Rep. LaLota asks what happens if the Senate sends back a clean CR Speaker Johnson replies: you don’t go into a fight planning to fail. He argued it is a fight and a worth fight

Lalota also argued that 10 incumbents will lose if they shutdown, per another source. The Speaker said he won’t telegraph the plan because he doesn’t want it to be shared publicly

And call is done

Top Trump campaign aides are inviting House Rs and their chiefs to a phone briefing this Friday Notice says plan is to discuss schedule, messaging strategy, and paths to win the presidency —>

“I’m happy to be here” BEEEEEEEEEP

Crazy how excited $1 tacos got me

Johnson projected 211 safe R seats, 205 safe D seats, and 19 seats in the middle . He said they can project that they have up to a 13-seat majority on a good night, per source

On this call, Chris LaCivita pointed to multiple battleground campaigns they are running at once and said they are competitive in the sun belt and blue wall, I’m told Says Senate is theirs — like MT and WV

Source says LaCivita pointed to the upcoming debate and seemed to suggest they aren’t expecting a debate flop like Biden when it comes to Harris, but that it will be where they cement their messaging and get their points in

New: I obtained some of the polls/slides the Trump campaign shared with the House Rs on this call re. their chances of winning

A Trump campaign aide also detailed mobilization efforts across the country, describing significant canvassing and phone-banking as well as hand-written postcard writing to voters to help get out the vote, I’m told Source says they estimate knocking around 15 million doors by

They also laid out voter registration trends in different states, particularly battleground, arguing that they are doing very well w/ voter registration and mail-in ballots Including noting how in Arizona Republicans in 2020 had 130,457 advantage, which has now grown this to

Call has wrapped

In Georgia, source said the Trump campaign noted how on-rejected ballot requests are down in Georgia which suggests that Rs have closed the mail ballot gap

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➡️Schedule: House Rs are looking to vote on the CR + SAVE Act Wednesday of next week, I’m told. Schedules change but that appears to be the plan as of now

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Spotted: RJC National Chairman Sen. Norm Coleman sitting next to Pauly D on a flight heading back to DC from the RJC Leadership Summit