Amy Tarkanian: Republican Strategist says the next months of the US Election are likely to be vicious

The next three months of the US Election are likely to be more vicious than we've seen before.

Republican strategist Amy Tarkanian says American politics is no longer just about views and issues. 

She says both campaigns will be setting their sights on the growing number of non-partisan independent voters.  

Tarkanian told Mike Hosking that in Nevada, where she's based, many voters have been feeling disenfranchised and unsure of where they stand. 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
As we are white, the US President to return to
Washington and talk the world through his decision momentum. A
Pea is to be growing behind Kamala Harris's a replacement candidate.
Money's flying as well as the endorsements, and the Republicans
are out on the campaign trail.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
The idea of selecting the Democrat Party's nominee because George
Soros and Barack Obama and a couple of elite Democrats
got in a smoke filled room and decided to throw
Joe Biden overboard. That is not how it works. That
is a threat to democracy, not the Republican Party, which
is fighting for democracy every single day.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
Now Republicans strategists informing about a Republican Party Chair Amy
ta Kenyan's with us. Amy, morning to you, thank you
for having me, not at all, Just broadly speaking, when
you go back to Butler and you look at what
happened on Sunday, your time with the with Biden stepping away,
do you feel like history's unfolding in front of your eyes.

Speaker 3 (00:50):
Oh, one hundred percent. In fact, there's so many twists
and turns. This couldn't even be one of the best
movie scripts that anyone could even come up with on
their own. I mean, this has been completely wild.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
How does how do you does the Republican Party handle
Kamala given Kalmla is not quite official until she is official,
and she may or may not be official.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
Sure, well, I think, unfortunately, we're going to have a
very vicious next three months, since we have social media
and uh, you know, video that doesn't disappear. You're going
to have the three and the three being Donald Trump,
Jade Vance his VP choice, and then Kamala And we're
waiting to see who she chooses as her running mate.
But those three in particular, at this moment, there is

(01:34):
plenty of footage to use against one another, plenty of
verbiage to use, plenty of vitriol, plenty of of uh,
you know, very toxic uh words that could be used
against them, for for each side to to not like
about either of them. And so, you know, we are

(01:54):
in a day and age where I think that the
the knuckle uh you know, the beat downs are just
it's a whole nother level. It's not like back in
the day where you could sit there and just talk
about each other's views and issues and stances. And that's
really where we should be. But we don't do that anymore.

(02:14):
We're demeaning, we knock people down, We you know, mischaracterize
one another. And I think this is probably going to
be one of the most vicious we've ever seen.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
Your answer indicates that the message from Joe Biden before
I lift to take the temperature down a bit's not
going to be listened to, and nothing changes.

Speaker 3 (02:31):
No, it lasted maybe twenty four hours, and then you know,
as soon as that twenty four hours was up, you
already had the name, the name calling, you know, being
flown each at each other. And so I had high hopes,
but I knew it wasn't going to last. Unfortunately.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
What's your assessment of Kamala Harris. Let's assume she is
it is she bogged down by the Biden administration, or
does she potentially open up a whole new field of
voters who maybe weren't going to go that way because
they couldn't hold their nose enough.

Speaker 3 (03:03):
Sure well, let me put an example out there. The
state of Nevada, which I'm from, the fastest growing party
affiliation are nonpartisans and independents, and it's growing at a
rapid pace. Second is Democrats trailing and third are Republicans,
and I'm hearing more and more each day how people
are failed, disenfranchised. They feel like they're floating on a

(03:25):
raft in the ocean waiting for land. They don't recognize
their party anymore, and quite honestly, they were disappointed of
the rematch of the two gentlemen. They wanted somebody fresh,
somebody new. So you do have a number of voters
out there and a large number that still, which is crazy,
have not made up their minds. And so those are

(03:47):
the people that they need to really focus on. Both
campaigns need to focus on those nonpartisans and independents.

Speaker 1 (03:54):
Will stay in touch. I appreciate your expertise very much,
Ammy Ta Kennian, who's Republican strategist out of Utah this morning.

Speaker 2 (04:00):
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