You know what the economics are like in Red Lake County. There's no way a family can pay $15,000, $20,000 a year for health insurance and make it work. You just can't do it. It's got to change.

You know what the economics are like in Red Lake County. There's no way a family can pay $15,000, $20,000 a year for health insurance and make it work. You just can't do it. It's got to change.

It was clear that [the number] just kept growing, and there were no [Hillary] Clinton signs. People were fed up.

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

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.

[Rural people] have a different lifestyle, and they don't want to change it. They're happy with the way things are. It's causing the party political problems.

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.