August 22, 2025 • 10 mins
This week has been a fascinating week politically in many ways that don’t specifically have to do with President Trump but are in many ways a result of his movement.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to the Brian Mudd Show. Thanks for listening. Fashion
plus Talent is unstoppable. It's time for today's Top three takeaways. Yeah,
it's been a historically important week for the country. Happy
Friday to you.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
And as we get going, I have a lot of
themes to tie together into a week that I think
is more consequential than a lot of people necessarily would
have thought it was on the surface. And I'll explain
there's a bigger political picture that's taking place here that's
really culminating this week. That is my top takeaway, and
actually some of that literally will end up taking shape today.
(00:43):
Fox is Jeff Banasso.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
The RNC Summer meeting happening in Atlanta, where Florida State
Senator Joe Gruder is the current RNC treasure He's running
unopposed to become the next leader of the Republican National
Committee as current chair Michael Watley steps down to run
for North Carolina's oh being, a US Senate seat currently
held by retiring Republican Senator Tom Tillis. Gruder's a long
(01:05):
time ally of President Trump who's called Druiders, a Maga
warrior who's helped deliver Republican victories in Florida.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Right, so Florida continue to be the epicenter of the
political universe and export our people, our policies. This week
has been a fascinating week politically in many ways that
don't specifically have to do with President Trump, but are
in many ways results of his movement. There are three
(01:34):
dynamics that have been reported and tied together to paint
a congruent picture of just how significant the political shift
in this country has been and also what it's continuing
to be. Those three stories are these. One my voter
registration stories, reflecting the continued off election yeer shift in
(01:54):
Florida resulting in historic Republican advantages across this day, while
also demonstrating the Palm Beach County is in play to
potentially flip to a GOP voter majority by next year's
midterm election cycle. Two. The New York Times analysis of
the voter registration trend taking place nationally, As was reflected
in their story, the Democratic Party faces a registration crisis,
(02:19):
and the story doesn't bury the lead it begins this way,
the Democratic Party is hemorrhaging voters long before they even
go to the polls of the thirty states that track
voter registration by political party, Democrats lost ground to Republicans,
and every single one of them between the twenty twenty
and twenty twenty four elections, and often by a lot.
(02:41):
That four years wing toward the Republicans adds up to
four and a half million voters. A deep political whole
that could take years for Democrats to climb out from
the stampede away from the Democratic Party is occurring in
battleground states, the bluest states and the reddest states too,
(03:03):
according to a new analysis of voter registration data by
The New York Times. And that story goes on to
say that between the twenty twenty presidential election last year's
presidential election, Democrats lost a net two point one million
registered voters among the thirty states with partisan registration law,
(03:26):
Republicans gained a net two point four million registered voters.
In that since twenty eighteen, there's actually been a seventeen
point swing nationally tours Republicans in registered voters. What's more,
and just as important, while the New York Times analysis
doesn't detail this, the trend is continue this year. It's
(03:50):
not just Florida. In fact, this was something I talked
about not too long ago in Pennsylvania, and that matters
because there's one hugely significant reason that transcends what might
happen in next year's midterm elections. Joe Biden was such
a failed president that, in a vacuum, pretty understandable to
(04:10):
have seen Democrat defections. I mean, how many people and
really anybody in their right mind wanted to be like, yeah,
I'm with that guy, you know, Bernie Problem up there
on the couch, hold up that head who wanted to
be associated so which, by the way, for the people
who were right up to the end, only speaks volumes.
(04:36):
So yeah, to see Democrat defections because of that, that's
one thing. And to see GOP gains before last year's
presidential election, but that we're continuing to see the trend
in Florida and clear across the country during this off
election year, during the first seven months of Trump's presidency,
when he has advanced his agenda to historic pace. Boy,
(04:57):
that speaks to something much bigger than just a failed
Democrat president. My second takeaway today, what we're witnessing to
play out is a historical turning point. As I mentioned
during my first show, this year in January second, and
had been talking about since I first identified the potential
for it in October twenty twenty one. Generational political changes here.
(05:19):
This is what I first brought you on October twenty
second of twenty twenty one, almost four years ago. Now,
I said, a second coming of the Reagan Revolution has
quietly been playing out in Florida due to DeSantis' Reagan
like leadership as governor. The opportunity exists to do the
(05:39):
same nationally as well, with young voters across the country
who are the most displeased with President Biden of any
demographic group. Yes, some of the youngest voters are unhappy
with Biden because he's not leftist enough for them. However,
Florida's example suggests there are far more than just simply
looking for good leadership that leads to better results for them.
(06:03):
And that's where generational opportunity exists and perhaps has never
been greater in modern political history. I'm increasingly optimistic that
a Flordian will not only be the Republican omnie for president,
but that a Flordian will have the opportunity to make
America Florida. Starting in January of twenty twenty five. Is
(06:25):
that not exactly what's happened in the early stages of
the generational political change I've been talking about for nearly
four years. It's here. The third storyline this week ties
into my third takeaway today, which is the corporate scene.
But I heard about targets woke CEO this week.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
Target's current chief operating Officer, Michael Fidelki, will take over
from current CEO Brian Cornell in February. Cornell has been
leading Target for eleven years.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Right, so this week the Target CEO who led the
company into too going woke. It's known for some pretty
sporty swimsuits, among other things.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
I got mine in purple.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Seems appropriate. My question is, when you're wearing your tuck
bathing suit, you shave or no shave? No, I don't shave,
So you just you're full on bear mode?
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Got it? So yeah, he the Target CEO is going away,
not by choice, but because Target never recovered from going woke.
This week, Barco's Lamnas, the CEO of Camping World, also
the executive chairman of overstock dot Com now Bed, Bath
(07:53):
and Beyond, also of the TV showed the prophet by
the way one of my one of my countrymen from
a ancestry. He's Lebanese. So if Lebanese says and he's
an immigrant, came over when he was a child, adopted
in Miami, grew up in Miami, went to the University
of Miami. Anyway, he issued this statement about doing business
(08:13):
in California. He said, we will not open or operate
retail stores in California. The decision isn't about politics, it's
about reality. California has created one of the most overregulated,
expensive and risky environments for businesses in America. It's a
system that makes it harder to employ people, harder to
(08:34):
keep doors open, and harder to deliver value to customers.
The result higher taxes, higher fees, higher wages that many
businesses simply cannot sustain, and endless regulations that strangle growth.
Or taking a stand because it's time for common sense.
Businesses deserve the chance to succeed, employees deserve jobs that last,
(08:57):
and customers deserve fair vices. California's system delivers the opposite. Well, shoot,
I mean now that's taken a stand. And as a
self made immigrant and one of the most influential corporate
leaders in the world. And by the way, not one
who's ever been known to associate with politics and mentioned this, this
(09:21):
isn't about politics. He's not just saying that he's never
been a political kind of guy. And by the way,
to the extent that he had previously been critical of
Trump around the edges. So yeah, turning point here, and
the third corporate leader making news this week none other
(09:42):
than Elon Musk. The news involving Musk this week was
something I predicted immediately after the fallout with President Trump,
The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk wasn't moving forward
an attempting to create a third party, and though Musk
(10:02):
threw shade at the journal by saying that anything they
report shouldn't can be considered true, he didn't deny it.
He just said don't yeah, you shouldn't trust these people,
but he didn't say they were wrong about the political
party thing. And then later in the week, Newsweek was
reporting that it appears Musk is preparing to back JD.
(10:26):
Vans In twenty twenty eight, not long ago, I said
it's fifty to fifty the one day Musk would break
the Trump was right about everything had out again. If
not that one, maybe one that, says jd Vance, all
of these undercurrents occurring this week make it a rather
remarkable one.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
Indeed,
Welcome to the Brian Mudd Show. Thanks for listening. Fashion
plus Talent is unstoppable. It's time for today's Top three takeaways. Yeah,
it's been a historically important week for the country. Happy
Friday to you.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
And as we get going, I have a lot of
themes to tie together into a week that I think
is more consequential than a lot of people necessarily would
have thought it was on the surface. And I'll explain
there's a bigger political picture that's taking place here that's
really culminating this week. That is my top takeaway, and
actually some of that literally will end up taking shape today.
(00:43):
Fox is Jeff Banasso.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
The RNC Summer meeting happening in Atlanta, where Florida State
Senator Joe Gruder is the current RNC treasure He's running
unopposed to become the next leader of the Republican National
Committee as current chair Michael Watley steps down to run
for North Carolina's oh being, a US Senate seat currently
held by retiring Republican Senator Tom Tillis. Gruder's a long
(01:05):
time ally of President Trump who's called Druiders, a Maga
warrior who's helped deliver Republican victories in Florida.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Right, so Florida continue to be the epicenter of the
political universe and export our people, our policies. This week
has been a fascinating week politically in many ways that
don't specifically have to do with President Trump, but are
in many ways results of his movement. There are three
(01:34):
dynamics that have been reported and tied together to paint
a congruent picture of just how significant the political shift
in this country has been and also what it's continuing
to be. Those three stories are these. One my voter
registration stories, reflecting the continued off election yeer shift in
(01:54):
Florida resulting in historic Republican advantages across this day, while
also demonstrating the Palm Beach County is in play to
potentially flip to a GOP voter majority by next year's
midterm election cycle. Two. The New York Times analysis of
the voter registration trend taking place nationally, As was reflected
in their story, the Democratic Party faces a registration crisis,
(02:19):
and the story doesn't bury the lead it begins this way,
the Democratic Party is hemorrhaging voters long before they even
go to the polls of the thirty states that track
voter registration by political party, Democrats lost ground to Republicans,
and every single one of them between the twenty twenty
and twenty twenty four elections, and often by a lot.
(02:41):
That four years wing toward the Republicans adds up to
four and a half million voters. A deep political whole
that could take years for Democrats to climb out from
the stampede away from the Democratic Party is occurring in
battleground states, the bluest states and the reddest states too,
(03:03):
according to a new analysis of voter registration data by
The New York Times. And that story goes on to
say that between the twenty twenty presidential election last year's
presidential election, Democrats lost a net two point one million
registered voters among the thirty states with partisan registration law,
(03:26):
Republicans gained a net two point four million registered voters.
In that since twenty eighteen, there's actually been a seventeen
point swing nationally tours Republicans in registered voters. What's more,
and just as important, while the New York Times analysis
doesn't detail this, the trend is continue this year. It's
(03:50):
not just Florida. In fact, this was something I talked
about not too long ago in Pennsylvania, and that matters
because there's one hugely significant reason that transcends what might
happen in next year's midterm elections. Joe Biden was such
a failed president that, in a vacuum, pretty understandable to
(04:10):
have seen Democrat defections. I mean, how many people and
really anybody in their right mind wanted to be like, yeah,
I'm with that guy, you know, Bernie Problem up there
on the couch, hold up that head who wanted to
be associated so which, by the way, for the people
who were right up to the end, only speaks volumes.
(04:36):
So yeah, to see Democrat defections because of that, that's
one thing. And to see GOP gains before last year's
presidential election, but that we're continuing to see the trend
in Florida and clear across the country during this off
election year, during the first seven months of Trump's presidency,
when he has advanced his agenda to historic pace. Boy,
(04:57):
that speaks to something much bigger than just a failed
Democrat president. My second takeaway today, what we're witnessing to
play out is a historical turning point. As I mentioned
during my first show, this year in January second, and
had been talking about since I first identified the potential
for it in October twenty twenty one. Generational political changes here.
(05:19):
This is what I first brought you on October twenty
second of twenty twenty one, almost four years ago. Now,
I said, a second coming of the Reagan Revolution has
quietly been playing out in Florida due to DeSantis' Reagan
like leadership as governor. The opportunity exists to do the
(05:39):
same nationally as well, with young voters across the country
who are the most displeased with President Biden of any
demographic group. Yes, some of the youngest voters are unhappy
with Biden because he's not leftist enough for them. However,
Florida's example suggests there are far more than just simply
looking for good leadership that leads to better results for them.
(06:03):
And that's where generational opportunity exists and perhaps has never
been greater in modern political history. I'm increasingly optimistic that
a Flordian will not only be the Republican omnie for president,
but that a Flordian will have the opportunity to make
America Florida. Starting in January of twenty twenty five. Is
(06:25):
that not exactly what's happened in the early stages of
the generational political change I've been talking about for nearly
four years. It's here. The third storyline this week ties
into my third takeaway today, which is the corporate scene.
But I heard about targets woke CEO this week.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
Target's current chief operating Officer, Michael Fidelki, will take over
from current CEO Brian Cornell in February. Cornell has been
leading Target for eleven years.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Right, so this week the Target CEO who led the
company into too going woke. It's known for some pretty
sporty swimsuits, among other things.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
I got mine in purple.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Seems appropriate. My question is, when you're wearing your tuck
bathing suit, you shave or no shave? No, I don't shave,
So you just you're full on bear mode?
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Got it? So yeah, he the Target CEO is going away,
not by choice, but because Target never recovered from going woke.
This week, Barco's Lamnas, the CEO of Camping World, also
the executive chairman of overstock dot Com now Bed, Bath
(07:53):
and Beyond, also of the TV showed the prophet by
the way one of my one of my countrymen from
a ancestry. He's Lebanese. So if Lebanese says and he's
an immigrant, came over when he was a child, adopted
in Miami, grew up in Miami, went to the University
of Miami. Anyway, he issued this statement about doing business
(08:13):
in California. He said, we will not open or operate
retail stores in California. The decision isn't about politics, it's
about reality. California has created one of the most overregulated,
expensive and risky environments for businesses in America. It's a
system that makes it harder to employ people, harder to
(08:34):
keep doors open, and harder to deliver value to customers.
The result higher taxes, higher fees, higher wages that many
businesses simply cannot sustain, and endless regulations that strangle growth.
Or taking a stand because it's time for common sense.
Businesses deserve the chance to succeed, employees deserve jobs that last,
(08:57):
and customers deserve fair vices. California's system delivers the opposite. Well, shoot,
I mean now that's taken a stand. And as a
self made immigrant and one of the most influential corporate
leaders in the world. And by the way, not one
who's ever been known to associate with politics and mentioned this, this
(09:21):
isn't about politics. He's not just saying that he's never
been a political kind of guy. And by the way,
to the extent that he had previously been critical of
Trump around the edges. So yeah, turning point here, and
the third corporate leader making news this week none other
(09:42):
than Elon Musk. The news involving Musk this week was
something I predicted immediately after the fallout with President Trump,
The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk wasn't moving forward
an attempting to create a third party, and though Musk
(10:02):
threw shade at the journal by saying that anything they
report shouldn't can be considered true, he didn't deny it.
He just said don't yeah, you shouldn't trust these people,
but he didn't say they were wrong about the political
party thing. And then later in the week, Newsweek was
reporting that it appears Musk is preparing to back JD.
(10:26):
Vans In twenty twenty eight, not long ago, I said
it's fifty to fifty the one day Musk would break
the Trump was right about everything had out again. If
not that one, maybe one that, says jd Vance, all
of these undercurrents occurring this week make it a rather
remarkable one.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
Indeed,
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