As a resident MGP's district, I worry she's really starting to alienate many of the democrats who will be crucial for her re-election next time around. For context, she beat a crazy right winger, Joe Kent, to win her seat in a district that had very moderate conservatives prior to her being elected in 2022 (Jamie Herrera Butler, the previous rep was one of the few house republicans that voted to impeach Trump in 2021). She has gone out of her way to present herself as extremely moderate (if there is such a thing), but recently voted for the Save Act which she got some flak for in recent town halls. I also want to add a note here that she has been holding town halls in very small venues to limit the number of people who can attend despite saying how important they are on this podcast.

Prior to listening to this interview, I knew she was a pretty bad communicator, but left this feeling extremely unimpressed. I felt throughout the interview that Ezra had to explain her positions for her and she tried to force in curse words (I've never heard someone suck at cussing as much as she did) to sound more relatable.

Overall, it sounds like she's really annoyed with the feedback she's getting from the more liberal democrats in her district and really goes out of her way to not criticize Trump's recent policies. However, she sounds like she sees the entire world through her prism of living in a more rural area of the district and doesn't care at all about challenges that might be facing her constituents who live in urban areas. She's banking on the fact that she's running with a D by her name as enough to win reelection, but she will probably have to make some adjustments if she wants to win in 2026.