The End of an Era? What the Midterms Mean for the MAGA Movement

This program is being brought to you by Jim Adler, the Texas Hammer. And welcome to The Factor Uncensored. We saw the blue wave roll across the country this election cycle in November for the midterms. So the question is now, how effective is MAGA after this? Where do they stand? We have a group of Republicans, the hierarchy of Republicanism right here on The Factor Uncensored. And guys, we have with us Carmen, Jonathan, Matt, and Max. So Carmen, first of all, did this Political season, the midterms hurt or help MAGA. We saw what happened with the Tea Party, a faction of the Republican Party back in the day. We got Ted Cruz and many others through the Tea Party. He is still around. The Tea Party is not. So what's the status of MAGA? Well, first of all, this is not the first time this happens. You know, historically, all presidents lose the midterms. But this was a bad, bad loss. Well, but you know what's that? The Bush Republicans, the establishment Republicans, the ones that go to Congress and Senate and for two years they have done nothing. They should have codified the orders of the president into law. They should have passed the Save American Act. And the people went to vote thinking for that, thinking that we're voting for you, you're not doing what we need to do, and we're gonna vote against you. Because when President Trump is in the ballot, He carries the vote, but this time around, even the Latinos vote for him. He's not in the ballot, the Latinos didn't vote for him, so it's another group, the one that is dead. All right, Matt, let's hear from you, your thoughts about this and where the Republicans stand with MAGA. Is there a divide? I mean, I think it's pretty absurd to refer to anyone other than MAGA as the establishment these days. They've been the establishment for 10 years. Taking Carmen's position, I think, is a pretty silly one when we got shellacked, a shellacking that is historic. I mean, looking back, people talk about 1974. This is as bad as 1958. This is one of the worst, this is probably the worst beating that any incumbent party will have seen in our lifetimes and going forward. I think that the fact is that Donald Trump has completely remade the Republican Party into a party that is not about ideas, but about a person. And political parties that are about people die. Last time that we had a political party that was about one person, it was the Whig Party. It died 10 years after the person that the party was about left office. The Republican Party needs to get back. It needs to get back to ideas, it needs to get back to fiscal conservatism, it needs to get back to supporting our allies and being the adults in the room as opposed to the people that are constantly coming up with conspiracies about how ballots just come out of the ground and stuff. I mean, we used to be dad and the Democrats used to be mom. Oh, the Democrats were, let me give you whatever you possibly want, honey. And dad was coming in and being like, no, I'm gonna be real about this. That's what the Republicans need to be, and we haven't been since Donald Trump took over as the head of the party. All right, Max, let's hear from you first from Washington. Landing in Houston, your thoughts. Isaiah, first, it is wonderful to be on your program. You know, I was away from Texas for a few years, and, man, when I came back, This place needs a lot of work. I mean, you look at what Senator Cruz and all of the endorsements that he gave this past cycle, and they tanked Senator Cruz as star is dimming in this state. And no, you know what is silly, Matt? You know what's silly, Matt? How the young Republicans have tethered themselves to the agenda of Senator Cruz, and that is silly. I mean, it's better than J.D. Vance tethering himself to Tucker Carlson and being a sock puppet. No, President Trump is our leader. He has a vision. Tomorrow is Veterans Day. Secretary Hegseth has come out strong. Lethality is what we are trying to do with Iran. We are trying to finish the job. President Trump has a bold vision. And no, what's silly, Matt, is really, when you look at what Senator Cruz has done to this state, it's despicable. Chip Roy. Dan Patrick, all of these people that he endorsed. Terrible, I had a hard time. We need to bring you on Ken Paxton, Ken Paxton was awful. No, no, no, General Paxton, by the way, was very strong. And by the way, in many ways, by the way, young Republicans, it was a joke. By the way, I resigned as the vice president of young Republicans here. Because they are a disaster, because they have tethered themselves to Senator Cruz's idea. And by the way, just last thing, we need. More immigrants that are legal, okay? All right, Jonathan, let's hear from you, wrap us up. Well, I agree with Carmen and I agree with this young man, in a sense it is the establishment and agreeing with this guy saying that President Trump is the general in essence. So if you wanna sabotage something, all you gotta do is not comply, not follow the script. He laid the foundation. For success, but if you do not follow the script, it's in essence sabotage, and it's the establishment Republicans that's doing it. All right, ten seconds. Ten seconds. What Senator Cruz has done to this state. I was just talking to an SA, he's back there, SA from Vanderbilt who played baseball, social chair. He was telling me how, I mean, they lit someone up with lighter fluid the other day. I don't know if you knew about that. No, that's literally what Senator Cruz has done to this state. This is what happened. And we're on to the establishment, the losing of Texas. Governor Abbott, Dan Patrick. Senator Cruz and their choices in candidates. Let's talk about personalities. You're just talking about Trump. Don't you mean Donald Trump's choices in candidates? We don't have anybody with personalities. Donald Trump is our leader. Donald Trump is our leader. He is leading us. He is leading us into disaster. He is leading us into disaster. The race of the candidates are terrible. Terrible. Senator Cruz has tethered. He has, no, it's despicable what he's been doing to the state. Not to mention. Foreign money. Foreign money. No, it's despicable what he's been doing to the state, foreign money, foreign money. Not to mention neglecting Latinos. How many Democrat Latinos won in Texas? We'll have to bring you back at some point for part two. Not in the Republican Party. Thank you, guys. Appreciate it. We'll be back with more Factor after this. Thank you.