ICYMI—Hagerty JoinsSunday Morning Futures on Fox News Channel to Discuss Trump, GOP Accomplishments

WASHINGTON-On Sunday, United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations, Appropriations, and Banking committees, joined Sunday Morning Futures on Fox News Channel to discuss the radical policies of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), President Donald Trump's agenda, and the accomplishments of the GOP.

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Hagerty on the DSA's radical agenda: I think we need to listen to what the Democrats are saying. You think about [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14)], [Abdul El-Sayed], [Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT)], even what Mamdani is doing with socialist, government-run grocery stores. We need to make it very clear that their answer [is] basically more government control. You think about the welfare state that they want to see… collapse the borders, more fentanyl into the country, more terrorism, more crime, defund the Pentagon. Every direction they want to turn weakens America. We need to be emphasizing exactly what [President Donald Trump] has done these past two years and where we're headed… We are seeing economic strength coming through. We are seeing policies that are making a real difference because we have actually cut taxes. We are deregulating. The Biden administration would've added $4 trillion more worth of compliance costs. We are taking them away. My Freedom to Build Act could take up to $100,000 off the cost of a new home, again, cutting regulatory and permitting costs. So, we need to convey those messages; we need to convey a positive economic message. And the fact is that the world stands stronger with a strong America. The Republicans have the answers for this. We are putting forward policies to do it. The Democrats' view is "let's shut down the government." That's all they've delivered the past two years- the two longest government shutdowns in history. We even had a permitting reform package that we were trying to pass last week. They walked away from it. They do not want to see the economy do well; they want to control it.

Hagerty on the GOP's path to maintain the majority: [President Trump] is our best communicator. But you're going to see the world respecting us again too. And I think the visit by [Chinese President Xi Jinping] underscores this. That would not have happened under [former President Joe Biden]… We are back in a position of strength. [Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent] did a great job of articulating how we're dealing with Iran. We will deal with that. And again, the world needs a strong America. You and I both know this. We saw President Trump deliver this in his first term and we served in his administration. We just need to come back and make these points more and more clearly.

Hagerty on diesel prices and affordability: I think [Republicans] can definitely strengthen [their messaging]. I think there has been a lot of focus on the cost of gas and diesel fuel. It's understandable. As Secretary Bessent said, I think that gets resolved. But if you think about the Democrat's solution to this, an absolute war on domestic energy-they want to outlaw diesel fuel, they don't want to lower the cost of it. You think about the measures that [Republicans] can take, particularly on the deregulatory front. There is so much more we can do and that we will do. We need to convey this message clearly and again, contrast what the Democrats are standing for right now, which I think is a very sad story for America. And you don't have to look very far back to what happened under Joe Biden to realize how chaotic it could possibly be again.

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