00:00:38.300The progressive left Democrats got completely blown out.
00:00:43.580That is, the people of Illinois said, we do not want this far left brand of Democratic Socialists or whatever.
00:00:51.520However, it would appear that the moderate Democrat types actually took a major victory.
00:00:57.980So the question arises, what will happen in this November's midterm?
00:01:02.820Kalshi is already predicting that Democrats have an 85% chance to take the House, and thus Republicans will lose what little control they currently have.
00:01:11.560I think we are seeing the American people stepping up and saying no to the far left and to what we would describe as woke.
00:01:20.620And if the Democrats can get rid of these terrible candidates who have supported wackaloon policies, they may actually take power back in this country and convince the disaffected liberal types to once again vote for the Democratic Party.
00:01:35.040Now, that'd be shocking, because the challenge that I have, as many of you know, a disaffected liberal, is that many of these Democratic politicians have endorsed insane policies that are overtly racist or just outright, let's just call it crazy, like giving children trans surgery.
00:01:52.720And many of these progressives, they don't believe it.
00:01:55.260Many of these liberals, they will tell you it's not happening.
00:01:57.120But do not know that it is happening, and regardless of whether or not it is massively widespread, it's just one issue where we look at Democrats as disingenuous.
00:02:07.420Now, the Republican Party certainly has its rifts right now, particularly over the Iran war, with most Republicans being in favor of it, but independents pulling away.
00:02:16.120This is bad, bad news for Republicans who don't want to admit they are losing independent voters over this, and they need to pitch them better.
00:02:24.100If you simply just believe you guys are winning because the Republican Party is unified around Trump, you're going to lose the midterms.
00:02:32.180I suppose the reality is Trump has already resigned himself to losing this midterm, so he's saying rally support from the base, get as much done as he can.
00:02:40.500And then, come November, Democrats take the House and potentially even the Senate.
00:02:45.660It looks like the prediction markets are suggesting Democrats will take both the House and the Senate, which is rather shocking.
00:02:52.680And I don't know if it's absolutely going to be true.
00:02:54.880There was a period where it was looking like Republicans would actually win, but welcome to a midterm year, my friends.
00:03:00.720If Illinois suggests anything, it suggests that Republicans actually will news, but it's not going to be that bad because the winners in the Democratic side are going to be a bit more moderate.
00:03:12.500Now, as I already mentioned, a bit more moderate may not be enough for the average voter, and thus, so long as the Democrats have embraced what we would describe as woke policies, like racial segregation in universities, which is a big issue, and teaching children about adult activities, you may actually still find people like me were not getting back on board with the Democrats.
00:03:33.640And, of course, as you know, I'm from Illinois, I'm from Chicago, and my neighborhood voted for Donald Trump in 2024.
00:03:40.460Now, let's break down exactly what is going on.
00:03:43.520We've got big shifts, even with, in the Republican Party, the Turning Point chapter, I believe it's in Arkansas, has rebranded and denounced Turning Point as essentially abusing Charlie Kirk's name.
00:03:57.080This matters because with the attacks on Turning Point and Erica Kirk, this is the organization that got young people out to vote.
00:04:04.060It now seems, at least to a certain degree, crippled, and the news is not good.
00:04:09.060This won't bode well for Republicans, my friends.
00:04:44.360When we come together, we can do amazing things.
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00:04:58.780The squad left suffers complete wipeout in Illinois.
00:05:02.540The left suffered a virtually total collapse in the Illinois Democratic congressional primaries on Tuesday night, even in races where the AIPAC-backed candidate lost.
00:05:12.540I love how they have to throw that in there because you can't squeak by, right?
00:05:18.320It's a bad sign for the dozens of insurgent Democrats running in congressional races across the country, both in open seats and as primary rivals to older, more establishment-oriented incumbents.
00:05:29.600It's great news for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is most popular among the moderate and mainstream liberal wings of his party.
00:05:37.140Most of the Democratic House candidates who have refused to commit to supporting Jeffries for leader or speaker are leftist insurgents.
00:05:43.340And I, I would just love to see them go.
00:05:45.600So, Kat Abugazela, Abugazela, I hope I'm pronouncing that right, a left-wing influencer and journalist backed by Justice Democrats in the Sunrise Movement, lost to Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss in the closely watched race in Illinois' 9th district.
00:06:00.900Biss and Abugazela were both opposed by AIPAC, whose proxy, Elect Chicagoan, spent millions in support of pro-Israel state Senator Laura Fine, who came in third.
00:06:12.660But AIPAC pivoted in the final week of the campaign to focusing its fire on the more pro-Palestinian Abugazela than Biss, who was backed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Senator Elizabeth Warren.
00:06:23.980Another AIPAC affiliate, Chicago Progressive Partnership, ran ads painting Abugazela as a closet Republican and boosting a lower-tier leftist in the race, Bushra Amawala.
00:06:34.740A similar story played in the 8th district, where progressive Junaid Ahmed lost to moderate former rep Melissa Bean the pick of both AIPAC and crypto and AI-affiliated PACs.
00:06:48.740Unlike Abugazela, however, Ahmed was supported by both CPC and Warren, as well as Justice Democrats, Senator Bernie Sanders, and a local Democratic Socialists of America chapter.
00:06:59.500In Illinois' 2nd district, progressive state Senator Robert Peters came in a distant third by an AIPAC-backed Cook County Commissioner, Donna Miller, and former rep Jesse Jackson Jr.
00:07:08.740And in the 7th district, CPC-backed labor leader Anthony Driver Jr. and progressive organizer Keena Collins finished third and fourth.
00:07:15.180The race was won by state rep LaShawn Ford, who edged out AIPAC-backed Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyers Irvin.
00:07:23.720Life looks pretty good, AIPAC said in a post on X, boasting that Illinois voters rejected far-left would-be squad members who centered their campaigns on attacking Israel.
00:07:33.340On the 9th district, they said in another post,
00:07:35.840While disappointed Laura Fine didn't prevail, the pro-Israel community is proud to have helped defeat would-be squad members,
00:07:45.540Left-wing groups focused on the money spent by AIPAC and AI and crypto-affiliated PACs,
00:07:50.380also noted that many of the ads those groups ran touted the more moderate candidates as progressive fighters
00:07:54.900while trying to undermine the left-wing bona fides of their leftist rivals.
00:07:59.360We have the story from the Daily Mail, which lays it out in a little bit of a different way.
00:08:02.580Woke Democrat, 26, who can't get out of bed in time for meetings, loses primary to professor accused of inappropriate relationship by former student.
00:22:20.800You should join me in the North country yesterday in Ogdensburg and Watertown.
00:22:25.060And people are so upset about the tariffs raising the cost of everything.
00:22:29.940So there is this anxiety, which is real, and we're continuing to address the affordability crisis,
00:22:35.060which I believe should be the number one priority of this legislative session.
00:22:38.280What can we do to take off some of that pain that New Yorkers are feeling that I hear about literally every day?
00:22:44.500What I want to make sure we are smart about is having a system in place where it's not just taxing for the sake of taxing
00:22:53.340and being conscious of the facts that I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs that we want to have in our state.
00:30:06.140And it was filled with men in suits talking about conservative issues.
00:30:10.380And that was always my, my, my challenge was that a lot of Turning Point USA AMFest was men in suits coming out and talking about the same thing.