politics, why? because i care about this country, and they care about the states. if you think about the entire trajectory of american life over the last 30 or 40 years, you have elites and the ruling class that have plundered this country, made it harder for middle-class americans to live o normal life. when those americans dare to complain about the conditions of their own country, about the southern border or jobs beingo shipped overseas, they get called racists and bigots, xenophobes, or idiots. they need somebody who s willing to fight for them. i just want normal americans toe know they still have a voice in this country, they love this country, but they should be able to criticize it when it s not working for them, and right now, it s just not. tucker: i love that. this is not false flattery, i don t think i ve met anybody who understands both worlds as well as you do. you grew up there in a very working class environment, wound up at yale law school in a