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AFP - Early Voting Starts April 7th · Brian Thomas

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  Speaker 1: Kingbram fifty five KOC the talk station.
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  Speaker 2: It is seven thirty one if you have KCD Talk Station,
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  Speaker 2: Happy Wednesday listener, Lunch Today and Liberty Collective. They're looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to having us there. I'm looking to be for
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  Speaker 2: to being there. Kevin. If you're out there, I cannot
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  Speaker 2: wait to eat the pastrami that you promised you would
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  Speaker 2: bring me today. Kevin is awesome and so awesome at barbecue.
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  Speaker 2: He's going to be catering in part my daughter's wedding
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  Speaker 2: in June. I love you, Kevin. Anyway, without further Ado,
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  Speaker 2: let's talk to Donovan Neil. He's a senior advisor and
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  Speaker 2: he's got his AFP Action hat on this morning and
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  Speaker 2: you can find AFP Action at AFP action dot com.
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  Speaker 2: Americans for Prosperity, Donald Oneil, Welcome back to the Morning show.
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  Speaker 1: Brian. Always great to be with you, Always.
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  Speaker 2: A pleasure to have you on, and a big thanks
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  Speaker 2: in upfront for all the work that AFP does to
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  Speaker 2: help people make it to make it easy for people
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  Speaker 2: to help get involved with elections here in the state
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  Speaker 2: of Ohio. It's so important and every little bit accounts,
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  Speaker 2: as you always point that out. We got early voting
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  Speaker 2: kickoff coming up. What's this one all about, Donovan?
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  Speaker 1: Well, that time of years here, Brian, it's not just
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  Speaker 1: spring showers. We got to get out and get the
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  Speaker 1: vote out. And you know, I always describe it as
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  Speaker 1: you me, Joe. We're weird, right, we eat, sleep, and
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  Speaker 1: breathe this political stuff. We're always paying attention to know
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  Speaker 1: when these things are. But most of islands, most Americans,
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  Speaker 1: you know, they're just trying to make ends meet with
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  Speaker 1: the bills, get the kids to soccer practice or my case,
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  Speaker 1: kids to theater practice, and you know, they they're not
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  Speaker 1: plugged into what's you know, entirely going on, or how
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  Speaker 1: to cut through the noise that is, you know, political
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  Speaker 1: ads season. And so that's why our get out the
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  Speaker 1: vote efforts so important to make sure that we're connecting
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  Speaker 1: Ohioan's right on the issues that matter, and we do
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  Speaker 1: that through door to door canvassing. April seventh is the
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  Speaker 1: beginning of early vote, and so we're going to go
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  Speaker 1: out across the state and do a big get out
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  Speaker 1: the vote drive to help remind folks that whether you
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  Speaker 1: vote early, vote by mail, or vote in person on
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  Speaker 1: election day, we want people to make a plan to vote,
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  Speaker 1: and you've got thirty days to do it.
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  Speaker 2: And in terms of obviously af Action is a more
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  Speaker 2: conservative leaning organization, So you're not out campaigning for the
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  Speaker 2: likes of Shared Brown. But do you hand out like
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  Speaker 2: recommendations like hey, you got to remember the judges are
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  Speaker 2: on the ballot too, and here's a list of judges
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  Speaker 2: or a specific recommendations as you go door to door,
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  Speaker 2: or it's just just generally talking about voting.
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  Speaker 1: No, we actually talk about the candidates we endure. So
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  Speaker 1: on afpfashion side right, talk about John Houstad and his
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  Speaker 1: his record the last eighteen months representing us as our
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  Speaker 1: senator and what's at stake, the ballots, power for Congresses
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  Speaker 1: at stake, and so reminding folks of that. And then
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  Speaker 1: on the AFP side right that that team is out
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  Speaker 1: there letting folks know about the folks who are going
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  Speaker 1: to represent you in Columbus and primaries matter. As we
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  Speaker 1: well know, Brian, there's a big difference between you know,
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  Speaker 1: we're across the spectrum of Republicans and so called conservatives.
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  Speaker 1: We make sure to get out there and talk about
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  Speaker 1: the folks who are going to fight to lower taxes,
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  Speaker 1: cut red tape, and regulations and empower families with school choice.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, Vva Gramosolm. He's got the whole idea
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  Speaker 2: about property tax and obviously a huge topic here in Ohio.
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  Speaker 2: But his platform is to roll the property taxes back
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  Speaker 2: to where they were before COVID kicked in, and then
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  Speaker 2: cap them at a rate of inflation. That seems to
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  Speaker 2: be a brilliant suggestion compared to I don't know the
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  Speaker 2: situation we're living with right now here in Ohio.
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  Speaker 1: Well, the situation we're really with right now in Ohio
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  Speaker 1: is untenable. You know, I get. I have the blessing
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  Speaker 1: of travel in the state. You have the blessing of
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  Speaker 1: hearing for folks across southwest Ohio and bringing them on
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  Speaker 1: your show to talk with them. We all know what
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  Speaker 1: the problem is here in the state. We need bold
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  Speaker 1: leadership that's going to actually address these problems and do
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  Speaker 1: it in a way right that doesn't shift the burden
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  Speaker 1: to a different type of tax or ultimately, you know,
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  Speaker 1: leave many services police fire. I kind of like knowing
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  Speaker 1: those services exist, yes, in a questionable state.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we all appreciate our police and fire here on
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  Speaker 2: the Morning show too, talk about issues and challenges we're
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  Speaker 2: dealing with here on a local basis in the city
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  Speaker 2: Cincinnati's yea, oh my word. I guess you do get
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  Speaker 2: word about stuff like that too, don't you.
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  Speaker 1: Well, yeah, that you know. I think the thing I
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  Speaker 1: saw on that is Aftab just can't the mayor can't
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  Speaker 1: take a day off. But I think there's a bigger
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  Speaker 1: problem than that. I think it comes down to leadership
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  Speaker 1: at the city level and they need to they make
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  Speaker 1: some serious changes. The voters in Cincinnati probably do.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, they missed the memo about it. Speaking of voting,
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  Speaker 2: and your your kick on early voting is get people out.
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  Speaker 2: Remind them that there is an opportunity to vote. The
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  Speaker 2: primaries matter, the elections matter. If you'd only gotten the
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  Speaker 2: AFP Action crew out there in full force in the
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  Speaker 2: downtown Cincinnati area, maybe more than one of the four
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  Speaker 2: voters who are registered might have shown up to vote.
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  Speaker 1: Well, And that's part of you know, beyond just this
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  Speaker 1: effort we do here right now, right, I'll put a
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  Speaker 1: plug in. You know, we have some grassroots leader development programs.
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  Speaker 1: We bring folks to Columbus, we spend multiple days investing
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  Speaker 1: in them to help them become grassroots leaders at that
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  Speaker 1: local level where they can impact these things. Right, we
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  Speaker 1: don't just we don't just not just the X, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we don't try to just be the experts who tell
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  Speaker 1: people what to do. You know. We like these bottom
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  Speaker 1: up solutions. We want. You know, if there are folks
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  Speaker 1: listeners that you have on the show, Brian, who want
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  Speaker 1: to take actions, who want to make a difference in
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  Speaker 1: the community, they just don't know quite yet how they
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  Speaker 1: need to get plugged in with us, because we will
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  Speaker 1: help equip them to be difference makers in their community.
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  Speaker 1: Run their own get out of the vote programs, run
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  Speaker 1: their own grassroots organizations, and it gets results, It has
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  Speaker 1: an impact, and we'd love to have them join with us.
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  Speaker 2: And the call to action to do just that is
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  Speaker 2: to go to afpaction dot com.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, that's you can learn all about our endorsement
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  Speaker 1: for Senator John Houston, how to get involved and make
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  Speaker 1: a difference this election. Our country needs it.
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  Speaker 2: Our country definitely needs it. And I appreciate AFP and
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  Speaker 2: everything that you and the folks at AFP do each
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  Speaker 2: and every day. Donald Neil. We'll get you back on
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  Speaker 2: again real soon, probably next week, and we'll help more listeners,
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  Speaker 2: help you to help us collectively. That's what it's all about, Donovan.
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  Speaker 2: I hope you have a great weekend and happy Easter to.
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  Speaker 1: You you as well. Brian, take care.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks my friend. Don't go away, Steve Belso, clamer County
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