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Former Westchester County executive Rob Astorino interview · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: All right, let's bring in Rob Astorino, host of The
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  Speaker 1: rab Astorno Show on WOR Saturday is from five to four.
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  Speaker 1: He's also on Newsmax, and of course he was the
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  Speaker 1: former Westchester County Executive.
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  Speaker 2: Rob.
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  Speaker 1: I find the most interesting person in the US Senate
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  Speaker 1: to be John Fetterman. And I heard John fun saying
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  Speaker 1: yesterday we would welcome him to the Republican Party and
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  Speaker 1: he's been doing this mini tour with the Republican Senator
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  Speaker 1: Dave McCormick. Is there a chance that could happen because
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  Speaker 1: that would really help the Republicans hold on to the Senate.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think there's a couple things that play, Larry,
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  Speaker 3: But you got Fetterman has a twenty percent approval rating
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  Speaker 3: among Democrats in Pennsylvania, so he's definitely gonna be primary.
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  Speaker 3: Likely we'll lose. The question is will he switch parties?
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  Speaker 3: Will the Republicans in Pennsylvania accept him? I mean, when
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  Speaker 3: you look at it, the guy votes ninety five percent
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  Speaker 3: of the time Withcrats on most issues. Rob.
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  Speaker 1: Let me just jump in when you say that about
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  Speaker 1: the Republicans, because the same poll that you're talking about
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  Speaker 1: showed that seventy three percent of Republicans in Pennsylvania support him.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, But you know what, if I'm a Republican in Pennsylvania,
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  Speaker 3: I'm like, Okay, I like the guy because he's been
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  Speaker 3: somewhat normal. However, you know, would I be able to
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  Speaker 3: trust the guy? I mean, he votes ninety five percent
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  Speaker 3: of the times with Democrats. Right, He's the one guy
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  Speaker 3: in the Democratic Party now that is sticking up on
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  Speaker 3: issues like Israel and the border. So he's talking some sense.
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  Speaker 3: He's a guy kind of with no home, So I mean,
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  Speaker 3: he could do the independent thing maybe and then say
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  Speaker 3: he's going to caucus with the Republicans, which would be
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  Speaker 3: great for the Republicans. Bernie Sanders isn't a Democrat. He's
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  Speaker 3: technically an independent, but he caucuses with the Democrats, so
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  Speaker 3: it would be kind of like the same thing. But
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  Speaker 3: if I'm a Republican in Pennsylvania, I'm like, hey, I'm
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  Speaker 3: a real Republican. I want to run and I want
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  Speaker 3: to be my party's nominee. So I don't know. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: that's the problem he's got. He's kind of a guy
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  Speaker 3: with no home anymore. But at least the Republicans are
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  Speaker 3: embracing him or giving him attention and saying, hey, look,
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  Speaker 3: you know you don't have to hang out with those lunatics.
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  Speaker 3: Come over here. We may not agree on everything, but
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  Speaker 3: you know we got Susan Collins, So come on in.
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  Speaker 2: Rob Escherino a man you know well we know well
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  Speaker 2: actually he sort of set the template for how a
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  Speaker 2: DSA guy can beat in and coming Democrat. His name
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  Speaker 2: Jamal Bowman. He was very upset that the New York
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  Speaker 2: Times did not include him in the profile of the
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  Speaker 2: ups and downs of the DSA. I think he would
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  Speaker 2: be a perfect example. Remember he took out Elliot Angeles,
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  Speaker 2: sixteen term congressman, and then you know, he had his
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  Speaker 2: scuffles back and forth. He was always proud, I'm the
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  Speaker 2: only member of the squad that's a mail. He was
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  Speaker 2: so proud of that. And then remember he pulled the
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  Speaker 2: fire alarm. He said it was exit out. Hey, he
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  Speaker 2: was the principal of a school. He knew better than that.
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  Speaker 2: But the interesting thing is he wins the seat and
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  Speaker 2: then he loses to Latimer, who raised all kinds of money,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of it from Jewish interests in APAC I mean,
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  Speaker 2: really just wiped him out. But that's a real test
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  Speaker 2: case of how when the DSA wins and knocks out
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  Speaker 2: an incumbent Congressman Elliott Engel, you can come back with
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  Speaker 2: a moderate or a liberal, mainstream Democrat and beat them.
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  Speaker 2: So there is reason that the New York Times should
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  Speaker 2: have included his case in their profile. That basically acted
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  Speaker 2: like he was a person in a consequence, and I
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  Speaker 2: think he's very important to this debate.
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  Speaker 3: He is. I think it depends on the district too,
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  Speaker 3: Like you know you're talking about here in Westchester, it's
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  Speaker 3: very heavily Jewish.
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  Speaker 2: Oh here he is. Okay, we were there for a
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  Speaker 2: check out. You were in the yellow submarine and the
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  Speaker 2: sheet down under it.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it did rain a lot yesterday. The you know,
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  Speaker 3: this district, this particular congressional district that you're talking about,
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  Speaker 3: you know, does have a heavy Jewish population on the
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  Speaker 3: Democratic side especially, and it's a different type of Democrat
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  Speaker 3: I think than you would find maybe in Manhattan. So
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  Speaker 3: I mean, when they really pulled their resources together, combined
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  Speaker 3: with you know, you had Republicans switching over to you hat,
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  Speaker 3: Jewish Republicans voting against you know, voting for Latimer. There
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  Speaker 3: were switching parties that kind of stuff. So I mean,
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  Speaker 3: it really was heavily concentrated in this dist but it
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  Speaker 3: did show you can beat them, you know. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: he went so far out that it is possible. But
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  Speaker 3: I think it depends on the district. I think in
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  Speaker 3: New York City and some of these heavily concentrated districts,
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  Speaker 3: it's tough. But here you had independence and crossovers as
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  Speaker 3: well working ag against them.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, in this midterm, nobody's talking about a blue wave
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  Speaker 1: at this point, which they should be talking about. As
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  Speaker 1: a matter of fact, some of the polls show they're
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  Speaker 1: going to Republicans are going to keep the Senate and
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  Speaker 1: the House is going to be close. And I think
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  Speaker 1: the Democrats have realized we got a problem with the DSA,
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  Speaker 1: and it seems to be all the Republicans are running
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  Speaker 1: against right now is the DSA and making the entire
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  Speaker 1: Democratic Party look like them. That's why it was so
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  Speaker 1: important what Van Jones said the other day when he
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  Speaker 1: came out and blessed them. I think that was a
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  Speaker 1: clarion call to the rest of the Democrats that we
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  Speaker 1: have a problem, when we got to do something about it.
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  Speaker 3: Well, they're finally trying to push back. They're like Okay,
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  Speaker 3: we've tried to appease them, we've tried to play with them,
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  Speaker 3: we've actually nurtured them and created this monster, and now
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  Speaker 3: it's going to overcome us. So we either fight back
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  Speaker 3: or we're going to be completely overwhelmed. So I think
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  Speaker 3: the Van Jones, because you're right, Van Jones is like
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  Speaker 3: a he's he's really important because CNN is a messenger
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  Speaker 3: for the Democratic Party, just like the New York Times is.
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  Speaker 3: So Van Jones is sort of the I don't want
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  Speaker 3: to say moderate. He's very progressive, but at least he's normal.
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  Speaker 1: And it's amazing we're at a point where you're calling
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  Speaker 1: Van Jones moderate. I know, I know, but you know what,
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  Speaker 1: it's funny.
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  Speaker 3: No, definitely not moderate. But when I worked at CNN,
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  Speaker 3: when I was the Republican on the air there, I
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  Speaker 3: worked with Van and I like him a lot, I
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  Speaker 3: really do. I like him as a person and I
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  Speaker 3: like going on the air with him because he was
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  Speaker 3: very respectful, very very liberal. But he's a good voice
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  Speaker 3: for them. And it's like Bill Maher, same thing. Bill
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  Speaker 3: Maher is telling people, my vote is up for grabs
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  Speaker 3: in twenty eight. If this is the way the Democratic
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  Speaker 3: party is going, especially with places like Israel, but just
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  Speaker 3: how woke they are and crazy they are, so you know,
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  Speaker 3: that's a wake up call. Whether they'll hear hear it
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  Speaker 3: or not, I don't know. Michigan's primary next week is
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  Speaker 3: going to be very very important or two weeks. It's
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  Speaker 3: going to be very very important whether that l SI
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  Speaker 3: ed wins. Right now, he's only in the low forties
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  Speaker 3: stevens though, hasn't cracked fifty, So it's going to be
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  Speaker 3: It's interesting there and a PAC and APAX supported super
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  Speaker 3: PACs are putting tens of millions of dollars in that
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  Speaker 3: race against it.
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  Speaker 2: Not real quick robo put on your county executive hat.
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  Speaker 2: If I hadn't bet money that for a long time ago, right,
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  Speaker 2: but if I had have bet money on the prediction markets,
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  Speaker 2: I had predicted the Sawmill River Parkway, the Bronx River Parkway,
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  Speaker 2: the Taconic State Parkway underwater. They're always underwatered. How come
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  Speaker 2: nothing's ever been done to prevent that.
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  Speaker 3: Don't forget the hutch the Bronx River, Oh my god,
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  Speaker 3: it's always the way they built them that back then,
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  Speaker 3: they built them, you know, and it was never really corrected.
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  Speaker 3: Or fixed. There's always been plans to do so, but
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  Speaker 3: they they've never done it. The state's never done it.
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  Speaker 3: Those are all state parkways.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe before we die, Rob, maybe before we die. But
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  Speaker 2: do appreciate it. Rob as Dono. You can catch him
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  Speaker 2: right here on w o R on Saturday four to five. Correct?
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  Speaker 2: Did I get that right, Rob?
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  Speaker 1: Yep, you got it called