OKAY.

HEATHER, THANKS.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THE PROGRAM.

BUT FIRST I'M AND EVENT.

OKAY.

SHE'S BEEN INSIDE MILWAUKEE'S FISERV FORUM THIS EVENING.

AMANDA JOINS US NOW WITH THE ILLINOIS HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER AMANDA, YES, THANKS SO MUCH TO TONY MCCOMBE FOR JOINING US YOU AS EVERYONE IN THIS ARENA HAS JUST HEARD FROM JD VANCE WHO IS IN THE POTENTIAL TO RISE FROM US SEN VICE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES.

WHAT DID YOU HEAR FROM HIM THAT YOU LIKED IT WAS VERY EXCITING.

I HEARD OBVIOUSLY UNITY.

SOUNDS LIKE HE IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CONNECTION BEING FROM THE MIDWEST.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT.

I ROOTS IS LIKE A LOT OF US.

SO THAT WAS EXCITING.

THAT IS TO YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS TIME WHERE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS THAT I TALKED REALLY FEEL MOMENTUM THAT TRUMP IS RISING.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU HIM DOING FOR ILLINOIS OR IS HE A DRAG ON THE TICKET, PARTICULARLY I THINK I THINK BOTH BIDEN AND TRUMP HAVE BEEN IN THE HAVE BEEN A DRAG ON THE SUBURBS FOR SURE IN ILLINOIS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE RIGHT NOW.

I THINK BECAUSE OF OUR ECONOMY IS SO TANKED AND THAT THAT HAS TO BE THE THE BLAME TO BIDEN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HE'S OUR PRESIDENT IS HE'S OUR LEADER.

SO I DON'T SEE THAT NOW.

I THINK BOTH THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE HAVE SOME ISSUES AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET.

SO IN ILLINOIS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO TRY TO REALLY REACH OUT TO THOSE SUBURBAN VOTERS?

AND WHAT DISTRICTS ARE YOU PLAYING IT IN THE BUT I THINK THAT JUST HAVE TO GET THEM SHOWING THAT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS IS, IS IS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE GROCERY STORE WHICH WAS GOING ON AT THE GAS.

YOU KNOW, THE GAS COM.

AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE.

IT'S THEY SEE I DON'T I DON'T HAVE TO PUSH THAT ON THAT.

IT'S REALLY WHAT'S GOING ON EVERY DAY WITH SO THAT'S THAT'S ISSUE THAT DISTRICTS WERE PLAYING IS OBVIOUSLY THE OPEN SEAT.

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THAT'S THAT.

THAT'S OBVIOUSLY 1, THAT WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN NOW IS IN MADISON COUNTY WITH THAT THIS BILL THAT CAME FORWARD WITH KATIE STEWART, A DISTRICT WITH JAKE, EVEN COMING FORWARD.

THAT COULD BE ONE THAT'S VERY INTERESTING IN THAT WE HAVE A FEW AND THAT'S EVER THAT WE ARE GOING TO YOU KNOW, WE TALKED EARLIER TODAY ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE HAD BEING IN THE SUPER MINORITY.

EXPLAIN WHAT THAT LIKE.

YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ABLE TO GET YOUR POSITION ACROSS EVER.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THEY ALWAYS SAY HOW ARE YOU RELEVANT?

UNITE YEAR AND THE SUPER 40 OUT OF 118 FEET.

BUT I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME WHERE THE ALL THE CAUCUS THAT REPRESENTS ALL 102 COUNTIES AND WE ARE ABLE TO STOP BAD LEGISLATION.

A LOT OF TIMES THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE THROUGH THE RULES THAT THEY HAVE ROB FORWARD.

SO, YEAH, WE'RE DEFINITELY WE HAVE A GREAT CAUCUS.

WE HAVE MEMBERS THAT DOCTORS, LAWYERS, TEACHERS, EVERY WE HAVE A THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, IT IS SOMETHING OF COURSE, HAS BEEN A THEME OF THE WEEK HERE AT THE CONVENTION, AS WELL AS THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION HAS BEEN BUT THERE'S ALSO THIS UNDERLYING THEME, THIS TENSION THAT HAS LONG BEEN PROPERTY IN STATE PARTY DIVISION.

WE SAW THAT WITH ON CRAZY, REALLY ESSENTIALLY BEING FORCED OUT SO WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY RIGHT NOW, THOSE QUOTE, UNQUOTE, GRASSROOTS FOLKS AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE.

YEAH.

JUST WE HAD THAT THEIR DELEGATION BREAKFAST AND KATHY SAUDI WHO IS NOW GOING TO LEADING ARE STARTING ILLINOIS GOP SHE STARTED.

SHE HAD A GREAT START TO THE DAY AND WE LOOK REALLY FOR HER BRINGING THE PARTY TOGETHER.

AND HOW CAN SHE DO THAT, SHE'S GOING TO WORK OR TAIL YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T DO IT BETTER.

AND THAT'S WHAT I MEANT ABOUT.

NOT JUST THEIR WORK JUST GOING TO TRAVEL THE STATE.

SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING AND HERE'S THE REPUBLICANS REPUBLICANS IN GENERAL JD VANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES, BUT WE WE CAN COME TOGETHER.

WE WILL COME TOGETHER AND THAT WILL HAPPEN IN ILLINOIS AND HAS HAPPENED.

I THINK I HAVE A VERY DIVERSE CAUCUS BOARDING AND WE PULLED IT ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND LET YOU ENJOY THE REST OF THE EVENING.

AS WE'VE GOTTEN AS MUSIC AIRING ON.

YEAH, YOU SO