Josh McKoon
Appearances
The Charlie Kirk Show
AmFest, Day2: House Speaker Elon Musk? ft. Glenn Beck, Sage Steele, Josh McKoon, Chloe Cole
Well, once again, the story were low propensity voters that did not vote in 2020. We saw in the first week of early voting, which, again, we emphasize for people to turn out early, that... 15% of those first weeks of early voters did not vote in 2020. By the time we got through three weeks of early voting, almost 1 million Georgians who voted in the 2024 presidential election did not vote in 2020.
The Charlie Kirk Show
AmFest, Day2: House Speaker Elon Musk? ft. Glenn Beck, Sage Steele, Josh McKoon, Chloe Cole
They broke hard for President Trump. That really was the story.
The Charlie Kirk Show
AmFest, Day2: House Speaker Elon Musk? ft. Glenn Beck, Sage Steele, Josh McKoon, Chloe Cole
Well, we wanted to put tools in the hands of our county chairs and our volunteer grassroots leaders. Obviously, our partnership with Turning Point was a key part of that, making sure people had the tools in the toolbox. They knew where to go. They knew where those voters were.
The Charlie Kirk Show
AmFest, Day2: House Speaker Elon Musk? ft. Glenn Beck, Sage Steele, Josh McKoon, Chloe Cole
That was really the key, was changing our focus from just turning out base voters to turning out people that were on the sidelines in previous elections.
The Charlie Kirk Show
AmFest, Day2: House Speaker Elon Musk? ft. Glenn Beck, Sage Steele, Josh McKoon, Chloe Cole
So rural turnout was just monstrous. There's no way you can't overemphasize it. Towns County, Georgia, on the Georgia-Tennessee border, over 80 percent of all registered voters voted in the election in a county that went by.
The Charlie Kirk Show
AmFest, Day2: House Speaker Elon Musk? ft. Glenn Beck, Sage Steele, Josh McKoon, Chloe Cole
Well, I think the secret, again, was the early and consistent emphasis on early voting. I mean, you got to remember, we had 4 million people in Georgia vote before Election Day. And a lot of those low-propensity voters, even though some of them broke late and voted on Election Day, the vast majority got out and voted because of our emphasis on getting out early.
The Charlie Kirk Show
AmFest, Day2: House Speaker Elon Musk? ft. Glenn Beck, Sage Steele, Josh McKoon, Chloe Cole
That, to me, was the crucial piece to the strategy.
The Charlie Kirk Show
AmFest, Day2: House Speaker Elon Musk? ft. Glenn Beck, Sage Steele, Josh McKoon, Chloe Cole
We've got to continue to build relationships with those low propensity voters. We've got to go out and register more Trump MAGA voters. We have hunters in Georgia that are not registered, fishermen, gun owners. We've got a lot of people still on the table that we need to get off the sideline and into the game.
The Charlie Kirk Show
AmFest, Day2: House Speaker Elon Musk? ft. Glenn Beck, Sage Steele, Josh McKoon, Chloe Cole
What's happening in Georgia? So Senator John Ossoff is up for reelection, one of our two Democrat U.S. senators. And, you know, he's very vulnerable. We think we can take him out. And all of our constitutional offices are open. They'll all be open. Lots of people running for new offices. So it's a good opportunity for us.
The Charlie Kirk Show
AmFest, Day2: House Speaker Elon Musk? ft. Glenn Beck, Sage Steele, Josh McKoon, Chloe Cole
But we've got to hold the line, win all those constitutional offices and take that U.S. Senate seat back.
The Charlie Kirk Show
AmFest, Day2: House Speaker Elon Musk? ft. Glenn Beck, Sage Steele, Josh McKoon, Chloe Cole
Well, we need to be laser focused on providing our grassroots leadership with the work to do that wins elections. We need less happy talk and more work knocking on doors and doing the things we need to do. And we need our elected officials to deliver. That's really important. We worked very, very hard to win this election.
The Charlie Kirk Show
AmFest, Day2: House Speaker Elon Musk? ft. Glenn Beck, Sage Steele, Josh McKoon, Chloe Cole
Our people need to see the wins to get them motivated to come back out in twenty six.
The Charlie Kirk Show
AmFest, Day2: House Speaker Elon Musk? ft. Glenn Beck, Sage Steele, Josh McKoon, Chloe Cole
Check out our website, gagop.org. We're always looking for additional supporters. We want you to come alongside us. Help us build the movement so that we can take John Ossoff down and move our majority to 54 in the U.S. Senate.
The Charlie Kirk Show
AmFest, Day2: House Speaker Elon Musk? ft. Glenn Beck, Sage Steele, Josh McKoon, Chloe Cole
I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk.