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Vivek Ramaswamy - For Ohio Governor · Brian Thomas

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  Speaker 1: Hi, it's Brian Thomas welcoming back to the 55 KRC
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  Speaker 1: Morning Show. TikTok one week to go to the election.
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  Speaker 1: Vivek Ramaswamy running for governor of the state of Ohio.
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  Speaker 1: If you didn't get the message on that, a demonstrably
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  Speaker 1: better candidate than the, well, delicate and fragile Amy Acton,
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  Speaker 1: who doesn't have a resume to run on. Vivek Ramaswamy,
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  Speaker 1: you don't have to agree with my points on that,
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  Speaker 1: but I don't even understand how there is a choice
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  Speaker 1: here beyond you. Welcome back.
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  Speaker 2: Good to be on. How you doing, man?
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing pretty well, all things considered. I'm obviously a
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  Speaker 1: little bit nervous considering, you know, The idea that the
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  Speaker 1: Democrats are going to have a big sweep next week,
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  Speaker 1: and that just frightens the hell out of me, or
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  Speaker 1: that we might have a Democratic governor in the state
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  Speaker 1: of Ohio even more fearful of that outcome.
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  Speaker 3: I've got good news for you, Brian. We're going to
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  Speaker 3: win this election. But the reason we're going to.
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  Speaker 2: Win it is because the people of this state are
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  Speaker 2: too wise to let that happen to us.
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  Speaker 3: As you well know, I'm running.
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  Speaker 2: Against a woman who is crazy.
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  Speaker 3: She is unstable. And she is dishonest.
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  Speaker 2: And even more importantly, she represents crazy, dishonest and unstable
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  Speaker 2: ideas that have never worked in human history. Communism has
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  Speaker 2: failed every time it's been tried. And this is a
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  Speaker 2: choice between communism and common sense. That's the choice on
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  Speaker 2: the ballot. And the good news is I know the
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  Speaker 2: people of the state. I was born and raised here.
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  Speaker 2: I'm raising my kids here. The people of Ohio are
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  Speaker 2: too wise to let that happen. And it's a special
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  Speaker 2: year to run for election. You think this is the
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  Speaker 2: 250th anniversary of the birth of our country? If our
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  Speaker 2: founding fathers could fight a revolution where they staked their
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  Speaker 2: lives for us to enjoy these liberties today, I know
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  Speaker 2: that on this 250th year, we're going to respect our
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  Speaker 2: founders by just doing the bare minimum of getting out
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  Speaker 2: and voting. So I know Ohioans, we're going to do this,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm confident we're going to win.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'd like to share that confidence with you, sir,
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  Speaker 1: and I appreciate it coming from you. Just that You know,
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  Speaker 1: I think that we may be a bit of a
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  Speaker 1: spoiler in here, and I wanted to get your reaction
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  Speaker 1: to the Libertarian candidate, because I lean little L Libertarian,
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  Speaker 1: not capital L, but I'm leaning toward you because you're
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  Speaker 1: a demonstrably better candidate. Are you worried that some may
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  Speaker 1: be disaffected or Republicans might just lean over and vote
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  Speaker 1: for the Libertarian, knowing full well that that's going to
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  Speaker 1: result in Amy Acton becoming governor?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely not, because this is somebody who, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know the candidate that well, but somebody who's
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  Speaker 2: basically pro-transgender- expansion in terms of boys and girls sports,
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  Speaker 2: in terms of all this other stuff with transgender minor surgeries,
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  Speaker 2: someone who's opposed to ICE. I don't think this is
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  Speaker 2: something that any Ohioans are going to stand for, whether
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  Speaker 2: that's a Democrat, which is effectively what the Democrat Party
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  Speaker 2: stands for, or any other party that's espousing those same things.
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  Speaker 2: That's a nonstarter for Ohioans. We should collaborate with ICE.
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  Speaker 2: We should work with federal law enforcement to actually ensure
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  Speaker 2: we're enforcing the laws. I'm going to end sanctuary city
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  Speaker 2: status in our state. That's a big deal. And I'm
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  Speaker 2: not going to let this illegal immigration infestation continue and
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  Speaker 2: the breakdown of the rule of law continue. I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to put an end to it. And the same thing
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  Speaker 2: with standing for what's true. There are two genders. Boys
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  Speaker 2: should not compete with girls in girls sports. We should
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  Speaker 2: not allow minors to be able to undergo transgender and
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  Speaker 2: gender surgery and utilization.
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  Speaker 3: No, we're not doing any of that in Ohio. I'm
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  Speaker 3: drawing a line. I'm unyielding.
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  Speaker 2: And whether it's the Democrats or any other parties that
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  Speaker 2: support that type of craziness, we're not going to stand
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  Speaker 2: for it. So again, I come back to this, Brian,
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  Speaker 2: is families are smart in this state. They can look
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  Speaker 2: themselves in the mirror and ask, who is actually going
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  Speaker 2: to improve my life? Who actually has the capability to
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  Speaker 2: lead this state? And in this race, there's only one
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  Speaker 2: answer to that. And so when you think about lower
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  Speaker 2: property taxes, the need to really slash the property tax
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  Speaker 2: rates to a level that at least is before the pandemic.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Bringing down lower electric bills, prosecuting Medicaid fraud, locking up criminals,
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  Speaker 2: including in Cincinnati, right? Which you should be able to
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  Speaker 2: enjoy a ball game and come back home without fear
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  Speaker 2: of being mugged or assaulted or worse. Who's going to
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  Speaker 2: do that for you? Is it going to be a
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  Speaker 2: candidate like Amy Acton who compares the police to the
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  Speaker 2: KKK to lock down the economy during COVID and then
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  Speaker 2: quit after a few months on the job? Or is
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  Speaker 2: it going to be a solid conservative candidate who has
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  Speaker 2: built successful businesses, who has executive skills, and who has
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  Speaker 2: a clear stated policy plan to do those things. That's
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  Speaker 2: common sense. And Brian, I do believe that people are
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  Speaker 2: going to vote correctly. What we need to do is
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  Speaker 2: get people out to vote. Not voting is a vote
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  Speaker 2: in this election. That's what I want people to understand.
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  Speaker 2: And by not voting, that's actually the biggest risk that
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  Speaker 2: we face. But I think people are waking up. They
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  Speaker 2: understand the stakes. And if you take five minutes and
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  Speaker 2: call your friends, call your family members, get them out
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  Speaker 2: to vote. You take 20 minutes, you get out to
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  Speaker 2: the polls yourself. I would like to see, dare I say,
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  Speaker 2: a surprise red wave that.
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  Speaker 3: Counters the narrative of the blue wave.
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  Speaker 2: And the truth of the matter is the future of
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  Speaker 2: our country and the ballot. It's communism versus common sense.
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  Speaker 2: Look at what's happening in Paris. You don't have to
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  Speaker 2: go all the way to Paris. Look at what's happening
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  Speaker 2: in Dearborn, Michigan, just to the north of us. This
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  Speaker 2: is not acceptable in Minneapolis. This is not acceptable in Ohio.
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  Speaker 2: And this is the election where we protect ourselves. And
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  Speaker 2: as our founders reminded us, if you don't vote, then
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  Speaker 2: you have no right to complain about what comes afterwards.
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  Speaker 1: No doubt.
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  Speaker 2: People, I think, are going to turn out in big numbers.
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  Speaker 2: And Brian, we're counting on you to do it.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm counting on my listening audience to do just that.
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  Speaker 1: And one more thing that is total common sense, and
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  Speaker 1: I do not believe this bears a partisan stripe unless
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  Speaker 1: you believe you are fighting for the teachers union as
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  Speaker 1: opposed to the education of your children. You're a huge
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  Speaker 1: fan of of, well, educational choice. And I spent some
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  Speaker 1: time with the Cincinnati Classical Academy, and if everyone was
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  Speaker 1: able to witness that type of education environment, they'd be
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  Speaker 1: banging down the doors to get their children in it.
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  Speaker 1: Choice is good. You can get a quality education. And
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  Speaker 1: what parent of any political stripe wouldn't want options?
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  Speaker 2: Look, this is not about right versus left. This should
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  Speaker 2: be about right versus wrong, okay?
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Every parent should have the right to send their kid
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  Speaker 2: to the best possible school they can. And I say that, Brian,
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  Speaker 2: as somebody who myself is a product of public education
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  Speaker 2: in greater Cincinnati for the first nine years of my
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  Speaker 2: life before going to St. X High School.
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  Speaker 3: So I have seen both sides of this.
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  Speaker 2: And what I will do is also be a governor
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  Speaker 2: who fights for higher quality public schools. Cincinnati public schools
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  Speaker 2: are failing our kids. They shut down during COVID for
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  Speaker 2: two years while schools like St. X High School managed
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  Speaker 2: to stay open for all.
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  Speaker 3: But five days.
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  Speaker 2: So in many ways, the people who are failing our
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  Speaker 2: public schools are the ones who preach about their importance,
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  Speaker 2: but then enact policies that destroy the quality of public schools.
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  Speaker 2: So I think we can do both of those things
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  Speaker 2: at once, which is, number one, ensure that every parent
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  Speaker 2: has the opportunity, regardless of the zip code their kid
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  Speaker 2: is born in or living in, to send their kid
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  Speaker 2: to the best possible school for that child, and at
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  Speaker 2: the same time say that our public schools are going
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  Speaker 2: to perform better according to standards that allow our students
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  Speaker 2: to thrive. Right now, the majority of funding for public education,
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  Speaker 2: the majority of the funds don't even go to classroom instruction.
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  Speaker 2: That's insane because classroom instruction is the most important part
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  Speaker 2: of it. I want to see teacher pay go up,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm going to make sure it does. And so
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  Speaker 2: this us versus them nonsense that you get from the left,
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  Speaker 2: don't buy it. It's actually, if it's an us versus them,
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  Speaker 2: it's us versus the bureaucracy. That's really the one we
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  Speaker 2: should be paying attention to. And I'm going to be
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  Speaker 2: a governor who both improves the quality of public schools
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  Speaker 2: while also standing for choice.
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  Speaker 3: And mobility for families. Those don't have to oppose each other.
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  Speaker 2: I think they actually go together.
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  Speaker 1: Without question. Vivek4Ohio, F-O-R, Vivek4Ohio. com' s website. If you're not familiar
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  Speaker 1: with his plan, if you're not familiar with where he
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  Speaker 1: is on the issues, get over there. And you will
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  Speaker 1: reach the same conclusion I reached a long, long time ago,
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  Speaker 1: a superior candidate to anybody else out there, of course,
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  Speaker 1: far superior to Amy Acton. You know, Vivek, I guess
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  Speaker 1: I can just always default back to she refuses to
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  Speaker 1: debate you. What governor, who can be a governor of
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  Speaker 1: a state that refuses to debate the opposition candidate? I just,
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  Speaker 1: I find that immediately disqualifying.
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  Speaker 2: It's absolutely disqualifying. And the funny part, Brian, is she
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  Speaker 2: lies about me.
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  Speaker 3: She has lied about my mother.
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  Speaker 2: Defamed my family, and then hides from debate. And then
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  Speaker 2: she'll complain that attacks on her or criticisms of her
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  Speaker 2: are somehow unfair. But here's– I got news for you.
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  Speaker 2: The reason I'm ready, open, and willing to debate is
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  Speaker 2: I want to correct the record on the lies they've
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  Speaker 2: told about me. And the fact that she's hiding should
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  Speaker 2: tell voters everything they need to know, that the criticisms
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  Speaker 2: of her are legitimate and they are true. She is crazy.
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  Speaker 2: She is unstable. She is unfit to lead, and she
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  Speaker 2: has been dishonest. And when it comes to a governor,
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  Speaker 2: this is not a one of 100 or one of
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  Speaker 2: 435 in a legislature. This is one person whose decisions
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  Speaker 2: will impact the lives of Ohioans. The last time she
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  Speaker 2: was in a position to do that, she ruined the
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  Speaker 2: lives of Ohioans. She shut down the economy during COVID.
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  Speaker 2: She led Ohio to be the first state in the
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  Speaker 2: country to shut down public schools, while private schools, by
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  Speaker 2: the way, remained open and did better. And then she
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  Speaker 2: quit on the job when the pressure hit, apparently after
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  Speaker 2: having multiple breakdowns and unable to withstand the pressure of
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  Speaker 2: the job. If you can't do that job, you certainly
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  Speaker 2: can't be the governor of this state. And this is
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  Speaker 2: not a theoretical exercise. Families are depending on the next governor.
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  Speaker 2: People are struggling to make ends meet right now. I
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  Speaker 2: don't want families just to make ends meet. I want
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  Speaker 2: them to get ahead. And that's what I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: be able to do, delivering the biggest property tax relief
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  Speaker 2: package in our history of our state. I'm delivering that
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  Speaker 2: next year. I'm putting Ohio on a path to zero
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  Speaker 2: income tax. We'll bring in economic growth to make up
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  Speaker 2: for it. I'm prosecuting Medicaid fraud by the billions and
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  Speaker 2: putting that money back in the pockets of families. Cincinnati,
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  Speaker 2: Ohio and other cities like it, Cincinnati is my hometown.
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  Speaker 2: It will not be a sanctuary city anymore next year.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to see to it that that's the case.
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  Speaker 3: And by the way, we're going to bring back the
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  Speaker 3: rule of law.
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  Speaker 2: So three young women who are freshmen at the University
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  Speaker 2: of Cincinnati don't anymore just get randomly assaulted on the
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  Speaker 2: streets while they're riding around on their scooters. This is
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  Speaker 2: not too much to ask. Safer streets, better schools.
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  Speaker 3: Lower costs, bigger paychecks.
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  Speaker 2: That is common sense. And I'm going to fight for
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  Speaker 2: common sense over the communism that is spreading across the West.
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  Speaker 3: Look at Paris. Look at New York. Look at Minneapolis.
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  Speaker 3: Look at Dearborn. We're not going to let that come
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  Speaker 3: to Ohio.
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  Speaker 2: This is a fork in the road moment to defend
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  Speaker 2: our state from not only crazy people who are running
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  Speaker 2: like my opponents, But the crazy ideas that have destroyed
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  Speaker 2: civilizations in the past, we're not going to let that
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  Speaker 2: come to Ohio in this election. I think those stakes
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  Speaker 2: are significant. I don't think it is hyperbolic. It is
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  Speaker 2: really what's on the ballot this year, which makes this
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  Speaker 2: even more important than many presidential elections.
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  Speaker 3: For people to get out and vote.
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  Speaker 2: If our founders could fight a revolution for us 250
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  Speaker 2: years ago, the least we could do to protect those
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  Speaker 2: liberties is is to get out and vote and get
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  Speaker 2: your family members and your friends and your colleagues to
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  Speaker 2: do the same thing. And if you all do your part,
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to do mine. And Cincinnati's best days and
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  Speaker 2: Ohio's best days are actually going to be ahead of us.
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  Speaker 1: You got my vote. Vivek Ramasamy. Vivek4Ohio. com' s website. Please heed
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  Speaker 1: his warning and his advice. Get out and vote. It's
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  Speaker 1: a simple ask to stop this socialism, communism in its tracks. Sir,
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  Speaker 1: best of luck to you as we enter the final week.