Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump's midterm message
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🗓️ 9 March 2026
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| 0:00.0 | For more on the political fallout of the military action in Iran. |
| 0:04.2 | We're joined now by our Politics Monday duo. |
| 0:06.6 | That's Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith of NPR. |
| 0:11.4 | It's great to see you both. |
| 0:12.4 | Good to be here. |
| 0:13.1 | So Tam, as you well know, House Republicans are gathered today at President Trump's golf club just outside Miami as this midterm season starts to take shape. |
| 0:20.9 | And of course, the backdrop to all of this is complicated. |
| 0:23.8 | The cost of living remains high. |
| 0:25.7 | You have the administration opening a military confrontation in the Middle East without a clearly |
| 0:30.0 | articulated strategy to the public. |
| 0:32.8 | What went down in Dural today? |
| 0:34.5 | And what's the message from Republicans? |
| 0:36.1 | And how does that square with reality? |
| 0:44.2 | President Trump pitched Republicans on passing what is called, he's calling the Save America Act. |
| 0:49.7 | That was his big pitch. He delivered a lot of remarks. It was pretty wide ranging. But his argument was that Republicans, if they could just pass that, they could win the midterms. Now, we should |
| 0:55.5 | explain what that is. That is a law or a bill that may never become a law because there are |
| 1:02.1 | problems in the Senate getting it through. But it is a piece of legislation that would require |
| 1:07.2 | not just voter ID, but proof of citizenship in order to vote. He also wants |
| 1:12.7 | the House to sort of reopen it and tack on some items related to transgender people and sports |
| 1:19.6 | and medical procedures. So it is what the president sees as sort of the gold medal legislation that can be their entire message |
| 1:29.2 | for the midterms. And as an added bonus, he's arguing Democrats won't be able to win if they |
| 1:33.9 | can't cheat. Now, there's a lot underlying that. But that is his pitch. That is his pitch |
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