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Hamilton County Republican GOP Party Chairman Josh Gerth · Brian Thomas

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  Speaker 1: Warren Davidson and Jay Ratliff on tomorrow. In the meantime,
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  Speaker 1: welcome back to the 55KRC Morning Show. From all accounts,
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  Speaker 1: doing a really great job as the chair of the
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  Speaker 1: Hamilton County Republican Party. Josh Gerth, good to have you
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  Speaker 1: back on the show.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Brian. Good morning. How are you?
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing fine, except for what the hell's going on
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  Speaker 1: in my neighborhood, Sims Township. We've got a bunch of
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  Speaker 1: vandals going around stealing GOP signs, although the Enquirer doesn't
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  Speaker 1: focus on that. They focus on the Democrat signs that
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  Speaker 1: have been torn down. What's the story on this one?
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  Speaker 2: Well, absolutely. You're right. Yes, there was some vandalism that
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  Speaker 2: happened to several GOP signs up in your neck of
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  Speaker 2: the woods. And God forbid that this doesn't turn into
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  Speaker 2: a major story in the Enquirer. I'm actually, as we speak,
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  Speaker 2: going back and forth with one of the reporters at
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  Speaker 2: the Enquirer who first reported on a Democrat candidate whose
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  Speaker 2: signs were targeted, coordinated targeting, as they reported. And reached
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  Speaker 2: out to me, didn't take my comment. They did get
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  Speaker 2: a hold of Ted Winkler and got a comment from him.
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  Speaker 2: But when it happens to our side, all of a
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  Speaker 2: sudden it's not a story. And, again, if you don't
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  Speaker 2: think that this inquire and the way they report stories
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  Speaker 2: isn't biased, it's just this is the perfect example. If
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  Speaker 2: it's going to happen to us as well, let's make
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  Speaker 2: it a big story. I mean, signs, signs, everywhere are signs.
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  Speaker 2: Let's start talking about signs, which you know and I
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  Speaker 2: know are kind of ridiculous. Yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And it's so childish to go around and knock down
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  Speaker 1: yard signs. I mean, Lord Almighty, grow up. But, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: to the extent you think you're bringing it to my
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  Speaker 1: listening audience's attention that the Enquirer is biased politically, trust me,
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  Speaker 1: Josh Gerth, they already got the memo. Yeah, I know.
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  Speaker 2: That's why, I mean, again, say what you want about
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  Speaker 2: social media. It's why I'm online, kind of railing against
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  Speaker 2: these people, because I think people do, right, wrong, or indifferent,
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  Speaker 2: we all have our opinions about social media, it does
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  Speaker 2: get more coverage. And I think it's important to call
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  Speaker 2: out this BS when it happens. And there's a clear
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  Speaker 2: bias when the Enquirer reports about a stupid sign incident
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  Speaker 2: that and makes it front-page news and doesn't do it
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  Speaker 2: when it happens to us. It's ridiculous.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, that is in an effort to label the Republicans
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  Speaker 1: as the evil vandals in the world when, in fact,
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  Speaker 1: we know what's going on, perhaps even larger to the
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  Speaker 1: extent on Republican yard signs. Anyway, don't be that guy.
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  Speaker 1: Josh Gerth, head of the Hamilton County Republican Party. We've
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  Speaker 1: got a real challenge on our hands here in Hamilton County.
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  Speaker 1: We all understand the political dynamics going on here, and
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  Speaker 1: I don't know that it's necessarily time to bring the
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  Speaker 1: flag out and give up completely. But the judicial races
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  Speaker 1: are so damn important, and so many people of all
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  Speaker 1: political stripes are not defund the police, get rid of
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  Speaker 1: law enforcement, and, of course, light on crime, notably in
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  Speaker 1: the juvenile court system, where we have Carrie Bloom, who
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  Speaker 1: apparently does not believe in holding juveniles accountable. Now, I
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  Speaker 1: think this is an issue that crosses political lines. If
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  Speaker 1: I live in any neighborhood, if I'm any color person,
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  Speaker 1: doesn't matter, I want a safe neighborhood. And you need
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  Speaker 1: a strong criminal justice system to serve as a warning
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  Speaker 1: shot over the bow of these young people that they
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  Speaker 1: will suffer consequences. Carrie Bloom, she doesn't have that philosophy.
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  Speaker 1: She lets these kids out all the time.
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  Speaker 2: It's crazy. And it's a foundation of what is normal
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  Speaker 2: and safe and reasonable in our county. I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: don't understand. And I'm talking to Republicans out there since
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  Speaker 2: I know most of the people listening to your station are.
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  Speaker 2: If you don't go vote, between now and November 3rd,
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  Speaker 2: you are terrible. You're part of the problem. We have lawlessness.
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  Speaker 2: We have children getting raped and murdered. It's ridiculous because
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  Speaker 2: of what is happening in one specific court. If we
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  Speaker 2: change that court alone, it changes the trajectory of law
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  Speaker 2: and order in our county for years to come. It
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  Speaker 2: literally changes what is happening. And if you want to
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  Speaker 2: know what exactly we're talking about, Go to the Hamilton
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  Speaker 2: County Republican Facebook page or go to our Twitter account
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  Speaker 2: and watch what the Republican Party just put out about
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  Speaker 2: Carrie Bloom. It is very powerful, very powerful. Watch it.
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  Speaker 2: I put out a statement about it, which, again, I
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  Speaker 2: think kind of hits people between the eyes of what
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  Speaker 2: is going on in this county. If you need some evidence,
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  Speaker 2: and this is evidence, factual stuff, go and watch that
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  Speaker 2: video and read the report on the website.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, there's multiple cases you break down here. Let's
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  Speaker 1: give my listeners one of the illustrations in case they're
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  Speaker 1: not inclined to go over and check it out themselves.
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  Speaker 1: Back when Dieters was Hamilton County prosecutor, victims, police, and
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  Speaker 1: prosecutors agreed to keep a teenager with a multi-jurisdiction crime
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  Speaker 1: spree in a juvenile system, a mandatory six-year term with
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  Speaker 1: no early release, rather than trying him as an adult
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  Speaker 1: where he could have faced up to 60 years in prison.
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  Speaker 1: You can do that. So they agreed to this plea deal, guaranteed, mandatory,
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  Speaker 1: no early release, Six years. What did she do, Josh Gerth?
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  Speaker 1: She released him.
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  Speaker 2: Let him out.
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  Speaker 1: Let him out. Unbelievable. There are multiple illustrations of this,
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  Speaker 1: one after another after another for all to see with
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  Speaker 1: the quotes from the people. I'm glad you put this out.
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  Speaker 1: I guess I can only hope that my listeners, you know,
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  Speaker 1: grab the report and then widely share it on social
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  Speaker 1: media because they're certainly not going to read about something
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  Speaker 1: like this in any of our local news outlets, are they?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely not. FireJudgeBloom.com. Go there. Check it out. You
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  Speaker 2: will be shocked. And if you're not shocked, then I
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  Speaker 2: don't know what to tell you. But that's why we
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  Speaker 2: need Susan Lucan elected as the juvenile judge. All of
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  Speaker 2: our judges are important. We've got a great slate. There's
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  Speaker 2: nine total. You have to go down the ballot and
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  Speaker 2: vote for all these people. Go to the Board of Elections.
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  Speaker 2: I know you had Sherry Poland on earlier. She is awesome.
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  Speaker 2: What they do there is awesome. It's so easy. The
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  Speaker 2: Democrats are kicking our butt again in terms of early voting.
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  Speaker 2: But the good news, Brian, is that people are going
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  Speaker 2: to vote early, which means that a lot of our
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  Speaker 2: people are coming on board, too. And obviously, we always
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  Speaker 2: have a rally towards election day. day. That's just kind
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  Speaker 2: of how we are. But I'm encouraged by the fact
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  Speaker 2: that the voting turnout so far is significantly more, which
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  Speaker 2: is important in these midterm elections. It gives me hope
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  Speaker 2: that people are paying attention and going to go get
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  Speaker 2: our common sense people elected.
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  Speaker 1: No question about it. And the choice is Lukin. See, Lukin.
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  Speaker 1: Vote Luke and not Bloom. Vote Luke. It'll be evident
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  Speaker 1: when you get the ballot. You see Bloom. No, I
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  Speaker 1: don't want Bloom. Who's the alternative? You can't remember Luke.
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  Speaker 1: It'll be the person who's not Bloom.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and beyond the judges, you know we've got great candidates.
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  Speaker 2: You just talked to Pearson. He's a great common-sense candidate.
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  Speaker 2: I was at an event last night with Eric Conroy.
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  Speaker 2: He's doing great. They're getting ready to pump a lot
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  Speaker 2: more money into his race. He just announced that last night.
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  Speaker 2: Very exciting stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, good, because that runs counter to the narrative the
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  Speaker 1: New York Times poured out the other day, which said
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  Speaker 1: some of the super PACs are pulling funding from his campaign,
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  Speaker 1: I guess, giving up and thinking Greg Lansman's a foregone conclusion.
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  Speaker 1: That's not the case, is it, Josh?
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  Speaker 2: No, no. The district that we're in is slightly Republican-favored.
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  Speaker 2: Eric's doing everything he should, and he has the backing.
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  Speaker 2: He just announced last night we're talking seven-figure investment into
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  Speaker 2: his campaign. This thing is not over. Go vote for
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  Speaker 2: Eric Conroy. Go vote for the Republican ticket, GOPjudges.com. Let's go, folks.
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  Speaker 2: Get out there and do this.
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate your enthusiasm, Josh Garth. We can save the
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  Speaker 1: county from itself. That will be our job to do it.
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  Speaker 1: Josh Garth, keep up the great work. We'll have you
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  Speaker 1: on the program again real soon, I hope.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, Brian.
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  Speaker 1: My pleasure. Just shy of 855-55-KRC, the talk station. Jack Atherton,
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  Speaker 1: always brilliant.