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Joe Mitchell

Joe Mitchell

Iowa Republican politician, real estate developer, and founder of Run GenZ; former Iowa House member running for Congress in Iowa's 2nd district.

Oct 9, 2026

32:09
Yeah.
32:09
So they get this wrong every single year.
32:11
And you know, I'm talking to voters every single day on the campaign trail, and people are not flipping from Republican to Democrat.
32:18
People that voted for the president are not flipping from voting for the president to voting for some of the most radical left socialists that we've ever seen.
32:25
That is not happening.
32:26
The news can say what they say, but when you look at these polls, the recall for Kamala is, like, plus six, plus seven, which means that it's not a fair poll.
32:36
And these pollsters, you know what the dirty secret is? They don't wanna go back and re-poll because it costs them money, and we both know that, and that's sort of the, the devil in the details there.
33:29
Is there a residual effect for people who aren't familiar geographically with Iowa? I know that would be her district, but in the, in your, in your area, would there be a residual effect of, of jobs, construction jobs, service jobs to that project, et cetera, that people in Iowa's 2nd District are getting excited about?
32:44
What is the first step you would take to make cost of living more affordable for Iowans in that district?
32:50
Well, Ben, I'm a big believer in giving Iowans back their hard-earned money, and that's through tax cuts.
32:56
And so you saw last year the Republicans passed the Working Families Tax Cut, which, uh, said no tax on Social Security anymore, which helped out seniors tremendously.
33:07
Um, record-setting legislation they did.
33:09
No tax on tips, no tax on overtime.
33:12
So you saw a large tax reform that you hadn't really ever seen before for working families, and that's the kind of tax relief that I would advocate for in Washington and, um, you know, what's been happening under the Republican Congress the last 18 months.
33:28
But I'll be advocating for additional relief, you know, for these families, um, to make sure that, you know, middle class and working class families can have the tax relief that they need and that they deserve.
34:40
How long before price, prices are his responsibility in your view?
7:52
... as I understand it.
7:54
Right.
7:55
So, you know, I've had a business for the last six years, Jeff.
7:58
I've been building developments, primarily workforce housing developments around Eastern Iowa.
8:04
So I've built stuff in Dyersville, in Clear Lake, in Grinnell, and I build typically duplexes or, or townhomes, and they're typically for seniors, for working families.
8:15
I lived in one of my duplexes that I built and, you know, live, um, amongst, you know, all the folks that I've built houses for.
8:23
And, you know, these are people that are veterans.
10:49
I didn't think that's how it worked, Mr. Mitchell.
9:17
But tell us your trajectory and what you want to do in Iowa.
9:20
Well, Bo, it's great to be here at AMFEST with all these wonderful patriots.
9:24
I'm 28 years old.
9:27
We're running for United States Congress, and we're going to win, and we're going to keep the seat red.
9:31
But we're going to keep the seat red because people like Charlie fought before me.
9:35
People like Charlie inspired me to run for office.
9:38
So when I was 21 years old, I met Charlie.
12:00
What fired you up? What got you passionate about it and wanted to

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