The Jenny Beth Show

Gen Z's Socialist Swing & the SAVE America Act's Last Five Days | DiMeglio, Gaines, Pfaff

Episode Summary

The SAVE America Act has five days left in the United States Senate, and Jenny Beth Martin opens this episode with the math that should make every American angry. The House did its job more than once, passing a budget resolution and the National Defense Authorization Act with the full SAVE America Act attached. Both are sitting in the Senate. Fifty senators are already on record supporting proof of citizenship to register to vote and voter identification to cast a ballot. The votes are not the problem. The calendar is. Jenny Beth lays out why the deadline matters: New Jersey has admitted that 6,600 noncitizens ended up on its voter rolls and still refuses to check them against the federal citizenship database, and Alaska has found more than 3,000. She covers the Supreme Court deadline in Trump v. California, tomorrow's primaries in five states, and former Vice President Kamala Harris calling at the National Urban League to revisit the Electoral College, expand the Supreme Court to 13 justices, and grant statehood to Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Drew DiMeglio, a student at Hampden-Sydney College, president of his College Republicans, and a writer for Restoration News, the Carolina Journal, and The College Fix, explains why Gen Z swung right in 2024 and drifted toward socialist candidates since. Houston Gaines, a Georgia state representative and the Republican nominee in Georgia's 10th Congressional District, makes the affordability case. Jim Pfaff, president of The Conservative Caucus, delivers a blunt message to Senate Majority Leader John Thune. teapartypatriots.org | jennybethshow.com

Episode Notes

Drew DiMeglio is a student at Hampden-Sydney College and the president of his College Republicans chapter. He writes for Restoration News, the Carolina Journal, and The College Fix. His latest piece is "Gen Z's Socialist Swing Cannot Be Ignored."

Houston Gaines is a Georgia state representative serving his fourth term and the Republican nominee for Georgia's 10th Congressional District. He has passed more than 20 pieces of legislation in the Georgia House, including bills stopping local governments from defunding police, holding jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement accountable, and cracking down on district attorneys who decline to prosecute.

Jim Pfaff is the president of The Conservative Caucus, the oldest conservative grassroots organization in the country. He previously ran Americans for Prosperity of Colorado during the founding period of the modern Tea Party movement.

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Timestamps:

00:00 — Five days left before the Senate leaves town

01:48 — The votes are not the problem, the calendar is

02:05 — 6,600 noncitizens on New Jersey's voter rolls

03:02 — Trump v. California at the Supreme Court

03:57 — South Carolina's special primary and five state primaries tomorrow

05:15 — Kamala Harris on the Electoral College and 13 justices

06:58 — Todd Blanche, Iran, and the water system cyberattacks

09:20 — Drew DiMeglio on Gen Z's socialist swing

10:02 — Where a generation's distrust of institutions comes from

19:02 — How the Democratic Socialists reach young Americans

21:25 — What conservatives should take away about Gen Z

24:19 — Addressing the economic concerns driving young voters

27:42 — Socialism is diametrically opposed to liberty

29:25 — Call the Capitol switchboard

31:41 — Houston Gaines on Georgia's 10th Congressional District

36:15 — Top issues for Washington and the SAVE America Act

40:32 — Defining conservatism

41:56 — Inflation as voters' number one concern

45:38 — Jim Pfaff on Kamala Harris and packing the Court

47:04 — Pfaff: they want unilateral control of the country

53:42 — The SAVE America Act's last five days

58:55 — Why the socialist surge is not a Tea Party moment

01:01:30 — One message for every senator packing a suitcase

01:02:52 — Closing call to action

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