Alex Conant
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Oct 19, 2026
Tom ScanlonNARRATOR
Former Secretary of State Henry Clinton's nickname, Crooked Hillary, fed into decades of anti-Clinton attacks.
Tom ScanlonNARRATOR
If you brain your opponent, you have a huge advantage, said Alex Conant, Republican strategist who worked on Rubio's 2016 campaign.
Tom ScanlonNARRATOR
Voters get so much information, it's hard for anything to stick.
Tom ScanlonNARRATOR
Ahead of the November midterm elections, Trump has targeted Democrats in close races with increasingly disparaging language.
Franco OrdoñezCORRESPONDENT
And both of those are battleground states.
Franco OrdoñezCORRESPONDENT
Now, Alex Conant, a Republican strategist who worked in the George W. Bush White House, told me that the trip to Oklahoma, and then actually to Alabama next, you know, reminds him of the 2006 midterms when Bush campaigned almost exclusively in red states.
speaker_10SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You can't go to a district or a state where there's just as many Democrats as Republicans, or where there's a lot of independent voters, because you're gonna do more harm than good when your favorability numbers are this low.
Franco OrdoñezCORRESPONDENT
And that's because in a swing state, Trump's as likely, and perhaps more likely, to stir up Democrats and independent voters who are not happy with him to go out and vote against Republicans.
Franco OrdoñezCORRESPONDENT
Starting in Oklahoma is a chance to knock off some rust and workshop his campaign speech in front of a more friendly environment.
Franco OrdoñezCORRESPONDENT
But it reminds Alex Conant, who worked in the George W. Bush White House, of the two thousand six midterms when Bush campaigned almost exclusively in red states.
Alex ConantSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You can't go to a district or a state where there's just as many Democrats as Republicans or where there's a lot of independent voters, because you're gonna do more harm than good when your favorability numbers are this low.
Franco OrdoñezCORRESPONDENT
That's because in a swing state, Trump is likely, and perhaps more likely, to stir up Democrats and independent voters to go out and vote against Republicans.
Franco OrdoñezCORRESPONDENT
Starting in Oklahoma is a chance to knock off some rust and workshop his campaign speech in front of a more friendly environment.
Franco OrdoñezCORRESPONDENT
But it reminds Alex Conant, who worked in the George W. Bush White House, of the 2006 midterms when Bush campaigned almost exclusively in red states.
Alex ConantSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You can't go to a district or a state where there's just as many Democrats as Republicans, or where there's a lot of independent voters, because you're gonna do more harm than good when your favorability numbers are this low.
Franco OrdoñezCORRESPONDENT
That's because in a swing state, Trump is likely, and perhaps more likely, to stir up Democrats and independent voters to go out and vote against Republicans.