Aug 18, 2026 · 1h 34m
Scott Pressler pitches a conservative voter-registration machine
Can't Fix Stupid (Ep. 2576)
The episode connects arguments about government policy and election administration to a practical conservative strategy for expanding turnout.
- 1Dan Bongino argues that high taxes, expanded health care, and progressive crime explanations produce outcomes their advocates overlook.
- 2Scott Pressler outlines coalition-building, registration drives, voter-roll audits, and policy alternatives aimed at converting conservative support into turnout.
- 3The discussion treats election integrity and ranked-choice voting as central battlegrounds in conservative organizing and state-level reform.
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Scott Pressler lays out a ground-level registration strategy built around gun shows, fairs, festivals, and rodeos.
The brief
Dan Bongino opens with attacks on California’s proposed wealth tax, Obamacare, Medicare for All, and progressive explanations of crime, arguing that policy claims often collide with measurable outcomes.
The episode’s central turn comes when Scott Pressler describes a registration-first strategy: build coalitions among conservatives, libertarians, parents, hunters, gun owners, and Christians, then organize them to vote.
Pressler advocates voter-roll audits, proof of citizenship, voter identification, and cross-checks using state records and DHS data, while urging legislators to preserve records for investigations.
His field tactics are unusually specific: volunteers can use gun shows, fairs, festivals, and rodeos to identify likely supporters, start conversations, and help eligible voters register.
The interview closes by linking conservative turnout to affirmative policy alternatives, while Bongino and Pressler oppose ranked-choice voting and Pressler promotes The Persistence.
Featuring
The Persistence
Pennsylvania
Charles BarkleyBooks & mentions
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