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Abraham Hamra | Attorney & Syrian Jewish Ex-Refugee | 07-01-26 · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: So I got a buddy. His name is Abraham Hamra
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  Speaker 1: and all the Jews know him because he's all over
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  Speaker 1: Instagram and he fights really hard for the Jewish people.
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  Speaker 1: But he's Persian, He's Arab. He's a great guy, lawyer,
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  Speaker 1: immigration lawyer. My wife Danielle actually worked with him for many,
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  Speaker 1: many years. Him and Rachel became part of the family,
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  Speaker 1: and he now is part of the Bruce Blakeman team,
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  Speaker 1: which makes me very happy and Bruce happy. But the
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  Speaker 1: way it happened, I think may raise a couple of eyebrows.
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  Speaker 1: So with that said, here he is. I love this guy,
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  Speaker 1: Abraham Hamra. Ay be, good morning, buddy, how are you?
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  Speaker 2: Good morning sitting, Good morning everybody in New York. I'm
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  Speaker 2: doing great. How are you?
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  Speaker 1: I know you're doing great. I'm well. Tell everybody we
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  Speaker 1: got about eight minutes. So tell everybody you went the
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  Speaker 1: other day to be confirmed, to be confirmed to be
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  Speaker 1: part of this team, and tell everybody the nonsense that
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  Speaker 1: you went through to get there.
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  Speaker 2: So County Executive Bruce Blakeman appointed me to the plan Commission,
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  Speaker 2: to the National County Planning Commission, So I truly didn't
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  Speaker 2: expect we're going to have an issue with the confirmation
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  Speaker 2: hearing I get there. There's two other nominees with me
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  Speaker 2: at this nomination, both also a county executive, Bruce Placeman
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  Speaker 2: Bruce Blakeman nominees we get there. I was the only
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  Speaker 2: one out of all three nominees that did not get
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  Speaker 2: a co sponsored minority Democrat nomination. Now you think I
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  Speaker 2: did something to the Democrat Party. I went out. I'm
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  Speaker 2: allowed advocate against the Democrat Party. You know me, Sid,
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  Speaker 2: I've never been super political. I'm always issue based person.
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  Speaker 2: I don't care about party affiliation. But what this showed
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  Speaker 2: me today is the division that exists within this country
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  Speaker 2: and the pact that the Democrat Party is taking is
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  Speaker 2: going to tank this country unless something drastic happens to
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  Speaker 2: change that party completely. They all voted against me. While
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  Speaker 2: Mazi Pillop was talking about my story about how I
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  Speaker 2: was displaced as the refugee, how I stand up for
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  Speaker 2: civil rights. You had them, the Democrats, sitting on the
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  Speaker 2: other side. My wife was sitting right next to me. No, Rachel,
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  Speaker 2: She's not as insane as I am. She was in disbelief.
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  Speaker 2: She's like they were looking rolling their eyes, looking at you, nasty,
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  Speaker 2: like one of them was staring at me with such
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  Speaker 2: hate you'd think I spit in between his eyes. I
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  Speaker 2: didn't even know the guy's name until after I went
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  Speaker 2: back to look up his name just so I'm like,
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  Speaker 2: why is he looking at me? And said, you way
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  Speaker 2: what I do to him? I think his name was
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  Speaker 2: Carrie Solange or something like that. It was truly befuddling
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  Speaker 2: to me how they all jumped and screamed nay to
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  Speaker 2: my confirmation. Keep in mind, this is the Democrat Party, right,
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  Speaker 2: this is their loyalty. I want every listener to hear
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  Speaker 2: the loyalty of the Democrat Party. Two months, not even
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  Speaker 2: two months ago, I was standing with Tom Swazi, who's
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  Speaker 2: running for re election as in Congress for the third distion.
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  Speaker 1: Now, just so you know, just so you know, I'm
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  Speaker 1: enthusiastically endorsing the guy running against him. He was in
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  Speaker 1: these studios on Monday, Michael Petrie. But go ahead continue story.
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  Speaker 2: Oh but sid and you know what I'm joining you.
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  Speaker 2: I stood with him, and I think Tom Swase, the
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  Speaker 2: Democrat Party a month later, spits in my face with
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  Speaker 2: such an act, embarrassing me at my confirmation hearing doing
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  Speaker 2: nothing to the Democrats even though this party has refused
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  Speaker 2: to step up and support the American way, American values,
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  Speaker 2: protect Christians, protect Jews. It was disgusting.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, So look, I mean, I'm a dick, I admitted, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: I just am and I hate the Democrats. I hate them.
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  Speaker 1: I even have family members and friends that I speak
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  Speaker 1: less and less too. I still love them, but I
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  Speaker 1: just have nothing in common with them. Nothing. And I
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  Speaker 1: really believe the Democrats are evil, and I don't. I
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  Speaker 1: don't talk about the progressive versus the moderates versus a DSA.
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  Speaker 1: As far as I'm concerned. Outside of John Fetterman, there's
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  Speaker 1: not a decent Democrat in the country. Sorry, Bob Holden,
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  Speaker 1: There's not a decent Democrat in the country. This nonsense
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  Speaker 1: that people talk about the sense democrat. They don't exist.
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  Speaker 1: But that's me. I'm a very black and white guy.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not a very gray guy.
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  Speaker 2: You're not.
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  Speaker 1: You explained it immigration attorney. You're Arab and Jewish. You
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  Speaker 1: make arguments for just about everybody. But is it there
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  Speaker 1: to assume now, after the Democrats embarrassed you in your
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  Speaker 1: own backyard with you and your beautiful wife Rachel, that
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  Speaker 1: Abe Hamra may turn out to be more like sid Rosenberg.
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  Speaker 2: I am completely done with the Democrat Party at this point. Wow,
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  Speaker 2: the way they embarrassed me, it was so disgusting. I'm
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  Speaker 2: an immigration attorney. I'm the person of color they continue to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, throw out there talking about how they score
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  Speaker 2: people of color. I'm an immigrant to myself to this country,
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  Speaker 2: a refugee you had to rebuild his life. I stand
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  Speaker 2: up for civil rights. I represented escape escaped slaves from
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  Speaker 2: Mauritania in asylum cases. And they're going to vote against
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  Speaker 2: me for what? What value do I hold that is
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  Speaker 2: against liberalism? What value do I hope against individuals? Right? So?
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  Speaker 1: What is it? Is it the fact that you're Jewish?
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  Speaker 1: Is it the fact that you you want to help
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  Speaker 1: Bruce Blakeman, he's a Republican candidate. What is it?
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  Speaker 2: What do you think I wish? I look, I was
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  Speaker 2: the only person that showed up to the nomination. I
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  Speaker 2: was wearing my keepa, wearing my my magenda, VID loud
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  Speaker 2: and proud. I speak very clearly, and I oppose any
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  Speaker 2: politician or any policies that affect Jews. As of late,
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  Speaker 2: they've been more policies being pushed from the Democratic Party.
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  Speaker 2: I don't like throwing out the term anti Semitism. I
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  Speaker 2: truly don't, and so that is the last resort of
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  Speaker 2: my suspicion. But I truly have no idea what I
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  Speaker 2: did to them to deserve such treatment that day.
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  Speaker 1: No, you love Bruce Blakeman again, right, You're a great
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  Speaker 1: neck guy about the Nashau County, and you know that
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  Speaker 1: if this state has any future, that he has to win.
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  Speaker 1: So what exactly will you be doing moving forward?
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  Speaker 2: So I'm going to be serving on that commission in
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  Speaker 2: Nassau County, and I'm also you know, at this point now,
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  Speaker 2: I'm very in my mind has been set to helping
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  Speaker 2: Bruce Blakeman in any way I can to win the
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  Speaker 2: governorship because without him at the helm, Kathy Hokle, as
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  Speaker 2: you said, will run the state into the ground. On
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  Speaker 2: top of that said, after that embarrassment, I've made up
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  Speaker 2: my mind that I want to explore seriously, very seriously,
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  Speaker 2: a run for office. I want to make the change
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  Speaker 2: that I continue talking about because I know I can
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  Speaker 2: help this country. I know I can revolutionize the Republican Party,
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  Speaker 2: and I know the Republican Party has a chance in
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  Speaker 2: New York as long as we talk about the correct issues,
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  Speaker 2: the right issues, the issues affecting everyday Americans like affordability,
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  Speaker 2: and not allow these socialists to hijack these important human
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  Speaker 2: issues and lie and deceive and gaslight people to their detriment.
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  Speaker 2: We could be the.
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  Speaker 1: Party that helped How many years to be honest here, Abraham,
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  Speaker 1: how many years have I been telling you you need
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  Speaker 1: to run? How many years have been telling you you
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  Speaker 1: need to run?
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  Speaker 2: Honestly, it's been I think a year after I met you,
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  Speaker 2: not even four years.
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  Speaker 1: Four years I've said, Abe, you're the right guy. You're
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  Speaker 1: the right guy. You're not afraid, you're very very smart.
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  Speaker 1: You represent a million different types of people, not just
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  Speaker 1: the Jewish people. You're ready for this now. I know
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  Speaker 1: that I know Chuck Schumer. I don't think Chuck Schumer
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  Speaker 1: is gonna run, That's my guess. I think he knows
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  Speaker 1: that he will eventually get wiped out by AOC. That's
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  Speaker 1: assuming she wins. Maybe you're really good Republican like you
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  Speaker 1: comes along. I don't know, so I don't think that
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  Speaker 1: Chuck Schumer is gonna run anyway. But that's that seat
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  Speaker 1: is out there for the tanking, and there are others.
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  Speaker 1: Are you ready to announce exactly what political office you're
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  Speaker 1: looking for.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, so I am currently contemplating that seat, in
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  Speaker 2: particular Chuck Schumer's seat. He's been my arch nemesis in
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  Speaker 2: a way of a person that's grandstanding about his values
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  Speaker 2: but betraying every single value he said he held him AOC.
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  Speaker 2: I think the whole caggle of individuals do not scare me.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm going to be speaking to an election attorney
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  Speaker 2: hopefully soon. I'm going to be speaking to my wife,
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  Speaker 2: my business partner, trying to figure out how exactly I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to do this. But this is something that I
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  Speaker 2: truly want to pursue because I believe that I have
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  Speaker 2: a shot, even if it is AOC, I have a
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  Speaker 2: shot to taking her down and preventing her from taking
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  Speaker 2: the Senate seat.
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  Speaker 1: I love it. I really want you to do it,
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  Speaker 1: and of course I'll be like I do most of
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  Speaker 1: the people I love, enthusiastically endorsing you and helping you
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  Speaker 1: because I think that the state needs more Abraham Hammers.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the big problem is not only are we
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  Speaker 1: outnumbered in this state, but quite frankly, when Curtis Sliwa
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  Speaker 1: becomes your best chance you know your pile, your party
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  Speaker 1: is a pile of dog shit. Excuse me, you gotta
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  Speaker 1: dumb that. But that's what we've got here. So we
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  Speaker 1: need more people. Young guys. You're still young, and you're
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  Speaker 1: angry and you want to fix stuff. That's what this
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  Speaker 1: party needs.
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  Speaker 2: We need you, I agree.
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  Speaker 1: Fantastic than you. Well listen, we'll we'll get the ball.
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  Speaker 1: We will get the ball rolling today. Great job. Sorry
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  Speaker 1: that you and Rachel how to go through all that
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  Speaker 1: with those lousy democrats a couple of days ago. But
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  Speaker 1: it's just showing you that what I've been saying to
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  Speaker 1: you for years is right. They are lunatics or bad people.
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  Speaker 1: And if that forces you to run for office, then
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  Speaker 1: I was a good day. Abraham, great job, Thank you
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  Speaker 1: so much. Take the best of Rachel. That's Abraham Hamra
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  Speaker 1: and I'm telling you, folks, he's got a big political
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  Speaker 1: future right here in New York.
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