WarRoom Battleground EP 955: Republicans Should Not Take The Hispanic Vote For Granted In Texas

Summary

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WarRoom Battleground EP 955: "Republicans Should Not Take The Hispanic Vote For Granted In Texas"

Date: February 24, 2026
Host: Steve Bannon, WarRoom.org
Main Guests: Luke Macias (Texas political analyst), Chris Russo (Texans for a Strong Border), Dorinda Randall (Vice Chair, Texas GOP, candidate for chair)

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Episode Overview

This episode of WarRoom Battleground centers on the mounting political battles in Texas as the 2026 midterms approach. Host Steve Bannon gathers key Texas Republican figures—Luke Macias, Chris Russo, and Dorinda Randall—to dissect early voting turnout, the risk of Democratic energy surging in the state, and the pivotal Hispanic vote in South Texas. The conversation weaves together polling analysis, partisan turnout, campaign strategy, and the importance of President Trump's upcoming visit in shaping both local and national outcomes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

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1. Early Voting Trends & Energy Gap

• Luke Macias reports: Republican early voting numbers are up compared to past elections, but warns that Democratic turnout is historically high, outpacing Republicans—especially due to a rare competitive Democratic Senate primary.
• Many of these new primary voters are long-time Democratic general election voters now engaging in the primary, rather than entirely new voters to the rolls.
• The "energy gap": According to polling and on-the-ground analysis, Democrats are 15–20 points ahead of Republicans in voter enthusiasm—mirroring national trends. This is causing concern that traditional Republican advantages in Texas could shrink significantly (from a 10-11 point state-level lead to as close as 4-5 points).
• Macias urges Republican grassroots to intensify personal outreach: “A lot of your friends are only going to vote if you send them your list and tell them it only took me five minutes to vote...” (06:46)

Notable Quote:

"Democrats have more energy than Republicans. There’s a much greater number...of Democrats that say, 'I am 100% definitely going to walk over broken glass to vote in November' than there are Republicans. It’s a 15–20 point margin."
— Luke Macias [06:30]

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2. Shifts in the Hispanic Vote & South Texas

• Bannon and Macias detail the recent transformation in South Texas, once deep blue, now competitive or even tilting red, especially in counties like Starr. Trump outperformed establishment Republicans (like John Cornyn) in these areas, indicating MAGA’s specific appeal.
• However, Macias warns: Some voters are “moving back” toward the undecided column or drifting back to Democrats after only recently switching to the GOP. The region's loyalty must not be taken for granted.
• President Trump’s planned rally in South Texas is billed as vital for reinforcing the Republican foothold and energizing Hispanic GOP turnout in the region.

Notable Quote:

“Republicans should not take the Hispanic vote for granted. ...These are people who went from voting for Hillary Clinton...to voting for Donald Trump.”
— Luke Macias [12:00]

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3. Implications for Congressional Control

• Macias projects that without closing the turnout/energy gap, Republicans risk losing 3–5 state House seats, one state Senate seat, and up to 3 congressional seats—many centered in South Texas.
• The stakes: Texas could become a battleground, and the national House majority (and Trump’s legislative agenda) may hinge on a handful of Texas races.
• Bannon and guests highlight that Democratic strategy is nationalized ("Handmaid’s Tale vs. Trump Revolution") and turnout is seen as existential by both sides.

Notable Quote:

“If Texas does not deliver for the President, he will not control Congress. ...There is not a path to control Congress if we don’t pick up every single one of those five seats.”
— Luke Macias [15:10]

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4. Open Primary Dynamics & Grassroots Impact

• Chris Russo explains: Recent high Democratic turnout does not mean Republicans are defecting; rather, Democrats who sometimes vote in GOP primaries (to moderate outcomes) are returning to their own primary because of a competitive Senate race.
• This means the GOP primary will likely be more conservative, and those Democrats voting in their own primary cannot participate in GOP runoff elections—potentially boosting grassroots conservative outcomes.

Notable Quote:

“What it looks like...is that there are people who are Democrats who vote Democrat in November every time who have historically voted in Republican primaries...they are actually voting in their own party now.”
— Chris Russo [19:40]

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5. Grassroots Strategy & Base Motivation

• All guests stress the need for GOP candidates to fully embrace their 2024 campaign promises, ignore advice to "moderate" for swing voters, and focus on motivating and turning out the conservative base.
• Randall and Russo repeatedly note that the left is voting out of existential fear — the right must do the same by emphasizing "jobs, jobs, jobs," energy, border security, and cultural issues directly impacting voters’ daily lives, especially in South Texas.

Notable Quote:

"What I would encourage all of these people to do is deliver on the agenda that you won on in 2024...in order to get this done, you guys have to come out."
— Chris Russo [24:42]

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6. Role of President Trump’s Visit & Messaging

• All panelists agree that Trump’s last-minute trip to Corpus Christi—the heart of a fiercely contested South Texas region—serves both as an energizer for early voting and a signal of the stakes ahead.
• Dorinda Randall stresses: Trump’s presence validates the importance of the Hispanic vote and helps convert recent GOP converts into loyal, regular voters.
• Recommendations for Trump’s State of the Union: Focus on past promises delivered and specific contrasts with Democratic policies, particularly as related to the border, economy, and cultural issues.

Notable Quotes:

"So goes Texas, so goes the nation. ...Texas is going to set that tone. ...Texas will likely determine the control of Congress."
— Luke Macias [17:55]

"One of the things that they said [in South Texas] is...are you going to be there after you get elected? And to see Trump see them as the one of the most important parts of Texas...for them to be seen by the President...that is a big deal."
— Dorinda Randall [38:24]

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7. The Policy Stakes: Border Security, Impeachment, and National Direction

• Russo urges continued hardline focus on immigration and mass deportations—a core MAGA/Trump promise—arguing that this was decisive in the 2024 GOP success and must remain front-and-center.
• Bannon and guests warn an energized Democratic turnout could result in impeachment of Trump and “chaos from the moment the new Congress is seated.”
• The left, they argue, is mobilized by stopping Trump, not policy nuance—a "black and white, existential" battle for both parties.

Notable Quote:

"If the Democrats take control of the US House, Trump and half of the Cabinet are getting impeached on January 21st...it’s going to be chaos."
— Chris Russo [23:27]

"This is not a policy debate...this is literally the personification of hate Trump. ...They are saying, we can stop Trump, and we can stop him here in Texas."
— Steve Bannon [23:52]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• Macias – Voter Energy Gap:
  “Democrats have more energy than Republicans. …It’s a 15–20 point margin.” [06:30]

• Macias – Hispanic Vote in South Texas:
  “Republicans should not take the Hispanic vote for granted. …These are people who went from voting for Hillary Clinton...to voting for Donald Trump.” [12:00]

• Bannon – Stakes in Texas:
  “We could pull miracles out through the rest of the country. We will lose the House of Representatives and they will immediately move to impeach President Trump, full stop.” [10:54]

• Randall – Importance of Local Messaging:
  “We have to get the communication out there...the main thing for them [South Texas] is jobs, jobs, jobs. …Gasoline prices...the difference now that we have Trump in office, and a huge difference to their pocketbook.” [34:45]

• Russo – Mass Deportation Coalition:
  “The reason that you won in 2024, maybe the biggest reason...is immigration and is delivering on the promises of mass deportations. ...We’re saying here is the blueprint...to accomplish at least 1 million deportations per year.” [43:11]

• Macias – Texas Determines National Outcome:
  “So goes Texas, so goes the nation. …Texas will likely determine the control of Congress.” [17:55]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [05:10–09:40] – Early voting trends, energy gap, why Democratic turnout is up
• [12:00–13:55] – Hispanic vote in South Texas: shifting loyalties and Trump’s unique appeal
• [17:16–18:46] – Trump’s campaign focus: importance of Texas, congressional implications
• [19:39–22:06] – Chris Russo explains open primary dynamics, implications for grassroots conservatives
• [23:52–25:31] – Turnout strategies: base motivation over swing voter “moderation”
• [31:50–34:45] – Randall on early voting and South Texas GOP enthusiasm
• [38:05–39:29] – The power of presidential visit: Trump’s effect on GOP energy in South Texas
• [43:11–46:34] – Russo on the immigration policy blueprint and why mass deportations matter

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Conclusion: Takeaways for the GOP in Texas

• The real battleground for control of Congress could come down to Texas—especially the Hispanic-heavy regions of the South.
• Republicans cannot rest on past successes in South Texas; the Democratic base is highly motivated.
• Grassroots activation and clear communications are essential—especially around core GOP promises like border security, economic opportunity, and cultural issues.
• President Trump’s visit is both symbolic and strategic, reminding the party (and Hispanic voters) that Texas—and specifically South Texas—may determine not just local, but national power.
• The stakes, per Bannon and guests: win in Texas, or risk losing the House and presidency to an energized Democratic opposition.

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For further info:

• Luke Macias: On X (Twitter) @lukemaciasTX, "The Luke Macias Show" on major podcast platforms
• Chris Russo: strongborders.org, @StrongBordersTX on X, Instagram, Facebook
• Dorinda Randall: randall4texas.com, reddertexas.com

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Transcript

[Narrator/Singer]

Foreign.

[Steve Bannon]

Islamic jihadis are plotting against you.

[Unidentified Host/Commentator]

Why in the hell you think they're in Houston?

[Steve Bannon]

In the north of Dallas.

[Commercial Announcer]

They are working together to overthrow Western

[Steve Bannon]

civilization, Sharia compounds which are areas governed by religious rules.

[Unidentified Host/Commentator]

We know who you are, we know what you are and we know what you're trying to accomplish.

[Steve Bannon]

And it is not going to happen.

[Unidentified Host/Commentator]

In the jewel of the crown of the union of this republic, we purge

[Luke Macias]

any attempt to impose Sharia law in Texas.

[Steve Bannon]

They are not coming.

[Narrator/Singer]

They are already here.

[Unidentified Host/Commentator]

You are not here properly and you're going to leave. On 3 March, Sharia law goes on

[Steve Bannon]

the ballot in the state of Texas. The United States Constitution and Sharia are fundamentally at odds with one another.

[Unidentified Host/Commentator]

We're going to tell them, take your Sharia law and shove it.

[Steve Bannon]

Islam will never dominate the United States. And by the grace of God, it will not dominate Texas.

[Unidentified Host/Commentator]

As Texas goes, so goes the nation. As the nation goes, so goes the world. Are you prepared to fight for this state? Are you prepared to fight for your country?

[Steve Bannon]

War room, Texas. Your host, Stephen K. Bannon starts right now. President of the United States.

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It's been an incredible year for America. The Dow hits hitting record highs. The border secured, cartels in shambles, dictators captured, wars brought to an end.

[Steve Bannon]

America is back

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and the United States respected again. Around the world now, Donald J. Trump delivers his next State of the Union address, laying out the victories and the bold vision for what comes next.

[Steve Bannon]

The American dream is surging bigger and better than ever before.

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America now has a strong president, unlike the other guys.

[Steve Bannon]

But we saved the planet from the climate crisis. Are you stupid?

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Live coverage begins tonight at 7pm Eastern. Don't miss the real State of the Union on real America's voice.

[Steve Bannon]

It will be like nothing that has ever been seen before. Okay. Welcome to a very special edition of Warm Texas. Our State of the Union coverage continues. Grant Stitchfield at 7 on Main. Rav will pick up 7O'. Clock. Then I think at 8 o' clock we're gonna go to Studio 6B. I will join Studio 6B and pick up our official coverage, of course. Grant, John Solomon, everybody. The entire American Real America's Voice team will join the war room as we as we present the President's State of the Union. Like I said, I think the speech is going to go for a while tonight. We're also going to cover all the drama of the Democrats in their really maniacal effort to try to show a lack of decorum to the President and his achievements the first year and his vision for the second, as you know, this will be the President's With a 24, 25 million person audience minimum, it looks like this will be the President's one time to address the nation. Unless he decides on some topic of like for instance, the Iran war or something like that from the Oval Office, this is his chance to really address the nation prior to the midterm elections. I've got a group of experts now from Texas that we're gonna get their best thoughts on Luke Macias, who I think is one of the best political observers and analysts in the state. First off, Luke, before I get into the State of the Union also, the President has announced a trip to Texas to Corpus Christi on Friday. We'll cover it live all day. We're gonna cover the Make America Healthy Again in Austin. And they're coming to Austin for a reason. That's Bobby Kennedy's on Thursday evening. We'll be there with the kind of excl of coverage of many aspects of it then the President's coming on Friday. We're going to cover that all day. Our own Brian Glenn right now is we have worked to get him on Air Force One so that he'll be covering it all day also. We'll do it live on the afternoon war room. It starts at right now. As you know, the President normally runs late for these things given the just so many people want to see him. But it starts at 3:30 Central Time, 4:30 Eastern Standard Time. And we'll pick it up on our afternoon edition of the Boardroom. First off, Luke, I think today the numbers shifted. But, but walk me through where we stand with the early voting numbers. I want folks to understand that watch this because wharam Texas has got quite a big national following and even international following. Their tradition is particularly Texans and I would say the Doc Chambers and these people that are kind of what I would call the MAGA right down here are absolutely opposed to early voting and nothing's going to change them. So that's kind of a reality. Tell me what you think so far about your analysis of the early voting numbers, sir.

[Luke Macias]

So early voting is up for Republicans. More Republican primary voters are voting in this primary election than voted in the last election of the election before that. The problem is, and the thing that all of us need to recognize you and I have talked about that Senate District 9 special election is that Democrat turnout is higher than it's ever been and not only is it higher than it has ever been in any presidential or non presidential cycle in the primary, it is higher than Republicans in total. Now Republicans are just starting to eclipse that. You are right that more Republicans voted than Democrats yesterday. It looks like we are on path to vote cast more ballots than Democrats will if the new trend continues. But there's massive amount of energy on the Democrat side. Now. Part of that is the fact that Democrats have right now in Jasmine Crockin and James Talarino the first actual contested statewide election they've ever had in decades. And I really mean decades. Usually there's one guy who files to run for office and they all spread out and in this case they actually have a competition which is driving a lot more people to the polls. We modeled all the new voters and luckily they are all almost entirely Democrat voters who normally vote in Democrat elect in the November that are now coming into the primary. So there's not new voters being added to the rolls. These are traditional general election Democrats that are voting in the primary. That's the good news. The bad news is, and you and I have seen this in every national poll right now, Democrats have more energy than Republicans. There's a much greater number of from the bucket of Democrats that exist that say I am 100% definitely going to walk over broken glass to vote in November than there are Republicans. And it's a 15 to 20 point margin in between the we call that the energy gap that exists in Texas, that exists across the nation. And so Republicans have to wake up and say we have to vote. To your point, the followers of this show, they have the power to vote and text their recommended list out to all their friends and have their friends go out and vote. A lot of your friends are only going to vote if you send them your list and tell them it only took me five minutes to vote, which is how long it took me, by the way, five minutes to early vote. I got my vote in and got other people in my church to go vote as well for the same Patriot. So I'd really recommend everybody get out soon.

[Steve Bannon]

Here's the question and what concerns me is this because I'm not a Texan, I'm new down here, but it's been an eye opener and I have sent a flare up and I appreciate the President coming down here on Friday. I think it's important when you say, hey, we're getting out voters that would come in November. My question is, is that voters that would come in November in a midterm election year or is that people that would come out in a presidential cycle year, sir.

[Luke Macias]

No, I think that's a good point. So these are people who voted last November, but it was a presidential election. And this gets to that energy gap. Right. If Democrats are more energized to get to the polls than we are, then they're going to naturally eat away at that wall we have in most states. Texas is about a 10 point Republican state, 10 to 11 points. And if they have more energy than we do, then that basically sets our bottom line at more like a 4 to 5% Republican state. Everyone likes to think of Texas as this deep red State. Beto O' Rourke came within two points of beating Ted Cruz for the U.S. senate in 2018. We've imported a lot of patriots from California since then. We've exported a couple Marxists that moved to Colorado so that they could sex change their kid without getting thrown in jail. But that gap, as it's widened, closes rather quickly if Democrats are energized. Presidential Democrat election voters show up in the midterms and Republicans are home upset about a myriad of things or just thinking they've won and they don't need to go vote.

[Steve Bannon]

That's one of the problems, I think coming down here is a lot of people say, well, President Trump's doing such a great job and we've got the House and the Senate. They don't realize the pressure he's under in the fights we've got. So, as you see it right now, do you believe we could be heading unless we do some course correction and remotivation? I think that's what both the State of the Union, I'll get to that in a second. And the Friday rally is about, that we could be turning out a really great number for a midterm election, and they're turning out a number for a presidential cycle. Those numbers got a gap in them and all sudden Texas is in play.

[Luke Macias]

If that gap closes, what it almost guarantees is we lose three to five state House seats, one state Senate seat, three congressional seats that we otherwise would have a path to victory in. Those are major problems. We'll get to South Texas in a minute because two of those would be South Texas seats that we have a path to win. Unless this energy gap shifts, in which case those are staying blue. And the control over Congress could most certainly come down to two or three congressional seats in Texas that if we don't match Democrat energy, we will lose. So that's 100% correct. And to get to South Texas there as a transition into Trump's trip, I think that might be one of the reasons he's coming to Corpus, because South Texas is key to Texas remaining as red as it currently is.

[Steve Bannon]

So for the war room posse that keeps up with this, and because you're the grassroots leaders of the MAGA movement and the precinct strategies, all of it. If in Virginia, in the Commonwealth, if we lose the. Which the people in Virginia are opposed to by 8%, we know now, after $2.5 million of spending during the Olympics, if we lose the Commonwealth of Virginia, that referendum and they go 10 to 1, and Brother Macias is correct about three seats being in jeopardy in Texas, let me just tell you, folks, we could pull miracles out through the rest of the country. We will lose the House of Representatives and they will immediately move to impeach President Trump, full stop. Let's go back to South Texas. Tell me about that. We've worked so hard on this show in the Rio Grande Valley. We had reporters down there. We really feel that we were the tip of the spear of alerting people of how important it was. And the flip was amazing. I think it was one of the counties went from in 16, we lost to Hillary Clinton by 60 points and now Trump won by, I think, 17. The shift has just been amazing. Are you telling me. And for President Trump, this is one of the things most beloved to him. He saw the Angel Moms yesterday, but South Texas, and particularly the Rio Grande Valley, he considers a personal merit badge of the effort he did on all of his policies to bring Hispanic Americans to his cause and to the MAGA movement. Are you telling us that that's where this could be in play?

[Luke Macias]

Republicans should not take the Hispanic vote for granted. To your point, Starr county is like the one that everybody likes to point to because it's the most Hispanic county in Texas. It's a smaller county. And these aren't people who got more energized or less energized. These are people who went from voting for a Democrat, Hillary Clinton, to voting for Donald Trump. And Hillary Clinton winning that county by what, 50 something, 60 points to Donald Trump over the course of multiple election cycles, moving the Hispanic vote to the right. And by the way, they vote for Trump, MAGA version of Republicanism. I want to be clear, when John Cornyn was on the ballot six years ago, Trump outperformed Cornyn in the Rio Grande Valley. If you were in the suburbs, the upper middle class areas, Cornyn would outperform Trump. But when you went to South Texas, Trump was the top vote getter in every single one of those counties.

[Chris Russo]

Why?

[Luke Macias]

Because that's the version of the Republican Party that's the brand of conservatism they want. And that's what has converted and moved them over. Those areas are where we are seeing some reversion back. And I think we just have to recognize that for some of these people, they spent 30 and 40 years or their entire lifetimes voting Democrat and they just started voting Republican. So we can't take those for granted. Some of them are clearly shifting back or at least moving into this undecided category. I don't know if I'm going to vote Democrat or Republican in 28. And so I think Donald Trump being in Corpus is really important. That broadcast throughout South Texas, his presence there will be known, him spending time there, Republicans spending time there, the party focusing on those areas. And I know that everybody is kind of aware that this is an issue and a problem we can't take for granted. So I think that the Hispanic vote, the rural Hispanic vote, which is primarily in South Texas, is going to be a real keen number when it comes to holding our statewide margins.

[Steve Bannon]

Luke, Ken Paxton has now been invited by one of the congressmen as a guest. So both Paxton, Cornyn and Hunt will be in the room tonight. What do you believe the president, what message do you believe he has to send, particularly down here in Texas, to motivate people? Because there is one hand, people say, hey, President Trump's got it. I don't need to really go to vote. Everything's taken care of. On the other hand, some people are saying, hey, on some of these core issues, like taking down the deep state or the hang up with the voter integrity bill, right. The Save America act, are either disappointed or confused for the mass deportations because this is absolutely the last time he'll get to address the nation as a whole, unless it's on a specific topic of some crisis or emergency from the Oval Office. What do you think? It's important. If you were advising the president crafting the speech, what would you think would be essential to have in there tonight?

[Luke Macias]

I always go back to those first hundred days in office. I think we all looked at just how fast everybody was working and how much they were focused on delivering on their promises. People were excited, people felt it. It is really, really hard for an administration to keep up that kind of pace throughout an entire two year portion of time, I believe. And I think we all know that there is a window where Republicans can shape and define the framing what people are talking about in the fall. And it starts tonight. And so for President Trump to say, this is what we have accomplished, but here is what we are now focused on that lies clear contrast. There's many different things he could talk about. But I do think that ultimately, as they focused on the corruption in Dec, the insider trading with the Stock act, the SAVE act, keeping our elections strong, those issues that are 75, 80% issues that will show people just how radical the left is, are really important to draw a line on if we do not. And you asked, what kind of message does he need to give in South Texas? He needs to continue to say, I think what you just said, which is that if Texas does not deliver for the President, he will not control Congress. And I believe that there is not a path to control Congress if we don't pick up every single one of those five seats. We data redistricting. We need all five of them.

[Steve Bannon]

Wow.

[Luke Macias]

And so that's an important message. Making sure that he has Republicans who will have his back, making sure that we're ready to withstand the onslaught of the left that will be in that second two years. We sent him back there for four years, not two. And I think that's what we all need to remember. We didn't send him there to be in charge for a year and a half. We sent him there to be in charge for the next four years. And he's only going to be able to do that if we deliver for him in November. Now, I will say this, too. I think an opportunity tonight he has is to begin to move on from the last several months. And I don't say that as an overall criticism of the administration. I just say we can all recognize, everybody knows in the polling and all those things, there's a lot of people frustrated about where we're at. And I think the more he focuses on what we are going to do for the next six months and then what we're going to do for the next two and a half years, the better the framing will become for us in November. We can calm the left out. The left thinks we're one election away from a Handmaid's tale. Right. That's why they're voting. They're voting like it. Where the right needs to wake up to all the possibilities of the future so that they actually know why they're

[Steve Bannon]

showing up to vote again with everything going on. I mean, you know, he's got these decisions about war, peace, diplomacy, the tariffs. I mean, I've never seen any president with as much different issues of such monumental importance. He carved out time to come to Texas essentially for the day, take an entire day to come out here for Friday, the last day of early voting to tee up game day on Tuesday. First off, how important is that and what do you think the message you should have specifically when he gets here in Texas, cuz I can tell you to change his calendar around was nothing short of monumental.

[Luke Macias]

So goes Texas, so goes the nation. I think it's really important for everyone to hear from the President that the decisions we make not only define where some of our local communities or where our Texas legislature are going to go, it really defines the tone, the breadth, the pace, the agenda of our nation, of the Republican Party as a whole. Texas is going to set that tone. It's like you've been here so much compared to other states. You know this. We get some conservative victories in Missouri or Arkansas or Louisiana. It's nice. It's not something that sets a trend for the rest of the nation. So we have an opportunity here. And I think the president just reiterating the fact that the primaries are important and then the general election, Texas will likely determine the control of Congress is a wake up call that people need to hear is that they understand just how focused they need to be from now till November.

[Steve Bannon]

Luke Worker people get your show and where can they get you on social

[Luke Macias]

media Luton, CST, x on x and then the Lutencia show is on Apple, podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, any of those deals. It's Texas focused only. So you're going to get 30 minutes every week on what's actually going on in Texas politics and policy.

[Steve Bannon]

Luke, thank you. One of the best analysts and observers of Texas politics. Thank you, sir. Appreciate you. I get Chris Russo. Chris, Texans for a Strong Border once again, what are you looking first off, what's your assessment so far? Because we've got Dorinda Arando is going to join us also from the state Republican Party. What is your assessment so far of this early vote, of these early vote numbers and what are they? What information do you derive from that?

[Chris Russo]

So possibly the biggest discussion point has been the amount of people in the primaries that have Republican primary voting history who are voting in the Democrat primary. And the Democrats are touting this as a victory because they're saying that they're flipping all these people who have voted Republican in the past. But what it looks like is more likely happening is that there are people who are Democrats who vote Democrat in November every time who have historically voted in Republican primaries, particularly in heavily Republican districts. And they because there is a competitive primary for the US Senate, for the Democrats, they are actually voting in their own party. Now. And so I think that could actually be very good for the more conservative candidates.

[Steve Bannon]

Hang on, I want to explain this. I want to explain. I want to explain this because this is a huge bone of contention as I've gotten down here and really start to get a handle around Texas politics this open primary. People have said for years that Democrats have come into these primaries to vote for moderates, to go against the hard the right of the grassroots of Texas politics. And you're saying now that flip, they're not flipping Trump voters to vote for Democrats now that they have the first, as Luke said, the first competitive Texas Senate primary in a generation, that they actually know that they got to go in for Crockett or for her opponent. And so these you're outing those people that have done Project Chaos for a long time.

[Chris Russo]

That's exactly right. And essentially what's going to happen is that's going to make the Republican primary vote more conservative. And I think that that's great for the grassroots. That's great for us being able to achie things so long as we are then able to turn out in November and win those seats with an ultimately more conservative candidate. And in addition to that, what is very important for people to realize is that if, even though it's an open primary, if you vote in one primary, you can't vote in the runoff of another primary. And so all of these Democrats who normally vote in Republican primaries, they will be locked out of a runoff for U.S. senate and other races after they vote in the Democratic primary.

[Steve Bannon]

So you're saying for the John Cornyns of the world, the runoff could even, even look worse than now. Correct. Because you've blocked these people out.

[Chris Russo]

It certainly could.

[Steve Bannon]

Amazing. What the question I asked Luke, my concern are we looking at a good turnout in the Republican side for an off year election, for the midterm elections? But are you feeling at all that the Democrats are putting up presidential cycle numbers and that in November when it gets down to, you know, the money rounds, that they're driving this at a presidential cycle year and we're driving very good numbers for a midterm election year?

[Chris Russo]

Well, you know, I don't know if it's going to reach the level of a presidential election, but they are certainly extremely motivated. And you saw this with all of the response to ICE and Border Patrol in Minneapolis. You've seen this in the special election right here in Texas. And the reality is, is that especially in major metros, the Democrats turnout floor has always been much higher than the Republicans. They have a machine that's able to, even if they have a gap in votes overall, they are able to turn out their people more efficiently than Republicans are. And so I think it's going to take a monumental effort by Republicans at the federal and at the state level to message this, to tell people that the mission has not yet been accomplished. We've accomplished a lot, but all of that could be thrown completely into chaos for two years. If the Democrats take control of the US House, Trump and half of the Cabinet are getting impeached on January 21st. You know, it's going to be chaos from the moment that the new Congress is seated.

[Steve Bannon]

I also want to make sure people understand, having been down here in Texas and see the local ads and get to the local media and have a chance to go out and see what's going on. This is not a policy debate. This is not about a marginally high tax record or something on education. This is very black and white. They are saying, as Luke just said, if Trump continues on, the MAGA movement continues on, it's Handmaid's Tale versus if they win, it's the destruction and end of the Trump revolution. They're putting this in the starkest possible terms. That's why they're driving out, I think, big numbers. This is not about, oh, we can pick up a House seat, we can do this, we can do that, even the Senate race. This is literally the personification of hate Trump. They are saying, we can stop Trump and we can stop him here in Texas. Is that your read on the situation?

[Chris Russo]

I think that's exactly right. And that's why the response should be for conservatives and conservative politicians to not listen to the forces that say, oh, well, if you keep going with your policy program, you're going to scare the soccer moms and you're going to drive moderates over to the Democratic Party. It's really not a question of driving people to one party or another. What it really is is trying to motivate your base to turn out. And so what I would encourage all of these people to do is deliver on the agenda that you want on in 2024, continue to be committed to those same policies and broadcast them and communicate to the voters that in order to get this done, you guys have to come out.

[Steve Bannon]

Okay, Stick around, Chris, we're gonna keep you through the break. We'll take a short break. Dorinda Randall's also going to join us from the. From the report. Republican Party as Texas, we do the run up to the State of the Union address that will start at 9pm short commercial break Back in warm Texas in a moment.

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As Texas goes, so goes the nation. As the nation goes, so goes the world. Are you prepared to fight for this state? Are you prepared to fight for your country?

[Steve Bannon]

Hey, Warham. Texas special coverage. The president, state of the Union. Remember, Ken Paxton is going to be in the audience tonight with John Cornyn and Wesley Hunt. Dorinda Randall joins us now. She's vice chairman of the Texas GOP and she's running for chairman. First off, Dorinda, can you give me your assessment on the early vote? These kind of numbers that have looked like a Democrats really outperforming than I guess the Republicans have caught the last couple of days. What's your assessment of where we stand on early voting?

[Dorinda Randall]

Well, I totally agree with Chris Russo that what we're seeing here is the closed primaries have to happen. And that's what we need in Texas. And that means that you have to register in your party and then you can't just cross over in order for you to vote for the most liberal Republican so you can get your policies through as a Democrat. And so that has been happening for years and years and years. And so the delegates last convention said enough of that, we want closed primaries. And so what we are doing is trying to accomplish that. And so it does look like the voting, I looked at the voting for Harris county this morning and it looks like they are pretty much on par with how the voting was in their numbers last time. However, Democrats are totally doing a great job of getting out the vote. It is nice to see that they have the energy to get their people elected. Now we just have to get our energy out there to get back out there to, to pick the best Republican and we've got to have more energy to save this state than they have in regards to destroying this state. So we've got to get our people out there and it all comes to communication and it all turns out to getting out the vote efforts. And how do you do that?

[Steve Bannon]

Well, in the. When you say last time, do you mean 24? I mean, I think the concern of people that are looking at this is that so far, because there's a big group of Texans and a lot of those are war and posse members that are just not going to early vote. And you're not going to. They're going to. They're game day voters and for a host of reasons they don't wanna tip their hand. And so you have a natural disadvantage right there. But some people are even calculating that they're going. Well, hang on. This looks like a pretty good showing for a midterm election. But the Democrats are coming out in numbers that could be 24 numbers. Are you concerned that their motivation to stop Trump, because this is not about any one policy, this is their hatred of President Trump and their hatred of the MAGA movement could be driving them to presidential year turnout where we're going to have a very good midterm election turnout because that gap will then make this a complete neck and neck horse race in November. Won't.

[Dorinda Randall]

Will. But I think that. And that's why we've got to be really strong when it comes to midterms. We have got to, once the primaries are done, it has to be all about the midterms and getting the people to come out and vote. The other thing that we have to do is we have to get the communication out there of what is the difference between a Republican and a Democrat. Sometimes we get so locked in our own silos that we don't talk about those issues. And so I'd like to see us do a marketing campaign, doing things to where we get out there and show the Democrats who might be more conservative, Democrats especially, like, you know, you were talking about South Texas. I've been to South Texas so many times, and I love it out there. The energy out there is palatable. And they, I've talked to those people, and one of the things that they said is they, it used to be just five of them. Now I go to their meetings and it is standing room only. They have an energy with their newfound freedom of being in the Republican Party. And the main thing for them is jobs, jobs, jobs. And what Biden did when he first came in office, he immediately got rid of the pipeline, and that really hurt a lot of people in South Texas. And so what I want to do is make sure that when it comes to communicating midterms, talking to them about what directly hits them, like gasoline prices, you know, that is one of the biggest things that you can look at and you can see, you know, what huge difference now that we have Trump in office, and a huge difference to their pocketbook. But, you know, Democrats have to, we have to try to communicate to people, to Democrats that are more on the conservative bend and our baby Republicans, we have to strengthen them. We have to get them back involved and get them back to the polls, because midterms are everything. If we don't get Trump back in, then you are going to look at jobs disappearing. You are going to look at the chaos that the Democrats can only bring in by trying to impeach him and do all the crazy stuff that they are. The other thing that didn't bode well for South Texas is boys being in girls, sports, girls losing opportunity to be in sports, boys being in women's dressing rooms, and the same with men. Those kind of things do not bode well for South Texas. And what we need to do is make sure that we continue to talk about those things and get them out there and just give a comparison at all times. One of the things that I did as vice chair is I did billboards out there in South Texas. And because it's a macho society, what I did is I took Trump's fight, fight, fight picture and I put that on six billboards out there and said, it said, fight, fight, fight. Save America. Vote Trump. So those are things that helped us. And we got a lot of Republican candidates in there, too, because of Trump. So we've got to make sure that we continue the energy that only Trump can give. And we need to make sure that we in the RPT channels that energy and gets the people to the polls.

[Steve Bannon]

How important is the president with war and peace and tariffs in Iran and what's happening in Mexico? He changed his schedule to come to Texas on Friday to Corpus Christi, the South Texas, and on the last day of early voting, but clearly to motivate people for game day. How big a deal is that?

[Dorinda Randall]

That is a huge deal. One of the things that whenever I became vice chair is I had some people in leadership with the GOP in South Texas, and one of the things that they said is, you know, it's great that you won our vote, but the thing is, are you going to be there after you get elected? And to see Trump see them as the. One of the most important parts of Texas, because it was 12 out of 14 counties that turned on for Trump, that is. That is huge for them, for them to be seen by the President of the United States, that is a big deal. And that will bode well for us to get the vote out in the midterms.

[Steve Bannon]

And now what are you saying? Give me a minute or two on tonight. Ken Paxton, Cornyn Hunt, all be in the audience. What do you think message the president has to make to keep this energy or to rekindle some of the energy in the MAGA movement? Some people just think, hey, President Trump's there, everything's fine. You know, the battles he's going through. What are you looking for in the State of the Union tonight?

[Dorinda Randall]

I think what I would love to see him say is, you know what, people? Can you just put the TDS on a shelf while I talk to you about things that I have done for all of you, not just Republicans. He has bettered the lives for everyone and talk about that in ask them to have an open mind because he has done some phenomenal things. He came in to office and it was complete lawlessness. He had to seal our border. He had to get rid of DEI that was discriminating against

[Steve Bannon]

Dorinda. Half our coverage starts are really. We've been all day. And this is why Warren, Texas is about the state of the Union. We've been all day on this tonight at 7, Grant Stitchfield from Dallas takes over and I'm gonna be the host for the overall evening. But we've got half of the US Senators are gonna have. Are not gonna be in the room. They're gonna have a counter protest. They get a huge protest on the mall. We understand it in the room itself that some of the House members, the more radical House members are gonna try to shout the president down. The Democratic Party, I mean, yes, go over the head to the American people, but the Democratic Party, you talk about Trump derangement syndrome, you're gonna see that manifested tonight by the Democratic Party. How do you handle that, ma'? Am?

[Dorinda Randall]

Well, one of the things that we all love about Trump is his marketing genius. He is in touch with the American people. He knows what to do. And the one thing that I think he should do is with those empty chairs, put the victims faces of children that have passed away because of illegal immigration because they can't show up to do their job. We can recognize the people that they can't even say their names. So it's just continuing to make sure that the Democrats do be. Every time that he's done a State of the Union, his numbers go up. And the reason why is because the Democrats act like morons. And so because that's always on display every time he has a State of Union address, I think that it's only going to do well for him because he did an amazing job at the State of the Union. The first one, this one with them retaliating like children again and taking the rocks and going into off campus and not doing their what they get paid

[Steve Bannon]

to do the show no respect.

[Dorinda Randall]

That that's only going to bode well for the president.

[Steve Bannon]

Dorinda, we're gonna have you back on talk about your race for the GOP chair. But right now, where do people go to find out more about you? What your social media, your website, all of it.

[Dorinda Randall]

Perfect. I am Drindarandall.com Randall. I'm sorry Randall4Texas.com Randall for Texas because my name is kind of wild and so I stuck with my last name. And then if you want to see my plan for the Republican party, it'[e-mail] that's R E D D E R Texas T E X A S.com Go

[Steve Bannon]

there and you'll find it Redder Texas. Dorinda, amazing and great analysis. We'll track you down in the next couple of days and see. We'll hopefully see you out at Corpus Christi. Thank you, ma'. Am. Chris Russo, you talk about South Texas. You're the head up the toughest border wall and border security sovereignty. Mike Howe was singing your praises today as you were the first state organization to join the Mass Deportation Coalition. Give me a couple of minutes on that. What made you make the decision? Why did you Sign up. And why is everybody saying, hey, if Russo's in, I'm in?

[Chris Russo]

Well, first of all, I think that when we're looking at the last year, we have to recognize that the Trump administration faced an extremely uphill battle in trying to get numbers of people out of the country that are here illegally. And that's why you saw the foundation being laid for it. You had the one big beautiful Bill act passed. You had the 12,500 new ICE agents hired. But. But now, as we approach the midterms, unfortunately, the same old forces in Washington and even at the state levels are telling Trump, hey, pump the brakes. You're affecting US Business owners, et cetera, et cetera. But the reality and what we are trying to accomplish here is to say, look, the reason that you won in 2024, maybe the biggest reason and the signature issue of the America first movement is immigration and is delivering on the promises of mass deportations. And so what we are doing as an organization and through this mass deportation coalition is saying, here is the blueprint, both at the federal policy level, both with and without legislation, and at the state level, to accomplish at least 1 million deportations per year. And that would make good on Trump's promise of conducting the largest mass deportation operation in American history.

[Steve Bannon]

Chris, if the President called you this afternoon and said, hey, look, I'm coming out on Friday, I'm that concerned about Texas, I want to get. Make sure the energy's there. I'm changing my whole day to do it in a time that I'm trying to negotiate peace deals and tariffs. What should I say tonight to tee that up? Give me a minute on what's your recommendation for the President in the State of the Union? That'll be up here in about a couple hours.

[Chris Russo]

If I were the President, I would point to the realities of the violence of what's going on in Mexico. The images of the CJNG cartel fighting the Mexican National Guard and the Mexican military burning cars, burning big box stores, threatening everyone on the streets with murder if they did not obey them and get out of the streets to clear for their operations against the Mexican government. What people need to realize is that the pocketbooks of that cartel are lined by an open border and by what happened under Joe Biden. Even the people who come here that everyone says are good people that commit no additional crime other than crossing the border illegally, those people line the pocketbooks of these cartels, and they are the ones that are providing the financing for them to be able to take this violent action and engage in drug smuggling and human trafficking and all of the activities that we see that shock us. And so if I was the president, I would say these are the fruits of an open border are violent military cartels that are capable of doing battle against nation states. And we have that right on our bottom border on our southern border. And that's something that we're going to have to contend with. And the reality is the cartels have infrastructure in the United States as too, or in the United States as well. And going to have to contend with that.

[Steve Bannon]

Russo, where do people get you? You're kind of legendary down here about securing the border and the sovereignty of the United States. And you're absolutely correct. As this thing metastasizes, it's going to blow. Every town's a border town and every state's a border state. Where do they go? To get all your information?

[Chris Russo]

Go to our website@strong borders.org or follow us on X Instagram or Facebook at Strong Borders tx.

[Steve Bannon]

Thank you, brother. Appreciate you.

[Chris Russo]

Thank you.

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