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John F. Kennedy once said, victory has 100 fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

What he left out is that defeat also has like 100 cousins all ready to tell them what went wrong and when the train started to come off

the rails. The secret is, as I was taught years ago, is to take all the advice of all those

who are trying to help and try to find

the best answers forward. And it's with that we turn to Loudoun County, a notable county,

because the gains that Glenn Yonkin saw in Loudon and Fairfax County propelled him to the governor's

mansion in 2021. And most all of those gains and more were

lost in 2025. Scott Pio is the chairman of the Loudoun County GOP, and he's on with us. Scott,

thanks for taking a little time out with us. How are you doing first and foremost now a week

removed from the elections? Thanks, Joe. I'm doing fantastic personally. My family is doing our right,

but none of the laws have been enacted by the Democrat Party yet. But frankly, I'm, I'm distraught

about everything that took place about a week ago.

And things need to be changed.

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