President Trump’s Nebraska Rally and the Fight Against Socialism

0:00 Speaker 1 Calling in right now is Congressman Adrian Smith, and he serves in Congress in Nebraska in the 3rd Congressional District since 2007. And I’ll tell you, you look like you’re too young to be there since 2007.

0:21 Speaker 2 Things move quickly. Let me tell you, things change all the time, but I’ve seen a few elections now, and this current election, there’s probably been no brighter contrast, more stark contrast among candidates across America. So obviously, the mayor of New York leads the way for the socialists, and America is paying attention.

0:43 Speaker 1 And Nebraska, give us the pulse of the situation. What is going on in Nebraska?

0:50 Speaker 2 Well, in Nebraska, we have Democrats running as independents, saying that they’re nonpartisan which I think is fraudulent to say that. I mean, their policies, their donors, I mean, are actually pretty extreme left, not just a little bit. The independent for Senate in Nebraska, he shares the same consultant that the former candidate in Maine had, Graham Platner, that shows

1:23 you what the mindset is there on the left.

1:27 Speaker 1 Understood. And I understand President Trump was there last week?

1:32 Speaker 2 President Trump came last week. Man, the house was rocking there. At the state fairgrounds in Nebraska, in my district, in Grand Island, Nebraska, thousands came. There were many folks who were turned away because there wasn’t enough room, so there was overflow facility next door. But it was a great event.

1:52 with the president obviously drawing the crowd and getting folks out to vote, inspiring them to get their friends to show up as well.

2:02 Speaker 1 And Nebraska, a lot of people don’t know much about it. Is it mostly a red state, mostly a purple state, or mostly a blue state?

2:14 Speaker 2 Well, we’re a Republican state. We’ve had statewide Democrat elected officials not that long ago. And so we want to stay on top of this. We’ve got our great Senator Pete Ricketts, who’s working hard and has been working hard.

2:30 He’s a two-term governor.

2:31 Speaker 1 I just gave him a contribution, and I understand his father is worth more money than I am.

2:36 Speaker 2 Well, the Ricketts family has been very successful, and I celebrate that. I think they have shown the American dream in ways that– uh it’s pretty amazing how how far they have come but i i look at pete ricketts his service as governor of helping people get up on their feet having been down i look at his his

2:59 ability to serve in the senate having having been governor so when we talk about you know food stamps and snap benefits and how we can most effectively help people in need he’s got a good record.

3:10 Speaker 1 Understood um What are you spending most of your time on? I understand you’re going to trying to help other candidates in many states. Right.

3:20 Speaker 2 I’m traveling to other districts, helping candidates and colleagues, certainly my own district. I have 80 counties in my own district. It’s a very rural district, one of the most rural in the whole country. And so meeting folks where they are across my district is always important. So when we’re not in session in Washington, I’m generally somewhere around Nebraska.

3:40 And right now I’m in Nebraska and other places. to help my colleagues and candidates so we can help keep the majority.

3:47 Speaker 1 Well, we’ve got only a few weeks left before the election, and you have to fight hard, and God bless America. And you know what we want? We don’t want socialism to take over America. And are you getting that message through to the American people?

4:04 Speaker 2 Absolutely. I told our state Republican convention, I talked about the so-called warmth of collectivism versus rugged individualism. Let me tell you that the good parts of America have come about because of rugged individualism, not because of the warmth of collectivism, but individuals actually stepping up then in charitable ways to help people in need as well.

4:26 Speaker 1 Now, former Vice President Pence was sitting there a few weeks ago, and you know what he says? And he’s communicating that to all Americans. The Republicans might not be 100% right, but the Democrats have completely lost their mind.

4:41 That’s right. So that’s the message. And that happened in 1984 when the Republicans won 49 states and they only lost the 50th state by 11,000 votes. Right. So that reminds us that the socialists have to be taught that America is America, not going to be converted to socialism.

5:03 Speaker 2 That’s right. You know, America is a big country and there’s, you know, many diverse opinions out there. But I told the group before President Trump came on stage I said, I thought we already defeated socialism, and here we are having to fight back even more now. I thought the evidence was already very clear that socialism has failed, has

5:24 hurt people, especially hurt people the most in need. And America is, I think, better than that. But we have to get out there, remind folks to come to the polls, show up, and save our country.

5:38 Speaker 1 Well, thank you for what you do, and God bless America. Thank you.