EXCLUSIVE: Inside Vance's intimate Capitol Hill huddle as Republicans confront tough midterm terrain

EXCLUSIVE : Vice President JD Vance energized Republicans during a huddle on Capitol Hill Tuesday where he urged lawmakers to "kick a--" in the 49 days before the midterm elections, according to audio obtained by Fox News Digital from a person in the room.

He wants members of Congress who are on the campaign trail to tell Americans how Trump administration's policies benefit them daily.

"There's people out there right now whose lives are going to get better, or their lives are going to get worse based on whether we're in the majority or whether we're in the minority," Vance told the Republican lawmakers in spelling out the stakes of the 2026 midterms.

"There are going to be people who are going to be poorer.

Who are going to be less able to afford their prescription drugs, who are going to be less safe in the homes in their neighborhoods if the other guys get the majority," he continued.

"And there are people who are going to be able to walk down the street in safety if you guys keep the majority.

If we keep the majority together." Specifically, Vance told incumbents to hammer home the issue of crime, noting that the homicide rate has reached a 126-year low.

Vance explained that in a country of 330 million people, that crime stat translates to "thousands of people," including mothers and fathers, who are coming home to their families instead of being victims of deadly crimes.

FBI REPORTS LARGEST DROP IN VIOLENT CRIME AND MURDER SINCE 1937 AS HOMICIDES FALL MORE THAN 18% "There are tens of thousands of children who will come home tonight and work on their homework with mom or dad, rather than a stranger, because of what we've been able to do in supporting law enforcement," Vance said in the closed-door meeting.

"This is not an abstraction, ladies and gentlemen," the vice president continued.

"This is not about what you see on CNN or Fox News.

This is not whether someone with an 'R' or a 'D' next to their name wins.

This is about whether the American people in this country that we love have a government that they deserve, that protects them, that fights for them, or whether they have a government that treats them as a means to end." Fox News Digital caught up with some lawmakers after the meeting.

One House Republican granted anonymity to speak candidly told Fox News Digital the meeting was "a pep rally for the midterms.