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Caroline Shinkle | U.S. House New York District 12 Candidate Speaks on Campaign Just Over a Week Out From Election Day · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: This young lady doesn't have to reach out to me.
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  Speaker 1: I reach out to her. That's how much I respect her.
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  Speaker 1: I think she's great. She's running for the old Jerry
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  Speaker 1: Nadler seat, which is the Upper East Side, but the
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  Speaker 1: Upper West Side as well. It's a big area. I
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  Speaker 1: hosted one of her events at Dorian's. I believe it
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  Speaker 1: was last month. It may have been the month before.
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  Speaker 1: But she's everywhere. Every day on Instagram, I see Caroline Schenkel,
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  Speaker 1: the other New York person. She's everywhere doing a great job.
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  Speaker 1: Her and her mother. who's up fantastic too, Carolyn Schenkel.
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  Speaker 1: So here she is running for the 12th Congressional District,
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  Speaker 1: my friend Caroline Schenkel. Caroline, eight days away. What do
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  Speaker 1: these next eight days look like for you?
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  Speaker 2: Well, hi, Sid. Good morning. It's such an honor to
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  Speaker 2: be with you.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: And we're gonna win this. I have to tell you,
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  Speaker 2: the energy, the momentum is with us. I've been out
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  Speaker 2: at the early voting polling station starting on Saturday when
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  Speaker 2: they opened. So many people telling us they voted for me,
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  Speaker 2: they're about to vote for me, they're going to vote
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  Speaker 2: for me. Some say I'm their one exception. They've never
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  Speaker 2: voted for a Republican before ever in their entire lives,
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  Speaker 2: but they're voting for me. The energy is with us.
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  Speaker 2: And by the way, I just want to address the
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  Speaker 2: elephant in the room. Anybody who says that somebody like me,
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  Speaker 2: a Republican, cannot win in a place like Manhattan, they
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  Speaker 2: have no idea what they're talking about. I'm in the
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  Speaker 2: district talking with voters every single day. I have been
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  Speaker 2: since the outset of my campaign. And anyone who says
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  Speaker 2: they know with absolute certainty who's going to win this
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  Speaker 2: election either way is either trying to suppress attention and
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  Speaker 2: excitement around my campaign. or they're fixing votes. There is
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  Speaker 2: no way to know for sure who's going to win
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  Speaker 2: an election. The voters decide, not closed-minded, locked-in observers on
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  Speaker 2: the sidelines. So we're going to get this done.
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  Speaker 1: I believe you. You're right about that. And I will
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  Speaker 1: say this again. You're everywhere, all over Instagram, all over television,
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  Speaker 1: just meeting and greeting people all day. Your opponent, who
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  Speaker 1: I really don't like, it's personal. I don't like him,
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  Speaker 1: Michael Lasher. Don't even like him a little bit. I
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  Speaker 1: don't see much of him. What has he been doing?
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  Speaker 2: Well, the voters don't like him either, Sid. He's very unpopular.
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  Speaker 2: He's very radical. He's totally caved into the DSA. And
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  Speaker 2: by the way, he does not campaign. He will not
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  Speaker 2: debate me. In fact, just the other day, another debate
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  Speaker 2: was canceled that was going to be for the two
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  Speaker 2: of us because his team and he decided that he
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  Speaker 2: didn't want to show up. He's out in Pennsylvania campaigning
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  Speaker 2: for some other candidate out there. The other day he
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  Speaker 2: was up in New York 17 campaigning for Mike Lawler's opponent.
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  Speaker 2: So he's really treating us all like useful idiots and
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  Speaker 2: taking every vote for granted. I don't appreciate it, Sid.
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  Speaker 2: And that is why when I'm elected this November, I
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  Speaker 2: will be sponsoring legislation requiring any candidate for federal office
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  Speaker 2: to have to debate and If they want to be
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  Speaker 2: on the ballot, because this mentality of total complacency, totally
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  Speaker 2: writing off your own voters and really campaigning from the
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  Speaker 2: Joe Biden school of hiding in your basement, it walks.
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  Speaker 2: It's wrong. It's disrespectful to the voters and it will end.
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  Speaker 1: Well, the cowards, too. That's the bottom line. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you know, yes, some of them look, some of them
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  Speaker 1: are incumbents. He's not OK. But if you're an incumbent.
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  Speaker 1: and you continue to win, and the polls are close,
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  Speaker 1: let me be honest. I'm not sure I'd debate either,
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  Speaker 1: especially if I'm the weaker competitor. So if I'm Kathy Hochul, okay,
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  Speaker 1: she's a coward and a clown, but after watching her
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  Speaker 1: against Blakeman once, why would she want to do it again?
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  Speaker 1: But in this case, this guy hasn't won anything yet.
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  Speaker 1: Who the hell is he? He should absolutely have to
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  Speaker 1: debate you.
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  Speaker 2: 100% said. And let's remember, remember the No Kings protest
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  Speaker 2: going on throughout Manhattan? I would tell Lasher the same thing.
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  Speaker 2: He's treating this like a coronation, not an election. It's
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  Speaker 2: a slap in the face to all the voters of
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  Speaker 2: New York 12. We are not to be taken for
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  Speaker 2: granted as we have been by the Democrat Party for
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  Speaker 2: decades and decades. The people are ready. This is not
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  Speaker 2: a DSA district. This district did not vote for Mondani
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  Speaker 2: last November. And by the way, I've coined this term.
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  Speaker 2: It is not deep blue here. It is infrared.
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  Speaker 1: It's important.
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  Speaker 2: It's here. It's not going to get picked up in polling, Sid, right?
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  Speaker 2: Because a lot of people don't want to say they're
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  Speaker 2: voting Republican, but they are thinking it and they will
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  Speaker 2: do it in the comfort of the voting booth. What
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  Speaker 2: happens in the voting booth stays in the voting booth.
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  Speaker 2: And so I would encourage all your listeners to check
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  Speaker 2: out my website, Caroline for New York dot com to
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  Speaker 2: learn more. But we're going to win this.
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  Speaker 1: Did Mamdani endorse this clown?
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  Speaker 2: No, but Mamdani did vote, and we know that he
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  Speaker 2: voted for Lasher because there is no way that he
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  Speaker 2: would ever vote for somebody like myself who really represents
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  Speaker 2: everything that is opposite to Mamdani's thinking and worldview. Mamdani
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  Speaker 2: is out to destroy New York City, out to destroy
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  Speaker 2: the fabric of our society, and I am here to
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  Speaker 2: restore it and to make New York City the most vibrant, prosperous,
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  Speaker 2: safest city in the entire country. We're not going to
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  Speaker 2: stand for this DSA BS. It walks, and the voters
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  Speaker 2: are with us, Sid.
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  Speaker 1: Did anybody endorse Michael Asher?
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  Speaker 2: Jerry Nadler did, which I think is a disqualification in
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  Speaker 2: my book. And let's remember, I mean, Jerry Nadler was
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  Speaker 2: there for 34 years, Sid, since before I was born.
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  Speaker 2: And what did he do other than lead our city
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  Speaker 2: into its current spiral of decline? Michael Asher wants to
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  Speaker 2: triple down on all the failed policies that have gotten
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  Speaker 2: us into this position. He endorsed Mamdani immediately. He's totally
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  Speaker 2: caved into the DSA. If you look at his platform,
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  Speaker 2: it's all socialism. He has no idea what he's doing.
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  Speaker 2: He will say anything and do anything other than debate
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  Speaker 2: me in order to get elected, because for him, it's
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  Speaker 2: all about power. But the people are taking their seat back.
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  Speaker 2: And I have news for Michael Asher. This is not
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  Speaker 2: Jerry Nadler's seat to pass down from himself, one corrupt
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  Speaker 2: politician to another. It is the people's seat. And we
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  Speaker 2: are taking it back in a couple of days.
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  Speaker 1: Say that again. That was so hot. Say it again.
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  Speaker 2: This is not Jerry Nadler's seat, New York 12. This seat,
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  Speaker 2: it is the people's seat. It belongs to us, the people.
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  Speaker 2: And we're taking it back in a couple of days.
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  Speaker 2: November 3rd said we're going to make history when we
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  Speaker 2: take back this seat and show that Manhattan is back,
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  Speaker 2: that New York City is back and that we're open
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  Speaker 2: for business.
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  Speaker 1: Give me the three policies that you differ most from Lasher.
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  Speaker 1: I think Lasher is Jewish, but to me, he's a
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  Speaker 1: crappy Jew. He's like Mandy Patinkin, who's really a lowlife.
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  Speaker 1: He's like Jamie Raskin and, I don't know, Jareen Dadler,
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  Speaker 1: who you just mentioned, and Chuck Schumer at this point,
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  Speaker 1: according to Trump, is a Palestinian. So I know Israel
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  Speaker 1: is one of them. Give me the three policies that
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  Speaker 1: really separate the two of you.
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  Speaker 2: Everything said. It is night and day. I stand for success.
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  Speaker 2: I stand for capitalism. I stand for economic empowerment. While
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  Speaker 2: I want to protect your paycheck and let Americans keep
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  Speaker 2: more of what they earn because I believe your labor
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  Speaker 2: and your paycheck belongs to you, Lasher wants to raise taxes.
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  Speaker 2: He wants universal everything for everyone with no conception. of
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  Speaker 2: how to pay for anything. And that will just lead
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  Speaker 2: us into universal bankruptcy. It doesn't work on the issue
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  Speaker 2: of Israel and antisemitism. It is people like Lasher and
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  Speaker 2: Jerry Nadler who have allowed the DSA to hijack the
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  Speaker 2: Democrat Party. Lasher is silent. He has never called Mamdani
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  Speaker 2: out for anything, including Mamdani's horrific statements On the third
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  Speaker 2: anniversary of October 7th, Lasher said nothing. And we see
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  Speaker 2: this anti-Semitic and anti-Israel rhetoric translating into anti-Semitic violence in
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  Speaker 2: our streets. Lasher is silent. And the third I'll say
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  Speaker 2: is I am pro-public safety. I am pro-law enforcement. I
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  Speaker 2: back the blue 100%. And while I am out there
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  Speaker 2: backing the blue and making sure that our law enforcement
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  Speaker 2: have the resources they need to actually tackle crime and
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  Speaker 2: keep our community safe, Lasher is out advocating for the
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  Speaker 2: wholesale release of a dangerous career criminal who is in
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  Speaker 2: our country illegally, that Oscar Bell individual. That is radical,
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  Speaker 2: said the American people don't support that. And I don't
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  Speaker 2: care what anyone's views on ICE are, but letting a
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  Speaker 2: dangerous career criminal with ties to a criminal gang out
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  Speaker 2: on our streets, that is radical. It endangers all of
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  Speaker 2: us and it's disqualifying.
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  Speaker 1: You know, on the way out, I see you again
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  Speaker 1: on Instagram every day and all the social media, you
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  Speaker 1: with somebody else. in the community, somebody well-known. It's nice
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  Speaker 1: to see that. But a couple of you folks that
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  Speaker 1: are running on the Republican ticket, even though you make
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  Speaker 1: it very, very clear, yes, I'm running as a Republican,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm a common-sense candidate. And you are. I can
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  Speaker 1: vouch for that. But I look at Bruce Blakeman running
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  Speaker 1: for governor. You've been with him quite a bit. Sarita
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  Speaker 1: running for attorney general. She demolished Letitia James in their
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  Speaker 1: in their debate on television a couple of weeks ago,
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  Speaker 1: some of these people that are running on the right
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  Speaker 1: side of this ballot, where my wife did vote for
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  Speaker 1: all of you yesterday, it is a pretty impressive group,
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  Speaker 1: a pretty impressive bunch, and it looks like you try
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  Speaker 1: to spend as much time as you can with these
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  Speaker 1: other candidates.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely said. We have a lot of incredible candidates running,
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  Speaker 2: I think, for the first time in a long time.
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  Speaker 2: Such a strong slate of common sense Republicans. And I think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I've always approached this from the perspective of
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  Speaker 2: it is not Republican versus Democrat. It is not red
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  Speaker 2: versus blue. It's about common sense. It's about saving our city,
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  Speaker 2: saving our state, and really saving Western civilization. And we
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  Speaker 2: talk a lot about this red-green alliance, very, very dangerous.
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  Speaker 2: But you know what we're building in New York 12, Sid?
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  Speaker 2: A red-blue alliance. Democrats, Republicans coming together, supporting me, supporting
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  Speaker 2: pro-USA values, pro-New York City values, capitalism, economic empowerment, public safety.
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  Speaker 2: This is what the people want. And it doesn't matter
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  Speaker 2: what your party is, what your political affiliation is, what
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  Speaker 2: your religion is. It matters whether you are an American
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  Speaker 2: and you love your country and you love your city.
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  Speaker 2: If you do, then you are with me and my movement,
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  Speaker 2: plain and simple, and it's happening. This is a massive
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  Speaker 2: political realignment, Sid, the likes of which we've not seen
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  Speaker 2: since FDR. So this is happening. And I always say,
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  Speaker 2: we had a miracle in Manhattan a couple months ago.
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  Speaker 2: Let's not forget with the Knicks. And so we're making
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  Speaker 2: it happen. This is round two. And the Knicks had
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  Speaker 2: a worse record, Sid, than the Republicans do in this district.
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  Speaker 2: And they did it.
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  Speaker 1: And the Knicks are yet to win a game this year.
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  Speaker 1: Mind you, they're 0-3. They lost again last night, so
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  Speaker 1: it must have been a miracle. On the way out,
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  Speaker 1: Caroline for New York. Is that the number four or
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  Speaker 1: the letter S? F-O-R?
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  Speaker 2: It's F-O-R. We spell it all out. I would love
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  Speaker 2: for all of your listeners to take a look at
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  Speaker 2: my website, take a look at the movement that we've
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  Speaker 2: built here, and help us make history. Please vote for me.
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  Speaker 2: Vote Caroline Schenkel for Congress in New York 12. And
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  Speaker 2: let's take back our city.
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  Speaker 1: You really are one of my favorite politicians in New
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  Speaker 1: York and New York City, maybe ever. So I'm happy
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  Speaker 1: for you. You're doing a terrific job. You and your mom,
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  Speaker 1: who's beautiful, Carolyn, and you're running a great campaign. So
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  Speaker 1: I'll tell you this. If you don't win, then I've
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  Speaker 1: lost all hope in New York City because you're the
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  Speaker 1: best candidate I've seen in a very, very long time.
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  Speaker 1: Excellent job, Caroline. Good luck. We'll talk again before next Tuesday.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Ted. God bless.
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  Speaker 1: God bless you. Caroline Schenkel right there, District 12. Congress,
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  Speaker 1: the obvious choice. What a lovely, smart, great woman, my
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  Speaker 1: friend Caroline.
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  Speaker 1: What the heck is going on here?