Congressman Tom Cole also of Oklahoma is serving his 11th term in Congress and he has seen a lot of changes in the Republican Party during his 21 years in Washington.

We spoke earlier today and I asked him how the Trump Vance ticket will affect

down-ballot Republican races.

Well I think it's a big plus for the Republicans in the House. I don't think there's

much doubt if the President were to lose

President Trump then we would lose our majority. It's just too thin to think we

could survive without him. If on the other hand and the polling has gotten better

over the course of the summer he wins then it's hard for me to see how we lose the house.

I think we'll expand our majority.

That would be helpful.

We need a little padding out there so we can, you know, one or two people can't overturn the whole apple

cart I think in the Senate frankly I just feel good we don't have anything in any

danger we obviously have great opportunities in Montana and Ohio where we know President Trump

will all likelihood win very substantially but I think we've got great shots in

Nevada and Michigan, Maryland.

There seemed to be more Senate seats coming into play.

So I think it's almost inevitable

will win the Senate, regardless

of what happens presidentially.

Do you see JD Vance as the air apparent to the MAGA movement?

I do. You know, I think he staked out that territory. I think that was very much on

President Trump's mind when he made the selection.

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