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Bruce Blakeman| The Race For New York Governor · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about that because right now on the phone
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  Speaker 1: is someone who's dealing with that right now.
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  Speaker 2: Can you do Abraham Lincoln? Anthony, can you do Abraham Lincoln?
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  Speaker 1: I haven't heard his audio. Bruce Blakeman is on the
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  Speaker 1: line with us right now, our Republican nominee for governor
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  Speaker 1: here in New York. And the last I read, County
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  Speaker 1: Executive Blakeman, you were not allowed to march in today's
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  Speaker 1: West Indian Day parade. Is that still the case?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, unfortunately, it's more dirty tricks by Kathy Hochul. She
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  Speaker 3: blocked me from speaking in the Dominican parade in the Bronx,
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  Speaker 3: and now she's trying to block me at the West
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  Speaker 3: Indian parade. She tried to cancel my matching funds. It's
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  Speaker 3: one dirty trick after the other because she's desperate. The
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  Speaker 3: polling shows that we're in the margin of error now.
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  Speaker 3: It's a virtual dead heat. We're going to win this race.
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  Speaker 3: And I enjoyed your comments about reaching out to different
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  Speaker 3: communities because I have been reaching out to them. And
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  Speaker 3: that's what makes Kathy Hochul nervous. I've been to Puerto Rico.
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  Speaker 3: I went down there. I got the endorsement of the
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  Speaker 3: governor of Puerto Rico. I've been to the Bronx. More
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  Speaker 3: times in the last four months than Kathy Hochul has
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  Speaker 3: been in four years. I was in Brooklyn just the
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  Speaker 3: other day, upstate. I was in Kathy Hochul's home community
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  Speaker 3: of Erie County, where I'm now told I'm leading her
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  Speaker 3: in the race for governor in her own home county
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  Speaker 3: because they know her better than anybody else. So I
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  Speaker 3: continue to believe that this is a race where we
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  Speaker 3: have to take into account every race, religion, ethnic group, everything.
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  Speaker 3: every lifestyle people of all abilities and make for a
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  Speaker 3: unified New York state, one where we can make people
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  Speaker 3: happy again and not spend money on people who aren't
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  Speaker 3: New Yorkers. They arrive here for 15 minutes and they
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  Speaker 3: get free food, free housing, free transportation and a free
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  Speaker 3: cell phone. They get more than New Yorkers get, $ 8
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  Speaker 3: billion in the last four years. That's going to end
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  Speaker 3: when I become governor.
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  Speaker 2: You know, soon to be Governor Blakeman, Michael Cohen here.
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  Speaker 2: I'll tell you what we would do if this was 2016, 2017,
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  Speaker 2: and somebody like a Kathy Hochul would pull this sort
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  Speaker 2: of shenanigans. We would show up. We would create our
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  Speaker 2: own tumult in the area. We would end up speaking
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  Speaker 2: with a megaphone. We would create our own little thing.
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  Speaker 2: I don't need her here. permission within which to walk
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  Speaker 2: the streets. I would be handing out flyers alongside Trump.
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  Speaker 2: We would be creating, again, our own little parade off
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  Speaker 2: to the side because we can all agree that she
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  Speaker 2: is the worst governor that New York has ever had.
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  Speaker 2: She's costing New Yorkers' wallets more. Every single day, our
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  Speaker 2: taxes are higher than ever before. Our utility costs are
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  Speaker 2: out of control. Our entire budget makes no sense at all.
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  Speaker 2: These are the things that we would be promoting day
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  Speaker 2: in and day out. I don't care whether she would
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  Speaker 2: say you are or you're not allowed to go. We
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  Speaker 2: don't listen to her. We do what we want.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you're absolutely right. And we don't do that typically,
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  Speaker 3: but we got a very gracious invitation after we were
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  Speaker 3: turned down for the West Indian Day Parade to march
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  Speaker 3: in the Labor Day Parade in Queens. So we decided
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  Speaker 3: rather than go to the West Indian Day Parade, where
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  Speaker 3: we were told we were not welcome, we figured we
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  Speaker 3: would go to the Labor Day Parade to celebrate the
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  Speaker 3: workers of New York State. They've taken it on the
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  Speaker 3: chin the last four years with Our wages haven't gone
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  Speaker 3: up with the rest of the country. Our benefits have
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  Speaker 3: stayed stagnant. If anything, they've been reduced. No economic development.
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  Speaker 3: We're number 50 in economic outlook in the United States.
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  Speaker 3: That's 50 out of 50 states. Doesn't get worse than that.
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  Speaker 3: So they want economic prosperity. People want jobs. They want
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  Speaker 3: good jobs. They want high paying jobs. They want good benefits.
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  Speaker 3: And we haven't had that in New York. So that's
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  Speaker 3: what I'm going to do. I'm going to create economic prosperity.
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  Speaker 3: If you put more money in people's pockets... then they
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  Speaker 3: get to choose what they want to do with their money,
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  Speaker 3: not the government by taxing them to death.
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  Speaker 2: Well, soon-to-be governor, like I said, I'm here in the city.
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  Speaker 2: I live here. I'm very popular amongst this community and
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  Speaker 2: so on. You want to go take a walk down
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  Speaker 2: the parade? I'm more than happy to be by your side.
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  Speaker 2: Let's create some tumult. Let's really get... Let's stir things
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  Speaker 2: up because that's what this race is all about. And
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  Speaker 2: I can't stand these polls. Oh, within the margin of error.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think she should have... I don't think she
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  Speaker 2: should even have a 1% chance, to be honest with you.
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  Speaker 2: I think she is the worst governor that this state
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  Speaker 2: has ever had. And the faster that we get her out,
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  Speaker 2: the better off we're all going to be.
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  Speaker 3: Well, thank you very much. You've made the case very,
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  Speaker 3: very astutely, and that's exactly what we're doing. We're taking
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  Speaker 3: this race to every community, to every part of the state. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, what people don't realize is a typical Republican
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  Speaker 3: in my county gets 9% of the African-American vote. In
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  Speaker 3: my last election, I got 32% of the African-American vote
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  Speaker 3: because I went into those communities and I said, you
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  Speaker 3: want better jobs. You want safer communities. You want lower taxes.
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  Speaker 3: Everybody wants the same thing. It doesn't matter where you
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  Speaker 3: come from or what color your skin is or your
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  Speaker 3: ethnic background or your religion. Everybody wants the same thing.
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  Speaker 3: They want safe neighborhoods. economic prosperity, lower taxes and lower
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  Speaker 3: utility bills. And that's what I'll give them.
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  Speaker 2: Well, let's increase that 32 to 100% because I do
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  Speaker 2: truly believe that the, that the black community is going
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  Speaker 2: to be the ultimate decider of this election.
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  Speaker 1: And that's why, by the way, I, it was out
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  Speaker 1: of the question. I just moved. It was out of
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  Speaker 1: the question that I would leave Nassau County. So I
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  Speaker 1: just went from one part of Nassau County to to
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  Speaker 1: right around the corner from you in Mineola, I wasn't
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  Speaker 1: going to leave. John, or Anthony, you have any questions
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  Speaker 1: for Bruce Blakeman?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm wondering how you get to the people that
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  Speaker 4: New York, first of all, let me say, New York State,
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  Speaker 4: I know so many people that are dissatisfied with the
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  Speaker 4: politics of New York State, and of course, Governor Hochul.
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  Speaker 4: I don't think you have to sell them on another governor,
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  Speaker 4: but so much of the state hinges on the cities.
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  Speaker 4: And you look at a city like the five boroughs
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  Speaker 4: of New York City, you have people that voted in
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  Speaker 4: Zoran Memdani. You have people that have made some of
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  Speaker 4: the worst political decisions I've ever seen. How or do
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  Speaker 4: you even try to turn those people around and say, look,
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  Speaker 4: I can offer you a safer New York City. I
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  Speaker 4: can offer you a less expensive New York City. A
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  Speaker 4: New York City where your tax dollars go to taking
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  Speaker 4: care of the working people that are paying the taxes
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  Speaker 4: and not these illegal immigrants that are coming in, getting
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  Speaker 4: them hotel rooms. So how do you get through to
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  Speaker 4: those people?
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  Speaker 3: Well, first of all, like I said, we're bringing this
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  Speaker 3: race to every community. We're using social media, television, radio,
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  Speaker 3: direct mail, streaming, to get our message across. And it's
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  Speaker 3: working out very well. And just remember one thing, Zoran
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  Speaker 3: Mondami won 51 to 49. It's 49% of the people
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  Speaker 3: in the city did not vote for him. If I
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  Speaker 3: get 49% of the city's vote, I went in the
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  Speaker 3: biggest landslide of any Democrat or Republican in the history
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  Speaker 3: of elections in New York. So I anticipate that we
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  Speaker 3: will get a very, very large vote in New York City.
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  Speaker 3: People are fed up. They've had enough of it. We're
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  Speaker 3: last in everything except taxation, which we're number one in now,
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  Speaker 3: which is a national embarrassment. And we have to make
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  Speaker 3: sure that we have... a future for our children and
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  Speaker 3: our grandchildren because hundreds of thousands of people are leaving
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  Speaker 3: every year. I just want to make it a better
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  Speaker 3: future for everybody's kids, everybody's grandkids. I want to make
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  Speaker 3: them happy again because they're miserable under Kathy Hochul.
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  Speaker 4: I never thought I'd leave New York. I never thought
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  Speaker 4: I was born and raised Long Island, New York, worked
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  Speaker 4: in New York City. And my family, friends up there,
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  Speaker 4: I never thought I'd leave. New Yorkers are known for
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  Speaker 4: not leaving New York. And I just could not take
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  Speaker 4: it anymore. I was living in Roslyn Heights out on
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  Speaker 4: Long Island. The taxes were insane, just to the point
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  Speaker 4: where it became unaffordable to most anybody living there. in
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  Speaker 4: that area and it's only gone up. So yeah, maybe
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  Speaker 4: wooing some of the people back from Florida and down
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  Speaker 4: South would be a good thing.
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  Speaker 3: Well, just remember one thing. I cut $ 150 million tax
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  Speaker 3: increase on my predecessor and I haven't raised taxes in
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  Speaker 3: one penny in four years with inflation averaging over 6%
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  Speaker 3: a year. I haven't raised taxes a penny. I've gotten
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  Speaker 3: seven bond upgrades and four budget surpluses. So, I know
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  Speaker 3: how to run a big organization.
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  Speaker 2: And maybe that message needs to get out even more.
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  Speaker 3: Yes. Well, we're doing it.
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  Speaker 2: Because I'm going to be honest with you. I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to be honest with you.
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  Speaker 3: If you're listening out there and you want to help out.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I'm up against this big Democratic machine and
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  Speaker 3: every day Democrats say, I've never voted Republican before in
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  Speaker 3: my life, but I'm voting for you. But we need
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  Speaker 3: the money to get our message across. Go to BlakemanForNewYork.com.
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  Speaker 3: Make a contribution. It's an investment in your kid's future.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and like I said, I would love to see
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  Speaker 2: that message Literally posted everywhere throughout the city, throughout the suburbs,
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  Speaker 2: and so on. Because I don't think enough people are
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  Speaker 2: actually aware on how good you are when it comes
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  Speaker 2: to a budget.
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  Speaker 1: I think you should make a new bumper sticker. Bring
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  Speaker 1: Anthony Cumia back to Nassau County. Anthony, I'm holding a
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  Speaker 1: seat for you at Kitchen Cabaret so that we can
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  Speaker 1: eat there together.
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  Speaker 2: But the thing is, honestly, it's... Overrated sandwiches.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I like the cookies.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, not bad. Overrated sandwiches.
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  Speaker 3: I'll tell you one Floridian that's not endorsing me, a Republican,
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  Speaker 3: and that's Governor DeSantis. He already told me, he said, listen,
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  Speaker 3: I've made so much money with Kathy Holt for the
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  Speaker 3: last four years, I don't think I can endorse you.
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  Speaker 2: Right. It's antithetical to his operation.
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  Speaker 1: But that is a joke. Now, don't try to mislead us,
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  Speaker 1: Bruce Blakeman, because I was at that dinner a few
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  Speaker 1: months ago where Ron DeSantis spoke very well of you.
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  Speaker 1: So obviously he would like to see you win for
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  Speaker 1: the sake of this country.
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  Speaker 3: He definitely likes me, but he's made a hell of
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  Speaker 3: a lot of money off of New Yorkers. When I
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  Speaker 3: go down to Boca Raton to visit my son who
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  Speaker 3: lives down there, And I go to a restaurant, I
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  Speaker 3: know more people there than I know in Nassau County.
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  Speaker 2: Right, right.
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  Speaker 1: Now, I saw something on social media, Bruce Blakeman, can
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  Speaker 1: you tell me if it's real? I saw a billboard,
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  Speaker 1: I guess it was at the New York-Pennsylvania border or something,
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  Speaker 1: where it shows you're now leaving New York just like
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  Speaker 1: everybody else because of Kathy Ogle. Is that real? Is
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  Speaker 1: that real?
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  Speaker 3: It is. First of all, it's real. I had nothing
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  Speaker 3: to do with it. That's That's a billboard from an
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  Speaker 3: independent expenditure committee, which I'm not allowed to coordinate with.
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  Speaker 3: So I was just as surprised as everybody else to
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  Speaker 3: see it. But it's true. I mean, the fact of
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  Speaker 3: the matter is so many people have left. We've lost
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  Speaker 3: $ 11 billion in the last four years in tax revenue. Wow.
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  Speaker 3: That's a gap that the middle class is going to
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  Speaker 3: have to pick up unless we get spending under control,
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  Speaker 3: which we have to because our budget in New York
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  Speaker 3: State is twice the size of the state of Florida.
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  Speaker 3: They got four million more people. It's insane.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Bruce Blakeman, who the heck is working for
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  Speaker 1: Kathy Ogle? We know that she had a high-ranking Chinese
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  Speaker 1: spy on her staff in the early days of that administration.
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  Speaker 1: And to me, this is just for me as a
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  Speaker 1: political consultant. I'm not a real political consultant, but as
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  Speaker 1: a political observer. You know, there are so many decisions
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  Speaker 1: that she could easily make to make things better for
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  Speaker 1: New York. She could have immediately reversed some of Governor
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  Speaker 1: Cuomo's bad decisions because she didn't have to take responsibility
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  Speaker 1: for them. They weren't her decisions. She could have brought
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  Speaker 1: us back to cash bail. She could say that we
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  Speaker 1: can have data center. You know, this whole controversy over
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  Speaker 1: data centers are just like any other factory. There's nothing
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  Speaker 1: worse about a data center than any other kind of
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  Speaker 1: factory you can have in the city. She could bring
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  Speaker 1: fracking to New York State. I mean, this is, to me,
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  Speaker 1: easy layup decisions. I mean, you've got to ask yourself,
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  Speaker 1: if it weren't for the Democrat machine here in New York,
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  Speaker 1: you'd be up 50 points in the polls.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you know, you're absolutely right. She's the worst governor
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  Speaker 3: in America. We're the most overtaxed. Our electric bills are
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  Speaker 3: 70% higher than the national average, and we're number 50
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  Speaker 3: in economic outlook. And she's also the most pro-criminal governor
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  Speaker 3: in the United States of America. Everything she does... is
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  Speaker 3: designed to make it easier for criminals to operate in
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  Speaker 3: our neighborhoods. So I can tell you one thing. Wherever
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  Speaker 3: I go, the enthusiasm is off the charts to get
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  Speaker 3: rid of her. People are rallying around my campaign right now.
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  Speaker 3: We've got the momentum. And I am very, very confident
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  Speaker 3: that on January 1st, I'll be sworn in as the
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  Speaker 3: new governor of the state of New York.
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  Speaker 4: Love it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm hoping at that point, Tom, you'll join me
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  Speaker 2: on my show. I've been trying to reach your people.
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  Speaker 2: They've constantly said, how about no?
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  Speaker 3: Well, listen, I will get on them and I will
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  Speaker 3: chastise them and tell them they better put me on
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  Speaker 3: your show.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 3: All right. We'll do it. Listen, I love to be
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  Speaker 3: on with smart people and you guys are smart people.
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  Speaker 3: And first of all, let me just wish John Katzmatidis
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  Speaker 3: a very happy birthday, a great New Yorker, a great
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  Speaker 3: American patriot.
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  Speaker 2: We love New York City, we love New York, and
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  Speaker 2: we hope to make it a great city and a
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  Speaker 2: great state again.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, John, and you'll be a big part of that
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  Speaker 3: because you are an icon in our city, in our state,
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  Speaker 3: in our country, and God bless you for what you've created.
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  Speaker 3: And if it wasn't for WABC, we wouldn't have the
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  Speaker 3: strong voice of common sense and reason on the airwaves.
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  Speaker 3: So thank you so much for all you do. Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Brought to you by our soon-to-be governor, Bruce Blakeman. All right, guys.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks so much. I'm off to the Labor Day parade.
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  Speaker 3: God bless you all.
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  Speaker 2: The same to you.