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Scott Singer | U.S. House Florida District 25 Candidate Discusses His Campaign Ahead of Election Day in November · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: My friend Scott Singer. Now, I met Singer at the
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  Speaker 1: White House back on Hanukkah. He was standing right there
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  Speaker 1: when President Trump called me up on stage, huge honor,
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  Speaker 1: called me up, Mark Levin, Miriam Adelson, Liz Pipko, night
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  Speaker 1: three of Hanukkah, and I promised Singer I'd put him
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  Speaker 1: on this show. At the time, I believe he was
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  Speaker 1: still the mayor of a place where I lived for
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  Speaker 1: 16 years, Boca Raton, Florida, but he was running for Congress.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm a man of my word. Here we are
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  Speaker 1: right before his big congressional race, 25th District. It's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of room there. It goes all the way from
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  Speaker 1: basically South Beach to Delray Beach. So you get Miami-Dade
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  Speaker 1: and Palm Beach County. Here he is, hopefully the next
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  Speaker 1: congressman in that district, my friend Scott Singer. Scott, good morning, pal.
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  Speaker 1: How are you?
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  Speaker 2: Great, Sid. Thanks for having me.
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  Speaker 1: I told you I'd bring you on, didn't I?
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  Speaker 2: I never had any doubt.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you did. But you're here this morning,
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  Speaker 1: so here we are about two months before. So when
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  Speaker 1: was your actual last day as mayor of Boca Raton?
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  Speaker 2: Actual last day was the end of March, March 30th.
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  Speaker 2: Finished eight years as mayor, where I cut the tax
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  Speaker 2: rate seven straight times, cut prime 25%, cut red tape,
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  Speaker 2: attracted high-paying jobs, added transit, added schools. The right way
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  Speaker 2: to govern, the opposite of what the Democrats are doing
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  Speaker 2: and what they would do in Congress if they win it.
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  Speaker 2: That's why we have to win this race, and I'm
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  Speaker 2: asking for your listeners to support me, scottsingerusa.com.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of my listeners go back and forth, almost
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  Speaker 1: all of them, between New York and Florida. You know that.
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  Speaker 1: And my sisters live in Florida. My mother is down
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  Speaker 1: there half the year. So you have a lot of
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  Speaker 1: people here that care about that state and care about
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  Speaker 1: that state a lot. And everybody knows I'll be back
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  Speaker 1: there one day. But you served as mayor for eight years.
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  Speaker 1: Was that your first political job?
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  Speaker 2: Well, yes, and on the city council. And it's a
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  Speaker 2: part-time role. People don't realize that. Being mayor of a
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  Speaker 2: large city like Boca Raton was part-time. I was still
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  Speaker 2: a lawyer and small business owner. And that's how you
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  Speaker 2: have to treat it. In Congress, like my opponent, too
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  Speaker 2: many people treat it like an opportunity to trade stocks.
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  Speaker 2: My opponent, Jared Moskowitz, has traded stocks prolifically, $ 4. 5 million
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  Speaker 2: worth while he's been there. Zero bills passed. I won't
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  Speaker 2: trade stocks. I'll ban stock trading. I'll go after fraud
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  Speaker 2: and corruption. That's what we need to take our country back.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Jared is a pretty well-known commodity. He's a pro-Israel guy, right?
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  Speaker 1: And people, Jewish people, when they start to mention, you know,
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  Speaker 1: people in politics in other states, like Josh Gottheimer in
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  Speaker 1: New Jersey, Jared down in Florida, he does seem to
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  Speaker 1: come up in conversation as a guy that people in
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  Speaker 1: other states are aware of, especially his pro-Israel stance. Is
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  Speaker 1: there any difference between the way you two guys treat
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  Speaker 1: that very important issue?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. He seems pro-Israel because the whole Democratic Party is not.
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  Speaker 2: He's admitted publicly that he's been ostracized by his own party,
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  Speaker 2: and it's only going to get worse. He had a
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  Speaker 2: vote for Ilhan Omar on foreign affairs. I would never
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  Speaker 2: put Ilhan Omar in charge of foreign affairs for our
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  Speaker 2: nation like he did. Last year, other Democrats crossed the
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  Speaker 2: aisle to support Israel when there was a cooperation agreement
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  Speaker 2: between Israel and the United States and the NDAA. He
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  Speaker 2: did not. He's ducked out on the Local 10 debate.
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  Speaker 2: He won't debate these issues because he's afraid to talk
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  Speaker 2: about Ilhan Omar and stock trades. I will stand with
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  Speaker 2: our ally Israel, and I don't have to kowtow to
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  Speaker 2: Democratic leadership.
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  Speaker 1: And he's going to.
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  Speaker 2: Vote for Hakeem Jeffries and whoever Hakeem Jeffries says is
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  Speaker 2: in charge of things. It won't be Moskowitz.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, you just nailed that. That's a really good job there.
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  Speaker 1: Scott Singer, Republican candidate running in the congressional district, 25
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  Speaker 1: down in Florida, which encompasses Miami-Dade and Palm Beach County.
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  Speaker 1: So I guess you're right. You know, a lot of
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  Speaker 1: these Democrats that seem pro-Israel, there's a guy here, for example,
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  Speaker 1: his name is Richie Torres. And a lot of the
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  Speaker 1: Jews love him here. They tell me he's pro-Israel, he's pro-Israel.
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  Speaker 1: The guy spends his days and nights protesting. trashing President Trump.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, Richie Torres trashes President Trump. He also trashes
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  Speaker 1: Bibi Netanyahu. So for me, Justin Rosenberg, I don't believe
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  Speaker 1: you can be pro-America and pro-Israel and spend your days
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  Speaker 1: and nights, excuse me, trashing those two guys. What do
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  Speaker 1: you think?
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  Speaker 2: Well, the voters in my district finally have a choice,
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  Speaker 2: not just some– we're both Jewish, and this is one
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  Speaker 2: of the most Jewish districts in America. But you have
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  Speaker 2: someone who's going to vote for the far left that's
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  Speaker 2: made opposition to Israel its key policy plank, or someone
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  Speaker 2: in my party, a Republican party, that stands with Israel.
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  Speaker 2: President Trump moved the embassy there, has done so many things.
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  Speaker 2: Being a pro-Israel in my party is a feature, not
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  Speaker 2: a bug. And Moskowitz can't get over that. He's already
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  Speaker 2: admitted he's ostracized. He's going to have no say if
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  Speaker 2: he somehow won, but he won't. This is a Republican
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  Speaker 2: plus five district. So if your listeners make sure they
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  Speaker 2: request their mail-in ballot, if they're not back in time,
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  Speaker 2: the Snowbirds, they can get one at scottsingerusa.com. We're going
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  Speaker 2: to win this race. We need a lot of outside help.
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  Speaker 1: I think you will, too. One of the things that
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  Speaker 1: is great about down there is, you know, you talk
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  Speaker 1: about defunding the police and law and order issues. And again,
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  Speaker 1: I lived there for 16 years. And there's no place
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  Speaker 1: in America at this point that doesn't have crime. I
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  Speaker 1: don't care where you are. Beverly Hills, Boca Raton, Park Avenue,
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  Speaker 1: there's crime. And there's more crime now than ever before
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  Speaker 1: in some of these very, very safe places. But the
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  Speaker 1: truth is, when you compare Boca, Scott, to cities like
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  Speaker 1: mine or other major cities, it's not close. Now, what's
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  Speaker 1: the difference? The cities with the issues are blue cities,
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  Speaker 1: sanctuary cities. You guys, for the most part down there,
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  Speaker 1: Republicans win almost every race. Is that not true?
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  Speaker 3: It is.
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  Speaker 2: Sanctuary policies are a choice. New York has to deal
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  Speaker 2: with that choice. We don't choose that. We backed our
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  Speaker 2: law enforcement. We lowered crime rates 25% while I was mayor,
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  Speaker 2: even from what were 40-year lows. So we are different.
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  Speaker 2: That's why I was honored to earn endorsements by the PVA,
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  Speaker 2: the National Association of Police Officers. I support a strong border.
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  Speaker 2: Moskowitz enabled President Biden to have a porous border. That
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  Speaker 2: causes crime in cities, human trafficking.
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  Speaker 1: Drugs, murder.
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  Speaker 2: It's terrible. That's what this election is about. It's about
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  Speaker 2: public safety. We need to continue these strong border policies.
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  Speaker 2: We need to make sure our cities are safe. We
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  Speaker 2: need to tell the Democrats no.
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  Speaker 1: What else? Give me one or two major issues where
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  Speaker 1: you and Moskowitz are on the complete different side of
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  Speaker 1: the aisle.
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  Speaker 2: How about taxes and cost of living? He posed the
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  Speaker 2: biggest tax cut in American history. He raised taxes on
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  Speaker 2: senior small businesses, tip workers. He will vote lockstep with Democrats.
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  Speaker 2: He votes with the squad 90% of the time. I
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  Speaker 2: don't support the squad. I will not vote for Ilhan Omar.
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  Speaker 2: I'll vote for more tax cuts like I did as mayor.
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  Speaker 2: And that's how we cut the costs of living. He's
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  Speaker 2: also voted for bloated budgets, both Democrats and Republicans in Congress.
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  Speaker 2: need to change. We can't continue spending the way we are.
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  Speaker 2: That's the high inflation. I'll fix that. I'll stand up
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  Speaker 2: with other people. I balance budgets every year as mayor.
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  Speaker 2: We decrease the tax rate and still increase reserves. That's
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  Speaker 2: how you win.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Rick Scott was on this show. Was it yesterday?
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  Speaker 1: I think so. Former great governor, now senator, and a
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  Speaker 1: lot of the Florida politicians, Marco Rubio and I are
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  Speaker 1: very good friends. He, uh, right now the secretary of
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  Speaker 1: state with his Florida ties. So are you getting any endorsements,
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  Speaker 1: any public love from, from any of the big names,
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  Speaker 1: maybe a DeSantis down in Florida. Well, absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: President Trump endorsed. Governor DeSantis endorsed. House leadership endorsed. In fact,
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  Speaker 2: I had leader Steve Scalise coming to the district, as
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  Speaker 2: Speaker Johnson did last week. They understand that this Republican
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  Speaker 2: plus five district is a must win. And that's why
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  Speaker 2: we have a lot of outside investment helping us. But
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  Speaker 2: I also have people crossing party lines for a Democrat
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  Speaker 2: and former Congressman Deutsch, who served this reason. Regent in
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  Speaker 2: Congress has endorsed me, too. He knows that Moscow with
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  Speaker 2: his own party is the problem and that Jared can't
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  Speaker 2: stand up to it.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, that's big stuff, Scott Singer. Good for you. Now,
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  Speaker 1: tell me about debates... You know, here in New York,
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  Speaker 1: the incumbents, they never want to debate anybody. Why? Because
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  Speaker 1: nine times out of ten, they're the lesser candidate, and
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  Speaker 1: they're the champ, right? So the champ gets to do
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  Speaker 1: whatever the hell they want. So, for example, Hochul Blakeman,
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  Speaker 1: right now, just one debate on the books. Many of
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  Speaker 1: these big races, just one debate on the books. I
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  Speaker 1: think Lawler gets two out of Rockland County. What about
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  Speaker 1: you debating Moskowitz? Where's that?
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  Speaker 2: Well, he's ducked TV debates. Local 10, Channel 10 of
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  Speaker 2: Miami offered terms. We said, whatever you want. Moskowitz said no,
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  Speaker 2: didn't even negotiate, just said no, he won't debate. We're
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  Speaker 2: trying to get other TV stations to offer debates. He'll
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  Speaker 2: probably say no to that. Apparently, we may have an
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  Speaker 2: agreement on a forum, but his team said it couldn't
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  Speaker 2: be video recorded, and they didn't want the news videoing it.
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  Speaker 2: You're a sitting member of Congress, and you're afraid to
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  Speaker 2: go on camera? He loves camera when he can sound
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  Speaker 2: off on soundbites, but not talk about his actual votes.
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  Speaker 2: He can bash Ilhan Omar, but still vote for her.
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  Speaker 2: That's not courage at all. congressman, let alone a candidate.
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  Speaker 1: It's shameful.
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  Speaker 2: I'll debate any time. Right.
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  Speaker 1: We know that the media is, you know, they're part
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  Speaker 1: of the problem, okay? They really are. And here in
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  Speaker 1: New York, they're every bit as bad as MSNOW or CNN.
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  Speaker 1: They're every bit as bad. But, you know, living in
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  Speaker 1: Florida all those years, I was doing sports. I wasn't
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  Speaker 1: really paying attention to politics. So I don't really know
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  Speaker 1: how the media in Florida, which in South Florida is
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  Speaker 1: a lot of Republicans, how they operate. Are they fair
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  Speaker 1: or not really?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think the media has its lean, but that
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  Speaker 2: should work in Jared's favor, not mine. Nevertheless, I've got
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  Speaker 2: the courage to stand up and face the voters. He's
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  Speaker 2: working for them now and won't debate on TV. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know what you attribute that to. I don't think
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  Speaker 2: that's courageous. I don't think it's doing your job.
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  Speaker 1: So I have two sisters, Scott Singer, too, by Sherry
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  Speaker 1: and Elizabeth, that live in Parkland. When you win this race,
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  Speaker 1: will you make their lives better? That's all I care about.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'll do my best as a member of Congress.
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  Speaker 2: Parkland is not in the district. It goes from Delray
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  Speaker 2: Beach through Boca, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Miami Beach, along the coast.
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  Speaker 2: But happy to help them in any way I can.
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  Speaker 2: That's what this is about, public service, not enriching yourself,
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  Speaker 2: not trying to gain the stock trades and gain the market.
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  Speaker 1: That's interesting.
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  Speaker 2: That's interesting that, you know, I always thought of Parkland
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  Speaker 2: as like a section of Boca, but it's not because
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  Speaker 2: then you've got like Coconut Creek and those other spots.
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  Speaker 2: So not even your district, huh? It's not our district.
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  Speaker 2: That's actually where Jared lives. He's running in a district
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  Speaker 2: where he doesn't even live. That's OK. He wanted to
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  Speaker 2: bring it on and try to come in a district
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  Speaker 2: where I was born, raised and served for 12 years.
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  Speaker 2: That's fine. The voters in this district will know a
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  Speaker 2: representative actually knows our community is not a carpetbagging in
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  Speaker 2: even from a little distance.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm happy again. I was standing with you at
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  Speaker 1: the White House with Trump on night three of Hanukkah.
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  Speaker 1: I'm really happy to hear that President Trump did endorse you, huh?
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  Speaker 1: He did.
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  Speaker 2: He endorsed a lot of us after the primary wins.
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  Speaker 2: And then Governor DeSantis is endorsed. Again, Democratic Congress, former
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  Speaker 2: Congressman Deutch is endorsed. And, you know, proud to have
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  Speaker 2: support from a lot of people, law enforcement, business community.
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  Speaker 2: But that's why we're out there talking to neighbors every
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  Speaker 2: single day. We get the turnout.
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  Speaker 1: We win.
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  Speaker 2: And I hope your listeners, particularly the Snowbirds, request a
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  Speaker 2: mail-in ballot if they're not going to be back by
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  Speaker 2: November 3rd. They can do so again. Scott Singer, USA.com.
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  Speaker 1: Scott Singer, USA.com. They request a ballot and also donate
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  Speaker 1: to your cause. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: I would welcome the support like so many people have.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Sid.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: All right, man. I'm proud of you, Scott Singer. You
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  Speaker 1: did a great job as mayor down there in Boca Raton.
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  Speaker 1: I'm well aware of that. And I think you'll be
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  Speaker 1: a great congressman when you beat Jared Moskowitz. So best
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  Speaker 1: of luck. We'll talk one more time before and after.
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  Speaker 1: Good luck, Scott Singer. Excellent job this morning. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: so much. Thank you, Sid. God bless you. Scott Singer
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  Speaker 1: right there, the former mayor of Boca Raton, Florida, now
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  Speaker 1: running for Congress in the 25th Congressional District, which, as
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  Speaker 1: you heard him say, big area, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach County,
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  Speaker 1: all the way from South Beach up to Atlantic Avenue
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  Speaker 1: in Delray Beach.
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