Richard Manning - President, Americans For Limited Govt. Joins Houston Morning News, June 26th, 2024

Episode Transcript

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There are still some people in themiddle, especially in battleground states. They

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have to be convinced who they're goingto vote for. They seem to be
leaning towards Donald Trump. But here'smy question for you, Richard Manning,
who's President of the Americans for LimitedGovernment? Is there going to be an
enthusiasm factor problem with these people whohave a hard time making up their minds?
In other words, are they arethey motivated to show up to vote.
Low propensity voters are low propensity votersfor a reason. They are not

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motivated to show up to vote.They are They're people who, for a
variety of reasons, either don't know, don't or don't care all that much.
Some of them feel it's a dutyfor them to vote, hence they're
going to But by and large,they're younger, they're more ethnic, and
they're relatively new to the political processand as a result, they haven't developed

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a pattern of voting. And that'swho the Washington is from the Washington Post
pole, that's who the Washington Postpole deemed the deciders. And you hear
that group, you say, waita second, they should be Democrats.
And the fact of the matter isthey're leading to President Trump by six points
right now. Okay, but thewhole thing is low propensity. Why do

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you think what is happening in ourworld today would be enough to get them
to actually go out and vote forTrump. Well, I think one of
the things that they're concerned about theeconomy. First, they're concerned about immigration,
They're concerned about potential for World Warthree. The issues that drive that

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are driving voters as a whole aredriving them, and they support Donald Trump's
policies over Joe Biden's policies on them. So when you have a so you
know, if you believe people whowant change or are rejecting something are far
more likely to come out to votethan people are satisfied in the situation.

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So that also bodes well for Trumpbecause these voters who want a change of
direction are more motivated to go outthan people think, oh, everything's okay,
I don't really need to do anything. So that would seem to indicate
that Republicans are more likely to jurnout than Democrats to vote this November.
Do you believe that, I thinkthat the Democrats can be motivated because of

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the simple thing they've been a doctrinedthat Donald Trump is potential the end of
democracy in America, and hence hehas to be defeated. So the Democrats
are motivating people based on fear ofTrump. Republican are motivating people based on
fear for the direction of the country. And so those are the you know,
so Democrats were playing motivated. Ithink the key is that's been an

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even split. We Republican motivated,Republicans motivated Democrats. The independents are where
the game is at now, andthat is and the fact that they are
there's not an issue set that isa high that people care a lot about
that Biden leaves Trump and and sogiven that the ones who don't like the

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way the economy is going are biand largely going to vote for Trump,
and that's a and quite honestly,the ones who are motivated by I'm scared
to Trump already are on the Bidencamp. So they've already been counted on
the Biden camp. So that's sowe're always talking voters though, and as
we've learned, it's really we shouldbe talking ballots and harvesting of ballots and

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voter rolls and millions of illegal aliensgetting issued, you know, Social Security
numbers with their oh appeer, thereare no to appear in court. I
mean, can't we even trust thatthe elections will be have any kind of
integrity? Well, I think it'sgoing to depend on the state. But

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it's a listen, that's always aproblem. It's you know, Richard Nixon,
by all accounts won the election nineteensixty against Jeff and John F.
Kennedy. He lost it because CookCounty voted after south southern Illinois and they
just found out how Mey votes andhe didn't cast them. So, you
know, voter fraud is not newin America. The question is, Kim,

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is this system so corrupt that itcan't be overcome? And the answer
is, I don't know. WhatI do know is I honestly don't know.
I wish I could tell you thatprovide a sense of security on it.
I can't. What I can dois I can say right now,
campaigns really do matter. And whenyou talk about low propensity voters, that's

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who campaigns try to get to cometo vote. And so the hard work
of doing grassroots work, working withyour local party to get people out to
vote, identifying who the right votersare, who you want to come out
to vote, and getting them outto vote, doing everything within your means
to get them to the polls tovote, whether by mail or by in
person. That's what I can control. That's what people can control. And

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you know, the work's being done. The state legislators still to this data
and in the course to try tocreate fair circumstances. What I can worry
about is let's get the people onour side to vote, and let's take
this country back. And if itturns out that the election system is so
flawed that it doesn't work, Ihate to think about the only alternatives are
available, all right, Richard Manning, Thanks as always appreciate the President of

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Americans for Limited Government. Richard Manning