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Texas Republican chair says Trump will galvanize voters with first-ever GOP midterm convention · INSIGHT TODAY

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  Speaker 1: President Trump says Republicans will hold their first of a
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  Speaker 1: national convention ahead of the midterm elections. It's set to
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  Speaker 1: take place September ninth and tenth at the American Airlines
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  Speaker 1: Center in Dallas. The Republican Party has not held a
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  Speaker 1: convention there since nineteen eighty four. Joining us now from Austin,
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  Speaker 1: Texas is Dorinda Randall. She is the chair of the
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  Speaker 1: Texas Republican Party. Good morning and welcome. I want to
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  Speaker 1: get your reaction there to the midterm convention announcement from
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  Speaker 1: the President. Why is this necessary? Do you think?
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  Speaker 2: Well? It is wonderful and my phone has completely blown up.
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  Speaker 2: And nobody gets people motivated more than President Trump. He
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  Speaker 2: is somebody that motivates so many people to get to
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  Speaker 2: the polls. We had historic wins whenever it was twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty four, especially in South Texas, and so if anybody
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  Speaker 2: can galvanize us to get to the polls, it's going
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  Speaker 2: to be him. This is going to be the first
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  Speaker 2: time that we've ever had a midterm convention, and that
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  Speaker 2: is going to be here in Texas, and we are
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  Speaker 2: going to be hospitable, excited, and welcome everyone, just like
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  Speaker 2: when it came to FIFA when you saw the people
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  Speaker 2: that were from other countries come here and we welcomed them,
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  Speaker 2: and they love this state, and so we want to
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  Speaker 2: welcome everybody from America, all of our Republicans that are
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  Speaker 2: going to come in for this. We are excited.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about that excitement and what's happening currently with
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  Speaker 1: Republicans in Texas. A New York Times Siena pol shows
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  Speaker 1: Ken Paxton and James tell Rico, his Democratic opponent, are
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  Speaker 1: tied in the state's Senate contests. Paxton acknowledged a fundraising
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  Speaker 1: gap between him and tell Rico over the weekend. Let's
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  Speaker 1: just play that for all viewers.
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  Speaker 3: He's been raising money three months longer than I have.
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  Speaker 3: So we have five months total. He had eight months total.
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  Speaker 3: So Kenpaxton dot com, if you can help, we need
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  Speaker 3: everybody helping. Just encourage your friends in Texas to spread
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  Speaker 3: the word that this is not a done deal. We
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  Speaker 3: need their help.
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  Speaker 1: Paxon is a well known commodity in Texas. He's been
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  Speaker 1: on the political scene there for quite a while. Yet
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  Speaker 1: polling shows he's tied with his opponent. Does that concern
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  Speaker 1: you at all? What's happening in that race?
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  Speaker 2: Well not at all. Senator Cornyn also outspent Ken probably
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  Speaker 2: five to one, and A. G. Paston was able to
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  Speaker 2: overwhelmingly pull that election off. And so every time that
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  Speaker 2: people think he's down in the truth, he's down and
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  Speaker 2: he has no way of getting higher. He is able
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  Speaker 2: to pull it out every single time, you know, and
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  Speaker 2: it's because of his record. His record has been amazing.
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  Speaker 2: He has fought the Department of Labor and he did
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  Speaker 2: an overtime challenge with them. He did consumer fraud on
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  Speaker 2: taxpayer recovery, he did election law defense. He has done
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  Speaker 2: over one hundred successful cases that he has taken to
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  Speaker 2: the government to protect Texas. So he has a product
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  Speaker 2: and he has something that Texans believe in. When you
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  Speaker 2: look at Tallarico, he has missed over seven hundred votes
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  Speaker 2: when he was in office. And he also believes that
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  Speaker 2: God is non binary. He believes that transgender's children should
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  Speaker 2: have rights to abortion. And so this is something that
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  Speaker 2: is not Texan. You can have all the money in
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  Speaker 2: the world, but in Texas, it doesn't matter for Texans.
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  Speaker 2: It's what are you going to do for Texas? And A. G.
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  Speaker 2: Paxson has proven over and over and over again that
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  Speaker 2: he fights for us, and he fights for this state.
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  Speaker 2: So there's no way that I feel that money has
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  Speaker 2: anything to do with this is the fact that the
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  Speaker 2: man works for Texas.
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  Speaker 1: At about this time yesterday, we were speaking with the
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  Speaker 1: Democratic Party chair for the state of Texas, and one
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  Speaker 1: thing or a few things he noted was that the
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  Speaker 1: generational shift happening politically across the country, with younger voters
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  Speaker 1: wanting something different from incumbents, and that Hispanic Texans are
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  Speaker 1: receiving a lot of outreach from Democrats. So from your
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  Speaker 1: point of view, what are Republicans doing to reach out
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  Speaker 1: to Hispanic Texans and what do you make of the
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  Speaker 1: Democratic shift the generational shift argument.
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  Speaker 2: I should say, well, the generational shift is actually on
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  Speaker 2: our side. We have more young people coming to the
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  Speaker 2: Republican Party. We also one of the things that I
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  Speaker 2: want to do as Cheer is I am bringing more
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  Speaker 2: and more young Republicans into the fold because they energize
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  Speaker 2: us some of us that have been at this for
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  Speaker 2: a long time and they have a lot to offer.
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  Speaker 2: And so I'm excited by all the numbers that I've seen,
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  Speaker 2: especially in South Texas. South Texas has an energy because
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  Speaker 2: they have found a newfound freedom in the Republican Party.
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  Speaker 2: They know that we stand for babies, we stand for jobs,
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  Speaker 2: We stand for God not to be mocked. We stand
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  Speaker 2: for girls to have rights to sports and have their
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  Speaker 2: talents recognized. We are not for oppressing women in any
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  Speaker 2: religion at all, and we are the party that is
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  Speaker 2: for individuals. They keep gearing towards socialism, and that is
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  Speaker 2: something that if you just look at Cuba, you look
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  Speaker 2: at Venezuela, there's never been a country and not that
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  Speaker 2: we're going to do it better because we can't. Socialism
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  Speaker 2: is not for people to be equal. Capitalism is, and
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  Speaker 2: if you work hard enough, you can make it anywhere
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  Speaker 2: in America, but in socialism it's not the case. And
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  Speaker 2: what I love to do is do a GoFundMe for
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  Speaker 2: them to live in another country that is under socialist rule,
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  Speaker 2: and then maybe we can take them back if they
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  Speaker 2: show that they want freedom. And that's what we offer
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  Speaker 2: here in America, and that's not what the Democrats are.
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  Speaker 1: It's a creative idea. Derinda Randall, we appreciate you joining
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  Speaker 1: us this Wednesday early there in Austin, Texas, six forty
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  Speaker 1: in the morning, and thanks so much for joining our
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  Speaker 1: show