday or over the weekend that in Florida, an event focusing on Florida Republicans talking about the state of their party, too. | ||
| This is the headline, Republicans cautioned against complacency at the Florida Freedom Forum. | ||
| That took place in Orlando, Florida. |