Mark Bednar

The Daily Mail also reporting that one GOP strategist says this is pretty astounding that Abdul El-Sayed asks Michigan voters to ignore how much his policies would cost.

What he has stated about defunding the police and who he associates with, says longtime GOP strategist Mark Bednar.

Now, of course, there are questions about his affiliation with, of course, Hassan Piker.

I do feel like this is, you know, three or four weeks ago, months ago, we were talking about this.

Political panel time.

Mark Bednar, Republican strategist, former communications director for Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Santiago Mayer, founder and executive director of Voters of Tomorrow.

Gentlemen, great to have you at the tavern.

It's a patchwork for sure.

But it's never a patchwork here at the tavern.

It's great to have you here, Mark Bednar, Santiago Mar.

First time.

A lot of things breaking in the last 24 hours.

And for all that, we bring on Mark Bednar, a GOP strategist and former communications director for Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Mark, great to have you on, sir.

Kevin, thanks for having me.

Thanks, Kevin.

Absolutely.

That was Mark Bednar, GOP strategist and former communications director for speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Well, the growth of AI has already impacted the workforce, education, entertainment, social media, everything.

any attempt to read any religious doctrine into the laws of our country? You don't disavow that? So I think it's you who needs to understand the Constitution now.

And joining me now is our panel, Francesca Chambers, White House correspondent for USA Today, Taryn Rosenkranz, founder and CEO of NewBlue Interactive, and Mark Bednar, Republican strategist and principal at Monument Advocacy.

Thank you all for having this conversation.

Obviously, Francesca, that moment going viral and the Al-Sayed campaign leaning into it.

In October of an election year, every day and every hour, count as candidates do everything they can to meet with voters.

So if you are out of commission for any extent of time, it's easy for voters to wonder what's going on, GOP strategist Mark Bednar told Fox News Digital.

That being said, if there's a simple explanation, like an illness, it's even easier to just prove that outright to voters.

If the flu was really the case with Tallarico, it's mind-numbing malpractice that his campaign didn't quickly and easily demonstrate that.

Evidence, critics say, could have killed the story days earlier.

Republican strategist Mark Bednar called the delayed response 'mind-numbing malpractice.'"

What?

"Questioning why the campaign let the speculation spiral when a simple explanation was available the entire time."

We'll talk to Anton Muhammad, CEO and chairman.

Uh, on the B side of this hour, we commence this final hour, though, in conversation with GOP strategist and former comms director for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Mark Bednar, on whether and how Republicans withstand and navigate the much-anticipated blue wave.

I was just reading a piece before I came on the air today.

Where is that piece that I brought in here with me? Here, yeah, here it is.

New poll shows even an end to the war or lower gas prices may not save Republicans." The ship has sailed.

New poll shows even an end to the war or lower gas prices may not save Republicans.

That ain't good news, Mark Bednar, if you're a Republican.

[laughs] Uh, Tavis, thank f- thanks for having me.

Let's bring in our panel now to discuss.

Mark Bednar is a Republican strategist and former head of communications for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

And Clarissa Martinez de Castro is vice president of the Latino Vote Initiative at Unidos U.S.

So thanks to both of you for being here.

right now.

All right.

Well, Clarissa Martinez, Mark Bednar, good to see you both.

We're going to take a quick break.