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Brian talks to Donovan O'Neil 5/6/2026 · Brian Thomas

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  Speaker 1: Seven thirty one if you have KRCD talk station. Time
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  Speaker 1: to get people motivated to help out and make sure
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  Speaker 1: that we have a huge turnout that will be we
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  Speaker 1: on the conservative side of the Ledger this November. Welcome
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  Speaker 1: back from Americans for Prosperity, Donovan and Neil. Great to
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  Speaker 1: have you back in on as it always is.
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  Speaker 2: Donovan, Brian, always a pleasure to be with you.
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  Speaker 1: I had Alex chruncefiel on earlier from the High Republican Chair,
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  Speaker 1: as you know, and he let it slip or actually
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  Speaker 1: set out loud. I don't think he's let it slip
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  Speaker 1: that you've got metrics, you've got lists or their Publican
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  Speaker 1: party anyway does and they know where people are who
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  Speaker 1: are registered to vote that simply just don't go out
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  Speaker 1: and vote, so they can go to that address and say, hey,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, you know, maybe November is the time
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  Speaker 1: you might want to take advantage of your registration and
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  Speaker 1: go out and cast a vote. So do you have
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  Speaker 1: that list or something like that at AFP Donovan O.
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  Speaker 2: Neil, Well, yeah, all of that's available through the Secretary
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  Speaker 2: of State's office. I mean, I know who you vote for, right,
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  Speaker 2: but they know it's public record, who is right to
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  Speaker 2: vote and how often we vote. But we go, we
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  Speaker 2: go actually a level deeper than that, Brian, you know
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  Speaker 2: through the work that we do, the continual I mean
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  Speaker 2: we knocked doors twenty four to seven, three sixty five,
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  Speaker 2: and that helps us build profiles on voters, types of voters,
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  Speaker 2: constituency blocks, and so all of that data helps power
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  Speaker 2: the grassroots work that we do. And so when you
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  Speaker 2: volunteer with us, for instance, quick shameless plug for us
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  Speaker 2: here right, what you're doing is you're volunteering with a
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  Speaker 2: team that has some of the best data in the business.
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  Speaker 2: So when you go and talk to a voter, it's
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  Speaker 2: highly targeted, highly focused to what we believe is going
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  Speaker 2: to help, you know, persuade that voter and help connect
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  Speaker 2: them to the importance of this upcoming election. It's all
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  Speaker 2: about getting the vote turned out though.
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  Speaker 1: It is and for those who might be reluctant to
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  Speaker 1: help out and become a citizen advocate, as AFP action
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  Speaker 1: dot com allows everyone to easily do. I think, you know,
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  Speaker 1: especially in these trying times where everyone is angry, like
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  Speaker 1: perpetually angry, and that they might not want to get
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  Speaker 1: they might not want to knock on a door for
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  Speaker 1: fear they're gonna end up in some shouting match with someone.
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  Speaker 1: I just give people some context. How often would something
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  Speaker 1: like that happen or how often in your experience in
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  Speaker 1: your door knocking campaigns, which have been going on forever, Donovan,
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  Speaker 1: do you really ever encounter many people like that? Or
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  Speaker 1: is it a challenge to deal with people like that.
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  Speaker 2: I'll be straight with you. I've been knocking doors for
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  Speaker 2: over twenty years for various campaigns, presidential, non presidential elections.
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  Speaker 2: Knocked about one thousand doors myself in this primary election
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  Speaker 2: for our endorsed candidates, and we'll knock a lot between
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  Speaker 2: now in November. I'll tell you what, in an election,
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  Speaker 2: one or two out of the thousands of doors that
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  Speaker 2: I knock do I have somebody who says I don't
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  Speaker 2: want it, get off my porch and don't come back again.
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  Speaker 2: And it's not even ever that aggressive, Brian. But the
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  Speaker 2: reality is most people actually appreciate when we come to
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  Speaker 2: their door, knock on it, smiling doorhannger in hand and
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  Speaker 2: say hey, my name's Donovan with Americans Prosperity. We're just
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  Speaker 2: letting you know about the upcoming election and some candidates
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  Speaker 2: you might be interested in have a moment to talk
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  Speaker 2: with me. More often than not, brand they say yes, Actually,
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  Speaker 2: I've seen the mail, and I've had these questions. I've
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  Speaker 2: wondered about this. The door to door works, and I
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  Speaker 2: think it really breaks through that political frustration that social
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  Speaker 2: media perpetuates, or other forms of political campaigning perpetuate. Door
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  Speaker 2: to door campaigning by and large, head and shoulders above
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  Speaker 2: all the other tactics, and really kind of can help
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  Speaker 2: instill some faith in our political process. Well we go
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  Speaker 2: out and do it.
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  Speaker 1: Which, since you're interacting with real human beings on a
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  Speaker 1: very very large scale, it suggests that that anger and
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  Speaker 1: that vitriol on social media represents only a small section
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  Speaker 1: of humanity. So maybe the message that we're getting is
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  Speaker 1: in fact some sort of like a lie.
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  Speaker 2: Well yeah, I mean I think, you know, whenever anybody
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  Speaker 2: has the anonymity of social media, even when it's your
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  Speaker 2: own Facebook with your picture, you with your kids, there's
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  Speaker 2: still something distant, right. But it's different when you're actually,
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  Speaker 2: you know, knocking on someone's doors having a conversation to
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  Speaker 2: ohiolence two Americans, even if you walk on I've had
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  Speaker 2: situations in primaries. We just came out of the primary
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  Speaker 2: yesterday right where I walked to a door and they've
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  Speaker 2: got the opponent's sign in the yard, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's still a cordial conversation between two conservatives who both
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  Speaker 2: want the best for the state. We may not see
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  Speaker 2: eye to eye on who the best candidate is to
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  Speaker 2: achieve that, but I'll tell you what those are actually
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  Speaker 2: some of the most productive I feel like conversations because
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  Speaker 2: they're engaged. Right They've put the sign in the yard,
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  Speaker 2: They've done their research and found their candidate, and they
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  Speaker 2: know that I'm out there advocating for mine. I think
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  Speaker 2: it's good, it's healthy, and more often than not, it's
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  Speaker 2: it is it is a positive experience. Then I think
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  Speaker 2: everybody who believes that in this country ought to take.
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  Speaker 1: Part in donal when any Americans were prosperity A call
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  Speaker 1: for action today with my listening audience.
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  Speaker 2: Well, primary is over, but that doesn't mean this election
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  Speaker 2: is one. We've got November. Go to AFP action dot com.
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  Speaker 2: Let's get in the fight for Senator John Houston. We
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  Speaker 2: got to send Shery Brown back into retire one more time.
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  Speaker 1: Americans for Prosperity makes it so easy for you to
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  Speaker 1: help out a little bit, a whole lot, whatever you
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  Speaker 1: want to do. If you help out, obviously we're going
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  Speaker 1: to go to November with a better advantage. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: Donovan and Neil each a week coming on the program,
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  Speaker 1: and I appreciate what you and AFI are doing throughout
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  Speaker 1: the year. We'll have you back on next week and
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  Speaker 1: get an update.
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  Speaker 2: Sounds good.
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  Speaker 1: Take care, Brian, thanks my friends, stick around Claimant County
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  Speaker 1: Veteran Services next