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Peter King | Former Congressman Appears for Weekly Hit on S&FIM · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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Speaker 1: Pete King out there in Nassau County. Good morning, my friend.
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Speaker 1: How are you?
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Speaker 2: You are on fire, Sid. You're out of control. I
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Speaker 2: don't know what we're going to do about you, you know?
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Speaker 1: I'm mad at so many people. I really am.
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Speaker 2: You should be. You should be.
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Speaker 1: Right? I mean, everything I'm saying this morning, is there
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Speaker 1: anything that, I'm going to be honest, anything you disagree with, Peter?
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Speaker 2: No, no, you're on target. And by the way, you
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Speaker 2: mentioned Pat Wright. I was actually with Pat yesterday at
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Speaker 2: a meeting. And it's hard to describe the intensity that
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Speaker 2: the Nassau police have involving school security. They have special units.
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Speaker 2: They have an inspector. And they go to all the schools.
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Speaker 2: They have all sorts of communication set up. They look
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Speaker 2: for everything, even the slightest hint of something. They check
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Speaker 2: it out. So Pat is absolutely obsessed with school safety.
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Speaker 2: And he is. He is. He's like a... A junior cop,
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Speaker 2: a guy right out of the police academy, driving around everywhere,
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Speaker 2: checking all the schools, checking everyone. He's really on top
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Speaker 2: of it, and that's what you need, that type of
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Speaker 2: strong local police action.
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Speaker 1: If my kids were still young, and they're not, Ava
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Speaker 1: and Gabriel, but if they were young and I was
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Speaker 1: living in Nassau County, I'd love Pat Ryder. I love that.
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Speaker 1: That's great. Congratulations to him.
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Speaker 2: Again, he's doing the job. Again, I'm not sure of this,
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Speaker 2: but I had heard that on that bill. that Kathy
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Speaker 2: Hochul signed about the local police in counties can't cooperate
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Speaker 2: with ICE, that actually some lawyers interpreted that to mean
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Speaker 2: that she could have removed Bruce Blakeman, his county executive,
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Speaker 2: and Pat Fryer, his commissioner, if they didn't go along
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Speaker 2: with that. I'm not certain it's true, but I've heard that.
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Speaker 1: No, I heard that, too. I heard that, too. That
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Speaker 1: might be true. By the way, Paul DiGiacomo, the former
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Speaker 1: head of the DEA, sends his best to you and Pat.
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Speaker 1: Great guy. But that might be true. I did hear that, too.
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Speaker 1: Fifteen sheriffs are suing Kathy Hochul. I know you were
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Speaker 1: listening earlier. I had Tom Holman at the borders are
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Speaker 1: himself live in the studio for 25 minutes this morning,
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Speaker 1: 25 minutes. And he said, well, we've all been saying
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Speaker 1: for weeks now, which is Kathy Hochul going out of
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Speaker 1: her way to make your amazing County kept so safe
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Speaker 1: by Blakeman writer. Uh, even my, your friend, Annie Donnelly,
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Speaker 1: all you folks going out of her way to make
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Speaker 1: your County less safe. How does that make sense?
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Speaker 2: You know, people always want to find out, you know,
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Speaker 2: what's the answer to crime? What do you do? Watch
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Speaker 2: Nassau County. Watch what Pat Ryder is doing. Watch what
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Speaker 2: Bruce Blakeman is doing. Instead of watching them and emulating them,
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Speaker 2: they're trying to tear it down. And for instance, with
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Speaker 2: the trouble with ICE, you had trouble in Minneapolis, the
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Speaker 2: other places. That's because the local police and the mayor
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Speaker 2: and the governor refused to cooperate with ICE. Bruce has
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Speaker 2: been cooperating with ICE from day one. We've had no
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Speaker 2: incidents at all in Nassau County. A lot of bad
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Speaker 2: people taken out. But no incidents, no riots, no any
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Speaker 2: of the conflict you showed in other places. It's impossible
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Speaker 2: for ICE to do its job if the local police
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Speaker 2: and the local elected officials and the state officials are
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Speaker 2: working against them. They're supposed to be on the side
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Speaker 2: of ICE. Instead, they've been on the side of the
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Speaker 2: bad guys. And so thank God we do have that
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Speaker 2: strong leadership in Nassau County. And very soon, Bush is
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Speaker 2: going to take that leadership to Albany.
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Speaker 1: Got it. I hope so, too. I think he's on
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Speaker 1: the pace, on the way. He's doing a great job.
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Speaker 1: He really is. He's on the way. Hijab hokal. I
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Speaker 1: love that. So we are now 10 days away, Peter,
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Speaker 1: from the most tragic day in the history of our country.
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Speaker 1: I can't tell you about Pearl Harbor. I wasn't born.
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Speaker 1: I can't tell you. I know the history, obviously, but
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Speaker 1: it seems to me like 9-11 was probably the worst
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Speaker 1: day in the history of this country. And you've been
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Speaker 1: so involved in it ever since, from day one in
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Speaker 1: even lately, making sure that some of these victims' families
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Speaker 1: get paid for upwards of 100 years. I bring this
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Speaker 1: up every week because, you know, I'm obsessed with this,
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Speaker 1: this day, what it means to this city, what it
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Speaker 1: meant to our country. And the political leaders that want
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Speaker 1: to show up at this event because they're political leaders.
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Speaker 1: There's no other reason. They don't care about these people.
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Speaker 1: They don't care about this city. They don't care about
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Speaker 1: the cops and firemen that died. They don't care about
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Speaker 1: our American values. They just don't care. But they need
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Speaker 1: to be there. And as I'm getting closer, even that
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Speaker 1: is making me more and more angry, Peter King.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, to me, first of all, Ground Zero is sacred ground.
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Speaker 2: 9-11 itself, September 11th, is a sacred day. It's a
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Speaker 2: holy day. It's a day we should be, one, commemorating
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Speaker 2: the brave lives of all those who died that day
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Speaker 2: and also honoring the courage and the bravery of the cops,
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Speaker 2: the firemen, the first responders, the construction workers, EMS workers,
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Speaker 2: court officers. All of them were down there and did
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Speaker 2: what they had to do. Instead, you have people... who
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Speaker 2: have been working to undermine law enforcement all along. They've
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Speaker 2: been trying to undermine our military, undermine efforts. I mean,
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Speaker 2: even like with the war in Iran. I agree with
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Speaker 2: the war. But even if I didn't say this is
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Speaker 2: the right war at this time, we're taking on evil.
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Speaker 2: So the only question, and I don't hear any of
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Speaker 2: them condemning Iran. It's almost like they're rooting for America
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Speaker 2: to lose, to prove their point. And I find that
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Speaker 2: absolutely despicable. That's crossing a line that should never be crossed.
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Speaker 2: And also you mentioned, you know, the work I did
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Speaker 2: as far as the 9-11 families. Also, what I did
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Speaker 2: as much as anyone, and I'm proud of this, not
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Speaker 2: to brag, but really give credit to others, to get
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Speaker 2: the funding that the NYPD and the FDNY needed. to
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Speaker 2: build up their defenses against terrorism. And they've done such
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Speaker 2: a phenomenal job. Ray Kelly, basically, in New York, he
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Speaker 2: had his own FBI and CIA. He had more Arabic
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Speaker 2: speakers than the FBI did. That's the entire country, the FBI.
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Speaker 2: Here in New York, he had more Arabic speakers. He
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Speaker 2: stopped 17, 18, 19 different attacks in New York. So
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Speaker 2: that's really, they really haven't gotten the coverage. Instead, all
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Speaker 2: you hear is people like Mandami attacking them as being
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Speaker 2: racist and bigots and Islamophobes.
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Speaker 1: One of the things I discussed with Tom Holman earlier
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Speaker 1: was the potential for terrorism in the future. So you've
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Speaker 1: been invited back to D.C., even after you've left Congress
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Speaker 1: a bunch of times. And I guess they were talking
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Speaker 1: about Russia and Ukraine or China or, you know, the Iran,
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Speaker 1: all these other countries now that have become real serious
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Speaker 1: threats here to the United States. But correct me if
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Speaker 1: I'm wrong. Every time you went back, if not almost
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Speaker 1: every time, you said, oh, hold on a second. Let's
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Speaker 1: not lose sight of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, all those organizations that
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Speaker 1: put us through 9-11 and other events before and afterwards.
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Speaker 1: You keep reminding everybody that that's still out there. And
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Speaker 1: Holman said to me this morning, he said, Sid, one
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Speaker 1: of my biggest fears. is they are here. He goes,
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Speaker 1: I'm telling you, they've got sleeper cells here. We don't
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Speaker 1: know how many. We don't know from what country. But
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Speaker 1: he said, and I quote, terrorists. That's the word he used.
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Speaker 1: Terrorists are here. He agrees with everything you've said, Peter.
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Speaker 1: So we're 10 days away from what happened 25 years ago.
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Speaker 1: But a lot of you guys think another one may
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Speaker 1: be right down the pike.
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Speaker 2: First of all, if you were a Canadian broadcasting company,
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Speaker 2: you wouldn't be allowed to say terrorism.
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Speaker 1: Isn't that crazy? Isn't that crazy, Pete? Is that nuts?
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Speaker 2: That's insane. As far as the threat, yeah. They can
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Speaker 2: never do another 9-11. We have our defenses so well
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Speaker 2: positioned about that. But as we've adapted, the enemy has adapted.
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Speaker 2: And they have the sleeper cells. They have all different
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Speaker 2: means of communication. They have the self-starters. And they are,
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Speaker 2: in many ways... rejuvenating overseas, the Middle East, and they
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Speaker 2: are in full contact with those here in the United States.
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Speaker 2: That we have to know. We've seen it in England.
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Speaker 2: We've seen it in Germany. We've seen it, and this
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Speaker 2: could happen overnight. And it doesn't take much to kill
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Speaker 2: thousands and thousands of people today. And I think we,
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Speaker 2: I am afraid we're letting down our guard. I mean,
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Speaker 2: you know, you go through Congress. How often do you
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Speaker 2: hear people talking about Islamist terrorism? But the fact is,
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Speaker 2: it's there. It is there. I hope I'm wrong. The
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Speaker 2: last thing I want to do is be proven right.
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Speaker 2: So believe me on that. But the threat is there.
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Speaker 2: And when it does happen, if it does happen, they say,
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Speaker 2: why didn't they stop it? Why didn't we know about it? Well,
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Speaker 2: we should know about it. We've got to stay on it.
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Speaker 2: We've got to not worry about being called Islamophobes. That's
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Speaker 2: where the threat is coming from. And that's why we
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Speaker 2: have to be monitoring those neighborhoods, monitoring those organizations, monitoring
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Speaker 2: those groups, monitoring who's coming in. coming into this country,
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Speaker 2: and we have to stand firm on it and not
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Speaker 2: be afraid, not be making excuses, not being apologetic, but
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Speaker 2: being very affirmative and very positive.
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Speaker 1: I want to talk about some of these races, Peter,
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Speaker 1: in your county. I had a conversation earlier this morning
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Speaker 1: with Brian Kilmeade about Tom Swazi. So Swazi came out,
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Speaker 1: I guess, last week, and listed all these things, which
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Speaker 1: he sounds like a Republican, to be honest. He was right.
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Speaker 1: All the things Americans want, very obvious things Americans want,
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Speaker 1: things that both Republicans and Democrats should want. And in
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Speaker 1: the end, given the opportunity for over 200 Democrats to
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Speaker 1: sign it, I think only 10 did, which was really pathetic.
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Speaker 1: Something else happened yesterday where Swazi was not around. Kilmeade said,
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Speaker 1: Maybe he turned his ankle. He doesn't know. But the
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Speaker 1: truth is, is that Swazi is very sleek because every
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Speaker 1: time he's running for an office, whether it's against Mike
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Speaker 1: LaPetrie for the second straight time or Mozzie Pillow, he
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Speaker 1: really comes off, Pete, as a Republican. He really does.
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Speaker 1: He sounds like a Republican. Now, he wins and then
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Speaker 1: he votes with the Democrats almost every single time. But
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Speaker 1: he has a way. It's kind of sleazy, but smart.
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Speaker 1: He has a way of kind of placating both sides.
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Speaker 1: I know you've noticed that.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. In fact, yesterday he did vote against the bill.
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Speaker 2: I mean, the bill was brought up by Republicans. He
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Speaker 2: condemned democratic socialism and he voted against it. So, no, Tom,
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Speaker 2: Tom is Tom. He's been around a long time. But
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Speaker 2: sometimes you think a guy's time is up. I think
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Speaker 2: Michael Petri is running a great campaign. I mean, I
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Speaker 2: use the example two years ago. We really did not
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Speaker 2: do a lot for Mike Lopetri. We figured that was
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Speaker 2: a race that, as far as he was guaranteed to win,
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Speaker 2: we focused on other races, including Anthony Gasposito's. And yet
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Speaker 2: Mike only lost by about two points. And that shows
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Speaker 2: the basic strength of Lopetri and also the weakness that
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Speaker 2: Tom Suarez has. And so I think this year, I
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Speaker 2: think Mike Lopetri has a good shot. I certainly think
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Speaker 2: that Janine Driscoll has a very good chance. I mean,
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Speaker 2: the more she gets out there, the more people see her.
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Speaker 2: She's basically a combination of A regular person who lives
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Speaker 2: down the block from you, but also extremely intelligent. She's
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Speaker 2: argued cases before. United States Court of Appeals. And she
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Speaker 2: has a bunch of kids. Her husband is great. She
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Speaker 2: has a son in the NYPD. She's like the ideal candidate,
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Speaker 2: and she's very articulate, but she does it in a
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Speaker 2: very normal way. I mean, you're talking about, yeah, she's
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Speaker 2: been on your show.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I love her.
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Speaker 2: Love her.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, she's great. She's been in studio. She's a nice lady.
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Speaker 1: Even when she spoke at the police academy when Trump
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Speaker 1: showed up about three weeks ago, she was terrific. You know,
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Speaker 1: one other lady that I'm impressed with, Pete, I'm not
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Speaker 1: sure if you've met her. I think you have. Look,
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Speaker 1: every now and then, if I like somebody, they ask
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Speaker 1: me to do them a favor and, like, host a fundraiser.
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Speaker 1: Most of the time, I say no, but... If I
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Speaker 1: like you, like I like Joe Hernandez, he's running for Comptroller. So, yes,
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Speaker 1: I said yes. I hosted a fundraiser for him a
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Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago in the city. And this young lady,
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Speaker 1: Caroline Schenkel, her mother loves me, too. Her mother's a
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Speaker 1: huge fan. So I said, yes, I'll do something for her.
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Speaker 1: It's coming up, I think, the last week of September.
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Speaker 1: She's running for, what's his name, the fat, stupid Nather.
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Speaker 1: Nather's old seat on the Upper East Side here in
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Speaker 1: New York City. Familiar with her work? You know her?
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Speaker 2: I actually know her well. In fact, I hosted a
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Speaker 2: fundraiser for her last month. I think it was August 5th.
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Speaker 1: Oh, you did?
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Speaker 2: In Manhattan. Oh, yeah. And she's great. She's an absolutely
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Speaker 2: terrific candidate. She's what you want in a candidate. She's
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Speaker 2: very articulate. She's very strong in her beliefs. And she's
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Speaker 2: able to really make solid arguments. And she has a
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Speaker 2: great background. Went to Harvard Law School. Went to MIT.
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Speaker 2: I mean, she's much smarter than you and me. I'll
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Speaker 2: tell you that.
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Speaker 1: That's why I'm saying much.
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Speaker 2: I know. I know.
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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, she has a great background.
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Speaker 2: She's an ideal member of Congress. She's running against the
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Speaker 2: tide in that district. But, boy, that would be— what a
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Speaker 2: victory that would be if we could do that and
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Speaker 2: certainly show support for her. And she's everywhere. She's really— some
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Speaker 2: people take these nominations in Democratic-leaning districts just to get
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Speaker 2: their name out there. She's everywhere. She's calling everybody. She's
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Speaker 2: talking to everybody. She's getting herself around. She's—to me, she's
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Speaker 2: an ideal candidate, and everyone— who cares about the country
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Speaker 2: should be supporting Carolyn. She's great.
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Speaker 1: I agree with you. And talking about great resumes for
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Speaker 1: young ladies, the other one, which will blow you away,
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Speaker 1: happens to be running against Letitia James. She's a massive underdog, massive.
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Speaker 2: She's terrific.
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Speaker 1: Isn't she great?
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Speaker 2: Absolutely phenomenal. She's the real deal. It's been a long
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Speaker 2: time since I practiced law, but I try to watch
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Speaker 2: it and follow it. And her legal resume is a
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Speaker 2: prosecutor going after terrorists and the work she did in
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Speaker 2: the U.S. Attorney's Office. Now, she is a great prosecutor,
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Speaker 2: a great person to be with. I mean, I've spoken
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Speaker 2: to her a number of times, but just I guess
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Speaker 2: most recently when President Trump was out in Nassau County,
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Speaker 2: I was with her about a half hour before we
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Speaker 2: were backstage talking. She's great. She's really she handles herself well.
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Speaker 2: And again, she keeps going. And I admire candidates who
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Speaker 2: are in these races that are tough. And the media
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Speaker 2: is not focused on them. They still keep going everywhere.
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Speaker 2: If you follow her on social media, she goes everywhere,
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Speaker 2: does everything. And she's so articulate. I mean, really articulate.
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Speaker 2: She knows the law. She's definitely the type of person
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Speaker 2: you want as attorney general. And she'll be nonpartisan. I mean,
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Speaker 2: I can see to Sarita, it doesn't matter what party
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Speaker 2: you're in. If you break the law, she's coming after you.
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Speaker 2: But also, she's not going to be afraid to take
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Speaker 2: on the tough cases, as she's proven in the U.S.
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Speaker 2: Attorney's Office.
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Speaker 1: She also wants to keep everybody safe. It's not just
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Speaker 1: keeping Republicans safe. It's keeping everybody safe. I'm impressed with
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Speaker 1: her too, Saritha. I'll ask you this again next week
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Speaker 1: because it'll be two days before instead of now, I guess,
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Speaker 1: 10 days. But where will Peter King be next Friday
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Speaker 1: on 9-11?
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Speaker 2: I think I've usually gone into the city. I think
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Speaker 2: this year I'm going to be, there's a massive 9-11
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Speaker 2: commemoration in Massapequa at the same time. And that is local.
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Speaker 2: And there's so many friends I lost that day. I
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Speaker 2: think I will be in Massapequa. See for that evening,
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Speaker 2: see for high school. They have one of the largest
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Speaker 2: outpourings every year in 9-11. That's run by Ken Haskell
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Speaker 2: and the Haskell family and others.
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Speaker 1: Oh, I love Tim Haskell.
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Speaker 2: Love him. Great guy. Great guy. He lost two brothers
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Speaker 2: that day. So I will probably be staying in Nassau County.
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Speaker 2: And always that afternoon, Rosemary and I go to Holy
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Speaker 2: Root Cemetery.
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Speaker 1: Pete, you're the best. You really are, man. I love
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Speaker 1: you so much. That's great. We'll do this again next
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Speaker 1: week as we get to that point just two days away,
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Speaker 1: like I said just moments ago. But thank you for
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Speaker 1: another great appearance here today, Peter King, and keep up
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Speaker 1: the great work. We love you. Thank you so much.
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Speaker 2: Even though you're in Islamophobia, I'll stay with you.
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Speaker 1: Now you can add Peter King to the list. There
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Speaker 1: you go. You can add Pete King to Letitia James
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Speaker 1: and Kathy Hochul and all the fine folks that referred
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Speaker 1: to me and Vicky Palladino and Bruce Blakeman and others.
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Speaker 1: so you never have to wonder. What the heck is
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Speaker 1: going on here?