Aaron Evans - President, Winning Republican Strategies Joins Houston's Morning News

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
You know, nobody can term me negative like Congress nobody.
Five p. Fifty two is our time here in Houston's
Morning News. I'm going to try to ignore myself here, though,
I'm gonna try to stay positive. As we talked to
Aaron Evans, president of Winning Republican Strategies, tell me something
that's going to make me feel good about Congress dealing
with Trump's big beautiful bill erin.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
Well, good morning. Yeah. First of all, look, I think
that uh, you know, I think uh many of us
share share the same frustration you've got. I mean, at
the end of the day, you know, when you look
at what's happened, uh since President Trump was worn in,
I mean, he has hit the ground running and delivering
on his America First agenda and and and you know,

(00:44):
going above and beyond to do everything in his you know, power,
with his uh, with his pan and efforts to uh
to deliver on what he campaigned on. And then you know,
as usual, Congress is operating much slower. You think it's
it's vital that Congress really steps up and shows some

(01:04):
of the same type of leadership that President Trump has Shalm.
You know, I think it's important to remember that all
of us campaign you know, at the end of the day,
the you know, the Republicans in Congress campaigned on many
of the same things that President Trump campaigned on. And
you know, I think we've we've got a majority, uh

(01:26):
because of the America First promises that President Trump made
and uh in Congress, you know, came in on that,
on that same message. And so you know, I think
it's important to step back and remember that if Congress
does not act a lot of these things that President
Trump is doing with a pen, it's only short term
stop gap solutions. And the only way to really make

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these long term, permanent solutions is by uh an act
of Congress. And and so you know, I think that's
definitely where some of the fatigue is starting to occur.
And how slow uh, you know, Congress, and and look
and looking back to the past, I think rightfully, so
we have we have real historical data to be skeptical

(02:10):
when we look back in you know, President Trump's first
term and you know, was even unable to fix the
Obamacare mass not because of Democrats, but because of Republicans
in a Republican majority just like we have now, who
didn't have the political courage to do what was right
for America. And you know, and I think that's uh uh,

(02:34):
that's the fear that many of us have right now,
is you know, are there enough Republicans with actual courage
to step up and lead and quit checking the wind
and actually just do the right thing.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
I don't know if it's the courage problem eron as
much as it is that Republicans can't get on the
same page. That we have some very stubborn Republicans who
believe what they believe, they are unwilling to compromise in
a way, shape or form. And there's enough of them
to prevent a lot of these things from happening. Not
a whole lot ite sof in Congress without major compromise,
even within a party, whether you're talking about Democrats or Republicans.

(03:04):
And the thing that the Democrats are so good at
is is they all get on the same page. You know,
like them or hate them, Like them or hate them,
They're they're all rowing, They're all rowing in the same direction.
Same cannot be said for Republicans. Yeah, no, I couldn't
agree more. I mean I think that you know, the Democrats, certainly,
they have their whatever fights they have they have you know,

(03:26):
largely in private and uh occasionally it will it'll filter
out into the news and uh and then you know,
they vote as a block and they uh, they get
things done, most most of which is bad for America,
but they they're united on that. And and on.

Speaker 2 (03:41):
The Republican side, I mean, I think we've seen that,
you know, where it's either you know, the hard writer,
the hard you know kind of kind of uh squishy
uh middle moderate of the party that depending on the
item and President Trump's agenda, you know, we've tend to

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see you know, several willing taken.

Speaker 1 (04:04):
I hope the one thing that I hope the one thing,
Aaron that they understand or seem to have a better
job of grasping now because I'm hearing it from just
about everybody on the right, which is very simply, if
we don't get this done, we don't get re elected,
we lose, we lose the House, and we lose the gavel,
and then we are definitely we're going to spend all
of our time worrying about impeachments. We're not going to
get anything else done.

Speaker 2 (04:26):
I couldn't agree more. You know, Listen, I love talking
to Uber drivers, you know, when I'm traveling around the country,
and I was talking to a gentleman in a blue
state just this week, and uh, he voted for President Trump,
was not a lifetime Republican, doesn't consider himself a Republican today,
and he voted Republican in this last election. And I

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think what he told me, I thought was pretty profound.
He said, you know, he said, the problem we've got
in this country, he said, the Democrats are beliefs and
the Republicans are cowards. And he said, anytime the Republican
have control, he said, they never get anything done. And
he said anytime the Democrats have control, they're always trying
to force things down. And and I think that that
that was a you know, just a normal guy, a

(05:12):
blue collar worker and various stud Uh, you know, I
think thoughts on what's going on in government, and like,
you know, we've got a mandate by the American people
and it's time to step up with seed.

Speaker 1 (05:27):
Amen, Aaron, thank you appreciate the president of winning Republican strateties.
Aaron Evans, it's five fifty seven