Friedberg: Fox News poll shows Republican support for capitalism dropped to 61%
“July, twenty-twenty-six, Fox News poll found that 61% of Republicans view capitalism favorably down from 72% In 2019, while the share who feels strongly favorable has fallen from 54 to 41%, the share who say the system is rigged towards the wealthy has climbed…”
McCormick: Republicans need a strong Democratic Party to keep them honest
“Ironically, the best thing we want if we're Republicans is a strong Democratic Party that keeps Us honest and keeps us in check with good ideas, and that's not happening”
Marc Benioff states he is neither a Democrat nor a Republican
“I'm not a Democrat or Republican. I am an American.”
Fetterman says Republicans and MAGA supporters are not Nazis or fascists
“They're not Nazis. They're not fascists. They're not trying to destroy our country.”
Chamath: Anthropic lost Republicans and will lose progressive Democrats too
“It's clear that Anthropic just lost all the Republicans, but I think that if they think that they have the Democrats, that's fleeting as well, because I think progressive Democrats Fundamentally just hate Silicon Valley and technology. And so there's no way th…”
Clegg: Partisan disagreement on state preemption stalled tech regulation, not lobbying
“I often found that the reasons why there was no consensus across, across the aisle on issues had less to do with who's gone on their fishing retreat or their golf weekend, but more to do with deep differences between Republicans, Democrats on state preemption,…”
Palihapitiya: Republicans must navigate housing affordability to win midterms
“I think that this is the keystone topic that has to be navigated correctly for the Republicans to win the midterms.”
Sacks: Socialists will take over in three years without Republican results
“Otherwise these socialists are going to take over in three years.”
Buttigieg: Tech leaders supported Republicans over short-term financial interests
“Many of them feel their short-term business interests or personal financial interests are better served by Republicans.”
Calacanis: Democrats will shellack Republicans in midterms if tactics continue
“The Democrats are going to shellack the Republicans in the midterms if this continues.”
Friedberg: Republicans likely won't limit executive emergency powers under Trump
“Depending on what the Supreme Court does or doesn't do, I think it is going to catalyze a legislative push, and the Republicans are likely not going to embrace it, this presidency or this term, because President Trump is in office.”
Schmitt: 18 to 24 Year Olds Vote Republican More Than Past Generations
“And I also think you'd look at younger voters right now, especially, you know, 18 to 24 year olds who live through these dark, crazy times. They're, I mean, they're the most conservative, or they vote Republican more than any generation previous to them, becau…”
Calacanis: Republicans permitted mass immigration to secure cheap labor
“Our government allowed millions of people here, and the Republicans did this specifically in order to get cheap labor.”
Sacks: Republicans commit political suicide if they fail to pass reconciliation bill
“I think that Republicans would be committing political suicide if they don't.”
Sen. Johnson: Republicans risk losing House and Senate by ignoring spending
“Listen, I'm not, I don't discount the fact that we may lose the House, we may lose the Senate, but I would say we do that because we're not solving these problems. We're going to be looked at as unserious.”
Means: Both parties will compete over who is more MAHA in 2028
“If those voters can help Republicans, which is my hope in the midterms, I think you have 2028 where both sides are basically arguing who's more maha, which I think is a positive thing.”
Josephs: Autopilot is bipartisan and targets more Republicans than Democrats
“We are very bipartisan. We call out more Republicans probably than Democrats, but we just have the Pelosi tracker name.”
Johnson: 90% of tax credit projects sit in Republican-held congressional districts
“People are looking at 90% of projects with, that are benefiting from the credits being in districts that are represented by Republicans.”
Andrew Schulz: Republicans message far better than Democrats due to clearer slogans
“I think this is what Republicans are doing way better than Democrats right now is like Democrats don't have build the wall. They don't have slogans. They don't have things that immediately tap into like core emotional feeling”
Shah: Republicans will pass Trump tax cuts bill and flip five Democrats
“Like, if you think that the Republicans on the Hill are not going to pass a bill that actually extends the Trump tax cuts, like, you're nuts. And if you think that it's not going to be super easy to peel off five Democrats to vote for it, Just by giving them, …”
Dalio: US is financially better off under Trump than Biden
“Yes, I do believe we are in the financial context, because in terms of profitability and the likelihood of cutting, I think the Republicans are probably more likely to make these moves than the Democrats, but you also have to take into consideration the impact…”
Cruz: All Democrats and half of Republicans vote for major spending bills
“On any big spending bill, you unfortunately have a bipartisan coalition in favor of spending. You have essentially all the Democrats and about half the Republicans.”
Coogan: Derek Guy is a left-wing political project
“There's a huge market for the conservative menswear guy. Cause the current menswear guy, Derek is like, He only targets Republicans and he's just clearly very left-wing. He's like more of a political project than like actually.”
Scheyder: Republicans view critical minerals as national security, Democrats as climate
“I think Republicans and Democrats look at the critical minerals issue with the same end goal in mind, but they sort of take two different paths to get there. Republicans tend to look at this issue from a national security lens. Democrats tend to try to look at…”
Sacks: Republicans could maintain an electoral majority long-term
“If those people stay in control, I think that the Republicans could have an electoral majority as far as the eye can see.”
Don Jr.: Only 4 of 100,000 Republicans surveyed named Ukraine top issue
“And since the Ukraine war broke out, I've surveyed Republicans when I speak. If it's 500 people here, 5000 people there you know, I've surveyed over a 100,000 people live in real time where I'll give them the mic. And so far of about a 100,000, maybe a little …”
Sacks: Republican early voting in Pennsylvania is up 500,000 over 2020
“It looks like the early voting in Pennsylvania is trending 500,000 votes better For Republicans in the early voting than four years ago.”
Lonsdale: 80% of Republicans sympathize with Israel, versus 35% of Democrats
“In the latest Gallup polling, I don't know if you saw, 35% of Democrats sympathize with Israel, 43% sympathize with the Palestinians. Meanwhile, 80% of Republicans sympathize with Israel.”
Galloway: Mobile phone voting will not happen because higher turnout favors Democrats
“Voting on phones. But it's not gonna happen because it would be detrimental. It would benefit Democrats. Because when the number of people voting goes up, it's good for Democratic candidates, and the number of people going, voting goes down, it's good for Repu…”
Mearsheimer: Republicans and Democrats are foreign policy 'Tweedledee and Tweedledum'
“No, I like to refer to the Republicans and the Democrats as Tweedledee and Tweedledum. There's hardly any difference.”
Megyn Kelly reveals she voted Democrat four times and Republican four times
“I'm a registered independent. I voted in eight presidential elections. I voted Democrat four times and Republican four.”
Vance: Low GDP growth drives political dysfunction in the US
“When the economy is growing four, five, six percent a year, then Democrats can kind of get what they want, Republicans can kind of get what they want, and it all makes sense. If the economy is growing between zero and one percent a year, then I think it makes …”
Sacks predicts Republicans will support breaking up Google
“And I think Republicans will be on board with that because frankly, Google's a threat to democracy.”
Raskin: Democrats overestimate Republican anti-Muslim sentiment by 70 points
“If you ask Democrats what percentage of Republicans think all Muslims are bad, Democrats will estimate it's like 85%, but if you actually ask Republicans, it's less than 15%,”
Sacks: Expanding Supreme Court seats will trigger escalating court-packing by Republicans
“You try to increase that to 13, then the next time the Republicans have control, they're going to increase it to 15 or 21 or whatever, and pretty soon we're going to have a hundred justices on the court.”
Domenech: Universal permitting reform benefits clean energy innovators most
“Republicans approach permitting as a, this should be across the board and fair for everyone. I say this as the person who negotiated the last permitting deal. We want to make this the most fair environment for every person who wants to build in America, which …”
Chamath: Republican administration will not significantly reopen big tech M&A
“I think the Democrats and the Republicans are really well aligned here. They don't like deals, and I don't think you're going to see a big sea change. They hate big tech for different reasons, but they equally want to slow them down.”
Dixon: Crypto regulatory impact depends on agency appointments over political party
“I think that, like, generally Trump, I don't know, but like Republicans tend to skew more, you know, kind of pro-business, and so there's some, but it ultimately really comes down to the specific people they choose to run these agencies.”
Sacks: Repealing Section 230 will backfire on Republicans
“My point is, I think Republicans at the end of the day are going to regret that, because if you remove Section two 30, it's going to open up this flood of litigation.”
Chamath: Good chance Republicans force temporary budget cuts in upcoming shutdown
“There's a good chance that Will, the Republicans will force some momentary temporary budget cuts in this next couple of weeks shutdown.”
Sacks: Republicans will keep losing elections while abortion remains a key issue
“And as long as that issue is in the forefront, Republicans are going to lose.”
Friedberg: Hispanic voters shift Republican over immigration process fairness
“What you're saying is exactly why the Hispanic population, the Hispanic citizens of the United States are increasingly voting Republican.”
Calacanis: Republican support for US aid to Ukraine is falling rapidly
“The neocons and Republicans are dropping their support for this at a pretty precipitous rate, which is predictable.”
Lacey: Texas leads the US in wind and solar under 20-year GOP control
“Texas is a state where Republicans dominate every part of government. The governor's office, secretary of state, attorney general, both legislative chambers. It's been that way for two decades. It also happens to be a state with the most wind and utility scale…”
VandeHei: First to report Republican secret basement meetings regarding Clinton impeachment
“I was the first person back then to report that Republicans were meeting secretly in the basement. And trying of the capital and trying to move money from a slush fund to lay the groundwork to impeach Clinton.”
Sacks predicts any Republican proposing entitlement reform will unequivocally lose
“Any smart Republican is going to take entitlement reform off the table because it is a total third rail. And they will lose.”
Calacanis supports Republicans voting no on raising the US debt ceiling
“Yeah, I actually do. I think we should start pumping the brakes on spending, and I do think the Tea Party, now that doesn't mean I like those candidates, they're kind of whack jobs, actually.”
Yang: Two-thirds of young Americans do not identify with major parties
“Two-thirds of young people don't consider themselves either Republicans or Democrats.”
Sacks: Republicans will lose elections if they insist on total abortion bans
“I don't think, you know, banning abortion entirely a total abolition is going to work for this country. I think Republicans will lose elections if they insist on that.”
Balaji: 96% of Democrats marry within their own political party
“One way of thinking about it is something like 96% of Democrats marry other Democrats. Only four percent marry Republicans, ok?”
Sacks: Republicans will lose 2022 Georgia runoff if Trump antics continue
“I think we're going to lose the Georgia runoff again if Trump continues with these antics.”
Kosloff: Blake Masters Softened Abortion Platform With Zero Conservative Backlash
“Blake Masters in June deletes pretty extreme abortion language from his website just instantly. And other than a few random Twitter users, there's zero backlash on the right.”
Enjeti predicts Republicans will win exactly 53 Senate seats in 2022
“It's easy. 53 seats in the Senate for Republicans. I think they sweep and win every single contestable one, including the Nevada.”
Sacks: Congressional Republicans will focus on investigations rather than legislation
“The other thing that's going to happen is Republicans may not be able to pass much legislation, but they're going to be able to do investigations.”
Sacks: Republican support for CHIPS and infrastructure enabled the Inflation Reduction Act
“Basically the Republicans foolishly Went along with infrastructure and with the CHIPS Act, they should have forced Biden to use up reconciliation on one of those bills, and then they wouldn't have been able to get through the seven hundred fifty billion inflat…”
Sacks: Republicans will likely win the House in 2022 midterms
“I think what's likely to happen in November is still that the Republicans win one of the chambers, probably the house.”
Sacks: Republicans will win control of the House
“Well, the Republicans are going to win the house at least.”
Sacks: Republicans only emphasize spending discipline under Democratic presidents
“For sure, and Republicans only seem to find their principles on spending when there's a Democrat in the White House.”
Sacks: Democrats now represent professional elites while Republicans become populist working-class
“Historically the Democrats were the party of the working class. They are now much more the party of the professional class. And they buy into the belief set of sort of the college educated, the, you know, the, those sort of, you call it the woke sensibility. A…”
Chamath: Republicans will fail on gun policy due to constitutional absolutism
“The Republicans will not make any progress because they become sort of very binary, adamant absolutists about constitutional rights and the interpretation of that right in a very specific way.”