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Joseph Hernandez | New York Comptroller Candidate Joins S&FIM on Election Day · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Let me get to this next gentleman who I like
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  Speaker 1: a lot. He was in here when he ran for mayor.
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  Speaker 1: Now he's running for comptroller. He's a successful businessman. He's
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  Speaker 1: a real smart guy. And I like Tom. I don't,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a lot of these candidates I hate. I'm
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  Speaker 1: being honest, okay? I hate Kathy Hochul. I hate her
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  Speaker 1: with a passion. I hate her like I hate El-Sayed,
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  Speaker 1: Letitia James, like I hate Biden and Harris. I don't
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  Speaker 1: hate Tom. But I really love Joe Hernandez. And we've
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  Speaker 1: got issues in this state. Massive, massive issues. Fraud issues
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  Speaker 1: under Tom. You may like him. Nice guy. Seems to
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  Speaker 1: get bipartisan support, Tom DiNapoli. But we've got real issues
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  Speaker 1: under Tom. It's not a joke. Millions and billions of
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  Speaker 1: dollars in fraud. And the guy that can fix it
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  Speaker 1: is Joseph Hernandez. Good morning, Joseph.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, buddy. Good to see you.
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  Speaker 1: You too. I know you're getting that. You know, these
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  Speaker 1: other candidates, they love one, they hate the other. Everybody
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  Speaker 1: kind of likes both you guys. But the truth is,
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  Speaker 1: we've got big issues in this state.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, listen, Tom is a nice guy. You know, I've
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  Speaker 2: been critical of his policies, not of him as an individual.
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  Speaker 2: And everybody does say that he's a very nice guy.
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  Speaker 2: But look, this role is not supposed to be a
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  Speaker 2: nice guy. And you're supposed to shout at people and
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  Speaker 2: say you're stealing money from taxpayers. What the hell are
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  Speaker 2: you doing? And you've got to get on tables and
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  Speaker 2: shout at people and say, you know, you're committing fraud.
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  Speaker 2: This is dishonest.
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  Speaker 1: And you're going to make.
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  Speaker 2: Enemies when you do that.
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  Speaker 1: And Tom.
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  Speaker 2: doesn't have any enemies because he hasn't done that right
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  Speaker 2: and i think that that's been part of the problem.
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  Speaker 1: He's complicit he's complicit in what's going on here that's.
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  Speaker 2: Terrible i mean i'll give you a perfect example you
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  Speaker 2: know the whole leticia james legal defense fund the 10
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  Speaker 2: million dollars that was slid into the budget you know
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  Speaker 2: if you were an honest broker you'd be like look
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  Speaker 2: i don't care who it is i don't care if
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  Speaker 2: it's my grandma you don't do that that is unethical
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  Speaker 2: that is wrong and that is not in the best
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  Speaker 2: interest of taxpayers and tom allowed that to happen as
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  Speaker 2: a matter of fact he paid Letitia's game about $ 1
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  Speaker 2: million of legal defense. That is unethical and wrong. And
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  Speaker 2: he did that not to upset people, and you can't
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  Speaker 2: do that. That's not the role.
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  Speaker 1: No, and correct me if I'm wrong, but you're in charge.
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  Speaker 1: When you win Joe Hernandez today, you're going to be
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  Speaker 1: in charge of like 370... What's the word?
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  Speaker 2: Is it million or billion?
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  Speaker 1: $ 310 billion. $ 310 billion you're responsible for.
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  Speaker 2: It's a humongous responsibility. And that money doesn't belong to
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  Speaker 2: anybody but the pensioners. This is money that belongs to...
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  Speaker 2: to people that gave their lives to the state, people
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  Speaker 2: who gave up holidays and missed kids' birthdays to work
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  Speaker 2: for us. And we owe them a solemn promise, a
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  Speaker 2: solemn obligation to take care of that money, make sure
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  Speaker 2: they have enough money to retire in peace and safety,
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  Speaker 2: and we're going to do that.
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  Speaker 1: So is that really the biggest job? I think people
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  Speaker 1: don't necessarily understand, you know, you got a state comptroller
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  Speaker 1: that was Brad Lander, bad, bad guy. He's probably going
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  Speaker 1: to win today, that dick. And then you've got the
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  Speaker 1: other guy who's also an idiot and an asshole, the
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  Speaker 1: former Manhattan Borough President, Mark Levine. This is on a
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  Speaker 1: state level, but the exact job that you would take
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  Speaker 1: when you win this today is what? What does the
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  Speaker 1: comptroller do?
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  Speaker 2: Well, listen, I agree with you on Brad. Mark Levine's
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  Speaker 2: actually a smart guy, so I give him a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of a pass.
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  Speaker 1: He wanted to bury bodies in Riverside Park. He's telling
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  Speaker 1: people not to invest in Israeli bonds. That's not a
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  Speaker 1: smart guy. Yeah, I know.
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  Speaker 2: He capitulated on Israeli bonds. I lost all respect over
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  Speaker 2: that one. But anyway, listen, I think... The role itself
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  Speaker 2: has two primary functions. One is to manage this fund,
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  Speaker 2: which is one of the largest pools of capital in
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  Speaker 2: the world. And the other one is to audit and
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  Speaker 2: really to hold government accountable and to issue bonds, issue debt.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, that's part of what the comptroller does. Tom
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  Speaker 2: hasn't really done a good job at auditing. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he audits school bus schedules, but he doesn't audit Medicaid,
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  Speaker 2: where we have probably $ 18 billion worth of fraud. So
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  Speaker 2: I think, look, he doesn't like to point out the
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  Speaker 2: real obvious issues. frauds because I think his friends are
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  Speaker 2: in that world.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And that's the problem.
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  Speaker 1: People making money. Do you work, have you talked to,
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  Speaker 1: I should say, you don't work with him yet, but
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  Speaker 1: have you had conversations with Dr. Oz? He's on this show.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah. Yeah. He's uncovered a whole bunch of Medicare
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  Speaker 1: and Medicaid boards. He says all these places in Flushing
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  Speaker 1: by Shea stadium, they're basically a Chinese criminal homes.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, as a matter of fact, I shared my model
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  Speaker 2: with him. We did a, we did a, what is
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  Speaker 2: called a heat map model around Flushing's when he was
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  Speaker 2: in fact looking at Flushing.
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  Speaker 1: So, We've collaborated.
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  Speaker 2: We've interacted.
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  Speaker 3: Dr.
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  Speaker 2: House is one of the smartest guys there, and he
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  Speaker 2: knows he's really following up on the fraud. He's doing
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  Speaker 2: a good job, and we need to give him more credit.
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  Speaker 2: We need to give him more visibility, to be quite honest.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's doing that whole office, him, Robert Kennedy Jr.,
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  Speaker 1: and even Mike Tyson, believe it or not. That's from
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  Speaker 1: the health standpoint, not the fraud standpoint. So what does
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  Speaker 1: your day look like today, Joseph? Have you voted yet?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we did early voting. We did early voting a
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  Speaker 2: couple of days ago just to get out of the way.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the lines and machines, as you heard this morning,
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  Speaker 2: it sounds like the machines are having problems. So no,
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  Speaker 2: we voted early. I voted down the ticket, of course,
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  Speaker 2: because that's the only common sense thing to do because
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  Speaker 2: we have a bunch of idiots running our government that
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  Speaker 2: are driving us into bankruptcy, and we need to change
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  Speaker 2: the trajectory of this city and this country. and the state,
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  Speaker 2: I would argue. And look, I've been running around with
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  Speaker 2: Bruce Blakeman, and I gotta tell you, I love that man.
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  Speaker 2: He is really, I would say, one of those guys
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  Speaker 2: that's one of the generation leader. He's just a great guy, humble, smart, logical.
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  Speaker 1: He's so likable, man.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, a guy like that makes you work harder.
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  Speaker 2: So our campaigns worked harder because we want to really win.
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  Speaker 2: We want this ticket to win. We think we need
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  Speaker 2: change in Albany. We think it's very important. to change
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  Speaker 2: the trajectory of the state, because it is in a
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  Speaker 2: very bad trajectory.
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  Speaker 1: Very bad. The state's in terrible shape. One more for you.
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  Speaker 1: I love to watch you speak at events, because we
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  Speaker 1: have a big issue in this city, in this state,
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  Speaker 1: and not just here, but other sanctuary states, and that
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  Speaker 1: is communism. Communism, socialism, Marxism, whatever you want to call it,
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  Speaker 1: I don't care. But you, growing up as a little
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  Speaker 1: kid in Cuba, and your family from Cuba... You know
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  Speaker 1: all about communism. You know the dangers that this Mamdani
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  Speaker 1: brings to the city every day. And for our governor
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  Speaker 1: to be out there endorsing him, I think that happily, too.
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  Speaker 1: You know the dangers of communism, right? Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Listen, Sid, you know how you hate all these guys?
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  Speaker 2: I hate communists with a freaking passion. And the reason
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  Speaker 2: I hate them is I know how horrible they are.
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  Speaker 2: They're not good people. I lived in that stuff. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I remember standing in line waiting for food. while the
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  Speaker 2: local communist guy had all the food. That crap really
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  Speaker 2: does happen.
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  Speaker 1: Fidel Castro, he was living fine, right?
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  Speaker 2: They discovered he had $ 8 billion hidden in foreign bank accounts.
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  Speaker 1: Disgusting.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, no, I hate communism. I hate communists. I
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  Speaker 2: think the trajectory of this city is very dangerous. I
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  Speaker 2: think the trajectory of America is very dangerous. So this
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  Speaker 2: is why we have to fight these crazy communists, and
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  Speaker 2: we have to bring the common sense back to government.
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  Speaker 2: And the ideals that made America the most amazing country
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  Speaker 2: in the last couple thousand years. I mean, this is
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  Speaker 2: a very amazing society, and we have to protect it.
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  Speaker 2: And it requires patriots like you and me to do that.
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  Speaker 2: So let's fight.
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  Speaker 1: Let's fight. Go out there today and vote for Joseph Fernandez.
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  Speaker 1: And he did this so well by hiring Therese Chopper here.
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  Speaker 2: She does look great.
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  Speaker 1: She's a cute kid. She works her ass off. She
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  Speaker 1: loves you. All right.
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  Speaker 2: I was going to say, can I say something real quick?
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  Speaker 1: Sure.
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  Speaker 2: I love my young patriots. You know, Therese and my
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  Speaker 2: campaign manager, they're under 20s.
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  Speaker 1: They're under 25.
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  Speaker 2: They're young kids, but they love America, and that shit
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  Speaker 2: motivates me so much. So yes, they're great, and we
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  Speaker 2: have a lot of young patriots we've got to continue
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  Speaker 2: to fight for.
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  Speaker 3: Agreed.
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  Speaker 1: What does the rest of your day look like now?
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  Speaker 1: We're swamped.
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  Speaker 2: We have a bunch of interviews. We're going to go
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  Speaker 2: do some poll visiting.
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  Speaker 1: It's all downhill from here, just so you know. Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Now listen, the vote is casted. I hope I made
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  Speaker 2: my case for the people of New York that I'm
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  Speaker 2: the best person for the role, and that we need change,
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  Speaker 2: and now we're just going to go and shake hands
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  Speaker 2: and say thank you for your support, and and hope
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  Speaker 2: that people come out and give me the opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: serve this great state.
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  Speaker 1: God bless you, Joseph. I think you're awesome. And I do. Well,
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  Speaker 1: I am rooting for you in a big, big, big, big,
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  Speaker 1: big way today. So thank you, sir.
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  Speaker 2: God bless you. Thank you for what you do. You're amazing.
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  Speaker 1: You got it. We actually, uh, one of my earliest
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  Speaker 1: events I, I hosted, uh, earlier this summer was yours with, um,
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  Speaker 1: with Teresa over at, um, Dorian's Dorian's. Yeah. Good job. Yeah. Joseph.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, buddy.
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  Speaker 1: You got it. Go vote for Joseph Hernandez for controller today.
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  Speaker 1: What a great guy. Smart guy. Great guy. Loves his country.
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  Speaker 1: knows what it's like to be under communist rule, doesn't
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  Speaker 1: want that here for us, vote for Joseph Fernandez today.
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  Speaker 1: We'll take a break. Still lots more to do. Brian Kilmeade,
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  Speaker 1: Bo Dietl, Hank Schenckhoff, Mike Waller, maybe Caroline Schenkel. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know. A lot of names. A lot of people.
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  Speaker 1: It's election day. This is the place to be. Sid
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  Speaker 1: and friends in the morning. Picket lines and picket signs.
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  Speaker 1: Don't punish me with brutality. Talk to me so you
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  Speaker 1: can see. Oh, what's going on? What's going on? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: what's going on? Oh, what's going on? Oh, what's going on?
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  Speaker 1: Right on, baby.
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  Speaker 3: Right on, baby.
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  Speaker 2: What the heck is going on here?