April 21, 2026

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

54 minutes

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

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Tea Party Patriots Action: teapartypatriots.org

The Jenny Beth Show: jennybethshow.com

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