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Candidate Bernadine Kennedy Kent in Studio · Chuck Douglas

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  Speaker 1: Greetings, salutations, welcome my friends to another edition of the
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  Speaker 1: Power Hour on 610 WTVN. I'm Chuck Douglas, you know
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  Speaker 1: who you are, and we take it from there. We
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  Speaker 1: get one hour together, which means I talk really fast,
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  Speaker 1: and you must listen even faster. My number, 821-9886, 821-WTVN, 1-800-610-WTVN.
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  Speaker 1: Can't believe I've got all this adrenaline after two days
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  Speaker 1: in a row getting up at 345 AM. I cannot,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm here, and I'm relatively conscious, which is good.
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  Speaker 1: Before I get started, I got a guest in the studio,
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  Speaker 1: but I got to share this with you. Got to share,
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  Speaker 1: because this is one of those only in Columbus things.
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  Speaker 1: I'm driving in to come to the station about 530.
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  Speaker 1: I'm on McKinley Avenue, which runs outside of Fifth Avenue
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  Speaker 1: here at the station. A guy on a bicycle is
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  Speaker 1: towing a canoe. I don't know what that was. A
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  Speaker 1: guy on a bicycle towing a canoe. There was no
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  Speaker 1: water involved. He was pulling a canoe down McKinley Avenue.
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  Speaker 1: I did not make this up. You cannot make this
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  Speaker 1: up without maybe LSD being involved. This is a legitimate
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  Speaker 1: pulling a canoe. I just I had to share that
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  Speaker 1: with you because that's probably the strangest thing I have
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  Speaker 1: seen on my drives in in 2026. Now, on with
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  Speaker 1: the show, on with the guest. We talked to this
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  Speaker 1: lady once before, not really in her candidate capacity, but
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  Speaker 1: in in her drawing attention to the stupidity of the
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  Speaker 1: world around us capacity. Tonight she is here as the candidate. Zach,
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  Speaker 1: if you can make sure we've got the microphone on.
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  Speaker 1: I want to make sure everybody hears the words of
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  Speaker 1: Bernadine Kennedy Kent. Hello. Hello. How are you? Oh, you've
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  Speaker 1: got to grab your mic there. Oh, my goodness. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you actually have to talk into that. There you go. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: There we go. Now you can be heard loud and clear. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Can you hear me now?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You can raise that up a little bit if you
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  Speaker 1: need to. Okay. There should be a little twisty on
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  Speaker 1: the side to hold it in place if you need
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  Speaker 1: to do that. Okay. You're running for a seat in
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  Speaker 1: the legislature. You have been there before.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I have.
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  Speaker 1: That didn't go so well. It really went well.
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  Speaker 2: It really went well. I am not going to take.
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  Speaker 1: Away my blessings. You were not treated well.
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  Speaker 2: I wasn't treated well.
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  Speaker 1: Because you dared to have an independent mind and cast
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  Speaker 1: a vote. And that vote was not in line with
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  Speaker 1: what people thought you should do. And they ostracized you
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  Speaker 1: at that point. Correct.
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  Speaker 3: They removed me from my caucus. But the blessing is
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  Speaker 3: the reason they moved me from my caucus was because
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  Speaker 3: I voted for Ryan Smith, who was who got to
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  Speaker 3: be House Speaker. But Ryan really helped me get my
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  Speaker 3: bill through and into law that would protect child abuse victims.
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  Speaker 2: So that was a miracle.
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  Speaker 3: And very rarely do you have a Democrat on the
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  Speaker 3: bill by themselves. And it's in a majority Senate, a
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  Speaker 3: majority House Republican. And But I got it through and
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  Speaker 3: it got it through because there were Republicans and Democrats
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  Speaker 3: together and everyone voted on it 100%.
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  Speaker 2: So if you've got something positive. You can get it through.
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  Speaker 1: And that was that was really your flagship accomplishment. You
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  Speaker 1: are very proud of that bill.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Very, very proud of it. I understand that that you
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  Speaker 1: received an unexpected public thanks from someone very recently about this, too. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: my God. I got people everywhere.
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  Speaker 2: You got people everywhere. Yes. October 1st.
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  Speaker 3: The woman who I had helped reopen her case, she
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  Speaker 3: had been shot twice by her ex-boyfriend and he. shot
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  Speaker 3: himself and went into a coma for a month, and
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  Speaker 3: the ball was dropped. Everyone forgot about it, and I
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  Speaker 3: think that Deanna, in her trauma, just did not pursue it.
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  Speaker 3: But then she was trying to help Amelia Sykes get
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  Speaker 3: a bill passed with regard to domestic violence victims, and
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  Speaker 3: she spoke before the Senate, she spoke before the House hearing,
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  Speaker 3: and she went to city council members and spoke. And
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  Speaker 3: after she'd speak and talk about her trauma in 12
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  Speaker 3: years and no arrest and no justice, they would say,
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  Speaker 3: thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for coming.
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  Speaker 3: So Amelia Sykes said to her, I have someone I
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  Speaker 3: think can help you. So I met with her and
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  Speaker 3: the two of us got together and I dug into
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  Speaker 3: the case. And the statute of limitations.
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  Speaker 2: Had passed for her shooting, sadly.
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  Speaker 3: But we were able to reopen the case and look
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  Speaker 3: at kidnapping. And eventually he got tried and convicted and
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  Speaker 3: sent to prison for abduction.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't it very sad? And I'm sure you've seen this
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  Speaker 1: in your legislative experience and dealing with the people in
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  Speaker 1: the community that come to you for help. Those organizations,
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  Speaker 1: those agencies, those departments, even those that are paid for
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  Speaker 1: with taxpayer dollars, they're supposed to be there to to help,
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  Speaker 1: to care for, to assist are so often so very cold.
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  Speaker 1: when people go in and ask for help or direction
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  Speaker 1: or something. And they're kind of left like this lady was. Sorry,
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  Speaker 1: can't help you.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I totally agree with that.
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  Speaker 3: And that's been my mission in life, to help those
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  Speaker 3: people that people want to neglect. And I have to
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  Speaker 3: tell you why I believe I just feel this way.
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  Speaker 3: My father, when I was growing up, he used to
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  Speaker 3: tell me, baby girl, titles don't mean nothing to me.
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  Speaker 3: If they can't make it rain, they just like you
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  Speaker 3: and me. And I have lived with that. No one's better.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not better than anyone, but neither am I beneath anyone.
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  Speaker 3: And I don't think anyone should be beneath me. And
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  Speaker 3: so I've lived with that. And I've tried to help
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  Speaker 3: anyone that needed help. I can't believe, as you say,
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  Speaker 3: people just turn a blind eye or just say, huh,
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  Speaker 3: it's not my problem. If you can help, you should help.
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  Speaker 1: So your first trip through, you were a Democrat. They, again,
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  Speaker 1: did not treat you well, were in disagreement with your
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  Speaker 1: support of the speaker. You were essentially blocked, locked out,
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  Speaker 1: whatever you want to call it. I always ask people
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  Speaker 1: on the other side of the fence about people. Everybody
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  Speaker 1: loves to share dirt. The only thing that I've heard
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  Speaker 1: is ask her why she wasn't there for so long.
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  Speaker 1: Ask her why she wasn't there for a year and
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  Speaker 1: a half. I said, well, would they let her in?
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  Speaker 1: I seem to recall some television news footage where you
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  Speaker 1: couldn't even get in a room to vote for something.
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  Speaker 3: I couldn't get in a room for the caucus meeting.
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  Speaker 3: I thought after I got reelected, after they removed me
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  Speaker 3: in the first term, I thought, OK, I can get
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  Speaker 3: back in because I was reelected. And you're talking about
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  Speaker 3: new House members. People were just coming in that same,
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  Speaker 3: you know, that same year in my second term. So
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  Speaker 3: I'm thinking not a problem. But when I tried to
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  Speaker 3: get back in, they blocked the door just for me
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  Speaker 3: going into a room. The meeting hadn't even started.
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  Speaker 1: Physically blocked the door.
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  Speaker 3: Physically blocked the door. The attorney for the caucus, and
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  Speaker 3: I can't remember who the other guy was, but to
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  Speaker 3: a man and a woman, they blocked the door. That's
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  Speaker 3: how desperate they were that I would not be in
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  Speaker 3: that caucus.
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  Speaker 2: And it's very difficult to.
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  Speaker 3: You can't really do anything without being able to be
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  Speaker 3: in that caucus because multiple, multiple, multiple bills come almost
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  Speaker 3: that same day that are going to be on the floor.
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  Speaker 3: And so you're in the caucus discussing those bills. Well,
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  Speaker 3: I had no idea what the bills were because I
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  Speaker 3: didn't have, only staff I had was the aide, but
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  Speaker 3: all the rest of the staff couldn't have anything to
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  Speaker 3: do with me. So when they ostracize you, they truly
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  Speaker 3: ostracize you.
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  Speaker 1: So the Democrats didn't want to have anything to do
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  Speaker 1: with you, didn't want you to have anything to do
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  Speaker 1: with them, blocked doors, didn't let you vote, wouldn't let
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  Speaker 1: you get the information you needed. And the light bulb
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  Speaker 1: went off and something hit you and said, I'm a Republican.
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  Speaker 1: You're running again, but this time you are running as
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  Speaker 1: a Republican. Do you do that with a clear heart?
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  Speaker 1: Do you feel as if you belong with today's Republican Party?
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  Speaker 1: There's a place for you there. The discussions are open
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  Speaker 1: and you're able to actually work within– the Republican Party.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, I do feel that way. But I'm a person
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  Speaker 3: that works with everyone. Like I said, what I found
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  Speaker 3: that happened with the Democrats is you have these people that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, like mean girls and you have a group
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  Speaker 3: of mean girls and everyone goes along with it. I
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  Speaker 3: did not find that to be the case in the
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  Speaker 3: Republican Party. I didn't find that to be the case
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  Speaker 3: when I was down there. I thought that they were
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  Speaker 3: willing to work with anyone. But for some reason, the
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  Speaker 3: Democrats wanted to demonize them as if they were doing
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  Speaker 3: something wrong. It was always demonizing. They won't let you
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  Speaker 3: do this. They won't let you do that. But like
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  Speaker 3: I said, I don't pay attention to those types of things.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm now in the Democratic Party and everyone is
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  Speaker 3: absolutely welcoming. They're wonderful, wonderful people. They're willing to share
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  Speaker 3: information to help me out. Even as I'm running now,
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  Speaker 3: I talk to people on the phone and they're saying, OK,
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  Speaker 3: maybe you can do this and maybe you can do that.
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  Speaker 3: I absolutely love being part of this Democrat Party.
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  Speaker 1: You're a Republican now. I'm sorry. That's your old business card.
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  Speaker 1: Throw that one away.
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  Speaker 2: But let me tell you, I could not meet.
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  Speaker 3: This is crazy, Chuck, because when I was a state representative,
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  Speaker 3: Democrat state representative, I could not meet with the mayor
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  Speaker 3: of Columbus. He would not meet with me. But guess
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  Speaker 3: who would meet with me? The president of the United States.
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  Speaker 3: He was willing to meet with me.
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  Speaker 2: Go figure that. Go figure that.
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  Speaker 1: Now, you are in a fight, which really, as far
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  Speaker 1: as I'm concerned, should not be a fight. We'll get
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  Speaker 1: into more detail after we do the traffic and weather break.
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  Speaker 1: But I had you on, what, about two and a half,
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  Speaker 1: three weeks? ago, I guess. Regarding the Democrat side of
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  Speaker 1: this election, he doesn't live here. It's that simple. The
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  Speaker 1: proof is there. Everything you need is there. The Board
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  Speaker 1: of Elections, in a three-to-one vote, yeah. At the very worst,
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  Speaker 1: it should have been a two-to-two tie. But it was
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  Speaker 1: a three to one vote because I guess some people
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  Speaker 1: are just showing their true colors at this point. Is
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  Speaker 1: is do you anticipate November 3rd coming and him still
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  Speaker 1: being a consideration? Is there any hope that somebody somewhere
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  Speaker 1: with the power to do it will just say you're
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  Speaker 1: not on the ballot? You're gone. You're not. You can't
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  Speaker 1: be a candidate.
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  Speaker 3: Well, yeah, there's always there's always hope, because just as
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  Speaker 3: you said, he doesn't live in the district.
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  Speaker 2: So he doesn't live in the county. He doesn't live
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  Speaker 2: in the county. You're right. He doesn't even live in
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  Speaker 2: the county. And it is disturbing.
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  Speaker 3: And I think the one hope that I still hold
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  Speaker 3: out is that we were able to prove. I do
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  Speaker 3: believe that he forfeited his office because you're not allowed
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  Speaker 3: to be not live in the district. for any amount
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  Speaker 3: of time. And my brilliant attorney, Kurt Hartman, he was
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  Speaker 3: able to figure out that during the months of January
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  Speaker 3: and February, he had no electricity. And as he's questioning him,
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  Speaker 3: he can't say that he ever was in that apartment
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  Speaker 3: for those two months.
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  Speaker 2: He doesn't say it. He says, well, I.
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  Speaker 3: Was out of town and out of the country, and
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  Speaker 3: then I came back, and I came back in the
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  Speaker 3: middle of January. And then Kurt says, well, where were you? Well,
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  Speaker 3: then I stayed with my mom. So he is actually
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  Speaker 3: admitting that for two months he was.
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  Speaker 2: Not living in that apartment.
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  Speaker 3: And I really believe that there's enough evidence for if
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  Speaker 3: the house were to do an investigation— they would find,
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  Speaker 3: and actually do subpoenas, they would find that he has
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  Speaker 3: forfeited his district and that he can be removed.
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  Speaker 2: From that seat.
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  Speaker 1: Well, there are mortgage documents that say the House in
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  Speaker 1: Delaware County is a primary residence, correct?
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: And it's different.
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  Speaker 3: And I think, you know, it's a different set of
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  Speaker 3: criteria for the House. Whereas, for some reason, the Board
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  Speaker 3: of Election, because when Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Price announced.
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  Speaker 3: His decision, all he said was, well, you know, I
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  Speaker 3: believe a person's right to vote should be protected.
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  Speaker 1: And that was it.
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  Speaker 2: So you just.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely just believed he said he he said he lives there.
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  Speaker 2: He registered to vote there. That's it. All the rest
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  Speaker 2: of the evidence. Forget it.
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  Speaker 1: That is a sad, sad scenario. But I don't care
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  Speaker 1: about that. I care about the Bernadine Kennedy kid who
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  Speaker 1: is running, trying to get back to the legislature. She
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  Speaker 1: is a Republican candidate.