Michael Alfonso, a candidate for Wisconsin’s Seventh Congressional District, said Saturday on – News that voters are looking for Congress to take action and help cement President Donald Trump’s agenda for the long term.
Alfonso, who is backed by President Trump and is the son-in-law of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, told – News Washington Bureau Chief Matt Boyle that receiving Trump’s endorsement is “pretty humbling.” He added that “every day” he intends to work to prove worthy of that support.
In May, Trump said that “Michael Alfonso has been a winner all of his life,” praising him as coming from “a truly spectacular family” and giving him his “complete and total endorsement” in the race to represent Wisconsin’s Seventh Congressional District.
When Boyle asked what Alfonso is hearing from voters as he campaigns alongside his wife, Evita, Alfonso said residents across the district “want to see action” and feel that “Congress is not giving President Trump the backup that he needs.”
Alfonso credited Trump with “doing an amazing job” through executive orders and efforts such as “closing our border,” but said voters worry that “in three years, when Trump is no longer the president,” those gains could be reversed “at the stroke of a pen.”
“We still don’t have the Save Act in law,” Alfonso said, pointing to that measure and related priorities as “things that I’m going to be working very hard to get through.”
Boyle also questioned Alfonso about Trump’s reported talks concerning Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran’s nuclear ambitions, noting that the issue has generated both praise and criticism. Alfonso responded that he is “fully behind it.”
“President Trump ran on being the president of peace, no more forever wars,” Alfonso said. “He got in, and we’re going to be getting out.”
Alfonso contended that “only President Trump could denuclearize Iran in this short time,” while also keeping the country “on track” for “lower gas prices,” calling Trump’s handling of the matter “a masterclass of negotiation.”
“He is the negotiator,” Alfonso said of Trump, adding that “Anyone that really doubted him doesn’t know President Trump.”
Discussing the Iran arrangement further, Alfonso described it as “the beauty of this peace deal,” while adding that “It’s not a true peace deal” but “just a memorandum of understanding.”
Alfonso said the understanding sends a message that “if Iran plays ball and starts actually following some rules, they can be a part of this world economy,” while saying that the United States is “better off now than we were under the Biden administration.”
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Boyle then turned to Democrats’ campaign messaging around affordability, asking Alfonso about what he described as a pattern of Democrats running on affordability while pursuing left-wing policies after taking office. Alfonso called that message “the great lie of the left wing for my whole lifetime.”
“They keep telling you that they care about the middle class,” Alfonso said, “but their only pitch to the middle class is full-blown Marxism.”
Alfonso pointed to Wisconsin’s fights during former Gov. Scott Walker’s tenure, saying the Walker recall effort marked “the beginning of the Marxist attack” in the state and describing the protests at the time as “just riots to intimidate people.”
He also referenced the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, saying there was “destruction of property at a scale that we’ve never seen in the United States,” while criticizing CNN for calling unrest “fiery, but mostly peaceful.”
Alfonso warned that Democrats have moved toward “full-blown Marxism,” pointing to Zohran Mamdani and saying Democrats are offering voters policies such as “an asset tax” while claiming such measures would only target “the rich.”
“The choice is simple,” Alfonso said. “Do you want free market American conservative family values or do you want Marxism?”
On the 2026 midterms, Boyle said Republicans may have a chance to “defy history” and hold or expand their congressional majorities, despite the usual pattern of midterm backlash against the president’s party. Alfonso said that while some media figures talk about a “blue wave,” the situation looks different “when you actually get on the ground and talk to people.”
Alfonso, who said he was “in a lineup for a parade” during the interview, saying that voters understand Democrats as “the party of seizing assets, boys in girls’ bathrooms, and defunding the police.”
“This is not a winning message,” Alfonso said, contrasting Democrats with Republicans, whom he described as “the party of free market, family values, and conservatism.”
Alfonso said he believes Republicans are well-positioned going into November, telling Boyle, “I really do think Republicans don’t just have a shot at it,” and adding that he sees the GOP as “the favorite to keep the House.”
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