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Trump voters stay loyal as economic pain grows before midterms

Calvin Ott says his medications have more than doubled in price, yet he backs Trump one hundred percent; the midterms are November third.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorGranville Teague is a lobbyist who says he represents Trump's loyal voters and also the rising prices they're upset about. Granville, how does that work?

  2. Granville TeagueVery well, Chip.

  3. Granville TeagueNinety-two percent of people who voted for him in twenty twenty-four rate him positively, says the Wall Street Journal, and I represent every one of them.

  4. Granville TeagueThat answer was two hundred an hour.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBut the AP-NORC poll says just seventeen percent approve of how he's handling the cost of living. Who's speaking for them?

  6. Granville TeagueAlso me. Same people, different invoice.

  7. Granville TeagueCalvin Ott in McConnellsburg says his medications have more than doubled, and he still says he supports the president one hundred percent.

  8. Granville TeagueI love that man. Three hundred an hour.

  9. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo you represent his loyalty and his pharmacy bill.

  10. Granville TeagueI represent his loyalty, his pharmacy bill, and the gap between them. The gap is where I live.

  11. Granville TeagueThat's four hundred, and I'm holding this gold parking meter key as my retainer.

  12. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPrices rose three point seven percent in September from a year earlier. Do you ever feel that?

  13. Granville TeagueNo. My rate rises with it, so I'm covered.

  14. Granville TeagueA professor at Syracuse says it would take a deep, prolonged recession to shake this loyalty, and I plan to bill through that too.

  15. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIs that a yes, you're fine either way?

  16. Granville TeagueI'm fine every way, Chip. The midterms are November third, and I've got clients on every side of that date.

  17. Granville TeagueFive hundred an hour for that sentence.

  18. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWow, five hundred. Is anyone on your side not paying you?

  19. Granville TeagueThe ones who voted. They're the ones sacrificing, and I send them a lovely thank-you card, billed to them.

  20. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorGranville Teague, thank you for your time.

  21. Granville TeagueThat'll be four hundred dollars, Chip.

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