What's happened is the Republicans have been smart.

I am personally saddened and stunned by the tragic events that took place in Red Lake.

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.

I heard a lot about the Affordable Care Act, too. About how people in the individual market were getting clobbered with all these increases, which is a legitimate issue.

Some of the people in my caucus, some of the people in the state party in Minnesota have basically said, "We don't want to deal with these guys because they're too conservative," or "We don't agree with them on social issues."

[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.

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