But as a political consultant, she represented the most radical elements of the Democratic platform, not these modest elements I just listed.

You're 100% correct.

And we had our one and only debate today.

We agreed to do five different debates, and Rebecca Cook would only agree to do one.

And it's interesting because she included one of her staff lied and said that we try to drop out of another debate.

It's just not true.

So I want everybody to pay attention.

Tell me that story, please.

How tough is the environment for Republicans on the tickets?

Well, I mean, you can't deny that gas is too high right now and diesel is too high.

You just can't do that.

You know what I mean? We live in a rural district, and it's raining outside.

It's beautiful.

You've got to acknowledge the environment right now.

But we're going to win this district, and this is why, Manu.

Are you okay with your constituents eating the cost from this war?

Go

ahead.

You've got the entire Democrat Party and the entire media complex hoping that America loses an armed conflict.

That's what's really taking place.

And so I get all the briefs from all the folks, and I will never disclose classified information.

You're not doing the interview with Adam Schiff, obviously.

But the level of destruction to the Iranian military and the Iranian military-industrial complex is profound, and it's significant.

What's your breakdown on Vance, the negotiation they will MOU? Lay it out.

Mr.

President, yesterday we got to spend about an hour and a half in the Oval Office, and you announced the $50 million that you are sending to the state of Wisconsin for a clean, beautiful coal.

Thank you for that.

Mr.

President, you signed a $50 billion rural health care infrastructure bill.

Of that, over $200 million is coming to the state of Wisconsin to make sure that we have health care in our rural areas.

Thank you for that, sir.

It's a

little

Derek, please.

Mr.

President, yesterday we got to spend about an hour and a half in the Oval Office, and you announced the $50 million that you are sending to the state of Wisconsin for clean, beautiful coal.

Thank you for that.

Mr.

President, you signed a $50 billion rural health care infrastructure bill.

uh congressman so i'm looking at some of your colleagues who sit on the house armed services committee and on thursday they're going to get a briefing um relative to that boat strike back in september um that's now questionable and i'm asking you this question because of your military chops because of your military experience what are you hearing or do you have concerns about the way that situation reportedly was carried out and i say reportedly because we of course weren't there we aren't privy to all of the information and so everything that we're going on here in the public is basically through reports uh and and sourcing um what are your thoughts initially based on the information that you've been privy to

when the new york times calls out the washington post for being full of that should say something to you now let me put this in a way that people can readily frame better if you're on the battlefield and you see a tank and you shoot a javelin missile at that tank, and it doesn't destroy the tank completely, regardless if there's members of the crew of the tank hanging off the tank, you'll launch another missile, period.

That's what you do.

Warfare is brutal.

And if there was a seat cushion from that boat still floating, they should have launched another missile, and then another, and another, and another.

These people are responsible for killing more American citizens than all of the combined casualties of every war we have ever fought since the Revolutionary War.

So these are designated terrorists, and they are legitimate military targets.

What are you expecting to hear from this admiral on Thursday? And is there anything that you could hear that potentially would change your perspective on all of this? Or is this a pretty clear cut from your perspective?