There's no question that [Donald] Trump got elected because of rural America. And our party still is in denial. They don't get it.

If everybody in our caucus had a 50/50 [Democrat/Republican] district, we'd have a lot different discussion. But if they have a 90 percent Democratic district, they don't ever talk to a Republican, they don't have to and they don't want to.

The use of methamphetamines has become pervasive in our country, and especially in rural areas.

Republicans have spent a lot of money redistricting and everything, getting control of these governorships and statehouses.

[Rural voters] have a different view of the world than people do in these urban centers.

A lot of it is backlash against all this political correctness that's going on.

The [Democratic] party's become an urban party, and they don't get rural America. They don't get agriculture.