Trump gets election news he FEARED in states HE WON

[00:00:00]We are in this thing now. Fewer than 140 days till the midterm elections. And if it's going to be a big Democratic wave, the party is preparing its political surfboards in states that may have otherwise been off the radar. Florida, Mississippi, and Kansas. Even if Democrats can't win a once in a generation victory in those states, they can force Republicans to spend a lot of money there, depriving Republicans of some of the money they may need to defend Ohio, to defend North Carolina, to defend Maine, and to win Georgia.

[00:00:36]Democrats are especially bullish on some of the candidates who have emerged in Mississippi, Florida, and in Kansas. And those candidates are speaking with Scott McFarland Reports. Let's start with Florida. Alex Vinman is a name that may be familiar to you. He was a key witness during Trump's first impeachment in 2020. He's a military veteran trying to make inroads in Florida and says he is seeing data that gives reason for optimism. He wildly outraised the incumbent Ashley Moody in early 2026 and he says his military veteran status has helped him build bridges with Republican Trump voters. In fact, Alex Vinman brought his campaign to The Villages, the world's largest senior retirement community, which has been a heavy Trump stronghold over the last 10 years. And Vinman says he's making inroads there and with others in Florida. I think part of this is I I've been out on the campaign trail for about four months.

[00:01:36]We've had well over 150 events. Uh and in the military, you know, the commander uh circulating through the battlefield has has a really really good read and our sample set is at this point massive.

[00:01:49]Tens of I mean easily thousands and in the tens of thousands of um voters across the political spectrum, Democrats, independents, and Republicans. And uh I feel particularly good when I'm able to go walk a line of folks waiting to get into a Trump rally at the Villages, connect with them about the same issues that are on the minds of independents and Republicans. That also is a bolstered by data. I'm I'm a strategist. So, it's to me it is um some magic when we've got a grass powerful grassroots effort, 300,000 contributions averaging less than $40 each to this campaign. Moody did not respond to requests for comment, but in her campaign literature, her campaign ads and post, she is literally side by side with Trump in some of them trying to tie herself to Trump closely, thinking that is a silver bullet in Florida. In Kansas, primaries are in August. Adam Hamilton, a church leader, has emerged as a potential force for Democrats there. Hamilton has some large-scale name recognition from his prominent position with the church. But he also has been campaigning in relatively red areas and says he's seeing an energy on the ground away from Trump, away from Republicans. He calls himself an independent running on the Democratic ticket, which may be necessary in a state like Kansas. And his party thinks Adam Hamilton's prospects are better than you'd think. Here's Adam Hamilton.

[00:03:22]Republicans, there are people who are willing to vote across the aisle to Democrat if they feel like there's a better Democratic candidate. And but what's happened, especially since the beginning of 2025, since the beginning of Trump's uh Trump's presidency, is a lot of the policies that have happened in Washington are actually harming people in Kansas. So, if you look at Kansas farmers, and you've hear this across the Midwest, but Kansas farmers can't get fertilizer or they're paying ridiculous prices for fertilizer, seeds, the cost of other inputs, diesel, fuel.

[00:03:50]I mean, all of these things, borrowing costs when they need to borrow. All of those things are harming farmers.

[00:03:55]They're harming um they're harming, you know, the livestock industry. And I hear this across the board in talking to folks across outstate Kansas. These are the this was the Trump base. And yet, many of them are recognizing, you know, the policies are hurting us. And I I think many of them are not quite willing to blame President Trump for it, but they don't mind blaming their local senator who they believe should be speaking up for them. Speaking with nonpartisan political analysts, they say waves don't become apparent until September or October. And if we're talking about Kansas and Florida and Mississippi, there are some big problems for Trump and his hopes of holding on to the US Senate. got a comment from the man Adam Hamilton would be challenging the incumbent Senator Roger Marshall who says he takes nothing for granted just like the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth quarter. Marshall said they're going to fight to the finish and try to prevail. In Mississippi, it's Scott Colom, the district attorney running as a Democrat in that state trying to oust Cindy Hyde Smith. And Colom's making the argument that Hyde Smith doesn't do nearly enough, not nearly enough, public appearances, isn't responsive enough to people in Mississippi, and that he is hearing disscent grow outside of Democratic strongholds. Scott Colom says his polling shows he's within reach and his fundraising is strong and that the primary voting in Mississippi showed more engagement this cycle from Democrats than in previous cycles and shows an erosion for Republicans. This is Scott Cologne. From your sense, from the people you're talking to on the ground, how competitive is Mississippi potentially this year? People are unaccustomed to Mississippi being competitive anymore nationally.

[00:05:37]>> Listen, people are ready to go in a new direction. I mean, I'm in a position where I go to Republican areas and voters tell me, "We're tired of the what the tariffs are doing to our farmers.

[00:05:50]We're tired of what it's doing to our small businesses. the war in Iran has now got gas prices up. You know, there's a farmer uh did a news article the other day talked about he paid $10,000 for fertilizer. And you know, then you talk about uh the hospitals and healthcare.

[00:06:06]Healthc care costs are up in Mississippi. Greenwood Lafl Hospital announced it's filing for bankruptcy potentially. We're in a state of crisis.

[00:06:14]And the reality is our junior senator is nowhere to be found. She's allowing all the corruption, all the grift and the graph that's going on in DC. She's allowing it to happen. She's partaking it in herself. She's going to Las Vegas with corporate finance funds to campaign funds to pay for uh fivestar hotels and eat at fivestar restaurants. And she does not campaign. She does not campaign Mississippi. She hadn't done a town hall in six years. So the momentum is all on my side. I'm at this point, Scott, where I'm saying, "How could I lose? How could I lose? I mean, it's We got so much momentum. You look at the primary results. We increased turnout by 90%. We closed the gap by 20 points. Independent Poland stooling within three points. I got the win in my back, brother. I got the win in my back.

[00:07:04]>> Both Colom and Cindy Hyde Smith are really pressing the issue of rural hospitals. A big problem in Mississippi.

[00:07:10]Colom making the argument the Trump administration hasn't done nearly enough, not nearly enough to secure more or stronger rural hospitals. and Cindy Hyde Smith arguing she's been a leader on the issue. In a statement to Scott McFarland reports, Hyde Smith's campaign says team Cindy is confident in our support from voters across Mississippi and that Colom is on the wrong side of issues. That obviously is for voters to decide, but Democrats are optimistic for two reasons. They like these candidates.

[00:07:39]They like these challengers. They like the prospects in this midterm election year. but also that these strong candidates will require Republicans to put resources, time, and energy in states like Florida, Mississippi, and Kansas, places they don't want to have to fight a tough war when they're trying to win a battle in Ohio, and trying to oust an incumbent senator in Georgia. I pledge to you, Scott McFarland Reports, is going to track all of these Senate races every day for movement, for energy, for turnout, and for fundraising. The control of the US Senate really is the control over the final two years of the Trump administration, including the prospects of any Supreme Court nominees, including the prospects of more of these partyline votes for things like Immigration and Customs Enforcement or White House ballrooms. We'll keep our eye on the ball and keep our eye on the races.

[00:08:30]Really want to thank you for watching.

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