The policies of the current administration are so wildly unpopular because they neglect

working class Americans and people are starting to feel it that in Tennessee, a district

that Trump won by plus 22, we have candidate Afton Bain here on IHIP News. You guys, we are this close

to flipping this seat. Afton, welcome to IHIP News. How's it going in Tennessee?

Thank you so much for having me. The energy is very real and palpable. Yesterday I was at a canvas where middle of the afternoon on Sunday, 40 people were there.

We have folks flying all across the country to help us knock doors.

It's just been an amazing race.

And so what are you seeing, like, I'm originally from a red state,

and what I see people are catching on to is that earnest people that became Republicans,

you know, for cultural reasons, are starting to realize they've been lied to.

They have been lied to.

And when you look at states like Tennessee and you look at my home state, Oklahoma,

where you have had Republican super

majorities for a long time in the state, you have to blame Republicans for all your problems

and then compound that with the Republican running the federal government right now. And the

lies are just too hard to look away from. Yeah, I mean, that's what we're seeing. This campaign from the beginning has been one of building a coalition of the disenchanted

of the pissed off.

And so in a state like Tennessee that overwhelmingly supported Trump, you know, you have to

create entry points for people that are waking up to the fact that this economic agenda

that they have bought into has not delivered.

And that's what we're seeing across the district is voters who are very disenchanted with the current administration.

Yeah. And I just think that it's really helpful for people to know. Look, you've lied, you've been lied to. And there is an off ramp. And you have

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