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In our latest edition, we're grateful to have an interview with NRSC Chair, Sen. Steve Daines (R., Mont.), who spoke with us about Republicans’ plans to win in 2024, who “the most liberal, far-left candidate in the nation” is, and much more!
By: Matthew Foldi
Following a disappointing 2022 midterm elections, Republicans have new hopes of flipping the Senate this November.
Sen. Steve Daines (R., Mont.), who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), bears much of that responsibility. He spoke with the Washington Reporter and laid out his plans to win the Senate, stop $6 trillion of tax increases he fears that Democrats want to pass, and more.
Read HERE for more on the NRSC’s 2024 plans, who Daines thinks is “the most liberal, far-left candidate in the nation,” and how he is working with President Trump to flip the Senate.
How do you plan on working with President Trump through the election?
Matthew Foldi
Editor-in-Chief
One of the first trips I made after I became chair of the NRSC was to Mar-a-Lago, and I sat down with President Trump. I said “the most important thing you need, Mr. President, after you’re elected in November 2024 is a Republican majority, because after you’re sworn in on the west steps of the Capitol, we’ll go back before the United States and start moving through your cabinet confirmations and the Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Director of the CIA, Secretary of State, very important government positions. Imagine if Chuck Schumer were Senate Majority Leader. The resistance movement in 2025 will be ten times bigger than anything we saw back in 2017.
Sen. Steve Daines
NRSC Chair
Early voting is a renewed push by the GOP to get back to pre-COVID habits of regular early voting. How are you helping make that happen?
Matthew Foldi
Editor-in-Chief
Senator Bill Hagerty is leading an effort that’s going to be focused on ground game operations and early voting, but one of most important influencers here on getting Republicans to vote earlier is President Trump himself. We’ve been working with President Trump and I’m very pleased to hear what he’s been saying the last few weeks about early voting. Too big to rig, swamp the vote. This effort is going to be very important because we can’t allow the Democrats to bank these hundreds of thousands of votes prior to Election Day. We put too much emphasis on Election Day. There’s too much risk.
Sen. Steve Daines
NRSC Chair
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By: Matthew Foldi
The Republican Party’s opposition to politicized environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is focused on new targets, multiple sources tell the Washington Reporter: Glass Lewis (GL) and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), shareholder advisory giants. Both have been subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee for potentially violating antitrust laws and will soon come under more attention in coming months.
Both ISS and GL are less known on the Right than other investment firms, but multiple Senate Republican aides said that the two are becoming Republicans’ top targets because of their influence, market control, and aggressive ESG activism.
To read more on how companies are changing their approach to ESG investing, click HERE.
By: Matthew Foldi
Employees at the Ford Foundation, which is currently under fire for bankrolling pro-terrorist organizations, have donated thousands of dollars to Democrats across America, according to a Washington Reporter review of political donations.
Henry Ford III for example, a trustee of the foundation, donated $1,000 to Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s (D., Mich.) Senate campaign in March, which Republicans are eager to latch on to.
“Michigan Democrats like Elissa Slotkin shamelessly taking money from far-left extremist groups embodies how wrong and out of touch they are with Michiganders,” Michigan Republican Party Chair Pete Hoekstra told the Reporter. “We need elected officials who will stand up for us and work to lower the cost of living and secure our border — not cozy up to radical, pro-Hamas organizations. Their first and only priority should be Michigan.”
Read HERE for more on how the Ford Foundation’s staff donating to Democrats across the country could backfire in November.
By: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp
Our nation is battling a severe mental health crisis — only exacerbated and exposed by the pandemic — and it is past time our government takes action to address and remedy the issue. Thankfully, this administration has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into improving care. Yet many communities, particularly in rural states like North Dakota, often still lack access to mental health care.
Right now, as part of its efforts to address the mental health crisis, Joe Biden’s administration is considering a federal policy change to the Mental Health Parity Act. While promoted as a means of increasing access to care, the actual implications could be detrimental — making it even more difficult for patients to find appropriate care.
The proposal seeks to increase the number of providers by lowering the standards to be considered a “qualified” provider.
Instead of taking shortcuts to address the issue by compromising our health care system’s high standing, the administration should implement real solutions. It’s no secret we need to expand our mental health workforce, but it’s often overlooked that 61 percent of these shortages are in rural areas. When rural residents take the brave step of seeking help, they often find that they can’t get it.
Read HERE for more on Sen. Heidi Heitkamp’s (D., N.D.) solutions to America’s mental health crisis.
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