The following is the transcript of the interview with Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Oct. 18, 2026.
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And we're joined now by Ohio Republican Congressman Mike Turner.
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A lot to get to with you, but let's start on politics.
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Ohio has been reliably Republican, but you've got a competitive gubernatorial race and Senate race in Minnesota, in Iowa, in Michigan, and in Maine.
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Republicans have been positioning themselves as independent of the president on some issues.
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When Trump is right, I'll work with him.
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When he's wrong, I'll stand up for Minnesota.
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We need to lower gas prices in this country.
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We need to lower diesel prices, but I don't think we need to be making a deal with Russia to do it.
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Here in Michigan, we know that Canada is not our enemy.
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We need to end this tariff war now.
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I agree that the president did not have a good plan.
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He should have anticipated the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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I know you've been endorsed by President Trump.
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You did appear at a rally with him, but do you feel it would help to create some distance, like they did?
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Well, as you know, I don't run with the president.
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I don't run from the president.
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It's one of the reasons why you have me on this show because of the fact that- that I have my- my own agenda, and I think what's important, as your pollster has- has indicated, he's in- he's talking of- of trends.
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What's most important, as he ended his presentation, as Anthony said, this is about who gets out to vote, and everybody needs to get out and vote.
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You know, Margaret, my very first race, I won by 244 votes out of 44,000.
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It's really, really important as to who gets out and votes.
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So, my message would be to everyone, is to get out and vote.
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And also, when they go to the polls, they need to make certain that they vote in every race.
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It's amazing the number of drop-offs that people have as they go down the ballot.
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People need to vote in every race, and they need to get out and vote.
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But clearly, those candidates felt they needed to say that.
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Fox had a poll this week showing six in 10 respondents were extremely concerned about government corruption.
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AP had one that said six in 10 adults believe Trump is illegally profiting from the presidency or at least doing something unethical.
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Your local paper, the Columbus Dispatch, wrote it could not endorse the Republican Senate candidate because of the "abject failure," this is a quote- "of Republicans in Congress to stop visible corruption and abuse of power by the Trump administration."
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You referred to Republicans as almost entirely spineless.
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How do you counter those perceptions?
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Do you feel you need to?
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Right, yes, I'm- I'm- I'm Dayton--
MARGARET BRENNAN: --but it is still talking about the Senate race and talking about the perception that Congress has not pushed back on the president.
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Well, I think- I think Congress has pushed back, and certainly I have pushed back
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And in- in my community, I'm seen as part of the integral economic development team- the local economic development team of my community.
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And the- the aspect of what people are doing or are not doing with respect to this administration is, I think an individual candidate's issue, and people vote for individual candidates.
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They don't vote for a team.
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They don't vote for- for a slate, and- and I think that's why individual candidates are talking about their individual records as- as I do.
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People look in my community, they see me as a job creator.
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They see me as someone- if- Margaret, if you came into my community and we took a drive along my community, and I showed you my accomplishments, you'd see things at, you know, my local base where we've doubled the jobs both inside and outside the fence, the VA where we've created senior housing, and like- my opponent wouldn't be able to get out of the driveway of her house.
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