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Jeanine Driscoll | Candidate, U.S. House New York District 4 Updates S&FIM Listeners on Her Campaign 10 Days Out from Election Day · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Let me get to Janine. She's running against Laura Gillum.
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  Speaker 1: I don't like Laura. I made that very, very clear.
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  Speaker 1: She beat my friend, Anthony D'Esposito.
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  Speaker 2: And Janine is running a great campaign.
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  Speaker 1: And Jean, I don't know if you know this, but
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  Speaker 1: your son is now friends with both my son and daughter.
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  Speaker 2: Did you know that?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, Sid, I know that. My son Jim and Gabriel
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  Speaker 3: worked together in the internship program this summer, and I
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  Speaker 3: think they kept in touch. Jim is away at college now,
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  Speaker 3: but I think he's coming back next weekend. But yeah,
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  Speaker 3: he talked about Gabe. And I told Jim to make
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  Speaker 3: sure that next summer... He gets Gabriel into Fall Park
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  Speaker 3: because my boys have a summer league basketball team with
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  Speaker 3: my nephews. It's like really, it's so much fun. And
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  Speaker 3: I know Gabe plays in one. So I said to Jim,
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  Speaker 3: you got to bring them in for at least one
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  Speaker 3: game because they really have a blast.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, that's so cute. And my daughter Ava now talks
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  Speaker 1: to Jim as well. She thinks he's a great guy.
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  Speaker 1: She's in college too. But yeah, Gabe plays basketball locally,
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  Speaker 1: but he'd love to do that. And they all say
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  Speaker 1: beautiful things about your kid. And I say beautiful things
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  Speaker 1: about you. And I ask about you all the time.
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  Speaker 1: I go, Pete King, tell me, Janine's doing good, right?
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  Speaker 1: She's doing good, right? Yeah, she's doing great. People like
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  Speaker 1: you will tell you why, because you're not a politician.
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  Speaker 1: So if I run for politics, it'll be the same thing.
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  Speaker 1: Trump is the same way.
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  Speaker 2: Not a politician. You get up there.
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  Speaker 1: I've seen you speak at big rallies when Trump's been
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  Speaker 1: there in Nassau County, smaller rallies, and you just.
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  Speaker 2: Speak from the heart.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that Long Island people and New York people,
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  Speaker 1: I think they appreciate that, Janine.
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  Speaker 2: I just want to tell you that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, I agree with you. You know what? Real
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  Speaker 3: people can solve real problems, right? I'm not doing this
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  Speaker 3: because I'm trying to rise up through the political ranks.
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  Speaker 3: I'm doing it because I love my community. I want
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  Speaker 3: my kids to stay here. I have a huge extended family,
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  Speaker 3: tons of nieces and nephews. They're all listening now. They're
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  Speaker 3: all big fan sets. And they don't want to move.
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  Speaker 3: They want to stay here. We want to have Thanksgiving together.
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  Speaker 3: We want to have Christmas together. My dad lives across
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  Speaker 3: the street from me. So when I see what's happening
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  Speaker 3: in my beloved and I will say beloved New York City,
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  Speaker 3: I was born and raised in Middle Village, Queens. It
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  Speaker 3: breaks my heart. And so the time comes, you know,
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  Speaker 3: you've got to step up time to serve. And I'm
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  Speaker 3: all in on this. I'm telling you, Sid, I'm going
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  Speaker 3: to win this race. We are cruising. We're doing so
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  Speaker 3: well out here. I go out grocery shopping. I go
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  Speaker 3: out campaigning. Wherever I am, people are like, you've got
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  Speaker 3: to beat her. You've got to beat her. You're the one.
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  Speaker 3: Every morning we've been at the Long Island Railroad stations,
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  Speaker 3: which is why my voice is so hoarse. I've been
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  Speaker 3: getting up every day at like 5 a.m., hitting all
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  Speaker 3: these different railroad stations. And, you know, you think somebody
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  Speaker 3: doesn't want to talk to you at six o'clock in
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  Speaker 3: the morning. They stop. We talk. You have to win, Janine.
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  Speaker 3: We have to hold the House of Representatives. People are
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  Speaker 3: like really tuned into these races out here.
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  Speaker 2: Well, they should be. This is very scary stuff.
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  Speaker 1: If we lose, our country's done. I hate to get
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  Speaker 1: too dramatic. I said this a couple of days ago.
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  Speaker 1: God forbid you guys lose. God forbid.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think you will. But God forbid.
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  Speaker 1: And Blakeman loses to Hochul. I'll be looking for apartments
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  Speaker 1: in Tel Aviv next week.
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  Speaker 2: Trust me, it's over. But I don't think you're going
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  Speaker 2: to win.
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  Speaker 1: I know that you've got great momentum just for the
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  Speaker 1: listening audience. I know that, for example, Laura Gillum always
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  Speaker 1: votes with the Democrats. She wouldn't care if we had
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  Speaker 1: open borders. She wouldn't care if the police were defunded.
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  Speaker 4: No ice.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure she's against ice like the rest of these.
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  Speaker 1: Morons, even though you can count on two hands the
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  Speaker 1: amount of incidents where Americans have been hurt compared to
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  Speaker 1: the thousands and killed, compared to the thousands and thousands
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  Speaker 1: and thousands of murderers and rapists and all these pedophiles
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  Speaker 1: and drug dealers who have gotten the hell out of
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  Speaker 1: this country. So tell me the biggest differences between you
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  Speaker 1: and Gillum.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I mean, first of all, the big I think
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  Speaker 3: the biggest difference is that I have common sense and
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to vote really to support the residents that
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  Speaker 3: live in New York for. And I'll tell you, last
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  Speaker 3: night I was in young Israel of Woodmere. And, you know, obviously,
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  Speaker 3: if I represent the five towns now, so I'm down
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  Speaker 3: there a lot. But, you know, obviously campaigning now more.
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  Speaker 3: So I spoke very, like, strong. And I don't know
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  Speaker 3: how many people were there, 75, 80. And I said,
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  Speaker 3: this is, like, really a critical vote for you because
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  Speaker 3: the DSA is going to hold the Democrats hostage if
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  Speaker 3: they take this, even by one vote. The Democrats aren't
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  Speaker 3: going to be able to do anything unless the DSA
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  Speaker 3: gets what they want. And guess what? The two biggest
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  Speaker 3: things they want to defund law enforcement. As you know,
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  Speaker 3: I got a son about to enter the NYPD. He's
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  Speaker 3: in the NYPD Academy. And I also, you know, represent
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  Speaker 3: a huge Jewish community. And you have to look beyond
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  Speaker 3: what's happening day to day in your Jewish community. And
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  Speaker 3: see what's going on in New York City. These people
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  Speaker 3: cannot be determining what happens to our beautiful Jewish communities.
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  Speaker 3: Just this week, I think it was yesterday morning, there
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  Speaker 3: was an attack on the young Israel of West Hempstead.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know if you.
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  Speaker 2: Heard about this.
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  Speaker 3: This is an insane story. This guy shows up. He's
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  Speaker 3: got a bat. He's banging on the doors. He can't
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  Speaker 3: get in, so he goes and gets a political lawn
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  Speaker 3: sign off some guy's lawn. The guy had– and they
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  Speaker 3: showed it on the news. I don't know if they
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  Speaker 3: were Republican or Democrat signs. I'm not sure whose sign.
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  Speaker 3: Hopefully not my sign. And sets it on fire and
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  Speaker 3: tries to set the whole building on fire. Now, thankfully,
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  Speaker 3: our wonderful Nassau County police were on it. They arrested
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  Speaker 3: the guy. This is and that, you know, well, is
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  Speaker 3: it anti-Semitic? Of course, it's anti-Semitic. This is Nassau. And
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  Speaker 3: this is happening. Can you imagine how bad it will get?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Democrats take the house.
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  Speaker 2: Forget about it. Thank God you got Pat Ryder out there, too.
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  Speaker 3: And, you know, he's the best.
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  Speaker 1: He's the absolute best. And you've got a great attorney general, too.
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  Speaker 1: I helped her win also. I love her, too. And Donnelly.
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  Speaker 1: So tell me how important it is for you, Janine,
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  Speaker 1: that you've got somebody like Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County, at
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  Speaker 1: the top of your ticket.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Bruce is like the best. I love Bruce. Did
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  Speaker 3: you see him on Gutfeld?
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  Speaker 2: I did.
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  Speaker 3: He did a good job.
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  Speaker 2: Hilarious. Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. He's just fantastic. So Sunday, you know, so Bruce
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  Speaker 3: is running all over the place. I mean, you can
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  Speaker 3: see him on social media. He's everywhere. But yet when
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  Speaker 3: we need him here to help us, he's here. So Sunday,
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  Speaker 3: we're at King Umberto's for an event. Bruce is there.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he's amazing. He's supporting me and Mike Lepetri
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  Speaker 3: and everybody else down to it. And having him definitely
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  Speaker 3: is helping us. I mean, there is no doubt that
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  Speaker 3: he is going to run very high numbers in New
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  Speaker 3: York 4 and New York 3. So that's a huge benefit. Plus,
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  Speaker 3: we like Bruce. We're friends with Bruce. I served on
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  Speaker 3: the town board with Bruce. I have a great relationship
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  Speaker 3: with him. You know, he is there. I can text
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  Speaker 3: him any time I call him. He you know, anything,
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  Speaker 3: you know, especially, you know, and obviously I'm not Jewish.
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  Speaker 3: So I call him for advice. He gives it to me.
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  Speaker 3: But I that is like the second part of the
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  Speaker 3: message is we we have to elect him. I can't
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  Speaker 3: think of the alternative. And it's not just Jewish community.
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  Speaker 3: It's all communities. We are going to suffer. So it
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  Speaker 3: is definitely helping. But, you know, one other thing that
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  Speaker 3: came out, if you're aware of this or not, with
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  Speaker 3: my race, Lauren Gillen backed out of my debate.
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  Speaker 2: So it's sort of on CBS.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. What I saw the other night was and I
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  Speaker 1: asked Peter King about this. I want to ask Joe Cairo,
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  Speaker 1: not just you, but I don't think any of these
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  Speaker 1: Long Island incumbents are debating anybody, even Lotus, a winner.
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  Speaker 2: But I don't think any of them are.
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  Speaker 3: Are they? I think– well, the other– I guess Lola,
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  Speaker 3: the guy wouldn't– whoever's running against him would not debate.
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  Speaker 2: He wouldn't do it, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Lopetri had a debate with Swazi the other night. He
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  Speaker 3: did a great job. Mike did a terrific job. But
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  Speaker 3: with mine, I just think she's a freshman incumbent who
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  Speaker 3: has not accomplished one thing. You need to stand up
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  Speaker 3: and defend your record. And I'm not like a nobody
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  Speaker 3: that came out of the woodwork. I'm an elected official here.
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  Speaker 3: So she has zero respect for the process. You know,
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  Speaker 3: and of course, the local newspaper, you know, endorses her
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  Speaker 3: anyway and says that this is the trend. It's a trend.
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  Speaker 3: I think that's outrageous. It should be mandatory that there's
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  Speaker 3: a debate. So in addition, any time there's a candidate
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  Speaker 3: for him, she doesn't show up. So I show up everywhere.
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  Speaker 3: I don't care if it's going to be a friendly
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  Speaker 3: crowd or a not friendly crowd, because that's the nature
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  Speaker 3: of this kind of race. So I go. So last
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  Speaker 3: night I'm down in Young Israel. And, you know, I
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  Speaker 3: spoke for a long time. Candidates think she shows up.
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  Speaker 3: She wouldn't even look at me. I mean, she will not.
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  Speaker 3: So I think what is at the root of this
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  Speaker 3: is that she's sending these commercials out all day long
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  Speaker 3: saying that I've raised taxes in the town by 40
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  Speaker 3: million dollars and I don't even vote. with the town board.
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  Speaker 3: So it's like impossible that I would raise taxes. But
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  Speaker 3: by the way, we also cut taxes 18%. I'm not
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  Speaker 3: taking credit for that because I didn't vote on it.
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  Speaker 3: But yet she's blaming me for a tax increase a
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  Speaker 3: few years ago that I had nothing to do with.
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  Speaker 3: But I have to tell you something that's funny. I
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  Speaker 3: don't know if you've seen the commercial. So she put
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  Speaker 3: out a commercial And it's me at the Trump rally
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  Speaker 3: in August. And, you know, that was really a really
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  Speaker 3: a rally for our wonderful law enforcement. So I spoke because,
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  Speaker 3: you know, great. I was totally support.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you were there.
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  Speaker 3: And so she made a commercial out of it. And
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  Speaker 3: people are calling me and they're like, wow, we love
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  Speaker 3: your commercial. I'm like, it's not.
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  Speaker 4: Me that's not commercial she's paying for it they're like
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  Speaker 4: oh you look really good i'm like all right whatever
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  Speaker 4: but yeah so that that's what's happening she's her messaging
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  Speaker 4: is so bad um and i think she's running scared she.
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  Speaker 3: Wouldn't even look at me last night to say hello
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  Speaker 3: so she's got some major issues she's.
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  Speaker 1: A coward they're all cowards trust me janine you're not
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  Speaker 1: you're a fighter you're great so what do you do
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  Speaker 1: now 11 days to go what is your next 11
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  Speaker 1: days look.
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  Speaker 3: Like Okay, so today the majority whip Tom Emmer is
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  Speaker 3: coming to Garden City for an event for me at
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  Speaker 3: 5 o'clock.
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  Speaker 1: One of my favorite people from the great state of Minnesota,
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  Speaker 1: the great Tom Emmer. Yes.
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  Speaker 3: He's great. And he has been here before for us.
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  Speaker 3: And so he's here for me. And because tomorrow we
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  Speaker 3: kick off early voting. So we're just, you know, getting
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  Speaker 3: everybody ready and we are going to bank the vote
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  Speaker 3: every day. We watch who votes, who didn't vote. We're
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  Speaker 3: going to call you.
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  Speaker 1: Get out.
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  Speaker 3: Let's go. You need a ride? We're going to get
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  Speaker 3: you out there. Tuesday, Speaker Johnson is coming to Nassau
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  Speaker 3: County to support Mike and me. Yeah, I mean, they're
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  Speaker 3: taking these races very seriously. These are not throwaway races.
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  Speaker 3: I do believe that the majority is going to run
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  Speaker 3: through Nassau County. Last Sunday, Lee Zeldin was here to
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  Speaker 3: support us along with Bruce. And then Monday night, and
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  Speaker 3: maybe you can come. This is going to be great.
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  Speaker 3: We're having a rally at the Platt Deutsch in Franklin Square,
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  Speaker 3: a Republican rally. We do this every year. It's huge.
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  Speaker 3: And Casey Crosby from the RNC is coming. Oh, very good.
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  Speaker 3: So we're trying to get as many people. Yes, I
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  Speaker 3: think it's like 6 o'clock or something. 7 o'clock.
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  Speaker 2: It's a lot of fun, but it's a.
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  Speaker 3: Huge, huge thing.
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  Speaker 1: Don't be surprised if President Trump is there, too. I'm
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  Speaker 1: just throwing that out there. I don't know anything, of course.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe I do.
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  Speaker 1: But my guess is, my guess is, I think the president,
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  Speaker 1: I could be wrong, but I do think the president
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  Speaker 1: will be back in Long Island one more time.
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  Speaker 3: I think so, too. He knows. You know what? We
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  Speaker 3: can do it. We're regular people. We just I really
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  Speaker 3: I honestly, it's really about just helping everybody. We need
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  Speaker 3: to keep this country on the right track. I cannot
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  Speaker 3: imagine the alternative for my children. You know, I got
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  Speaker 3: good kids. You have good kids. And I look around
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  Speaker 3: my community, my church, the synagogues, and these are just
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  Speaker 3: people trying to live their lives independently. and not violate
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  Speaker 3: laws and be productive and contribute and raise good individuals.
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  Speaker 3: And that's all it is. We're not looking for power.
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  Speaker 3: So elect us, and we'll do the job. And we
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  Speaker 3: will be responsive. We will show up. We will answer questions.
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  Speaker 3: And I already said I'll do town halls. Nobody does
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  Speaker 3: town halls. I don't know what everybody's so afraid of.
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  Speaker 3: Just get out there. There's going to be hard questions.
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  Speaker 3: Answer them. Maybe they don't like the answer, but you've
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  Speaker 3: got to answer people. You have to look people in
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  Speaker 3: the eye and say, I'm going to work on it. So,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I'm just about getting this country to stay
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  Speaker 3: on track. I think the next two years are going
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  Speaker 3: to be great if we can hold the majority. Agreed.
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  Speaker 2: So for people who want to help you on, I
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  Speaker 2: think you're great. I love you. You know, I love you, Janine.
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  Speaker 2: I really do. So does Danielle, my wife. She loves you.
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  Speaker 3: You're the best.
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  Speaker 2: I'm always happy to come on. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: How can people help your campaign out today? What's the
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  Speaker 1: easiest way to do that?
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  Speaker 3: Well, my website, there's a donor link. And obviously, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I'm trying to keep my commercials running. I have these
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  Speaker 3: really good commercials, and I'm trying to get the third
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  Speaker 3: one out with all my little grandnieces and nephews. They're adorable.
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  Speaker 3: And it's my family's in it. It's a great commercial.
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  Speaker 3: Everyone's going to love this commercial. But anyway, so it's Driscoll4Congress. com,
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  Speaker 3: and it's the number four, like the district. District 4,
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  Speaker 3: New York 4. Driscoll4Congress. com.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Janine, keep up the great work. We're very,
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  Speaker 2: very proud of you. We really are.
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  Speaker 1: All of us here, not just Cairo.
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  Speaker 2: And King and Bruce. Keep it up, Janine. You're going
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  Speaker 2: to win. We love you.
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  Speaker 3: I know.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, sweetheart.
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  Speaker 1: Janine Driscoll right there running in District 4. And I
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  Speaker 1: really do love her. I think she's great. She's so
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  Speaker 1: down to earth. She's like a regular person, though.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 1: One of those people you want to hang out with.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's her. Janine Driscoll.
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  Speaker 2: What the heck is going on here?