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Rob Astorino, WOR and NewsMax host Interview · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: 18 days to go to the midterm elections and the
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  Speaker 1: other night we saw Bruce Blakeman versus Hochul in the
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  Speaker 1: unfortunately one and one only debate. On the line, Rob Astorino,
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  Speaker 1: nobody in this business knows better how to fight the
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  Speaker 1: democratic machine. He had to do it against Andrew Evil
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  Speaker 1: Eyes Cormor at his strongest. So Rob, having seen everything
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  Speaker 1: that's led up to this moment with 18 days to go,
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  Speaker 1: what would your advice be to candidate Bruce Blakeman?
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  Speaker 2: Keep fighting, keep traveling, keep on offense, and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: play the hits. This is what it comes down to now.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, don't get distracted by stupid little stuff. Just pound, pound, pound. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he's going to be, actually, he's going to
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  Speaker 2: be in my town in Mount Pleasant in Westchester tomorrow, actually.
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  Speaker 2: Governor Pataki is going to be with him. So that'll
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  Speaker 2: be nice. You know, it's these kind of areas where,
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  Speaker 2: He's got to make sure he pulls out vote. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the other thing, obviously, they've got to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that the paper ballots, the absentees that people have
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  Speaker 2: applied for, they've got to chase them. They've got to
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  Speaker 2: make sure these people have voted. They've got to make
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  Speaker 2: sure these things are in the Board of Elections. All
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  Speaker 2: those things matter if it comes down to election night
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  Speaker 2: and it's really close. And he's in a position. You know,
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  Speaker 2: that's all we want, Curtis, right, is when we're running
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  Speaker 2: as challengers, we just want to be in a position
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  Speaker 2: to win on election day. And I think he is
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  Speaker 2: in a position to win. Will he? I have no idea.
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  Speaker 2: But I think he's in a good position to win.
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  Speaker 2: And she's freaking awful. You know, her debate performance, just
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  Speaker 2: everything about her is atrocious. But she's a D in
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  Speaker 2: a D state. That's the only thing she's got going
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  Speaker 2: for her.
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  Speaker 3: How much does a ground game count in this kind
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  Speaker 3: of race?
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  Speaker 2: Everything. Honestly, I mean, it means so much. That's why,
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  Speaker 2: you know, when I see all this money being poured in,
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  Speaker 2: And I don't know if you saw the third quarter
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  Speaker 2: results for fundraising for around the country. That's the scary part. Okay. Well, actually, Larry,
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  Speaker 2: you're going to go back on the ledge now.
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  Speaker 3: Damn you.
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  Speaker 2: The amount of money that Democrats raised in the third
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  Speaker 2: quarter compared to Republicans, it is, it's frightening. Like in Texas,
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  Speaker 2: Tallarico raised $ 64 million in the third quarter to Paxton's 18.
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  Speaker 2: But the thing that scares me the most, even El-Sayed
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  Speaker 2: raised like 20 to Rodgers like seven. The thing that
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  Speaker 2: scares me the most is that the Republicans had a
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  Speaker 2: big advantage and the money that they're making now, a
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  Speaker 2: lot of it is, you know, it's super PAC money. So, hey, Elon,
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  Speaker 2: can you write a $ 50 million check? And Elon writes
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  Speaker 2: the $ 50 million check. The Democrats are raising small dollar money.
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  Speaker 2: And that means they're enthusiastic, and those people who write $ 5, $ 10,
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  Speaker 2: $ 100 checks, they're engaged. That's what you need. So that's
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  Speaker 2: the thing that does scare me. It's always scared me.
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  Speaker 2: It's the enthusiasm this year. But I was just in
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  Speaker 2: Iowa this week and in Ohio, and I can tell
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  Speaker 2: you they're both trending in the right directions. And I
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  Speaker 2: was talking to people deep within the campaigns or whatever,
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  Speaker 2: and they like what they're seeing. the last several weeks,
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  Speaker 2: they think they're, they're, you know, going in the direction.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't an eye roll. It wasn't like, Oh my God,
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  Speaker 2: this is going to be horrible. It's we like where
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  Speaker 2: we're going to be. So I think, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: do think we're going to win those States. Um, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So I just, now all you're going to hear, and
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  Speaker 2: this is the, this is the rollercoaster part that campaigns
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  Speaker 2: go through that voters go through. It's all going to
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  Speaker 2: be worse negative for Republicans in the next 18 days.
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  Speaker 2: Remember Kathy Hochul is a moderate. That's how the New
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  Speaker 2: York press, she's a moderate, right? We're going to hear that.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to hear doomsday for Republicans, everything for Democrats.
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  Speaker 2: People still have to vote. That's what matters. But the
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  Speaker 2: ground game is extraordinarily important. That's where I'd rather see
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  Speaker 2: money than ads right now that are just noise at
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  Speaker 2: this point.
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  Speaker 1: Well, as you mentioned, Kathy Hochul, miserable performance in the debate.
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  Speaker 1: That's why I think it is imperative that we, and
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  Speaker 1: you suffered the same thing, you know, Cuomo, I might
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  Speaker 1: give you one debate. This should be a mandatory two
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  Speaker 1: debates on network TV so it's covered throughout the state.
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  Speaker 1: Saritha smoked Tish James. Most people will never know that.
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  Speaker 1: And Blakeman beat Hochul convincingly as she was sleeping. But
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  Speaker 1: I've noticed right away what the Dems are doing. Pictures
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  Speaker 1: of Hochul with children. Pictures of Hochul with women. Problem
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  Speaker 1: with Bruce. He's surrounded by men. How does he try
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  Speaker 1: to offset that tremendous majority that Holcomb will have with
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  Speaker 1: the female vote.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, if you looked in the polling, I'm
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  Speaker 2: sure you did. That's the biggest issue Republicans in general have,
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  Speaker 2: but Bruce has in New York. There's a big, big gap,
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  Speaker 2: you know, with women voters going left and sticking with
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  Speaker 2: the Democrats. Men are more for the Republicans, but it's
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  Speaker 2: not in that huge imbalance. So, you know, look, he said, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: he's pro-choice, you know, in New York. That counts for something,
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  Speaker 2: especially with women. But it's the way women are trending
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  Speaker 2: right now. It's like, give me give me everything. I
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  Speaker 2: want big government. I'm going to talk about this tomorrow
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  Speaker 2: on my show. I don't know if you guys saw this,
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  Speaker 2: but there was a poll that came out. It was
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  Speaker 2: like shocking that a majority of folks want socialism. Certainly
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  Speaker 2: they consider themselves Democrats, but also independents getting close to that.
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  Speaker 2: Not only socialism, but they think Sharia law is acceptable.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, so just think about how do we convince
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  Speaker 2: these people? It's almost impossible now. They're way off the spectrum.
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  Speaker 2: Sharia law and socialism. If that's where we're going, and
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  Speaker 2: it is where we're going to some extent, at least
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  Speaker 2: with people in this country, how the hell do we
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  Speaker 2: turn things around? I mean, that's not like America, let's
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  Speaker 2: go left, let's go right. That's America we hate. We
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  Speaker 2: need to completely change it.
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  Speaker 3: Well, there's some in the Democratic Party who believe just that. Listen,
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  Speaker 3: now that you put me back on the ledge, I've
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  Speaker 3: come to grips with the possibility of losing the House.
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  Speaker 3: And I think it's probably going to be gone. I
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  Speaker 3: think that there's a real opportunity to keep the Senate,
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  Speaker 3: especially with the way the polls have been going. And
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  Speaker 3: because even CNN pointed out, there is a prejudice in
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  Speaker 3: the polls when it comes to Republicans by two to
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  Speaker 3: four points. And if you take those two to four points,
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  Speaker 3: they're going to win several Several states, including Texas and
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  Speaker 3: Ohio and even Michigan. But with the House, it can
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  Speaker 3: be won and lost with two seats locally. Kane in
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  Speaker 3: New Jersey and Lawler in New York. Where are they trending?
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  Speaker 2: They're both in dogfights. Total dogfights. But that's just the
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  Speaker 2: way it's going to be. And I still think... I
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  Speaker 2: think Law is going to win. I think Kane is
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  Speaker 2: going to win. I mean, there were the other issues
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  Speaker 2: with the mental health and that stuff. I don't think
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  Speaker 2: that's really a big issue. But the candidates running against
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  Speaker 2: them are two frauds, you know, that portray themselves as
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  Speaker 2: moderates and this and that. So I still think those
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  Speaker 2: toss-ups go our way because they're the incumbents. And I
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  Speaker 2: still think we have a shot to win the two
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  Speaker 2: seats on Long Island, by the way. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Laura Gillen and Swazi, I think, are still in jeopardy.
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  Speaker 3: Man, he's Republican all the way.
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  Speaker 2: Did you hear that? Yep.
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  Speaker 3: He'll win all four seats.
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  Speaker 1: If you notice, I stay quiet. Out of respect for
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  Speaker 1: Rob Astorino. That's why you've got to listen as I
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  Speaker 1: will tomorrow, 4 to 5, right here on WOR 710.
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  Speaker 1: For more of Rob Astorino's analysis, we're 18 days away
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  Speaker 1: to the midterms.