Republican Midterm Convention & Three Battleground States | McKoon, Simmons, Grogan

Jenny Beth Martin is co-founder of the Tea Party movement and Chairman of Tea Party Patriots Action. She hosts The Jenny Beth Show, which airs Monday through Friday at 1:00 PM ET.Josh McKoon is Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party. He talks about the roughly 400,000 low propensity voters his party has targeted, the Senate and governor's races that are both live in Georgia, and why he believes the state comes down to five or ten thousand votes in either direction.Bob Grogan is Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, three months into the job. He is a certified public accountant and a certified fraud examiner who served twelve years as a county auditor and has worked Republican grassroots politics for thirty years.Jason Simmons is Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party. He was the party's executive director before taking the chairmanship when Michael Whatley moved to the Republican National Committee.Key topics:The one year anniversary of the loss of Charlie Kirk, and the three things Jenny Beth Martin says honor himThe first Republican national convention ever held in a midterm year, and what each state's delegation hoped to seeGeorgia's 400,000 targeted low propensity voters, and why turnout beats persuasion in a midtermMike Collins cutting a double digit Senate polling deficit in half, and a governor's race tied with both candidates under 50 percentPoll workers, poll watchers, and what election integrity actually meansWhy the Chicago Bears are leaving Illinois for Indiana, and the $300 million annual tax bill their stadium would have carriedIllinois as ground zero for the Tea Party movement, and the 20 of 27 original group leaders who left the state within five yearsSeven members of the Chicago City Council sitting in a Democratic Socialists of America caucusHurricane Helene, and the contrast Jason Simmons draws between a bureaucratic response and a bulldozerThe 645,000-voter Democrat registration advantage in North Carolina that is now a Republican advantageThe call to action: Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, and every precinct needs a poll worker and a poll watcher it can trustTimestamps:00:00 — One year ago today: the rally in the rain, and the news that followed00:54 — Three things, and the first is to study and then act01:23 — He studied the Bible, and he studied being a good father03:43 — A few more weeks until Election Day04:34 — A historic convention, held in a midterm year05:56 — Josh McKoon, Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party06:41 — The 400,000 low propensity voters Georgia has targeted07:47 — No competitive House races in Georgia, but the House still decides10:28 — Georgia's own polling on the President's immigration record12:03 — Mike Collins cuts a double digit deficit in half13:41 — A voting record that does not match the campaign14:12 — What Georgia's delegation expects in Dallas14:51 — Two nights for a closing argument16:17 — September 10, and the tribute he expects17:31 — Five or ten thousand votes in either direction18:44 — Georgia broke its own poll coverage records in 202419:34 — Election integrity means one thing, a level playing field20:43 — Call your county election board and get the training21:29 — Where to find the Georgia Republican Party22:00 — Election Day is Tuesday, November 322:29 — Bob Grogan, Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party24:21 — Pritzker fatigue and the longest COVID emergency in the nation25:08 — The litmus test: the Bears are choosing Indiana25:39 — They are basically tax refugees26:29 — A $300 million tax bill every single year26:59 — Taxing the tax on a gallon of gas27:41 — Illinois was ground zero for the Tea Party movement28:31 — A Republican governor who won 101 of 102 counties29:10 — Gerrymandering that would make a salamander blush29:47 — Fifty aldermen indicted, and seven socialists on the City Council30:28 — The largest Polish community, and what it knows about communism32:44 — Charlie Kirk was from Illinois33:29 — He waged optimism34:05 — Against the other guy, or for freedom, family and fiscal sanity36:06 — At some point governance has to matter37:22 — What Illinois needs to hear from the President in Dallas40:36 — Jason Simmons, Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party42:48 — Absentee ballots started dropping September 444:11 — A party captured by the Democrat socialists44:48 — Abolish the Senate, abolish ICE, abolish the police45:27 — She ran as a centrist moderate46:25 — Hurricane Helene, and where the government was47:44 — The President sent bulldozers49:35 — Answering the people who are still frustrated50:53 — Iran, energy, and short term pain54:14 — Ten years of voter registration trends54:26 — A 645,000-voter Democrat advantage in 201654:42 — They lost more than 300,000, Republicans gained more than 300,00055:21 — Why did you move to North CarolinaLinks: helpatthepolls.com, gagop.org, jennybethshow.com and teapartypatriots.org