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Rob Astorino, WOR and NewsMax host interview · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Still on the line right now, our colleague Rob Astorino.
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  Speaker 1: You hear him here, 710WOR, every Saturday from 5 to 6. Rob,
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  Speaker 1: let's discuss Blakeman-Hockel. New poll, Kornipiak says he's 14 points behind.
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  Speaker 1: Zeldin was like six points behind at this same period.
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  Speaker 1: I don't buy it. I've looked at both campaigns. I
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  Speaker 1: think Blakeman has run a much better campaign than I
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  Speaker 1: saw Zeldin run. What's been your reaction, Rob? To these
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  Speaker 1: recent polls that claim he's losing in double digits.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I mean, it's typical. It's typical for polling
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  Speaker 2: in New York. It's typical for these college polls.
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  Speaker 3: It's, you know, at this point, I think Blakeman has
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  Speaker 3: been a great spot right now, honestly.
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  Speaker 2: And he's coming on my show tomorrow from 4 to
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  Speaker 2: 5 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: Pardon.
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  Speaker 2: Pardon. If you listen to five to six, you're going
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  Speaker 2: to hear some doctor talking about cancer.
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  Speaker 1: So, no, no, no.
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  Speaker 3: Honestly, Blakeman is in a really good spot, and so
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  Speaker 3: is Teresa Comitoretti. This is where you want to be
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  Speaker 3: going into early voting, which starts tomorrow. And there, within
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  Speaker 3: striking distance, you look at the weakness of Hochul in
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  Speaker 3: so many parts of this state, and the issues are
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  Speaker 3: all on Blakeman's side.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, watching that.
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  Speaker 3: Debate, she was just like, she was like a, a
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  Speaker 3: sophomore in high school trying to be on a debate team.
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  Speaker 2: It was, it was pathetic.
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  Speaker 3: And she couldn't, she had no answers. She still has
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  Speaker 3: no answers for anything other than just scream Trump. That's
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  Speaker 3: in the back of her head.
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  Speaker 2: Just like every Democrat.
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  Speaker 3: Now, when you're challenged and you can't win on anything,
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  Speaker 3: just scream Trump. And I don't know how far that's
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  Speaker 3: going to be, you know, how about get them, but
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  Speaker 3: she's a Democrat in a blue state. So she's obviously winning, but, uh,
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  Speaker 3: My advice to anyone running right now is, especially a Republican,
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  Speaker 3: and Bruce knows this, you're never going to lead in
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  Speaker 3: the polls until the polls actually close and you could
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  Speaker 3: win on election night.
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  Speaker 2: That's it.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, that's tremendous advice. And I agree with you, the debate,
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  Speaker 4: she was awful in her answer on energy when she
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  Speaker 4: was blaming Trump for all of the raises and the
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  Speaker 4: energy prices was embarrassing, I thought. As you go across
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  Speaker 4: the country right now, I'm starting to feel a little
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  Speaker 4: bit better. I asked you to talk me off the
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  Speaker 4: ledge before and I'm, I'm squarely off the ledge and
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  Speaker 4: I didn't fall because I, I have a feeling that
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  Speaker 4: the house is going to go. I hope it doesn't,
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  Speaker 4: but I have a feeling the house is going to go.
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  Speaker 4: I think the Republicans are going to win the Senate
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  Speaker 4: and not only by a couple, by, you know, two
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  Speaker 4: or three.
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  Speaker 2: I look, I feel the same way. I just, I
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  Speaker 2: was with Ken Paxton on Monday in Dallas. Um, They're
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  Speaker 2: feeling much better.
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  Speaker 3: The early voting is very heavy in some of these states,
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  Speaker 3: but they're feeling much better where they are. The biggest
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  Speaker 3: question is the rural vote. Is the rural vote in
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  Speaker 3: a lot of these states going to come out in
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  Speaker 3: the numbers that they typically do? Because they're the ones
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  Speaker 3: that are dealing with the diesel prices for farming and
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  Speaker 3: all those kind of issues. Are they really willing to
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  Speaker 3: sit it out or to cross over for a Democrat
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  Speaker 3: that they know, I mean, philosophically, ideologically, they can't stand,
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  Speaker 3: that they know will be really.
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  Speaker 2: Worse for them?
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  Speaker 3: Or do they kind of hold their nose or they
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  Speaker 3: feel patriotic and stick with their party? That's probably what
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  Speaker 3: will happen.
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  Speaker 2: I was in Kansas, too, and I saw the debate
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  Speaker 2: with Senator Marshall. I don't think he did great.
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  Speaker 3: He's up against this guy, Adam Hamilton, who is a
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  Speaker 3: pastor there.
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  Speaker 2: Comes across very well.
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  Speaker 3: He's actually getting some stupid jerk rhino Republicans to support him.
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  Speaker 3: But I, again, think gravity is going to be gravity.
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  Speaker 3: And in these Republican states, in the end, Republicans are
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  Speaker 3: going to end up winning.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm with you, Larry. I'm looking over the edge,
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  Speaker 2: but I don't think we're.
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  Speaker 1: Going to take.
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  Speaker 3: It.
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  Speaker 1: Right in your backyard is the Mike Lawler, Kate Connolly race.
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  Speaker 1: I've probably seen more ads. nonstop on my thread, television,
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  Speaker 1: you name it. They've got to have the most ads
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  Speaker 1: I've ever seen on television for a local congressional race.
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  Speaker 1: It appears it's neck and neck if you follow the polls.
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  Speaker 1: What's your sense? Because that's right in your backyard.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I think it is neck and neck.
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  Speaker 3: And it's just because there are more Democrats in this
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  Speaker 3: area too. And they are fired up. But I still,
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  Speaker 3: the thing that gets me hopeful is, Curtis, is I
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  Speaker 3: still talk to Democrats in the area and the ones
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  Speaker 3: who have kind of supported Lawler in the past, and
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  Speaker 3: they're still with him.
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  Speaker 2: And that, to me, is a very good sign that
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  Speaker 2: they haven't broken away. And, you know, he's working very hard.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, look, you and I don't see it all
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  Speaker 3: the time because I'm not watching CNN too often or MSNL,
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  Speaker 3: but he'll go on those stations and he'll He'll deal
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  Speaker 3: with their nonsense because that's how.
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  Speaker 2: He reaches other people. So he's very good with that.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that that's you know, this is when
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  Speaker 3: it translates or you hope it does when when the
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  Speaker 3: voting actually starts. So, I mean, look, that's just going
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  Speaker 3: to be a neck and neck race. And I do
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  Speaker 3: think he'll win. I mean, he's had the resources. Thank
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  Speaker 3: God he's had the messaging. And, you know, I'll be
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  Speaker 3: I'll actually be with all of them on. Sunday morning,
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  Speaker 3: there's going to be a big rally in Yorktown.
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  Speaker 2: Blakeman's going to.
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  Speaker 3: Be there, Lawler and all of them, and I'm going
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  Speaker 3: to actually be there. I think I'm emceeing the event,
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  Speaker 3: so that's going to be fun. Look, this is when.
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  Speaker 2: It starts to get a little chilly. It's a little
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  Speaker 2: chilly this morning. It's a good breath. That means we're
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  Speaker 2: about to vote.
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  Speaker 3: I love that.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think Lawler's going to win, too. I think
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  Speaker 4: the Tom Kane Jr. seat is gone, though. Rebecca Campbell
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  Speaker 4: turned out to be a really good candidate. I do
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  Speaker 4: want to ask you if you've seen the new Kamala Harris.
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  Speaker 4: She's come out with a brand new way of speaking
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  Speaker 4: completely as if some consultant said to her, they're making
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  Speaker 4: fun of you. You've got to change the way you speak.
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  Speaker 4: And she's slowed down. She's speaking in shorter sentences. Have
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  Speaker 4: you seen it online at all?
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  Speaker 3: I haven't, but.
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  Speaker 2: You know, every week there's a new Kamala Harris. Anyway,
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  Speaker 2: so that's this week's version, I guess. I mean, was
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  Speaker 2: she sloshing her words? Was she drunk already or no?
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  Speaker 4: No, she seemed okay. It seemed to be working. If
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  Speaker 4: she actually stopped and thought about what she was going
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  Speaker 4: to say, and that seems to be what they told
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  Speaker 4: her to do. You know, don't just spit out the
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  Speaker 4: first word that comes into your mind. She's slowed down.
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  Speaker 4: She's more deliberate. She's a little bit more boring, which
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  Speaker 4: is amazing because I thought she was boring before. But
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  Speaker 4: she's absolutely trying out a brand new way of speaking.
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  Speaker 2: It ain't going to work. Because you know what?
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  Speaker 3: When you have to think about that and get trained,
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  Speaker 3: you always fall back to you.
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  Speaker 2: And that's what's going to be with her. She's just
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  Speaker 2: going to be a human word salad from here to
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  Speaker 2: the day she dies. And that laugh is never going
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  Speaker 2: to change. I pray to God every day. I light candles.
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  Speaker 2: I do rosaries that she is their nominee again. Please, God.
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  Speaker 3: Please.
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  Speaker 2: Are you listening, God?
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  Speaker 3: Please.
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  Speaker 2: Be the nominee for the Democrats.
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  Speaker 4: You might get your wish. Rob Astorino, host of the
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  Speaker 4: Rob Astorino Show on WOR. Saturdays, I heard it's from
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  Speaker 4: 4 to 5 p.m. Host of Saturday Agenda 1 to
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  Speaker 4: 3 on Newsmax and former Westchester County executive. Thanks a lot, Rob.
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  Speaker 4: Have a good show. Thanks, guys.