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Newt's World

Episode 214: Kevin McCarthy on Taking Back the House in 2022

Newt's World

Gingrich 360

Politics, News

4.66.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In 2020, no Republican incumbent member of the House lost their re-election bid for the first time since 1994. Part of their success is due to Leader Kevin McCarthy’s vision. He designed the “Commitment to America” and campaigned nationwide in key districts. Now, he’s here to talk about the 2022 mid-term elections and what it will take to throw Pelosi out. Newt’s guest is Leader Kevin McCarthy.

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0:00.0

On this episode of New Troll, do you want to retire an anti-plotcy? Do you want to end the socialism in this country?

0:08.0

Win the house, five seats. I do not know what the Chinese party and government has on the Democrats, but it is so powerful.

0:17.0

It is so powerful, it is scary.

0:20.0

The amount of money that actually goes with the feeding the virus is less than 9%.

0:25.0

The number one priority you have to elect a congress to do, forget everything else. I want to make sure I get more taxpayer money to fund my own campaign.

0:49.0

I have to make sure I get reelected, not that the kids go back to school. Democrats call HR1 for the people act, but it really should be called for the politicians.

0:59.0

It is not designed to protect Americans both. It is designed to put a thumb on the scale in every election in America so that Democrats can turn a temporary majority into a permanent control.

1:09.0

I want to look ahead at the 2022 midterm elections from the Republican perspective. This is the first in a series of discussions.

1:22.0

I will be having with key Republican leaders about how we can win back the House and the Senate in 2022.

1:29.0

Frankly, I couldn't think of anybody better to help kick off the series in my good guess. Congresswoman Kevin McCarthy, who is the Republican leader in the House, had known Kevin for years.

1:41.0

He was first elected to Congress in 2006, but before that he was in the California legislature.

1:47.0

Before that, he worked in the Congress. I thought his commitment to America in the last election was the kind of forward thinking we need to win in 2022.

1:59.0

That he will be the next Republican speaker of the House in 2022.

2:18.0

Kevin, first thank you for joining.

2:20.0

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am proud to be back with you.

2:24.0

I want to start with the 2020 election, which from the standpoint of the Democrats was a great shock because all the so-called professional analysts had said they would probably gain 10 or 15 seats.

2:36.0

Instead, you won 15 seats and you did not lose a single Republican incumbent, which is the first time since 1994 that no Republican incumbent lost.

2:48.0

How did you visualize the 2020 campaign and focus in on getting the kind of commitment that you got?

2:57.0

Well, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was very proud of that number. It was only the first time since you were leading in 1994 that no Republican incumbent lost.

3:08.0

It was even sweeter about it was every single person in politics said our best night would be minus 10. They predicted 15 to 20 seats lost and not one lost.

3:21.0

Another little known fact of the 15 seats we won. Every Democrat was beat by a Republican woman or Republican minority.

3:29.0

Every single one of them. Another little fact about 152 million votes. We were 31,751 votes away from winning the majority out of 152 million.

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