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Joe Gruters RNC Chairman

The GOP’s 2026 Agenda and the Battle Over America’s Political Direction

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Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters gives John Catsimatidis a read on the Nov. 3 midterm election with about seven weeks to go. He describes the contest as a fight between common-sense candidates and what he calls radical leftists, credits President Trump with working for American workers, and urges listeners to volunteer or donate through GOP.com.

Key takeaways

  • Gruters said Republicans nationwide are in “the battle now for the soul of the country.”
  • He said the DSA has elected over 40 federal candidates and is taking over the Democratic Party.
  • Gruters contrasted the Trump record with 9% inflation and $5 gas under President Biden.
  • He asked listeners to give “time or treasure” through GOP.com and local county parties.

In their words

“If America goes, the whole world is going. We have to save what makes our country so great.”

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“We can’t let these guys win. We have no option. We have to win.”

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“Like I always said, the communism utopia that they talk about doesn’t exist. It’s a trick.”

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Quotes are word for word from the automated transcript, uncorrected; the summary and takeaways are editorial.

Transcript

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Speaker 1 Sunday morning. With us today is the chairman of the GOP, Joe Grutter. And as Chairman Grutter, we talked on Friday. So many other things are going on. Give us an update. We’ve got only six, seven weeks left to the election on November 3rd. Give us the pulse of the situation again, and if Americans want to keep America America, what should

they be doing today?

Speaker 2 Working every single day to help elect like-minded, common-sense, reasonable candidates that believe that the American dream is alive and well, and it’s something that’s worthy of protecting. Right now, we have Republicans all across the country, not only in New York.

that are trying to fight for freedom and trying to fight for America in its common sense and mainstream versus these radical leftists that are all over the place. And we’re in the battle now for the soul of the country and of the world. If America goes, the whole world is going. We have to save what makes our

country so great. And I’m so thankful that we have a president that cares about and has empathy for the people and the American worker. Like I said on Thursday, this president has gone to bat for the American workers since day one. He genuinely cares and loves not only America, but all Americans. And he’s trying to make our lives better.

And he’s trying to even out the scales. And it’s not easy when you have these leftist radicals who are trying to change our country, and they’re trying to take over. And so what people could do is go to GOP.com, Give us your time or treasure. Go volunteer on a campaign.

Join the movement. Help play your part and do your role in helping save the country and what we love. We can’t let these guys win. We have no option. We have to win. That’s why we’re working around the clock to try to make sure that we have everything in place to make sure our guys and gals are

successful across the country.

Speaker 1 Mr. Chairman, this is what I tell all my Democratic friends. This is what I tell all my Republican friends. that we should all work together for a better America. And I tell my friends in the Democratic Party that you can’t allow the socialists to take over the Democratic Party.

And the only way you got to hand the socialists a big defeat this November by voting for the Republicans and tell them, we don’t want socialism. We want America to be America. What say you?

Speaker 2 Yeah, and it’s not just socialism, though. It’s extreme radical leftist policies. They believe in a communism utopia that everything, you know, it’s great until you run out of other people’s money. It just doesn’t work. I mean, we can and we have to do better Hopefully the messaging from the convention resonated with the American people that this president

has been working on behalf of the American people in trying to help ease the burden of everyday life. But we can’t go backwards. We can’t go back to the disastrous four years we had under Joe Biden with a 9% inflation with the $ 5 gas prices. This president understands what people are going through. He’s working it. hard every

day to make things more affordable. But he’s also, at the same time, trying to drive real wages up by bringing all these investments into America. He’s done an incredible job, but we have to be there and we have to send like-minded, common sense, reasonable people to Congress this November 3rd if we’re going to be able to continue this effort.

Speaker 1 Well, Thank you so much for coming on. Anything else you want to tell? We’ve got a million people listening right now. Well, you know, let’s put America together. I think that’s the key item to say.

Speaker 2 Yeah, listen, we’re in the fight for our lives. I mean, you don’t have to believe me. Believe what they say, what they want to do to America. They want open borders. They want to welcome that on the southern border. They want full amnesty. They want to defund the police. You know, this DSA crowd, the Democrat Socialist group, where they’ve elected

over 40 federal candidates, which are taking over the party, which makes sense because they have Bernie Sanders and AOC and Mondami leading the party. When you have leaders like that, you’re going to see real change. And then the change they want to see is bad for America. It’s bad for the American dream. It’s we we want borders. We

want a strong defense. We want safety in our communities. We want that. We want to make sure that the American dream and the capitalist system is still available. Like I always said, the communism utopia that they talk about doesn’t exist. It’s a trick. And all it will.

Speaker 1 Lead to is change our way of life.

Speaker 2 Yes, that’s it. They don’t want things like July 4th and Thanksgiving. I mean, they don’t want you to, I mean, really, they don’t want you to eat any meat. I mean, the craziest stuff come out of their campaigns. and their candidates.

It’s only the tip of the iceberg. We have to preserve the way of life that we love here in America. We have to continue to go out the bat for the American worker, which they’re not. And so we need everybody to come together. So please go out and help the cause. Give us your time or treasure. Go to GOP.com.

Get involved with your local candidates or your county parties. And let’s go out there and work to save the world. We could do it. I think in Butler, Pennsylvania, the president was saved. And I think he was saved for a reason. I think he was saved so he can come back and go to work and do what others

are unwilling to do. Mr.

Speaker 1 Chairman, I think in Butler, Pennsylvania, I think President Trump’s life was saved by God because I guess he has a mission to save America.

Speaker 2 100%. You’re exactly right.

Speaker 1 You know, people might not agree with him. People might not agree with him on everything. But you know what I tell all Americans? He loves America. And he wants to save America. He wants to save our way of life.

And the Democratic Socialists have lost their mind. And they’re trying to take all the rest of the common sense Democrats losing their mind. And the only way you could save America is by voting Republican this year.

Speaker 2 A hundred percent correct. We have to do it. Join our efforts. Let’s go out there and work for the average everyday American. We could do that together, but we need everybody’s help.

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