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Yes, I'm talking to J.D. Vance.

Even now in Hour 2, J.D., were you aware that this was Hour 2?

I was not.

Don't be frightened.

It's just like Hour one, only more.

So you are running for the Senate seat being vacated by Rob Portman in Ohio.

Right.

Has President Trump officially endorsed you, or is he playing that brilliant Trump 5D chess game that he plays?

I don't know.

The president, I've had some good conversations about the race.

But no, he has not formally endorsed anybody in the race yet.

I am hopeful that when he does, he's going to pull the trigger for me.

Is there anybody comparable to you?

Anybody with your... Of course not. Of course not. Yeah.

It's, I mean, it's a somewhat crowded primary. Yeah. But again, a primary that I feel very confident we're going to win. The general election, you know, Ohio is still a purple state, even though Trump won by eight points, that hasn't happened for most Republicans statewide in the state of Ohio that haven't got quite those margins.

So I think, look, we've got a tough race to run, but I feel very good about it, and I think the president's going to be very helpful.

Okay. Now, a lot of people listening are wondering, why do you care about elections when, and I don't mean you, why should one care about elections

when one is not confident that the 20 presidential election was run in a way that reflected the will

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