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Florida's Lt. Governor Joins Preston · Conversations: Special Guests with Preston Scott

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  Speaker 1: All right, here we are a third hour of the
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  Speaker 1: radio program as promised. Joining us, he is the Lieutenant
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  Speaker 1: governor for the Sunshine State, former Senator Jay Collins. We
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  Speaker 1: have a socialist Marxist i e. Communist that may be
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  Speaker 1: elected mayor of the largest city in this country. It
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  Speaker 1: is incredibly impactful. What do you see as the impacts
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  Speaker 1: of a Mom Donnie election for Florida? Are there any.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, Mam Donnie of all cities Preston, I
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  Speaker 2: don't understand by New York has to learn this lesson
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  Speaker 2: September eleventh was not that long ago. It just wasn't
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  Speaker 2: It's shocking, right, What are the effects? Well, look, how
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  Speaker 2: many people from New York in New Jersey in that
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  Speaker 2: area have moved to Florida already. The truth is, if
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  Speaker 2: a watered down communist gets elected, someone who doesn't espouse
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  Speaker 2: supporting our law enforcem which it was pushed anti America
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  Speaker 2: and rhetoric, who is surrounding himself with people who don't
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  Speaker 2: like America. I believe one of his colleagues called America
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  Speaker 2: a trash can with something I heard on Unlined and earlier.
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  Speaker 2: It just is shocking, right, those people are going to migrate.
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  Speaker 2: Other folks are gonna lead. The hope is that they
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  Speaker 2: leave their politics what caused New York to fall into
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  Speaker 2: this mess behind them, and come here and live the
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  Speaker 2: Florida dream in life. Don't New York are Florida. If
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  Speaker 2: you're gonna move here because of Mamdani, come here except Florida,
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  Speaker 2: and let's continue to make Florida amazing and great and
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  Speaker 2: lead from the front. If not, you know, it's gonna
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  Speaker 2: be a problem. It's gonna be a push, and we're
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  Speaker 2: going to have to continue to fight day in day
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  Speaker 2: out because the onslaughd of people. Don't New York Florida.
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  Speaker 2: We're gonna stand for our values here.
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  Speaker 1: The early evidence is that the migration into the state
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  Speaker 1: has been from people that we're seeking or support the
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  Speaker 1: conservative values of this state.
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  Speaker 2: Correct, Yes, in terms of COVID and everything else. Absolutely,
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  Speaker 2: these are people who relocated. Is that what we're going
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  Speaker 2: to see coming from New York?
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  Speaker 3: Now?
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  Speaker 2: I think yeah, you'll see a good amount of that,
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  Speaker 2: people who are long term holdovers. But you know how
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  Speaker 2: many more are there are these? You don't know? Just
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  Speaker 2: saying it out loud that I hope they leave those
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  Speaker 2: New York values there come here and accept what we
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  Speaker 2: have right.
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  Speaker 1: So gross all right, it's October twenty second, it's Wednesday.
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  Speaker 1: Here on the program, the LG for the Sunshine State,
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  Speaker 1: Jay Collins, Lieutenant Governor, with us for a couple more segments.
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  Speaker 1: Staying with a little broader view of things, what's your
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  Speaker 1: take on the federal government shut now?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think we're all a little frustrated by this.
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  Speaker 2: I think you see the difference in how the federal
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  Speaker 2: system and the state system work. We have a balanced budget,
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  Speaker 2: they have a continuity resolution. We've got to get back
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  Speaker 2: to work. I think the underlying current of this the
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  Speaker 2: Democrats are asked looking for incredibly crazy things that aren't
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  Speaker 2: commensurate with what America wants to see, and the Republicans
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  Speaker 2: are holding strong. Right now, how long this lasts? Man
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  Speaker 2: who knows, hope and pray that this doesn't affect our
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  Speaker 2: military long term. They can figure this out before that does.
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  Speaker 2: But the effect on Florida is a non essential. Parts
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  Speaker 2: of the government aren't working efficiently, so certain things are
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  Speaker 2: slower and it's going to affect a lot of people
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  Speaker 2: as this thing goes on longer.
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  Speaker 1: I'm curious, and honestly, I can't remember if we touched
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  Speaker 1: on this before when we last chatted, Lieutenant Governor. But
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  Speaker 1: is there any possibility, Is there any way that Florida
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  Speaker 1: can help the military members that are based in Florida
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  Speaker 1: should this shut down linger and it hit another paycheck?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Preston actually did talk on that, and I love
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  Speaker 2: your point. There's something that we're researching where the lines
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  Speaker 2: of what we can do. Certainly, I know there are nonprofits.
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  Speaker 2: I've talked to multiple nonprofits who are used to help
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  Speaker 2: with food, with opportunity, with cash and infusion infusion right now,
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  Speaker 2: but what can the state do? We're working through that,
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  Speaker 2: and honestly, that's largely because you brought this up on
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  Speaker 2: your show, So I appreciate that.
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  Speaker 1: Is there any good that you see from your chair,
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  Speaker 1: because I mean, look, you went from the Senate. Now
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  Speaker 1: you're looking at things from a little bit broader perspective,
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  Speaker 1: but now you're staring at this shut down and you're
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  Speaker 1: seeing the stark differences as you just highlighted, between how
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  Speaker 1: Florida runs its business how the federal government runs its business.
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  Speaker 1: It's as different as night and day. So is there
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  Speaker 1: any good coming out of this shutdown?
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  Speaker 3: Right now?
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  Speaker 2: I think you'd have to stretch to see where it is.
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  Speaker 2: I hope and pray that we hold the Dems accountable.
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  Speaker 2: We don't cave to any of their nonsense. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: wanting to medicate without income verification. What could possibly go
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  Speaker 2: wrong there? Right? Health care for illegal immigrants. It's not
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  Speaker 2: something we want to talk about. It's not what something
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  Speaker 2: people want to see. The American people want, immigration reform,
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  Speaker 2: a legal immigration taken care of. Those are things we
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  Speaker 2: can solve. Why do they keep taking the approach that
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  Speaker 2: is not commensurate with what the American people want? So
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  Speaker 2: I'm glad they're standing strong on this, and we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: have to continue to push them. Eventually, they're going to
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  Speaker 2: have to break because the will of the people will
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  Speaker 2: press that. I just hope it's not catastrophic the day
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  Speaker 2: to day lives of our people. But in Florida, we'll
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  Speaker 2: continue to find ways to make a difference, save money,
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  Speaker 2: and keep our businesses primed in our economy rolling.
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  Speaker 1: I've The bright side to me is that generally, while
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  Speaker 1: we know that there is an undercurrent where this thing
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  Speaker 1: impacts a lot of people, there's also the side that, well,
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of people that are not being impacted
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  Speaker 1: by the shutdown, which speaks to maybe the government is
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  Speaker 1: just a little big. And I think a lot of
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  Speaker 1: us would agree with that idea, that these shutdowns expose
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  Speaker 1: the oversized nature of the federal bureaucracy.
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  Speaker 2: Sure, I think when you have anything that's a non
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  Speaker 2: essential part of the government, but it's not essential, wise there, Right,
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  Speaker 2: that's the first question. I think got something to shann
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  Speaker 2: As has talked about clearing up some of these you know,
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  Speaker 2: there are excessive dollars spent on certain nonprofits things like that.
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  Speaker 2: I love seeing that cleaned up. But in the end,
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  Speaker 2: we can do that without having to shut down the
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  Speaker 2: government too.
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  Speaker 1: A little bit of an extended visit today with Florida's
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  Speaker 1: Lieutenant Governor j Collins.
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  Speaker 2: Jay.
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  Speaker 1: Historically, Florida, even independent of the federal government US, has
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  Speaker 1: always been allies, maybe sometimes stronger allies than others to Israel.
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  Speaker 1: But Florida has independently always maintained a good relationship with Israel.
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  Speaker 1: And so I'm curious with your background as well, factoring
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  Speaker 1: in what's your thoughts on this agreement between Israel and
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  Speaker 1: hamas well.
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  Speaker 2: I will tell you I was recently in Israel, right,
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  Speaker 2: I have bringing back twenty three hundred American citizens there,
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  Speaker 2: and the Middle East is a quagmire for a long time.
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  Speaker 2: America's made great gains and we've made some mistakes, and ultimately,
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  Speaker 2: what can we do as a state. I think it's
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  Speaker 2: important for us to stand and lead and serve our
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  Speaker 2: people no matter what. So ultimately, I'm grateful where we
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  Speaker 2: are for governors to stand as his courage, specifically in
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  Speaker 2: how he's let on issues. Not a lot of people
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  Speaker 2: were willing to step up after October seventh and bring
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  Speaker 2: people home. Certainly not any other governor the same thing
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  Speaker 2: when we came back during the twelve day one and
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  Speaker 2: I run in Israel. This ceasefire is something that we're
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  Speaker 2: going to have to stand with the people who espouse
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  Speaker 2: American values, who line up with us. I'm a little
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  Speaker 2: hesitant and concerned about Hamas following through, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: you've got to take a big, big swing. You really do, Preston,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm glad to see that we're trying to get
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  Speaker 2: something done. If you don't, you know, if you don't
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  Speaker 2: try for the win, you're never going to get there.
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  Speaker 2: I really don't believe that, So kudos to President Trump.
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  Speaker 2: For getting this online. And I worry about hamas following through.
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  Speaker 2: I truly do.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree, we've followed that. It seems like it's
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  Speaker 1: a broken agreement every other day, if not every day.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about something that you have been kind of
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  Speaker 1: a point man on and it's this recent drug bust
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  Speaker 1: kind of joint operations with FHP and DEA. Talk first back,
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  Speaker 1: give us the backstory of what was being investigated and
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  Speaker 1: looked at, and then the end result.
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  Speaker 2: So, yeah, this was pretty amazing. We had found that
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  Speaker 2: when the border closed down, right, when we've done that,
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  Speaker 2: it's redirected a lot of the drug smuggling, the human trafficking.
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  Speaker 2: They had a final tier paths because the wide open,
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  Speaker 2: gaping hole in the southern border is not there, so
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  Speaker 2: where they go there are some work done by DEA
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  Speaker 2: working with state agencies like the FAHP and local law
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  Speaker 2: enforcement that there was something come in. And what was
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  Speaker 2: amazing is you got to see government at its very
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  Speaker 2: very best. Even during the shutdown. You saw the DA
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  Speaker 2: working with our state agencies, working with our local law
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  Speaker 2: enforcement to have a huge effect, like seventeen million dollars
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  Speaker 2: in cocaine. There was a whole brick wall of cocaine
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  Speaker 2: behind me when we did this press conference. Absolutely amazing.
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  Speaker 2: That's great government. But just a few days before that,
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  Speaker 2: they did the same thing. They found millions of dollars
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  Speaker 2: in cocaine and other drugs and like thirty illegal immigrants
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  Speaker 2: from China. They were being smuggled in for whatever purposes.
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  Speaker 2: People were doing that right, not on the up and up.
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  Speaker 2: Not great, horrible human traffickings, a blight on society. But
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  Speaker 2: our law enforcements are working together at all levels to
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  Speaker 2: keep our community safe and actually met huge results. I'm
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  Speaker 2: so incredibly proud of what they do. This is all
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  Speaker 2: them working together. It's amazing.
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  Speaker 1: Is this now? Is this a federal case? Is it
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  Speaker 1: a state case? Is it federal followed by state? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: what's the jurisdiction of this?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think it's going to be federal, and I
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  Speaker 2: think you could have state charges as well. But the
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  Speaker 2: Feds were there this in the DEA. Yeah, enabled us,
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  Speaker 2: But the local cops were the ones who had most
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  Speaker 2: of the information and tips, and good for them. FAHP
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  Speaker 2: and everybody else jumped right in. Absolutely incredible. I don't
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  Speaker 2: want to go too much more into this. Yeah, they
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  Speaker 2: were still working through particulars and the investigation and everything,
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  Speaker 2: so you'll probably see that come out in the media shortly.
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  Speaker 1: Is there is there any more you can say without
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  Speaker 1: interfering with any of that, Lieutenant Governor, and expand a
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  Speaker 1: little bit about how operations have changed in how the traffickers,
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  Speaker 1: whether they be drug traffickers or human traffickers, how they're
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  Speaker 1: changing their operandus, their motives of operandus. When the southern
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  Speaker 1: border now is largely shut down, what should people in
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  Speaker 1: Florida be looking for.
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  Speaker 2: Well, this was in an eighteen wheeler with a hidden compartment.
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  Speaker 2: It was smuggling these drugs all the way across from
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  Speaker 2: El Paso through Texas on into Florida. That's a long trip,
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  Speaker 2: and just kept going and going and going, you know.
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  Speaker 2: And if it doesn't look right, alert people, right, see something,
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  Speaker 2: say something, go to your law enforcement. Don't take matters
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  Speaker 2: into your hands, but let people know if something doesn't
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  Speaker 2: seem light and let them investigate. Right, That's what they're
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  Speaker 2: there for. That's why they're experts in this. Yeah, this
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  Speaker 2: is going to have a profound shift, and that's simply
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  Speaker 2: because of leadership at the federal level being supported by
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  Speaker 2: the states. What I would love to see is other
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  Speaker 2: states get really serious along that corridor and do the
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  Speaker 2: same thing we are. Why are we the ones who
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  Speaker 2: are putting the work in and doing all this stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Other states should do the same things. The kudos to
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  Speaker 2: the standards were having encouraged, kudos to the President. Trump
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  Speaker 2: is done amazing. But I would love to see more
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  Speaker 2: states step up in the two eighty seven g agreements
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  Speaker 2: and accomplish more with a results very similar with Florida's.
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  Speaker 1: I'm curious and if you can't answer this, I understand.
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  Speaker 1: But in our final question here, was Florida the ending
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  Speaker 1: destination for these drugs? Or were we a distribution point
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  Speaker 1: up by eighty five and up seventy five?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't think I can answer that one right now, Okay,
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  Speaker 3: but I'll tell you yes and no is probably the answer,
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  Speaker 3: just generally, right, there's always.
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  Speaker 2: More going on, and who knows how this is going
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  Speaker 2: to continue to adapt. You got to be tough on crime,
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  Speaker 2: you got to hold people accountable, and you got to
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  Speaker 2: stand for the rule of law. That's why they're so critical.
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  Speaker 2: Our society is based off safety in the community. Again,
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  Speaker 2: Trudeo's to the men and women at all three levels
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  Speaker 2: working together. I'm so incredibly proud of what they did.
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  Speaker 1: Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins, thanks for the time this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Jay.
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  Speaker 1: We'll talk again.
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  Speaker 2: Soon, all right. Thanks good Preston, thanks for having them.
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  Speaker 1: Buddy, my pleasure. Jay Collins, former state senator now Lieutenant
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  Speaker 1: governor of the State of Florida, and our guests this
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  Speaker 1: morning on the Morning Show with Breston, Scott
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  Speaker 2: M.