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Peter King | Former Congressman Appears for Weekly S&FIM Hit · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Here he is, the great former congressman, Homeland Security, and
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  Speaker 1: in my opinion, right at the top of the list
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  Speaker 1: with Rudy Giuliani as our best local politicians ever, my
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  Speaker 1: friend Peter King. Pete, good morning, buddy.
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  Speaker 2: How are you? I'm doing fine, and I'm sure my
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  Speaker 2: son Sean will love that shout-out. He's the big music
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  Speaker 2: guy in the family. I'm way behind and all that.
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  Speaker 2: He's been talking about YouTube for 40 years. Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's great.
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  Speaker 2: He's all over the place.
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  Speaker 1: He likes a lot of the same stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Now, the big thing is... Speaking of Oasis, he travels
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  Speaker 2: all over the world. Right, right.
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  Speaker 1: I love that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so listen to those morons. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I love it. I love those morons, those Gallagher brothers.
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  Speaker 1: We love Oasis, me and Lou, and I've had those
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  Speaker 1: conversations on text with your son, Sean, who's a great kid,
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  Speaker 1: by the way. You got two great kids. Aaron is great, too.
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  Speaker 1: Let me get to the big day tomorrow for me.
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  Speaker 1: You're a guy that's been in a lot of meetings
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  Speaker 1: over the years, diplomacy between Congress, Homeland Security, even now
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  Speaker 1: out on Long Island helping people New candidates find their
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  Speaker 1: way into winning moments. My meeting with J.D. Vance tomorrow,
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  Speaker 1: what do you think that means?
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  Speaker 2: Well, first of all, it's important that you go, but
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  Speaker 2: I don't have to tell you this. Keep your eye
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  Speaker 2: on J.D.
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  Speaker 1: Vance.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think he's making mistakes. I think what he
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  Speaker 2: says about us being subservient to Israel, those are his
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  Speaker 2: true feelings. And it's not enough if he just starts
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  Speaker 2: saying the right thing. I'm concerned about what he really believes.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's one thing if he's going to publicly
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  Speaker 2: maybe later on disown Tucker Carlson. The fact that he's
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  Speaker 2: remained his friend this long and been close to him,
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  Speaker 2: to me, it speaks volumes about him. So, yeah, go
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  Speaker 2: in there, you know, really come on strong as you can,
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  Speaker 2: but in a very polite way, which it's hard for you.
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  Speaker 2: Let me just get you in there. I'll just keep
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  Speaker 2: in mind, it's not enough that he says the right
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  Speaker 2: thing because he's, I think, betraying a lot of his
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  Speaker 2: true feelings. I think what Marco Rubio says is what
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  Speaker 2: he believes. He is a true advocate, not just for Israel,
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  Speaker 2: but Israel because it's the United States ally and we
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  Speaker 2: need them. And I'm not a big fan of Ted Cruz,
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  Speaker 2: but he also says what he believes. And I think that.
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  Speaker 2: So they're the people we have to look at. And, again,
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  Speaker 2: if J.D. Vance honestly comes around, that's one thing. But,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you're a good barometer for sizing people up
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  Speaker 2: as to whether or not he's just going to yes
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  Speaker 2: you to death or you think you can really make
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  Speaker 2: an impression on him and he can come around because
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  Speaker 2: he can realize the error of his ways. They really are.
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  Speaker 2: To use the word subservience when you're dealing with Israel,
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  Speaker 2: talk about a buzzword, a dog whistle you're sending out
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  Speaker 2: to the anti-Semites in the party. I can understand them
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  Speaker 2: personally saying they honestly disagree with a certain Israeli policy.
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  Speaker 2: That's legitimate. But he goes beyond that. He sort of
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  Speaker 2: goes beyond that. And also, past presidents have disagreed with Israel.
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  Speaker 2: Eisenhower did during the CSOS. Bush 41 did. But it
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  Speaker 2: was never a feeling they were anti-Israel. These were honest
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  Speaker 2: differences among friends. And there were no dog whistles, no
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  Speaker 2: secret signals. Anyway, I'm glad you're the guy going in
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  Speaker 2: there because he knows you have a following. He knows
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  Speaker 2: that people listen to you. But again, I'm relying on
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  Speaker 2: you to get a good gauge what his true views
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  Speaker 2: really are. Because he can say one thing and then
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  Speaker 2: January 21st turn around and screw all of us.
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  Speaker 1: No, you're right. I'm actually glad you're coming off this way, Peter.
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  Speaker 1: I wasn't sure. I know you're very pro-Israel and you
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  Speaker 1: like BB, so this was the bet, I guess, that
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  Speaker 1: you'd be like this. But look, he came out yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: And he said that Trump is breaking away from Israel.
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  Speaker 1: And we know that's not true. Yes, he's critical of
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  Speaker 1: Bibi and Israel every now and then. There's a variety
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  Speaker 1: of reasons for that. But when he says what he
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  Speaker 1: said yesterday, I'm going to tell him this. It may
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  Speaker 1: as well be Tucker Carlson. I mean, even when he
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  Speaker 1: sat there in Vegas and talked about The blood libel
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  Speaker 1: versus the guilt libel. Tucker Carlson, it's almost like the
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  Speaker 1: movie Ghost where Ted Danson jumps into the body of
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  Speaker 1: Whoopi Goldberg. It's like Tucker Carlson literally jumps into his body.
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  Speaker 1: He sounds like Tucker Carlson. And if you're running for president,
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  Speaker 1: that's not a good thing.
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  Speaker 2: And if he's saying subservient, we should no longer be subservient,
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  Speaker 2: that's falling into the trap that we are subservient. I haven't.
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  Speaker 2: We've never been. I mean, I've seen what there's been
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  Speaker 2: in real difficulties with Israel, where we're standing with Israel,
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  Speaker 2: where there's always a dispute, if there were, between friends.
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  Speaker 2: What's the best way to get it done? Never a
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  Speaker 2: feeling that they were controlling our policy or they were
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  Speaker 2: attempting to control our policy. So that, to me, is
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  Speaker 2: totally wrong. If I could just go off the target
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  Speaker 2: for one second.
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  Speaker 1: Hold on. I did say Ted Danson. I meant to
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  Speaker 1: say Patrick Swayze. But go ahead. I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, I was going to say, the old fighter, Bobby Cassidy,
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  Speaker 2: was a friend of mine. His son is a writer
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  Speaker 2: at Newsday. He has a great book out, Requiem for Heavyweight.
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  Speaker 2: And he's a good evangelist. It's a great story about
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  Speaker 2: how his father overcame alcoholism. He was involved with gamblers
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  Speaker 2: and everything else. Became a great father. Amazing New York
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  Speaker 2: State boxing hall. Great book. Great human interest story. And
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  Speaker 2: I conducted a conversation with Bobby Lester. We had a
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  Speaker 2: great crowd at his book signing event. The only negative
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  Speaker 2: thing for me is, again, all these people say, you're
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  Speaker 2: going to be on Sid tomorrow. How's Sid doing? I said,
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  Speaker 2: I'm here to talk about Bobby Cassidy. I'm here, you know.
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  Speaker 2: I don't care about shit. Forget it. Leave me alone.
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  Speaker 2: So anyway, it was a great night. That put a
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  Speaker 2: damper on it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Rich Lowry said the same thing earlier this morning.
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  Speaker 1: I brought you up. I said, Peter King goes through
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  Speaker 1: that all the time. The poor guy can't go anywhere.
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  Speaker 1: He's a big deal, Pete King. Come on, Congress, Homeland Security.
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  Speaker 1: They only want to talk about Sid, but I want
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  Speaker 1: to actually read that book.
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  Speaker 2: The book is Requiem for a Middleweight. It's great. And
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  Speaker 2: anyone who's ever had any kind of alcohol or drug problem,
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  Speaker 2: gambling problem, and had terrible abuse as a kid, I
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  Speaker 2: went on to become a great father, a great guy.
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  Speaker 2: He was inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall
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  Speaker 2: of Fame. He died a few years ago. And he
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  Speaker 2: really turned his life around. He was actually in prison
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  Speaker 2: himself at one time and then became a rehab counselor
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  Speaker 2: to guys coming out of jail, guys in jail. Great guy.
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  Speaker 2: And his son is a great guy. So anyway, that's it.
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  Speaker 2: Other than he had a great night last night.
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  Speaker 1: I will buy the book and read the book. You know,
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  Speaker 1: going back to Long Island for a second, and J.D.
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  Speaker 1: Vance knows this too, Mike Lopetri, okay, if he wins
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  Speaker 1: and he beats Swazi, if Janine Driscoll wins and she
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  Speaker 1: beats Gillen, and even moving away from Long Island, going
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  Speaker 1: to Rockland County, for example, if Mike Lawler wins and
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  Speaker 1: beats that psycho Kate Conley, these are the types of
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  Speaker 1: people who, that J.D. Vance needs on his side, you
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  Speaker 1: know this, and being that I'm in New York and
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  Speaker 1: I'm friends with all these people, that would make it
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  Speaker 1: even easier for the vice president. I think somewhere down
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  Speaker 1: deep he knows that.
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  Speaker 2: I think he does. But he made one appearance on
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  Speaker 2: and on. He didn't win any great friends. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he showed up late, left early, didn't do photos with people.
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  Speaker 2: Unlike when President Trump was at, here's the President of
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  Speaker 2: the United States. He was in Nassau County last month.
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  Speaker 2: He met with everybody. He was doing photos. He spoke
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  Speaker 2: for like an hour and a half, whatever it was.
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  Speaker 2: He was terrific. And so anyway, there's no great love there.
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  Speaker 2: But listen, advances still by any Democrat they come up with.
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  Speaker 2: You mentioned Janine Driscoll. She's opening up her new headquarters
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  Speaker 2: in Roxville Center. I was with her the other day.
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  Speaker 2: On Saturday, she was at a block party that Melissa
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  Speaker 2: and Lance Zimmerman were involved with in Belmore. And again,
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  Speaker 2: it was a good group of people. But more than that,
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  Speaker 2: I was with her. She's going up and down the street,
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  Speaker 2: talks to everybody, friendly. She's able to communicate. She's a
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  Speaker 2: real person. She's got a bunch of kids, son of
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  Speaker 2: the NYPD. She's a neighborhood girl, neighborhood woman. We got
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  Speaker 2: brilliant at the same time. She argues before the United
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  Speaker 2: States Court of Appeals. I mean, she's everything we want
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  Speaker 2: in a candidate, and she represents the real blue-collar neighborhood values.
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  Speaker 2: She would be a great member of Congress down in
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  Speaker 2: your neighborhood down there, I tell you.
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  Speaker 1: I love her. I love her. I love Janine. I
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  Speaker 1: think she will be great. Hey, are you surprised, honestly,
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  Speaker 1: because I've been talking about this forever, even led to
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  Speaker 1: a big fight between you and I, and I love
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  Speaker 1: you like a brother, like a dad. Are you surprised
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  Speaker 1: that Ukraine and Russia, this is still going on, and
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  Speaker 1: it's not... It's not lightening up. I mean, Putin looks
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  Speaker 1: like he wants to light those people up every day,
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  Speaker 1: and now Trump is mad at Zelensky. He's blaming the
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  Speaker 1: price of diesel fuel, not on Iran, but on Zelensky
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  Speaker 1: and Ukraine. Are you surprised by all this?
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  Speaker 2: Unfortunately, and I'm really disappointed in the president, blaming Zelensky
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  Speaker 2: for the price of fuel. Here's a guy, his country
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  Speaker 2: is being attacked, the first attack in Europe since the
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  Speaker 2: end of World War II, and they're fighting violently. People
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  Speaker 2: thought that was a two-week war. The fact that it's
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  Speaker 2: going on shows the courage of the Ukrainian people. And
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  Speaker 2: now we're not giving them the patriots they need, and
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  Speaker 2: yet they're still fighting, going on and on. But the
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  Speaker 2: main weapon they have is to be able to attack
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  Speaker 2: into Russia itself, hit those supply depots, hit the fuel depots.
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  Speaker 2: And now the president wants them not to. To me,
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  Speaker 2: we should be standing with Ukraine. I'm not saying send
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  Speaker 2: American troops in there, but we have to send a
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  Speaker 2: signal that whether it's Iran, whether it's Russia, which try to.
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  Speaker 2: We're on the side of democratic forces, and we're going
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  Speaker 2: to resist aggression. And we can do it without using
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  Speaker 2: one American soldier, one American troop at all. And I
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  Speaker 2: think Zelensky deserves our support. I don't know Zelensky. I
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  Speaker 2: never met him. But I do know that Putin is
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  Speaker 2: an evil guy. And it's not just Ukraine. He's also,
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  Speaker 2: as you notice now, taking shots into Lithuania, into Poland,
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  Speaker 2: into Germany. He wants to spread his influence. He's going
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  Speaker 2: to march across Europe. He wants to build up his
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  Speaker 2: economic influence. And that aids China, which is why China
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  Speaker 2: has been helping Russia so much. So I wish the
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  Speaker 2: president would. Don't blame Zelensky. And by the way, as
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  Speaker 2: far as the price of fuel, this in the short
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  Speaker 2: term is a price we may have to pay. The
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  Speaker 2: president's doing the right thing in Iran. to me, that's,
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  Speaker 2: if you want, people say, don't send American, you're not
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  Speaker 2: going to send any American troops into battle if we
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  Speaker 2: do it the way we're doing it now. They're having
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  Speaker 2: Americans killed, but they're not in battle, but it is
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  Speaker 2: a war. And J.D. Vance should not be saying it's
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  Speaker 2: not a war. It is a war, but we want
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  Speaker 2: to stop a larger war. I think the president should
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  Speaker 2: continue doing what he's doing in Iran and destroy them.
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  Speaker 2: You can't deal with these people. And also, I think
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  Speaker 2: you should start telling the American people that this is
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  Speaker 2: not going to be over tomorrow. It may be even
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  Speaker 2: be over right after the election. But it's a fight
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  Speaker 2: we have to make to prevent a larger tragedy in
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  Speaker 2: the future. No one wants five years from now, whoever
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  Speaker 2: the next president happens to be, to suddenly have Iran
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  Speaker 2: launching nuclear weapons, and they say, why didn't Trump do
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  Speaker 2: more about it back in 2026 and 2027? So he
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  Speaker 2: is doing that now. We never want to be in
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  Speaker 2: another 9-11 position, and we've taken preemptive action. It's not
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  Speaker 2: always easy. There's no such thing as easy war, but
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  Speaker 2: it is the right thing to do.
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  Speaker 1: So on the way out, here's your moment, okay, because
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  Speaker 1: I ruin your moments all the time, but here's yours.
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  Speaker 1: So we have a friend in common. He's a very,
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  Speaker 1: very tough guy, but a very, very sweet guy, and
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  Speaker 1: his wife is lovely, too. And he just said to me,
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  Speaker 1: I got to tell you about Pete King. Every Tuesday morning,
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  Speaker 1: when I sit at that table talking about counterterrorism with
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  Speaker 1: him and the Nassau County Police Commissioner, Pat Ryder, there's
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  Speaker 1: nobody better ever. You want to take a guess who
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  Speaker 1: I'm talking about?
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  Speaker 2: Is that Fenton?
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  Speaker 1: The great Fenton McCormack said you are the star every
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday morning.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Fenton is great. Pat Ryder is great. Nassau County
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  Speaker 2: police are great. And so now I'm proud to have
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  Speaker 2: Fenton as a friend. Pat Ryder was a friend. In fact,
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  Speaker 2: Pat Ryder was the main speaker at the 9-11 commemoration
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  Speaker 2: the other day in Seaford. He gave a great speech.
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  Speaker 1: How did that go? I heard that place was packed.
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  Speaker 1: I heard it was great.
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  Speaker 2: Tremendous turnout, tremendous turnout, and people keep coming back every year.
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  Speaker 2: And this year it was moved up several hours to
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  Speaker 2: accommodate Rosh Hashanah. And we had, again, it started at
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  Speaker 2: 5 o'clock rather than 7 o'clock. The crowd was overflowing
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  Speaker 2: the grounds of the high school out into the street.
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  Speaker 2: Pat Ryder gave a tremendous speech telling people never to
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  Speaker 2: get caught off guard again. And he made it clear
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  Speaker 2: that the enemy is Islamist terrorism. There's no equivalency between
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  Speaker 2: us and the enemy. We're right, they're wrong. We have
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  Speaker 2: to stand together as one. 100%.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Peter King, you know how much I love you.
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  Speaker 1: You're just an amazing man. You've been so great to
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  Speaker 1: Long Island, New York, and now you're great to WABC.
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  Speaker 1: These appearances every Wednesday are nothing short of terrific. So
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  Speaker 1: thank you for this, Pete. My best to Rosemary. We'll
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  Speaker 1: talk again very soon. See you, pal.
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  Speaker 2: You got it. Thanks.
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  Speaker 1: God bless you. There he is, the amazing congressman, Homeland Security,
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  Speaker 1: just a great New Yorker. Proud to call him a friend,
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  Speaker 1: Pete King.
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  Speaker 1: What the heck is going on here?