The Jenny Beth Show

TRUMP ADVISOR: 80% Back Deportations When Policy Is Explained │ Steve Cortes

Episode Summary

Deportations poll far stronger than the mainstream media admits, and Trump advisor Steve Cortes has the battleground-state numbers to prove it. On today's Jenny Beth Show, Jenny Beth Martin sits down with the former Trump-Vance campaign strategist and pollster to break down what his monthly polling really shows about 2026 midterm voters. Steve reveals that when Trump's actual voluntary-departure policy is fully explained (generous incentives to self-deport, plus the option to reapply legally) support for deporting illegal immigrants who refuse the offer climbs above 60%, and into the 80% range when criminal aliens are in the mix. He warns Republicans not to declare a 'golden age' while working-class Americans still feel the damage from Bidenomics at the grocery store. And he makes the fiscal conservative case that the Big Beautiful Bill was a 'borrowing and spending monstrosity' driving $39 trillion in federal debt. Plus: a powerful anecdote from Jenny Beth about ICE agents quietly keeping order at the Atlanta airport, Steve's playbook for winning state and local races on education by exposing skyrocketing property taxes and collapsing test scores, and concrete action items for grassroots activists ready to make a difference this November. Steve Cortes is a former senior advisor to the Trump-Vance 2024 campaign, a veteran bond trader of 25 years, and one of the most-cited pollsters in the America First movement. Learn more at teapartypatriots.org and jennybethshow.com.

Episode Notes

Guest

Steve Cortes

Steve Cortes is a former senior advisor to the Trump-Vance 2024 presidential campaign, a 25-year veteran bond trader and market commentator, a Newsmax and Real America's Voice contributor, and one of the most widely cited pollsters in the America First movement. His monthly battleground-state polling is closely watched by Republican campaigns nationwide.

Key Topics Covered

• Why the economy remains the top 2026 voter issue and why Republicans now own it
• The polling truth behind Trump's voluntary-departure immigration policy and the 80% support number
• DHS funding, ICE resources, and why deportations have not accelerated
• Wisconsin's overwhelming rejection of Minnesota-style sanctuary policies
• Jenny Beth's eyewitness Atlanta airport story: ICE, TSA, and crowd control
• Why 'golden age' messaging backfires on working-class voters
• The fiscal conservative case against the Big Beautiful Bill and $39 trillion debt
• How Republicans can finally own education as an issue in state and local races
• Rahm Emanuel's rare admission: 'Democrats lost the plot' on education
• DEI, BLM, and the backlash against race radicalism
• The get-out-the-vote gap with low-propensity Republican voters
• What the Iran situation means for veterans and anti-war Republicans
• Concrete action items: texting, calling, and get-out-the-vote from home

Timestamps

00:00 — Open and Save America Act CTA

00:59 — Meet Steve Cortes

01:13 — The #1 issue driving 2026 voters

03:41 — Immigration as an economic imperative

05:05 — 80% support for deportations when policy is explained

07:58 — DHS funding and the deportation shortfall

09:14 — Wisconsin polling on Minnesota-style sanctuary policies

12:17 — Jenny Beth at the Atlanta airport: ICE in action

14:03 — Kitchen table reality and real wages

18:28 — $39 trillion debt and the Big Beautiful Bill

22:48 — Why 'golden age' messaging is a mistake

25:27 — Education: the GOP's new winning issue

27:54 — Rahm Emanuel admits Democrats lost the plot

31:44 — Jenny Beth's 'old dead white men' school story

38:53 — DEI, BLM, and the race radicalism backlash

44:21 — Motivating low-propensity Republican voters

49:48 — Action items for grassroots activists

52:39 — Save America Act closing CTA

Links Mentioned

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