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With Election Day just around the corner, Chris Vance, Lynn Schmidt, Merrill Matthews, and Our Republican Legacy Florida State Chair Jake Walsh examine the rapidly changing midterm landscape. Could Republicans face a historic electoral defeat? The panel takes a closer look at increasingly competitive races in Florida, Texas, and the Midwest, the impact of immigration enforcement and affordability on voters, and what younger Republicans are looking for in political leadership.

Our Republican Legacy (ORL) Founding Member Former Congressman Steve Bartlett (R-TX) appears on The Julie Mason Show on SiriusXM POTUS.

Our Republican Legacy (ORL) condemns President Trump’s decision to buy Russian diesel fuel to lower domestic prices artificially in his feeble attempt to turn the outcome of the midterm elections in his favor. His reckless action not only violates U.S. law and international sanctions but also directly finances the Russian war machine attacking Ukraine in Europe and supporting Iran against our interests in the Middle East.

A Republican president is facing his second midterm elections. His popularity is in the tank, in part because he took the country into a costly, unpopular war he thought would end quickly. Inflation is too high and federal spending under his party has exploded. The economy, while reasonably strong, faces headwinds. His party could be headed for a major defeat in November.

I did not leave the Republican Party, and I am not going anywhere. But I am tired of watching most of my party’s leaders in Washington behave as if abandoning Ukraine to Vladimir Putin is simply the price of loyalty to this president.

Members of Congress have a spending problem. Everyone knows it, even though most of our elected representatives are reluctant to admit it. They are addicted to spending taxpayer money.

With the midterm elections less than three weeks away, Pollster Whit Ayres of North Star Opinion Research joins Chris Vance and Merrill Matthews for a deep dive into the state of the race. Ayres breaks down President Trump’s approval ratings, voter concerns about the economy and inflation, the growing divide between MAGA and non-MAGA Republicans, and why the political environment currently favors Democrats.

In this episode of The Republican Legacy Podcast, Chris Vance, Lynn Schmidt, and Merrill Matthews are joined by R.J. Lyman, Our Republican Legacy’s Massachusetts State Chair and president of the Niskanen Center, for a wide-ranging discussion about the Republican Party, the midterm elections, and the future of the conservative movement.

I disagree with just about every word spoken by both Democratic Socialists and MAGA followers, but I envy the fact that both have created active political movements dedicated to electing candidates and fighting for control of the Democratic and Republican parties.

In this episode of The Republican Legacy Podcast, Chris Vance, Lynn Schmidt, and Greg Wilson are joined by Captain Mark Dreiling, Congressman Don Bacon’s Chief of Staff and a Legacy Guardian of the United States Space Force. Drawing on his background in missile warning and space operations, Dreiling discusses the creation and evolution of the Space Force, the role of space-based missile warning systems, and what he describes as a new “space race” with China.

Our Republican Legacy (ORL) Executive Director, Chris Vance, talks about his recent interview with Congressman Don Bacon on the Republican Legacy Podcast, where he noted he was considering a run for President in 2028.

Chris and Lynn Schmidt are joined by former Lt. Governor of Maryland and Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, a founding member of Our Republican Legacy. Steele discusses what connects the Republicans involved in ORL, his belief in the party’s Lincoln tradition, and what a post-Trump Republican Party could look like.

Since the most recent attempt by the Administration to “negotiate” an overdue peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine has apparently failed again, it may be time for President Donald Trump to rethink his strategy to end Russia’s illegal and unprovoked war of aggression against its sovereign neighbor. If he even has a strategy. Regardless, the President needs to end his policy of weakness when it comes to punishing Russia and helping Ukraine by adopting a more productive, s

In this special edition of The Republican Legacy Podcast, Chris Vance and Lynn Schmidt are joined by Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE), retired Air Force Brigadier General and one of Congress’s leading bipartisan voices, along with Courage Can Save Us author and With Honor CEO Rye Barcott and Bacon’s longtime Chief of Staff Mark Dreiling.

Trump administration economists’ latest debt-reducing mantra is a throwback from 15 years ago. It might have worked back then. Today, the suggestion is nothing more than a diversion tactic to make voters think the administration has a realistic plan for reducing the government’s debt.

In 2016, then Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump arrogantly proclaimed that he was the “King of Debt,” and boasted that he could eliminate the then $19 trillion national debt in eight years — presuming, as he did, that he would have two consecutive terms in office.

Former Congresswoman Claudine Schneider (R-RI), a Founding Member of Our Republican Legacy (ORL), joins America at Night with McGraw Milhaven to discuss ORL and its principles.

Listen to Our Republican Legacy (ORL) Texas State Chair and The Hill columnist Merrill Matthews on 660 The Answer's The Mark Davis Show.

Our Republican Legacy (ORL) founding member and former Congresswoman Claudine Schneider joins host Steve Scully on SiriusXM POTUS. Schneider reflects on the state of today’s Republican Party, the importance of principled leadership and public service, and her hope for a return to bipartisan, solutions-focused governance.

In Episode 11 of The Republican Legacy Podcast, hosts Chris Vance, and Merrill Matthews, and Tommy Whiteley are joined by veteran journalist and Fox News political analyst Juan Williams, author of New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement. Williams discusses America’s progress on civil rights and the challenges that remain, the Republican Party’s historic role as the party of civil rights, the politics of division and grievance, and the rise