Speaker Johnson: These polls are WRONG!

[0:00] Joining us now with an optimistic take despite the polls, House Speaker Mike Johnson. Welcome back, [0:04] Mr. Speaker. Hey, Shannon. Great to be with you. Okay, so let's talk through a couple of our new [0:10] Fox News power rankings. We've got this. When it comes to the House, 219 seats, solidly Democrat, [0:16] 198 Republican. That puts 18 as toss-ups. Also in our power rankings, this is a forecast. For [0:23] election night, if things go really well for Democrats, they end up with 237 seats. [0:27] A good GOP night our forecasters have as 219 for Democrats, meaning you'd still be in the [0:33] minority in either scenario. You say those predictions aren't wrong. Why? Those polls [0:40] are wrong. They're based on faulty analysis. Look, in the last week, Shannon, you've had two polling [0:45] organizations nationwide be exposed for completely fraudulent numbers, and the more traditional [0:51] researchers and poll organizations are acknowledging that they've been undersampling Republicans. In [0:58] fact, CNN ran a story less than a week ago, and they said that 14 out of the last 16 October polls [1:04] in those elections, they undersampled Republicans by an average of four points. [1:08] Republicans are no longer responding to polls. Look, I'm going all around the country, Shannon. [1:12] I've been in 21 states, 39 districts just in the last three weeks. I'm going to the swing districts, [1:17] the places where we're going to flip blue seats to red, and we're having hundreds of people turn out for [1:22] these events. It's excitement level like 2024, and this is what I do. When I'm in these big arenas, [1:26] Shannon, I ask for hands. Show me your hand if you've answered a poll in the last six months. [1:31] There'll be like three hands among 300 people. I'm telling you, these polls are off, all of them, [1:36] because they're using faulty analysis. All right. Well, today is officially the third [1:40] anniversary of your speakership, and I remember as it played out, there was a lot of chaos in the [1:45] days and weeks leading up to that, and there were a lot of folks who didn't think that you would hold [1:48] on. You wouldn't be a good fundraiser. You wouldn't be able to leave this house. It's been challenging [1:52] with a very, very small minority. How much pressure do you feel now looking forward to [1:56] and trying to hold on to the house, and how tough has it been to manage that majority? [2:02] Look, it's not an easy job, but I never feel the pressure of that. I know we're doing the right [2:06] thing for the right reason, and this is an election that we refer to as common sense versus [2:10] crazy, and I think the American people understand that. When I was handed the gavel, [2:14] I had to put steady hands at the wheel, and I've done that, and, you know, just for what we've done [2:19] on the campaign trail, I mean, they were giving me the numbers this morning. In the last three years [2:23] since I became speaker, I've raised $860 million for House Republicans between direct dollars and [2:29] the endorsed super PAC that I have. I've traveled, circle the globe, an equivalent of 13.9 times [2:35] traveling to all the states, all the swing districts, many times, multiple times. We'll do that all the way [2:40] through Election Day. It's not been easy, but we have an extraordinary record of delivering for [2:45] the American people, fulfilling our promises. You know, we effectively made a contract with [2:49] America in 2024, and we have done everything that we said we were going to do, secured the border [2:53] tight. We gave the largest tax cut in U.S. history. We made the largest spending cut in U.S. [2:59] history as well, $1.6 trillion to try to get the government to work more efficiently and effectively. [3:04] We cut massive Biden-era regulations. We got the economy going again. We have Trump [3:10] accounts for newborns, the first-ever nationwide school choice program. We have the lowest violent [3:14] crime in 126 years, biggest decline in prescription drug costs in 60 years. We got back to American [3:20] energy dominance and peace through strength. We got a million jobs added in the private sector [3:24] alone in the last 19 months. It goes on and on and on. We're reshoring American manufacturing, [3:29] and we're fixing the economy we inherited under the last administration with 40-year high inflation. [3:34] And with that long list, though, is it a messaging problem? Why do you think Americans tell us [3:39] over and over again in the polls they are worried about all kinds of things that are tied to the [3:43] economy? They don't like the direction the country is moving in. They feel very pessimistic. [3:49] Is something lost in translation? Is there more work to be done? [3:53] Well, look, it's a hostile media environment. [3:56] Most of the mainstream media, of course, is advancing the false narrative of the other side, [4:00] the Democrats and the Marxists, the insurgent left that is taking over the Democrat Party. [4:04] They're on the other team. And they can completely, you know, and constantly repeat that message. [4:09] Gas prices are too high. We know that. And, of course, we have much more work to be done. [4:13] But in a contrast election, the American people have a very simple choice. Do you want to turn [4:18] the government over again to the people who opened the border, want to ban fossil fuels? [4:23] What's that going to do for gas prices? The people that don't believe in the rule of law, [4:27] the people that brought you the unsafe streets and the terrible economic conditions? We have set [4:32] the ship of state on the right course, and it's got to be continued. And if you look in these [4:37] individual races, house races across the country, it's a very simple decision. Every voter has to [4:43] ask themselves a simple question. Which candidate is best for me and my family, my children, my aging [4:48] parents? In every one of these cases, the Republican is offering common sense solutions and a steady hand at [4:54] the wheel. And the Democrats increasingly are going crazy. They really are. There's an insurgent [5:00] Marxist left that is taking over that party. And when we watch the videos of what's happening [5:04] in Paris and France and other countries in Europe right now, that's a harbinger of things to come [5:10] unless you keep the grownups in charge. And that's what this election really is all about at the end of the day. [5:14] All right. We're looking across the pond. Let's talk about this, because there are those who think [5:18] and say openly, your critics, that the House has been way too deferential to President Trump. [5:23] Now, something that has come up recently is this idea to waive sanctions on Russia after this big [5:28] bipartisan bill had a ton of support on the Hill. You said last week that you wanted to have a talk [5:33] with the White House about this because you were worried about the consequences potentially of that. [5:38] Now, following that, Special Envoy Steve Wyckoff was standing side by side with Putin, [5:42] called him a humanitarian. GOP Senator Joni Ernst tweeted this. She said Vladimir Putin is not our friend [5:48] and he is certainly no humanitarian. His relentless attacks on innocent civilians in Ukraine show his [5:53] total disregard for human life. Appeasement won't end this war. Pressure will. Have you talked with the [5:59] White House or the president about that waiver decision? Joni Ernst is right in her description of Vladimir Putin. [6:06] We obviously agree. Congress voted overwhelmingly to sanction him to try to bring it into the [6:11] conflict. Now, I talked to Marco Rubio, Secretary of State at length over the weekend. I talked to [6:15] the president as well on Saturday. We were together. And what, there's a lot of nuance to this. [6:21] Remember, we just had a hostage release from Russia in the last couple of days, Stephen Hubbard. [6:25] They were in the midst of that release as it was ongoing. They're working to bring it into the [6:29] conflict. Marco, the secretary says that they're going to have unilateral negotiations, or trilateral [6:36] negotiations. They're right on the verge of that. There's a lot of moving parts to this. [6:40] And the administration is doing everything possible to bring an end to that conflict. [6:44] And everybody in Congress agrees. And the White House agrees that that is the objective. [6:49] It's a delicate thing, of course. And Vladimir Putin cannot be trusted. And we have to treat him as such. [6:53] All right, Mr. Speaker, we'll check back in after the results come. And we know sometimes these [6:58] things take weeks. But we'll check in and see about your predictions. Thank you, sir. [7:02] You got it. Thanks, Shannon.