Capitol Report Full Broadcast (Nov. 1)

Good evening and welcome to the Capitol Report on Entity Television. I'm Steve Lance, and coming up, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump both campaigning in the state of Wisconsin tonight, this as they race to deliver their closing pitches to voters in battleground states. Entity's Jack Bradley and Iris Tao will bring us the latest. Arizona gaining over 63,000 citizens since 2020, and polls indicating the state may be a split ticket between the president and down ballot races. We'll discuss what it means for this election with Arizona State Senator Ken Bennett. And coming up, as election day draws near, how many undecided voters are still out there? We'll hear from some of the folks in the nation's capital. Back when we come back. This is Capitol Report, live from our global headquarters in our nation's capital. Here's Steve Lance. Meantime, the new jobs report is the latest topic of discussion in the heated race to the White House. Joining us now live is Entity's Iris Tao, who's at Trump's rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Good evening, Iris. With just four days left before election day, both Trump and Harris are campaigning here in Wisconsin as they're crisscrossing through key battleground states. Trump is set to take the stage right behind us here in Milwaukee at 8 p.m. local time and earlier in Michigan. Trump was urging people to vote, saying everything they've been fighting for for the past four years comes down to the next four days. This is the biggest game of all. This is a thousand times. You know what we're doing is a thousand times bigger than the Super Bowl. And both Trump and Harris are seeking to appeal to voters in the important so-called blue wall states, which include Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. These states are union and manufacturing heavy, and they used to be more reliably democratic until recent years. Trump is now seeking to recreate his success back in 2016, where he busted through these blue wall states and won all three of them. But recent polling has shown that both candidates are now razor thin in their margins. And now we talked to some voters earlier today at a polling location here in Milwaukee. We asked them about what issues they care about the most and how they predict how Wisconsin will vote. You know, border control is an issue. Women's right to choose is a very important issue. It was raised with them last time. I think it's going to be the same, go down to the wire again this time. Did I like how the last four years went? No, just in general. So I'm going to vote for a change. I do. I think it's similar to how it was eight years ago, where the conservative front is a little more stronger than it was four years ago. So that's the outcome I'm hoping for. Meanwhile, Trump is seizing on the latest jobs reports, which shows that only 12,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in October. That's significantly lower than the expected number of 120,000 jobs, and it's the lowest record in four years. And Trump has been blaming it on Kamala Harris's economic policies. And he also says that the U.S. manufacturing is in recession. The Biden White House is stressing that the latest lower-than-expected job growth stems from the fact that there were two hurricanes, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, as well as recent strike activities. And with just four days left before the election, Trump is full steam ahead on the campaign trail, holding three rallies on Saturday, three rallies on Sunday, and four rallies on Monday. Reporting from Milwaukee, Iris Hao, NKD News. Update about the lawsuit against Elon Musk's $1 million giveaways to swing state voters. A federal judge is sending the case back to a Pennsylvania court. The judge ruling today that Musk failed to identify any question of federal law that must be resolved. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner filed the lawsuit against Musk and his pro-Trump America PAC. The DA argued they're running an illegal lottery scheme to influence voters and asked a judge to stop it. The state-level judge put the lawsuit on hold yesterday because Musk filed a last-minute motion to move it to federal court. The case will now return to a Philadelphia court, but it likely will not be resolved until after Tuesday's election. Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in all seven swing states over the next few days, leading up to Tuesday. She was in Arizona and Nevada yesterday. Today, she's in the Midwest. And NTD's Washington correspondent Jack Bradley has the latest on her campaign. Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in the battleground state of Wisconsin today. She's making stops in Janesville at a union hall, and then Appleton for a Get Out the Vote community event, and then a rally in Milwaukee with the theme, When We Vote, We Win. She'll have many performances at her rally, and rapper Cardi B will be there, but only to give a speech. Now, yesterday, Harris held rallies in the swing states of Arizona and Nevada. In Reno, she promised a better economy. And at the top of my list is bringing down your cost of living. And support for abortion. When Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedom nationwide as president of the United States, I will proudly sign it into law. Harris said her opponent, former President Trump, would institute a national abortion ban if reelected, even though Trump said in recent weeks that he would veto a national abortion ban if it ever reached his desk. But during the rally in Reno, she was interrupted by several pro-Palestinian protesters, leading Harris to say that she's here to fight for democracy. You know what? Let me say something about this. We're here because we're fighting for a democracy, for example, of freedom of choice. Over in Las Vegas yesterday, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, who has Puerto Rican roots, vouched for Harris. It comes after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a floating aisle of garbage during a stand-up routine at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday. You can't even spell American without Rican. Vote on November 5th. Hinchcliffe has said that his joke was taken out of context and urged people to watch his entire routine, saying he made fun of everyone. Harris' campaign is really trying to stretch this Puerto Rico comment. Now, Harris' running mate, Governor Tim Walz, went as far as calling the comment dangerous at a campaign event in Erie, Pennsylvania yesterday. That was not just unnecessary. It was incredibly hurtful, and quite honestly, in a climate where rain can be dangerous. Now, while Harris is in Wisconsin, Walz is holding campaign events in Detroit and Traverse City, Michigan today, urging voters to get the vote out early and for the Democratic ticket up and down the ballot. Reporting from Washington, D.C., Jack Bradley, NTD News. With Election Day just a few days away, how many people out there are still undecided? NTD's Sam Wong went out to the National Mall to try to find out. Have you made up your mind in this election? I have. And tell us who you're voting for. I'm voting for Trump. Oh, yes. Anyone but Trump, I'm afraid to say, because Trump is such a divisive person. We're voting for Donald Trump. Just the economy was so much better when he was in control. Peace by strength. I have made up my mind in this election. I actually early voted for Kamala. Donald Trump, his policies, and his track record with the economy. I decide on Kamala. I'm a member of the union, so vote your job. I've decided I'm a Trump guy just for the economy and then also for being, I'm pro-life. There's things that she is doing that I'm not a fan of, and then there's things that I'm not a fan of him, but then there's things that I hear of him that could be great things. I'm torn. I'm really torn. I'm going to go for Kamala Harris. She's someone that I can look up to as an example of what it means to be a Black woman. She also went to Howard, so, you know, I go to Howard too. Kamala Harris. She everyone with respect and love everybody. That's all I got to say. Do you know anyone who is currently still undecided? I don't. I think everybody has made up their mind. Of my peer group, no. I'd say the vast majority of them have either voted or have planned to vote with a specific candidate in mind. No, everybody knows it's pretty set. It's a very divisive choice, one way or the other. There's not much in the middle. My father and some of my friends, I'm pretty sure. Some of them just don't care, and some do, so that's— Care to vote or? Care to vote. Honestly, yeah, they don't really care as long as the country's alive and not going to war. My brother might be, but he voted for Joe Biden last time, and I think he's maybe going to vote for Trump this time. Most people that I know are voting for Trump. And why do you think that is? They're wealthy. Business owners. Yeah, I think a lot of people in our age are probably undecided, or just don't care to vote. They feel like it doesn't matter. Everybody I know, my circle of friends, they all vote. And what's driving the turnout, do you think? I think there's a lot of unhappiness about the economy, the border wall, the general direction of the country. Recent polling averages show Trump leading Harris in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Nevada. Pennsylvania has 19 electoral votes, and Arizona has 11. Joining me now to discuss how recent changes in state law and the electorate could affect results coming in on election night is Republican Arizona State Senator Ken Bennett. Ken, great to have you with us. Thank you, Steve. Good to be with you. Arizona, obviously a very critical swing state this time around. Your state has gained over 62,000 naturalized citizens, legal citizens since 2020, who cite inflation, the economy, government leadership as their top issues. According to the National Partnership of New Americans, who polled this, what impact do you think this new part of your electorate is going to have on this election? Well, I think right now it's tipping a little bit towards Trump and Arizona. I don't think that this new 68,000 are all going one way or the other. I think it's just very, very close. And it's going to be 51-49 or 52-48. It's going to be two or three points. And I think the new voters coming in are equally split as well. Ken, a judge has ordered the release of a list of either 100,000 to 200,000 registered voters who may not have verified their citizenship. How might this affect Arizona's tight races, both locally and nationally? I don't think this group is going to make much difference because to win this group, you had to have had a driver's license issued to you by the state of Arizona before 1996. I actually may be in this group, but we don't know yet because the Secretary of State's office was ordered to release the list by Monday at noon, just before election day. So in 1996, the electorate of Arizona was even a little more heavily Republican. So, and the Supreme Court has already ruled that these somewhere between 98,000 and a little over 200,000 voters that are in this category are allowed to vote the full ballot, not just for the federal offices. So these are longtime Arizonans who had a driver's license before 1996, moved or did something that should have required them to show proof of citizenship after a law was passed in 2004 that kind of exempted everyone before 1996. But these are longtime Arizonans. I think the vast, vast majority were citizens then and still are, of course. So I don't think this group is going to make the difference. But it will be kind of an insightful release on Monday as to who's in this group, and I might be one of them. Ken, your state, Arizona, is home to roughly 400,000 Native Americans, very large Native American population. This demographic could be pivotal in this election. I want to play a clip and get your reaction. It's going to be a very close vote in Arizona. And I think the potential that Native people have in this election to change the outcome is going to be really interesting. I mean, if you think about 2020, where the state was carried by Joe Biden by only 10,000 votes, in that election, there was about maybe 60,000 Navajo Hopi voters. That goes to show and say, it says a lot about how powerful the Native vote will be in this. 400,000 is no small number, especially in a state that is decided by tens of thousands. What are the top concerns for Native Americans in your state? And whose policies do you think are resonating with them the most? Well, I think their concerns are the same as most other Arizonans. The economy, the border, safety, inflation. They want to be able to have hope and confidence that tomorrow or next week or next year is going to be a better situation for their families than it is right now or has been in the past. And so I think Vice President Harris is going to continue to have to battle against the kind of deterioration in some of those areas that has occurred. And we've had high inflation in Arizona. The border has allowed so many people to come through Arizona that it's not just a border issue. There's things going on, fentanyl and crime and everything statewide and even countrywide. So I think our Native American population has similar concerns to the rest of the population in Arizona and are pretty much equally divided. But as your numbers indicate, they clearly have enough numerically to make the difference. Ken, I want to talk to you about the issue of split ticket voting. I think for a lot of people that follow politics, it's somewhat fascinating and maybe perplexing at times. Right now, polling is suggesting that Trump may win your state of Arizona, while Republican Senate candidate Kerry Lake may lose, not polling quite as well. What factors do you think are driving voters to split their tickets? Well, I think there's the personality of each candidate. And Trump obviously has his persona and people understand the importance of the position of president. A Senate candidate is one out of 100, but one of our two. But I talked to quite a few Republicans who say, I'm voting for Trump, but I can't vote for Lake. And it's a variety of different reasons, but I think some of it has to do with some of the statements that she made back in 2022 and or early in this campaign that kind of offended maybe some of the McCain Republicans, the Jeff Flake Republicans, the mainstream Republicans that, again, when Republicans in Arizona only have about a three, three and a half percent Democrats, and there's as many independents, we're 34% Republican, 34% independent, and 31% Democrat. So with only a 3% edge, it doesn't take much for a Republican down ballot ticket. And I know the Senate's not very far down the ballot, but if you offend a few groups of Republicans that might otherwise be voting for Trump, but struggling with you, it doesn't take much to all of a sudden have a split result. Now, Senator Bennett, the issue of election integrity is very important to pretty much anybody that you talk to. Everybody has a different perception of what that actually means. There's a new state law in Arizona that's expected to delay results from Maricopa County's polling locations. Can you explain this law and why Republicans supported it? And will it fuel concerns over election integrity? Well, I'm not sure which law you're talking about. We passed some laws in the legislature the last two sessions, the last two years, to try to speed up the process. And I'm pleased that President Trump is now talking about encouraging his voters to vote early, either by mail or in person. The biggest thing that holds up Arizona results is voters who received their ballots sent to them by mail, but don't return it to the counties on Friday before the election today. And so if they drop those ballots off at the polls on election day, they're dropping them off in the envelopes where their signature is hidden underneath the seal or the flap. And those ballots don't even get processed for another day or two when the county can open them up, check the signatures and process the valid ones. In 2022, just the county of Maricopa, which is about over 60% of the state, the Phoenix area, they had 400,000 mail-in ballots that were dropped off by voters at the polls on election day, which meant that they weren't even able to begin addressing those ballots until Wednesday morning and probably get them into the system on Thursday or Friday. So hopefully with Trump now saying this time, vote early, instead of two years or four years ago, he was saying, don't vote early and, you know, vote at the polls. Hopefully we'll have fewer of those ballots dropped off at the polls and we'll get some results a little quicker. We get the results as quick as most other states, but because our margins are so tight, you know, they can announce the results of these high profile elections in Florida. As the Republicans are winning by 10, 15 points in Arizona, when you're only winning by one tenth of one percent, it delays the vote more than anything else. Just a quick follow-up, Senator. Do you fear, though, that the United States at large, by normalizing these delayed election results, while other countries like India, you know, I think they have 500 million voters, same-day results, France, same-day results, Taiwan, that these are, you know, kind of chewing away at the, you know, confidence in our election system? Unfortunately, it does have that effect, I think, but it's driven, for example, in Arizona, if somebody's, their mail-in signature doesn't, they've aged over the years and it's finally different than what their voter registration document showed 30, 40 years ago. We have a five-day cure period where any differences, differences in their address or signature, the voter has to be given, has to be contacted by the election department and given five days to come in and cure that. And again, when you have elections that are so evenly divided in Arizona, the race in 2020 was divided by just a little over 10,000 votes out of, I think, 3.4 million. And so when you have races that are being decided by so few votes, it's easy to have even five, 10, 20, 50,000 of these ballots that have to be cured over that five-day period. And when the races are that close, you can't really announce them until you've gone through every ballot. If Trump or Harris wins Arizona by five, eight, 10%, like, you know, they do in other red and blue states, we'll get Arizona results as quick as any other state. But what's driving the delay in Arizona is that we're so tight that the difference between the candidates is larger than, it's much smaller than the number of ballots that still have to be counted and cured. I see your point. You're saying that it's, because of that, it is too close to call early like the other states may be doing. Arizona State Senator Ken Bennett, appreciate you sharing your perspective with us. Thank you, Steve. And coming up, three bellwether House districts you'll want to keep an eye on next Tuesday and why they may predict the winner at the top of the ticket. And in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, voters are reportedly standing in long lines for hours to apply for and receive their mail-in ballots. What do those lines say about voter sentiment? Coming up, we'll speak with Democratic State Representative Jordan Harris about what he's seen on the ground. This historical election, you need the best political team. 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That battleground state's mail-in ballots are at the center of two pending lawsuits over state rules. Joining me now to discuss these rules and voter sentiment in his district is Democratic Pennsylvania State Representative Jordan Harris. Representative, thank you so much for joining us. Thanks for having me, Steve. Of course, Pennsylvania, obviously a critical swing state, the most critical some might argue. I want to play a couple of clips of voter sentiment from this week in Allentown and get your response. Oh, you can feel the groundswell and the importance right now of Pennsylvania. So both candidates obviously hitting it hard right now, but I think the enthusiasm is ratcheted up quite a bit from 2020, particularly in lieu of losing in 2020. So Republicans know they have to get it back, have to just get out the vote. Representative Harris, what are you seeing in terms of voter sentiment in your district of Philadelphia County and how is this enthusiasm possibly different from previous presidential elections? Well, there's a lot of energy in the streets in Philadelphia. Both campaigns have been sending surrogates all over the city of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well as the candidates themselves being here and on the ground. Throughout the city of Pennsylvania, there are 40,000 people door knocking and phone banking throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to get out the vote for election day. So there is a tremendous amount of energy in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from Erie, Pennsylvania, all the way to Philadelphia. Certainly sounds like it's going to be all about getting out the vote at this point. Trump is just barely leading according to the real clear politics average of recent polls, but it could go either way still. The economy, the border, abortion appear to be the top issues in battleground states. Do you get a sense that Pennsylvania is a microcosm of what the nation is feeling right now? I mean, absolutely. I think anybody who knows Pennsylvania knows that you have Philadelphia, you have Pittsburgh, and then you have the T in the middle that there are very, very diverse views on what's important. I think that's the same sentiment that you see around the country right now. I think the interesting part about Pennsylvania, though, is in the areas where you need to see extreme or high turnout, the issue of abortion is extremely important. Those collar counties in Pennsylvania, collar counties in Philadelphia, right outside of Philadelphia that we believe swept Joe Biden to victory in 2020, the issue of abortion and a woman's right to choose are at the top of folks' minds in those areas. So I think you see Pennsylvania very much looks like the rest of the nation, and you're going to see that, in my opinion, on Election Day, that it'll be very close in Pennsylvania like you'll see it in many other swing states across the nation. Now, all of us are going to be familiar with every county in Pennsylvania because we're hearing so much about each one of them. My next question is about Bucks County, Pennsylvania. That's where voters could apply for, receive, and vote and return a mail-in ballot, all in one spot, up until the end of the day today. A judge allowed it in response to a Republican lawsuit over long lines and voters being turned away. What kind of lines have you been seeing, and what is drawing people to line up for hours for this on-demand mail-in voting? Well, we've been advertising throughout the state and giving people the option that they don't have to wait for Election Day. I think a lot of people believe that voter turnout will be high on Election Day, and some folks just don't want to wait to have to wait in lines to vote. So many folks are using our mail-in ballot program. And what you've seen is that there have been long lines for people who are requesting a mail-in ballot, filling out that mail-in ballot, and dropping that mail-in ballot right there at their county board of election to ensure that their votes are counted. Some people don't want to put their mail-in ballot in the mail and have to wait. They want their vote counted right now so they can be sure that their vote is counted on Election Day. I think what you're seeing is people believe that this election is a pivotal election, that it's an election for the future of our democracy, and that they're willing to stand in line now to cast their mail-in ballot so that they can make sure that their vote is being counted. And just in moments ago, Pennsylvania's Supreme Court has ruled that if a voter's mail-in ballot has defects, they can cast a provisional ballot on Election Day. What is your reaction to this ruling? And what is your message to Pennsylvanians who are concerned about election integrity? Well, I think what the Supreme Court has recognized is that we need to do everything that we can to ensure that everybody who is eligible to vote, that everyone who's eligible to vote, should be able to vote. And that if a voter has made the effort through a mail-in ballot and has made some type of error, that we shouldn't just cast those votes to the side, but that we should give them an opportunity to vote provisionally on Election Day. Listen, we have not had real election concerns in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Our elections are safe. Our elections are secure. And what we should be doing, and I think this is why the Supreme Court erred on this side of caution, we should be insistent on making sure that every single person who's made an effort to count and have their voice counted in this election, that their voice is actually counted. Pennsylvania State Representative Jordan Harris, thank you for joining and sharing your perspective. Thank you for having me. The battle for the control of the House of Representatives likely will be determined by a handful of races. Our Washington correspondent, Luis Martinez, joins us from the Data Hub with the latest news on the congressional balance of power. Luis, there are 435 seats for elections in the House, and November 5th will be a long night. Which races should we be keeping a close eye on early on next Tuesday? That's right. November 5th will be a long day. And by the end of it, we most likely will not have a complete balance of power in the House of Representatives. But there are three House races that will be important bellwethers for that Tuesday, November 5th. Now let's look here at how these three races that I want to talk to you about fared in 2020 to the midterm elections. The first one that I want to talk about is Washington's 3rd District. In 2022 midterm elections, Marie Goulston Camperis defeated Republican Joe Kent by just 2,000 votes. And it's important this race because Joe Kent himself defeated during the primaries in 2022, Jamie Herrera, who was the congressman of Washington's 3rd District and was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump. So this race will be important to see how Trump being on the ballot in 2024 will influence this race that as of right now, the 2024 rematch between Marie Goulston Camperis and Joe Kent is at a statistical tie of 46%. So again, this race will be an important bellwether Tuesday, November 5th to see if Trump being on the ballot mobilizes Republican voters to give Joe Kent the upper hand in Washington's 3rd District, which he did not succeed in 2022. The other race that I want to talk to you about is Ohio's 13th District. So in 2022 midterm election, Amelia Sykes defeated her Republican rival by a healthy margin, by more than five points. But if we look at the polls right now, Amelia Sykes is facing a statistical tie of 49% in her district, defending her seat against the Republican contender Coughlin. So this is an important race because this is also a state that Ohio is leaning for former President Donald Trump in the presidential race, but leaning Democrat for Sherrod Brown in the senatorial race. So this House race might be a very good bellwether indicative for how the Senate race and presidential race in Ohio might go. And lastly, I want to talk about the results in Pennsylvania's 10th District. Back in 2022, we had Scott Perry firebrand from the House Freedom Caucus defeat the Democratic contender by a very healthy margin, more than seven points. But this year, 2024, Scott Perry has been behind in the polls for the past three months, most of them actually showing Scott Perry behind by up to nine points behind Janelle Stelz in the Democratic contender. Pennsylvania, we know, is a must win in most scenarios for the Harris-Walz ticket in the presidential race. So this House race, if Scott Perry manages to defend his seat in the House of Representatives, might be indicative of where Pennsylvania is swinging this general election. So again, three very important House races to look at. That's Washington's third district, Ohio's 13th district, and Pennsylvania's 10th district. Let's remember, Democrats only need to flip four seats in order to regain control of the House. Back to you. Coming up, eight million doors knocked on in battleground states to draw out the Christian vote. 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And be sure to tune into our election night coverage, and don't forget to vote. And welcome back to the Capitol Report. So why is voter enthusiasm down among Christian voters? And what impact is technology having on voters' opinions? We'll delve into these topics with Craig Huey, political and economic expert, best-selling author, and national TV commentator. Craig. Republicans are favored to win the Senate, and Democrats are favored to win the House, according to ratings and polling. With both chambers sitting at razor-thin margins for the past four years, congressional leaders are eager to beef up their majorities to shore up more legislative wins. Candidates and political groups have amassed billions of dollars to propel candidates to victory. The most expensive races are seats that both parties have a good chance of securing. Most of the money comes from outside political groups. In the Senate, Ohio is the most expensive, at $426 million spent in total. Democrats spent four times as much as Republicans to save longtime Democrat incumbent Sherrod Brown. Pennsylvania, coming in second, also has an endangered longtime Democrat, Senator Bob Casey. Over in the House, California's 45th district comes out on top at $42 million. Republicans spent more than twice as much as Democrats. The GOP is trying to hold onto a seat they barely flipped in 2022 by just 10,000 votes. New York is second, another seat the Republicans barely flipped in 2022 and are vying to preserve. Reporting from Washington, D.C., Melina Weiskup, NTD News. So why is voter enthusiasm down among Christian voters and what impact is technology having on their opinions? We'll delve into this with Craig Huey, political and economic expert, best-selling author, and national TV commentator. Craig, great to have you back on the program. And Craig is not with us right now. We're going to take a short break and we'll be back with you in just a moment. 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Craig, it's great to have you back on the program. Great, Steve. It's great to be back with you. Craig, we're at the final days leading into this historic election. An estimated 32 million Christian voters who regularly attend church, mind you, are unlikely to vote, not going to vote. Why is voter enthusiasm in this demographic down compared to 2020? Steve, that's a great question because, really, you're talking about a small number of evangelical born-again Christians that are not going to vote that could really control how the outcome is for the swing states. In 2020, 6.9 million evangelical born-again Christians didn't vote. That figure is going to be higher than in 2020, this election. And one of the reasons is, just like you said, there has been over $30 million spent where any Christian, evangelical, on Instagram, on YouTube, on Facebook, anywhere they're at, they're seeing ads that are professionally made, AI tested, and done so that it suppresses the Christian votes. In other words, Christians are so frustrated. It's coming from the Evangelicals for Harris, and that campaign is so sophisticated. They know that Christians won't vote for Harris because of abortion, Israel, and Christian rights, and the war on Christianity going on, but they know they can confuse and depress and create the idea, you know, it's so bad between the two candidates, I'm not going to vote. And so it's voter suppression that's going on, and that is the danger we face in the next few days. So, Craig, with that said, has there been an effort in Christian circles to try to get out the vote and try to propel some of those low-propensity Christian voters to the polls? Yes. So, you know, Charlie Kirk and his group has been trying to do it, especially in Arizona as a swing state. Not much more than that. Ralph Reed has been trying to do it with his organization. A group called Turn America Around Fund has been trying to do it with videos of Pastor Greg Laurie and, you know, people that the Christians would recognize in videos like voting is voting against your values if you're not going to vote right. If you don't vote, it's the same as voting wrong, because what you're doing is you're allowing those who want to promote abortion, those who want to take away Christian rights, those are going to be the voices that are heard where the Christian voice is stifled. So, these videos are trying to offset that, but it's probably 20 percent of what the radical left is doing in identifying the Christian audience and suppressing that vote. Craig, Trump mentioned in a recent town hall that if all Christian voters turned out, it would have a major impact on this election. Have the Harris and Trump campaigns effectively reached this group? And what issues do you think most resonate with these voters? Oh, well, for the voters, you know, it's like everyone else. If Trump's talking about inflation, then that's the number one issue. And inflation is the most immoral tax there is because it's a hidden tax. But also close to it is Israel, because with Israel, you know, in Genesis it says, I will bless those that bless thee, I will curse those that curse thee. That's on the heart of evangelical Christians. The whole issue of abortion, Harris's number one issue, number one issue is abortion, radical abortion, even after birth, allowing the death of a baby. It's something that is horrific infanticide, and she wants to make it a national law. And yet, this is something for Christians based upon Psalm 139, where, you know, God knew you when you were in your mother's womb. These type of issues are the key issues for Christians. And it's not about personality. It's not how Trump tweets, or how he sounds, or how he comes across, or whether or not he's perfect, because we're not voting for a pastor. We're not voting for Jesus. What we're doing is we're trying to strategically limit evil. And that's the Christian position from the beginning of American history, to be the voice and conscience of the community, to strategically limit evil. And that's why these Christians need to understand they need to vote. They can't sit home. And if they do go out, it will change the school board, Steve, the county, the city offices, the state, and yes, nationally, you know, change that as well. Craig, switching gears here a little bit, I want to get your thoughts on big tech. The American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology documented Google and YouTube search results in the 2020 presidential election. They reported one-sided results that could have influenced possibly up to six million votes. Do you see the content out there being sufficient to change election results in swing states this year? And what are the consequences of tech influence on future elections? It is an interesting question because I think it's going to be broken up. But before we talk about that, what about this election, Steve? This election, the impact has been built by those low information voters, the ones they call the undecided, you know, they may be independent, they may be young, but they're low information buyers. And a lot of Christians are that way too. You know, they're studying the Bible, but they're not looking at political issues. These are the people who will go to Google and search for something. And if you go for like an issue of abortion, everything will be about demonizing Trump on abortion. Everything will be about how great Kamala Harris is on abortion. Basically with Google, you're going to have 95% of all searches going through Google. You're going to have close to 85% of the people only going to page one. And that's all the slanted bias media. That's all the propaganda from the radical left media. And to find anything conservative, if you're lucky, it's down page 20 or page 30. And so it's impossible to find and people don't find it. And that's terrible. That is election interference. That is giving the radical left a lot of free publicity and really shutting down through indirect censorship, any other alternative voices. Now, here's the thing. Elon Musk, he's been the warrior and for all of his faults, he has given us X where people can speak out freely. He has been able to try to help Trump out, talking about stopping the censorship, setting up GOTV, going door to door and trying to concentrate on the swing states. Also, he is developing a product that could put Google out of business. And within the next couple of years, that product will probably make Google insignificant. And most people will be going to go to Elon's and maybe some other ones. They are giving an alternative at how you search and what you search for using AI. Craig Huey, always a pleasure to have you on. We appreciate your perspective. Thank you. Thank you, Steve. And join me along with Tiffany Meyer on election night, bring you the results, take you on the ground to watch the campaign parties and dive deep with a Don't miss it. Tuesday, November 5th at 6 p.m. Eastern time, The Nation Decides 2024 starts right here on NTD. And don't forget, Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday at 2 a.m. It's that time of year to fall back and get your extra hour of sleep. That is all we have for you tonight on The Capital Report. For around the clock original news coverage, visit us at ntd.com slash live and download our NTD mobile app. I'm Steve Lance. Have a nice evening. See you next week.