[Hoot Gibson]

Hoot, you posted this comment in August. Now that it’s October and a few weeks away from the election, do you think the Republicans have picked up more steam moving forward?

I don't think steam is the issue. I believe that Trump made a good faith effort to "drain the swamp," but the Executive Branch is so full of "public servants" who would be happy to see socialists running this country, that the job is too big for one man or one woman. Republicans need to retake the White House with a real team of people who believe in our republican form of government. Whoever Republicans nominate need to have a long, prioritized list of people who need to be cut loose from their cushy federal jobs. That list should include a large number of Democrats and Republicans. This is an area in which Trump failed miserably, IMO. Aside from pushing some good Supreme Court nominees through, Trump did not leave much of a legacy. If a Republican president cannot rid the federal government of Faucci, then something is wrong.

Governors who have been elected president in the past have tended to bring a loyal team from their home states to Washington. If Trump would step aside and stop trying to discourage qualified Republicans from running in 2024, he would be doing a great public service, IMO. Whoever is nominated needs to promise pardons to the political prisoners taken by the Biden administration. They also need to appoint a highly qualified, non-political Attorney General to clean out the Justice Department and the FBI. Justice should never be a political tool used to punish enemies.