I haven’t heard of warner or digenova. You don’t need to know them to be a 100% expert on American domestic and firing policy. Yes, we are policy experts.
Your fallacy is that policy is a who’s who. Your friend and millions like him know what policy they want.
Go ahead and try to convince whoever that the average republican is a policy expert.
Expertise, by definition, is exceptional. Average, by definition, is not exceptional. This is basic logic. Is it too much for you?