richard hudson from north carolina. housing and urban development i'm honored to be -- mr. hudson: i'm honored to be part of this leadership team. i represent someone who had to win a tough election to come back. i understand what it takes to win back this majority. and i'll be a voice for all the folks in our conference. i'm very excited about working together in one unified message about what conservative principles can do to make america better for all americans and i believe that message is what's going to put us back in the majority in two years. thank you. mr. johnson: thanks. mike johnson of louisiana. we have a strong leadership team. we had a very encouraging meeting with all the new republican members. we filled the whole ballroom over at the hyatt. this is a really exciting time for us. we know we have a fateful two years ahead of us and we're ready for the challenge. i mentioned to my colleagues just a simple thought that comes from ronald reagan and he is the one that reminded our party that it's time for us to raise a banner. he said of no pale pastels but of b

and richard hudson, who is going to be our conference secretary. we've just come from our leadership elections and the feeling in the room and the enthusiasm and the excitement about where we are and about the hard work ahead of us, the momentum and the energy to get that work done has been really remarkable. we have a tremendous class of incoming members, many of whom themselves have fought these challenges that we're fighting now. we've got four members of the incoming class who were born, whose families came to the united states from socialist countries, who have lived firsthand what it means when the government takes power away from the people. and when people lose their freedom. we are all absolutely committed to continue to fight against that and to make sure that the kinds of results that we saw in the house across this country are replicated and expanded in 2024. we also are committed to making sure that we do the work the american people sent us here to do. as the leader and the whip said, the speaker time and time again has proven that sh

richard hudson. where is he? richard hudson. congressman. a great guy. a great guy. he's done a fantastic job. a friend who's done an incredible job. dan bishop. thank you. thank you. doing a good job. he came in through the system. he won a race that was a tough race. he had no choke in him. he started off behind to put it nicely and he ended up winning. how are you doing on this one? good? i don't have to help you as much. he's going to win. he's a great congressman. thank you very much. a man hopefully you will recognize, i guess he doesn't have the funds. i see commercials all the time. dan forrest would be a phenomenal governor. phenomenal governor. [cheers and applause] you could have a surprise. that could be a big, beautiful gift to north carolina. that's not bad. that's not bad. beautiful. dan, that's a very impressive thing right there. that is like a poll. don't kid yourself. instead of interviewing 73 people, they have thousands. much more than the 2,000. 2,000 people. i don't think so. last night and miami, you want to see a crowd, you couldn't see the e

. >> richard. >> hudson. >> cy. >> how many of you did the reading? everybody show hands.t everybody. >> i got my book yesterday. >> you got your book yesterday? okay. no worries. >> mike, what do you think? >> my past haunts me. so, i came to prison at the age of 19, and all the while my son was growing up without me in his life. so, i started thinking about my victim's son and realizing he's growing up without a father as well. it's something i deeply regret and something. >> what about you? >> there's a lot of things that haunts me right now. one thing that haunts me the most is i can't be with my family. >> it's obvious to me that this is no ordinary book club. the inmates are using hamlet's journey to reflect on their own. and pretty soon, the palma students start to contribute. >> i guess one thing in my life that haunts me is trying to be perfect. my parents are perfect. they work hard. they set just like a great example for me. and it's hard. it's a lot of stress trying to be perfect all the time, which is something that's kind of haunted me recently. >> i'm kind o

richard hudson. where is richard? richard. [cheering] richard hudson. congressman.nother great guy, great guy. he has done a fantastic job. and a friend of mine, somebody done an incredible job in congress, dan bishop. thanks, dan. [cheering] thank you, dan. [applause] doing a good job. he came in, you know, he came in through the system. he won a race that was a tough race, right? we worked together on it and he had no choke in him. he started off a little behind, to put it nicely. and he ended up winning. he won solid. how are you doing on this one? good? i don't have to help you as much. he is going to win. he is going to win. he should win. he is a great congressman. thank you very much, fellows. a man that hopefully you're going to recognize for, i guess he doesn't have the funds that the other one has. you know, see commercials all the time for your governor that has you in a total lockdown but dan forest would be a phenomenal governor. a today nominal governor. [cheering] he would be, you could have a surprise, dan. that could be a big beautiful gift to north

district eight, richard hudson, he has run against patricia goodman, a former states of bring court justice. has spent a lot of outside money. i could be interesting. we might be a cycle away from not being very close. and someone on the inside has told me in the ninth district, where all the controversy was in 2018, which runs from charlotte along the southern border east in north carolina, and the 11th district which is mark meadows, both of those traditionally republican strongholds. republican money has put into those in recent weeks. there is concern among republicans that those seats are closer than they think. we could have interesting races. for the most part, the incumbents or the dominant party is likely going to win these races. host: brenda from charlotte, north carolina. caller: good morning. i want to tell everybody, keep your mouth off of my government paper. i'm proud that he did. that close states down things, this virus would not be spread like it was. and i love my governor cooper. if trump had not done what he had done, people listen, trump has already made the statement