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It would take an 80% vote of the Missouri House.

and the Missouri Senate, and another vote of the people, that's an impossible threshold.

So it would literally destroy our system of constitutional governance where we elect our representatives and they go to Jefferson City to enact policies that are good for the people of Missouri.

Instead, the deepest pocket, dark money, special interest group would be writing all our law in our state.

Now we're actually doing that.

So, you know, I, I talked to, um, so- some heavy hitters in the Missouri Senate who are coming back.

We were at an event for Holly Jones last night, and they were saying, "Nick, you know, we, we have to do something about property taxes."

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

So when you, when you...

It's very similar to where the Missouri Senate was a couple years ago.

We had a leader named Caleb Rowden, who the, the Missouri House had pushed all of these big conservative- ... red meat policy issues over into the Senate, and he just wouldn't address it.

He graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and spent 25 years working in the oil and gas industry.

He's currently serving in the Texas legislature, representing House District 135, where he serves as vice chair of the Congressional Redistricting Committee, and he also sits on the Energy Resources Committee and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee.

And now he's running for Texas Railroad Commissioner.

John, we appreciate you taking the time to join us today.

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

At this point, I frequently get asked, why would you leave the legislature? You fought so hard to get there.

You know, if you remember, I me and my coalition flipped the seat in House District 135 from red to blue in 2018.

It was a deep red seat that no one thought we could win.

But St. Charles County, is very pro-law enforcement, pro-common sense, pro-constitutional conservative.

And that's where two of our members from the Missouri Senate are in St. Charles County.

And we're seeing a lot of craziness happening right now.

The left continues to get crazier.

There are so many great senators who they're using their megaphone and putting the Republican Party on blast saying, You made these promises.

Let's at least try to do it.

And the fact that they're not even making the Democrats work, that's something that this year I'm running for leadership in the Missouri Senate.

We typically don't make the Democrats work in the U.S. House or the U.S. Senate like we do in the Missouri Senate.

Missouri Senator Eric Schmidt is gaining attention as a potential running mate for Vice President J.D. Vance in 2028 as the first-term Republican builds a closer relationship with Vance.

Schmidt, 51, entered the Senate in January of 2023 after serving as Missouri's Attorney General and State Treasurer.

He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, along with positions on the Judiciary, Armed Services, and Commerce Committees.

According to Axios, Schmidt has grown close to Vance and is now being viewed as a potential contender for the vice presidential slot if Vance seeks the White House in 2028.

Schmidt's background includes a focus on public safety during his time as Missouri Attorney General.

His office launched the Safer Streets Initiative, a cold case unit, and an effort to address a backlog of untested sexual assault kits.

Before becoming Attorney General, Schmidt served in the Missouri Senate and as the state's treasurer.

He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022 and sworn into office on January 3, 2023.