Vlad Davidiuk - Political Consultant Joins Houston's Morning News

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, how many people are in the middle of
these days? Six twenty three is our time here in
Houston is one of years. I wouldn't think a ton,
But that's what the No Labels I guess. They're not
a party, they don't want to be called a party,
but their organization of people who are firmly in the middle.
In other words, this is where the Rhinos and the
so called conservative Democrats can go if there are any
of those left. Glad Damidia joined this political consultant. Do

(00:22):
these folks not see the election results? Glad? Why? Why
do they think there's a bunch of people who want
to be in the middle.

Speaker 2 (00:30):
Look what has happened over time as groups like No
Labels have positioned themselves as a centrics quote unquote centrist alternative,
but their execution really often appears to be more focused
on aesthetics and branding rather than substantive policy achievements. They
claim to unite people around shared foundational values and they

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want to transcend to visit partisanship, but the emphasis on
political aesthetics that align with civility are completely overshadowed by
any kind of meaningful engagement with the public. They have
been rejected time and time again because they offer no
real solutions at all. It's really just for people who

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feel icky about Republicans.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
For people who feel icky. Okay, all right, Do they
have a policy position on any major issue, for example, immigration.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
Their policy preferences tend to align with quote unquote finding
middle ground. They don't offer anything substantive or anything solidified
one way or the other. They just keep encouraging endless discussion,
which is what ends up having like a forty to
fifty year immigration crisis. They're not really interested in finding

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concrete solutions that deliver results. They want to avoid the
competition fights that emerge from these very strong decisions. They
don't have any strong policy positions. All right.

Speaker 1 (02:04):
What should we make of, then, of Washington politicians who
are willing to go to these noble No Labels meetings,
one of them being Texas Congressman Tony Gonzalez. What does
that tell us about Tony?

Speaker 2 (02:16):
Well, Tony, it seems it's falling into the trap of
these groups that supported organizations like No Labels. I mean,
if you look at No Labels, they stop piled over
seventy million dollars mostly from wealthy Republican leaning donors who
again feel icky about conservatism, feel who feel conflicted about

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making America great, but they struggled to secure any credible
candidate or achieve any tangible political goals. It's kind of
like the Fire Festival. It's a really highly funded enterprise
that delivers more self promotion than substantive results.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
Okay, so this is a place for the anti Trump
Republicans to go.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
Sounds like absolutely un percent. It's for people who just
don't want to embrace Republicanism and hope that it could
be reversed.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
Okay, thank you, appreciate it. Political consultant lad to Vidiock.
It is six twenty six