TRUMP ADVISOR: 80% Back Deportations When Policy Is Explained │ Steve Cortes

Guest Steve Cortes Steve Cortes is a former senior advisor to the Trump-Vance 2024 presidential campaign, a 25-year veteran bond trader and market commentator, a Newsmax and Real America's Voice contributor, and one of the most widely cited pollsters in the America First movement. His monthly battleground-state polling is closely watched by Republican campaigns nationwide. Key Topics Covered Why the economy remains the top 2026 voter issue and why Republicans now own it The polling truth behind Trump's voluntary-departure immigration policy and the 80% support number DHS funding, ICE resources, and why deportations have not accelerated Wisconsin's overwhelming rejection of Minnesota-style sanctuary policies Jenny Beth's eyewitness Atlanta airport story: ICE, TSA, and crowd control Why 'golden age' messaging backfires on working-class voters The fiscal conservative case against the Big Beautiful Bill and $39 trillion debt How Republicans can finally own education as an issue in state and local races Rahm Emanuel's rare admission: 'Democrats lost the plot' on education DEI, BLM, and the backlash against race radicalism The get-out-the-vote gap with low-propensity Republican voters What the Iran situation means for veterans and anti-war Republicans Concrete action items: texting, calling, and get-out-the-vote from home Timestamps 00:00 — Open and Save America Act CTA 00:59 — Meet Steve Cortes 01:13 — The #1 issue driving 2026 voters 03:41 — Immigration as an economic imperative 05:05 — 80% support for deportations when policy is explained 07:58 — DHS funding and the deportation shortfall 09:14 — Wisconsin polling on Minnesota-style sanctuary policies 12:17 — Jenny Beth at the Atlanta airport: ICE in action 14:03 — Kitchen table reality and real wages 18:28 — $39 trillion debt and the Big Beautiful Bill 22:48 — Why 'golden age' messaging is a mistake 25:27 — Education: the GOP's new winning issue 27:54 — Rahm Emanuel admits Democrats lost the plot 31:44 — Jenny Beth's 'old dead white men' school story 38:53 — DEI, BLM, and the race radicalism backlash 44:21 — Motivating low-propensity Republican voters 49:48 — Action items for grassroots activists 52:39 — Save America Act closing CTA Links Mentioned Take action: passthesaveamericaact.com Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 Tea Party Patriots Action: teapartypatriots.org The Jenny Beth Show: jennybethshow.com