Mike Hahn - Former Trump Campaign Staffer, Pres. Digital & Strategy Operations Joins Houston's Morning News

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Yeah, a little distracted actually here by the numbers that
I was talking about. The Republican National Committee ended the
first half of this year with a sixty five point
five to six million dollar cash on head advantage over
the Democrat Party as the left looks to rebound from
the twenty twenty four election losses and we look to
continue the Golden Age with President Trump joining us now
with reaction to that, and so maybe a preview of

(00:21):
twenty twenty six, my con former Trump campaign staffer and
the president of Digital and the Strategy operations, Mike, good morning.
How were you?

Speaker 2 (00:30):
Good morning, We're good.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
Thanks very much, appreciate you joining us this morning. So
that's a pretty significant advantage at least when it comes
to the treasure chest at this point time sixty five. Well,
maybe you could tell me whether it is it is
or it isn't. Compared to previous mid term cycles, that's
pretty significant as far as I can.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
See it, it's huge. It's certainly the largest we've ever
seen here at Frontline Strategies, which is what we do.
We do online fundraising for the Republican Party. So we're
at the halfway point of twenty twenty five for listeners
that you know, why, why is this coming up now?
So we're at the halfway point of twenty twenty five,
meaning FEC reports would do. And that's giving us our

(01:08):
first real look into twenty twenty six campaigns and seeing
how much money they have and if they really have
a viable shot in the midterms. And I have to
say it's looking very very promising for Republicans. You mentioned
this a few minutes ago, but usually the incumbent party
doesn't do all that well in fundraising, then they usually
don't do well in the midterms either. But I mean,

(01:29):
I'm looking at numbers here. The RNC has five times
more cash on hand, meaning money that they could spend
the DNC. Rnc's at eighty one million, DNC is at
fifteen million. Republicans are not only leading in money raised
but also spent, meaning that the money is going out
and we're talking to voters and Democrats are having trouble
doing that. It's early on in the race, which isn't

(01:52):
a good sign. But more importantly, one thing that I
was very very interested in is that the NRCC Patriots,
which are basically the House Republican Caucus, their most competitive
House districts. Every single one of those members raised over
three quarters of a million dollars in quarter two of
this year, which is huge because those races are going

(02:13):
to be heavily targeted by Democrats that tour most of
the money is going to go, So in addition to
the Republican Party having a ton of money, these campaigns
are also seeing a huge increase in their fundraising, which
are going to help them significantly in the midterms. And
it's certainly not something I've seen before, certainly not in
twenty eighteen when President Trump was in office in the
first time. So I feel good about the midterms for Republicans.

(02:38):
I think money does eventually help translate to votes, and
optimism is on the side of Republicans. And I don't
think people want to see President Trump's term end two
years early. They want they want to keep it going
for the last two years and finish out the trump erstrong.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
What's funny you bring that up, Mike, because I was
just playing a clip from Beato ro Rourke yesterday in
which he said if we take or when Democrats take
over again, it's going to bring accountability for all of
the illegality and the corruption that he has done and
that he will do talking about President Trump, and I
feel like that's the best campaign commercial you could ever
give to any decided voters, moderate voters, and certainly Republicans

(03:15):
to get out there and donate too, because He's right
they will. If they take control of the Congress, they
will have two years. We will watch two years of
impeachments and investigations and nothing will get done.

Speaker 2 (03:26):
That's exactly right. It will be two years of total
obstruction and effectively the end of the Trump era as
we know it. So I mean, like President Trump promised
the Golden Age, we're seeing a lot of signs of that.
I think we're really going to see signs of that
when interest rates eventually drop, when either Jerome Powell decided
to do something about it or we get a new
FED chair. So I think people are going to also

(03:47):
start to feel the affections of economy. They're going to
start to feel the effects of the big beautiful Bill
which Zeno Democrats voted for, and I think Republicans will
be rewarded for it in twenty twenty six and the
President will have I'll have a good majority in the House,
and I think the Senate map is looking pretty favorable
based on twenty twenty four elections, so he'll be able
to hopefully push through a couple more things before the

(04:09):
end of his term in twenty twenty eight.

Speaker 1 (04:11):
Yeah. And you know, when you look at the fundraising,
which we've been talking about, and you look at the
polling and not even you know, the Republicans, notwithstanding just
Democrat approval rating. The congressional Democrat approval rating is at
nineteen percent. I don't know what the bottom is, but
that's pretty dog gone close to it, I would imagine.
So now the opportunity is absolutely there for the Republicans
to buck that historical trend and actually keep the majority

(04:32):
and maybe expand it in the midterms this time around. So, Mike,
we look forward to more analysis from you and the
folks at Digital and Strategy Operations. Thank you so much
for the time.

Speaker 2 (04:42):
Thank you, Havy the weekend