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WAYNE ROOT: The Roadmap to GOP Midterm Victory Starts with the Trump Economic Miracle, a Booming Economy, the SAVE Act, and Then…the Magic Deportation Formula: E-Verify

By Wayne Allyn Root
The naysayers and the mainstream media (I know- I repeat myself) believe Democrats are a lock to win the midterms. They base this view on historical trends and fake polls showing how unpopular Trump is.
But I have news for them. First the polls are fake- as usual. President Trump is as popular as the day he was elected.
The billion-dollar question is- why was Trump elected? 2 reasons stand out above all else for Trump’s electoral landslide, swing state sweep, and popular vote victory…
1. Fix the economy.
2. End illegal immigration.
In other words, Trump was elected to make America prosperous again…and “Build the wall and deport them all.”
President Trump is delivering on the economy. The news in the past week has been fantastic.
Today we found out U.S. industrial production soared in January. Last week we found out jobs were up dramatically in January. Not just any jobs- private sector jobs soared, while we eliminated government jobs.
The news doesn’t get any better than that.
Then we found out wages are up, and inflation is down. There is no tariff inflation- despite all the “experts,” and economists, and Democrats, and naysayers predicting, and begging, and praying for bad news. As usual- they were all wrong.
And one more piece of fantastic economic news just out this morning- our massive $550 billion trade deal with Japan has just launched- including $36 billion invested in oil, gas and critical mineral projects inside the USA. That’s only a small piece of the almost $20 trillion invested into America by foreign countries. And it’s all kicking into gear this year- just in time to make the economy boom before the midterms.
All of this $20 trillion investment is possible only because President Trump is the greatest salesman and booster of America in history.
Finally, this great economic news all comes before the cavalry arrives. American taxpayers are about to receive the biggest tax refunds in history. That money will wind up in stocks, real estate, gold, Bitcoin, and consumer spending this Spring.
Look for 5% to 6% GDP coming soon to a town near you.
Folks, this is the Trump Economic Miracle. It took a year plus (as I predicted), but the economy is coming to life. We can expect a Reagan-like economic boom by summer- just in time for the midterms.
But that’s only a small start. Trump’s low tax, low regulation, pro energy policies will start to grow like a snowball rolling downhill- by 2027 and beyond, expect the strongest economic growth in history.
So, with Trump job #1- “fix the economy,” it’s MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. We are making America prosperous again. That alone has the power to change the midterm results.
So, what is left to be done to guarantee a midterm victory?
First, pass the damn SAVE Act to make elections secure again. If the GOP Senate can’t manage to pass the SAVE Act, then we know they are either incompetent, cowards, or bought and paid for, and playing for the other side. They will forever be known as “The Failed Do-Nothing GOP Senate.”
No matter what Trump achieves, if we allow Democrats to rig, cheat and steal elections with fake mail-in ballots, dead voters and millions of illegal aliens voting, we will lose. All of Trump’s heroic and herculean efforts will be for nothing.
If we let Democrats cheat, then we are fools, morons, and cowards who deserve to lose.
And then there’s one last priority to kick this mass deportation into gear- which fulfills President Trump’s promise to end illegal immigration and get the law breakers out of our country. It’s the magic formula…
E-Verify.
Right now, this mass deportation is one gigantic, expensive, complex and difficult undertaking. It’s costing time, manpower, massive dollars and producing bad PR.
But E-Verify is already the law of the land. We don’t need Congress to do a thing. There is nothing Democrats or the fake news media can do to stop it. It’s the law.
All we have to do is enforce it.
So, why aren’t we enforcing it? If E-Verify is ever actually enforced, there will be no jobs for illegal aliens anymore. This saves us tens of billions of dollars for mass deportation. This is how we force illegal aliens to leave- without ICE involved. Without jobs, all the illegal alien lawbreakers go home tomorrow- of their own free will. They need jobs to survive. Without job prospects, they have no choice, but to self-deport.
But right now, not only is no one enforcing E-Verify, no one is even mentioning it.
I’ll talk in detail about E-Verify and how to super-charge mass deportation in my next column tomorrow.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Wayne Allyn Root is a CEO, businessman, best-selling author, and national conservative TV and radio host, who has interviewed President Trump 16 times. Watch Wayne’s TV show “America’s Top Ten Countdown” on Real America’s Voice TV Saturdays at Noon ET and his video podcast “WAR Zone presented by The Gateway Pundit” daily from 6 PM to 8 PM ET at TheGatewayPundit.com. His website is ROOTforAmerica.com. Read Wayne’s latest fun book, “How Democrats Have Made America Great.” It’s 140 blank pages. The joke is on Democrats!
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Politics
WATCH: RFK Jr. and Kid Rock Set the Internet on Fire with Shirtless Workout Video
Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. and Kid Rock set the internet ablaze with a shirtless workout in an effort to promote an active lifestyle.
“I’ve teamed up with Kid Rock to deliver two simple messages to the American people: GET ACTIVE + EAT REAL FOOD,” RFK Jr. said in the caption.
The 90-second video featured Kid Rock’s hit song, “Bawitdaba” and showed him working out next to RFK Jr.
The video begins with the two walking into a workout room: “Secretary Kennedy and Kid Rock’s ‘Rock Out Work Out.’
72-year-old Kennedy and Kid Rock hit the gym equipment and workout in an infrared sauna.
Later on, Kennedy is seen taking a cold plunge bath in his jeans.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the video racked up nearly 11.5 million views.
WATCH:
Social media users loved the workout video.
DAYUUUUMMM!!! RFK is in such GREAT shape!! What an upgrade from this
!! Make America HEALTHY again!!
pic.twitter.com/4jlbYvcMQb
— Dyanna
Starr
MAGA (@DyannaStarr777) February 18, 2026
ice plunge with jeans is madness
— Rob Warren (@robertwarren) February 17, 2026
Previous HHS Sec and Mr. Levine “Learing” about exercise. pic.twitter.com/DNF5I5oo99
— Julia (@Jlslw186) February 18, 2026
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WATCH: Outraged Florida Father Pulls Child from School Over Dangerous Anti-ICE Student Protest, ‘You Have, Like, a Thousand Kids on the Overpass — One Just About Got Hit by a Car’

A Florida father was forced to leave work midday on Tuesday to remove his child from Lake Region High School after students participated in an anti-ICE protest that led them onto a nearby overpass, where he said one student nearly got hit by a car.
The incident, captured in a viral TikTok video reposted on X, shows the upset dad confronting school staff while signing his child out.
“You have, like, a thousand kids on the overpass, one just about got hit by a car,” the parent tells school staff.
The father continued, “Kids shouldn’t be involved in that sh-t. This is for learning. I have to leave work because while I’m working, I have to worry about what you’re manipulating my kids into listening to. It’s bullsh-t.”
WATCH:
An upset Florida father says he had to leave work in the middle of the day to pull his kid out of school after students launched an anti-ICE protest.
“You have, like, a thousand kids on the overpass, one just about got hit by a car.”
“Kids shouldn’t be involved in that sh*t.… pic.twitter.com/lTuCTDy4J0
— David J Harris Jr (@DavidJHarrisJr) February 18, 2026
Photos of the protest were posted on X by Ledger reporter Gary White.
I received word of another walkout in protest of ICE, this time at Lake Region High School near Winter Haven. I covered a protest last week by Kathleen High students. pic.twitter.com/BpoEHgcq7A
— Gary White (@garywhite13) February 17, 2026
Polk County Public Schools sent a letter to parents informing them of the incident, stating that students left campus as part of an apparent demonstration related to ICE. The district emphasized that such actions are not permitted due to safety risks and that involved students will face discipline according to the Code of Conduct.
The protest was part of a broader wave of student-led anti-ICE protests across the country, some of which have turned chaotic or resulted in injuries.
In West Palm Beach, a minor participating in a similar student protest was struck by a car.
In Lee County, dozens of students faced suspensions following a walkout.
Mother Furious: School Blamed After Daughter Hit by SUV During Chaotic Anti-ICE Protest at Nebraska High School (VIDEO)
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, a student protesting ICE in Nebraska was struck by a vehicle, leaving her with bumps and bruises, and her mother was livid at the school for allowing it to happen.
“First of all, I don’t feel she’s informed enough to have made a decision like the one that she made by doing a protest,” the mother told local station WOWT. “I don’t feel that any of the young people that were involved know enough about what’s going on to do or set up a protest because I feel they don’t know what they’re protesting.”
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WATCH LIVE: White House Press Sec Delivers Press Briefing – 1 PM ET
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivers press briefing – August 28, 2025 (Photo by TGP/Jordan Conradson)
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will deliver a press briefing this afternoon amid the ongoing DHS funding fight in Congress and upcoming votes on the SAVE America Act, which would require voters to provide proof of citizenship and Voter ID.
This comes amid a partial government shutdown as Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the Department of Homeland Security in opposition to ICE’s deportation of illegal aliens.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, the government entered a partial shutdown on Friday after Senate Democrats refused to vote to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Without DHS funding, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can still function largely uninterrupted. Still, other agencies, including the Coast Guard and Transportation Security Administration (TSA), will face disruption.
Meanwhile, the Senate is also considering the SAVE Act, which passed in the US House of Representatives last week. The legislation faces an uphill battle in the Senate, as not every GOP Senator is fully on board, and the entire Democratic Party opposes free and fair elections.
Ironically, Chuck Schumer lobbied for the same voter requirements as a House member in the 90s, but he now calls the measure “Jim Crow 2.0.”
WATCH: “Let’s Admit the Truth” – Chuck Schumer who Claims the SAVE Act is “Jim Crow 2.0” EXPOSED Railing Against Immigration Fraud, Demanding Voter ID and Proof of Citizenship on House Floor in 1996
The Senate must invoke a standing filibuster to pass the bill with only 51 votes, instead of the 3/5ths required under the current filibuster rule. But Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has said that the Senate is "not even close” to having enough votes.
Still, Trump has signaled that he will sign an executive order to require voter ID.
Leavitt is expected to speak about the SAVE Act, the ongoing government shutdown, and a range of other current events.
President Trump on Monday said he is activating FEMA while slamming Moore’s “Gross Mismanagement” of a sewage spill from Montgomery County, Maryland, north of DC, which began on January 19, 2026, and spilled hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River.
Trump later called out Maryland, DC, and Virginia, demanding that they "act, IMMEDIATELY" to clean the river.
"This is a Radical Left caused Environmental Hazard,” Trump continued.
The press briefing is scheduled to begin at 1 pm ET.
Watch live below:
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