What's happened is the Republicans have been smart.

When it [NAFTA] was sold, we were supposed to get two or three times more exports to Canada or Mexico than they exported to us. It's been the exact opposite.

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

I've tried to maintain my independence in Congress. Sometimes that has meant opposing my own party leaders.

[Bernie] Sanders tapped into that [trade issues]; that was part of his support. And then when he didn't make it, some of those Sanders people went to [Donald] Trump.

What's happened is the Republicans have been smart.

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