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Bruce Blakeman | Nassau County Executive | 05-08-26 · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Bruce Blakeman, I love you too. You're not a mother,
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  Speaker 1: but I do love you. Just see you know that.
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  Speaker 1: How wya?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I love you too, Sid, And happy Mother's Day
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  Speaker 2: all my moms out there.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely So you're only a couple of days removed, my
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  Speaker 1: man from meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office.
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  Speaker 1: I spoke to you actually that morning. That was very
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  Speaker 1: cool on your way there. And before we get to
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  Speaker 1: what Kathy Hochel did yesterday with this budget, let's talk about,
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  Speaker 1: if you can, some of the specifics of the conversation
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  Speaker 1: you had with President Trump in Washington, d C. I
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  Speaker 1: guess tuesday. What were some of the specifics you guys discussed.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Sid, you're a friend of the President and you
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  Speaker 2: know him very well, so I don't have to tell
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  Speaker 2: you that he loves New York. He cares about New York.
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  Speaker 2: Remember when he built the Walman Rink in record time
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  Speaker 2: after the city was unable to build that just a
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  Speaker 2: simple ice skating rink. He's developed so many properties in
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  Speaker 2: New York, the first class, world class buildings. He loves
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  Speaker 2: New York. He cares about New York. So we spent
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  Speaker 2: a lot of time talking about New York. We talked
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  Speaker 2: about the lack of economic development in New York, high taxes,
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  Speaker 2: the high utility rates in New York. We had a
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  Speaker 2: very very good conversation about a lot of things related
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  Speaker 2: to New York. And then of course there were people
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  Speaker 2: coming in and out of the Oval Office. I got
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  Speaker 2: to meet Secretary of State Mark Rubio again, a great guy, terrific,
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  Speaker 2: a real courageous guy. He's doing an amazing job as
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  Speaker 2: Secretary of State. And Lee Lee Zeldon joined us, who's
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  Speaker 2: the EPA director and a good friend of mine, a
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  Speaker 2: good friend of yours and a great New Yorker. And
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  Speaker 2: Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. So we got to see
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  Speaker 2: a lot of people. We talked about a wide range
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  Speaker 2: of issues. And at the end of the at the
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  Speaker 2: end of the meeting, as I promised you I would,
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  Speaker 2: I said, I have regards from sid Rosenberg and he goes,
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  Speaker 2: what a great guy. So I love you.
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  Speaker 1: That's great. I know you did it, and I know
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  Speaker 1: he said that, and I love you. I love him too.
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  Speaker 2: I do.
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  Speaker 1: I want this eron more to end already, because I
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  Speaker 1: think it's hurting him and hurting us and hurting our
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  Speaker 1: chances at the midterm so I'm honest. I can't lie.
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  Speaker 1: I gotta be honest. But I love him dearly, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm already sad about twenty twenty eight unless you can
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  Speaker 1: guarantee me that your friend who you met there and
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  Speaker 1: I know very very well for my days down in Miami,
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  Speaker 1: Marchel Rubio is going to win in twenty twenty eight.
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  Speaker 1: I mean guarantee me that. Then the Trump exit will
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  Speaker 1: still be very painful, but I can live with it.
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  Speaker 1: But anybody else but Rubio, when Trump leaves in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight, what a sad day for America.
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  Speaker 2: Bruce Well, first of all, you're not going to get
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  Speaker 2: me in the middle of that. Shiit nice try. We've
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  Speaker 2: got a lot of great people. Vice President vance Marco Rubio,
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  Speaker 2: We've got him. We've got Governor Younkin, We've got Governor DeSantis.
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  Speaker 2: We have a deep bench of qualified people that could
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  Speaker 2: be president at any time. You look what they have, Buddha, Judge,
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  Speaker 2: Harris Newsome. I mean, it's not even close. It's unbelievable.
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  Speaker 2: It's like the NBA All Star Team against you know,
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  Speaker 2: some cyo team. It's just unbelievable. The amount of talent
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  Speaker 2: that we have in the Republican Party compared to the
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  Speaker 2: lack of talent in the Democratic Party. So we're look,
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  Speaker 2: we got, we got over two and a half more
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  Speaker 2: years of President Trump. I think that he will end
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  Speaker 2: the war very shortly, but I am firmly behind him
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  Speaker 2: in making sure that Iran never gets nuclear weapons capability.
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  Speaker 2: Me too, because these crazy people would think nothing of
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  Speaker 2: taking out three million New Yorkers a great with a
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  Speaker 2: nuclear attack. Great, they would think nothing of it. They
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't lose a minute's sleep over it. They have no conscience.
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  Speaker 2: They are evil people and they hate America. So it's
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  Speaker 2: something that had to be done to protect the future
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  Speaker 2: for our children and our grandchild.
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  Speaker 1: I agree with all that, but I will tell you
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  Speaker 1: this because you're a very proud Jew, Bruce Plagman, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm proud of you. And in fact, I know you're
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  Speaker 1: speaking at the RJC event in New York. It's the
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  Speaker 1: first one. You know, there was number an RJC chapter
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  Speaker 1: here in New York, and so it's a big deal.
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  Speaker 1: Make thirty first you're actually speaking, but you speak at
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  Speaker 1: every major Jewish event, And I'm telling you that this deal,
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  Speaker 1: this proposal that we put the for Iran, it reminds
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  Speaker 1: me a lot of the Obama Carey deal. I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: be honest, and it loosens up a lot of the
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  Speaker 1: financial stress on Iran. And I'm telling you, if you
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  Speaker 1: give these people an inch, they will start to once
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  Speaker 1: again put their money towards Cresbola and Hamas and the
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  Speaker 1: houtis because they don't care. They don't care about survival.
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  Speaker 1: They'd rather die. They don't care about what happens to
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  Speaker 1: their people. So when I see a deal that says, hey,
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  Speaker 1: you'll get some of this money back, that scares the
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  Speaker 1: hell out of me, because you know what's going to suffer,
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  Speaker 1: not Nassau County, not la No Israel. You know that,
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  Speaker 1: and they'll be bracing for wars again and again, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm not okay with that.
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  Speaker 2: Well, look, obviously Israel is the number one target, but
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  Speaker 2: as I've said before, Israel's an appetizer on their menu.
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  Speaker 2: In course, on their menus is to destroy Americas.
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  Speaker 1: Right, But if they can't get to us, they can
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  Speaker 1: still get to Israel. They've killed a lot of people
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  Speaker 1: the last couple of months.
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  Speaker 2: And here's what I know about President Trump. I trust him.
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  Speaker 2: He's done more than any other President to protect us,
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  Speaker 2: and whether he makes a deal or not, the fact
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  Speaker 2: is that I believe he will not allow them to
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  Speaker 2: get nuclear capability. He will not allow them to support
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  Speaker 2: and finance Hamas and Hasballah. I do not believe he
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  Speaker 2: will allow that to happen. What I do believe, very
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  Speaker 2: strongly said is that President Trump loves our American military
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  Speaker 2: and he's not going to put him in harm's way
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  Speaker 2: until he tries everything he can to try to avoid
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  Speaker 2: putting them in harm's way. Will he use our military, Yes,
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  Speaker 2: he will, Yeah, But I believe that he is doing
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  Speaker 2: this to exhaust all remedies that possibly could be made,
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  Speaker 2: and if that doesn't work, he will use military force.
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  Speaker 1: I agree with you. I think he's trying to protect
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  Speaker 1: our kids, and I think he also wants to protect
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  Speaker 1: your audience. He knows those civilians are not bad people.
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  Speaker 1: It's the regime and if you unload all this fury
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  Speaker 1: and hell, he keeps talking about, we're gonna kill a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of folks. So I believe you he's got a
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  Speaker 1: great heart. He's got a great heart, loves his country,
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  Speaker 1: doesn't want to see innocent people die. I believe all
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  Speaker 1: of that. But when you start a war, you gotta
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  Speaker 1: finish it. That's it. So if you're going to start
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  Speaker 1: the war, you gotta be a little, a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of a prick. I hate to say it because people
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  Speaker 1: are gonna die, but I'm with you. I think he
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  Speaker 1: is trying to do the best he can to make
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  Speaker 1: sure that people don't die on either side, and that
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  Speaker 1: is certainly commendable. I don't want to get to the
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  Speaker 1: leaders here, though I know he doesn't like bomb Dye.
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  Speaker 1: I don't care how many times the mayor shows up
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  Speaker 1: in the Oval office and they smile and shake hands
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  Speaker 1: and Trump calls him a good guy, Bruce, Bruce. He
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  Speaker 1: can't like him. He can't. He hates everything that Trump
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  Speaker 1: stands for, everything good in America. This mayor wants to dismantle.
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  Speaker 1: He can't like him. So I don't care when he
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  Speaker 1: smiles what he does, because I know the truth, okay,
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  Speaker 1: and I know that Hoko, that coward. She calls the president, oh,
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  Speaker 1: mister president, and the next day she comes up like
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  Speaker 1: a tough guy, like a real tough guy. He can't
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  Speaker 1: like either one of those people. Has he been honest
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  Speaker 1: with you about them?
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  Speaker 2: I'm just gonna say that we've had conversations about that.
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  Speaker 1: Look, oh, the lamp was great. Hey, Procy, Procy, that
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  Speaker 1: lamp was great. I gotta tell you, the lamp was great.
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  Speaker 2: You can ask me about Hoko that. First of all,
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  Speaker 2: Mandami is a communist. Let's let's just put it out
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  Speaker 2: there to get about his socialist stuff. When he calls
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  Speaker 2: for collectivism, that's communism, So let's start there. Number two,
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  Speaker 2: he's not protecting New Yorkers. He's not protecting American Jews
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  Speaker 2: in New York City. So we need a governor that'll
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  Speaker 2: stand up to number one. Number two, Kathy Hokle. Did
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  Speaker 2: you see yesterday she said she had a budget deal.
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  Speaker 2: She made a whole big announcement, and then the Speaker
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  Speaker 2: of the Assembly, Carl Hasty, said, there's a little deal.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what she's talking about.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, how embarrassing was that. Yes, she goes on
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  Speaker 1: and on two hundred and sixty eight billion dollar budget deal.
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  Speaker 1: That's done me. We got a deal. And like Booch
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  Speaker 1: just said, called Hasty goes there's no deal. Forget about
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  Speaker 1: the policies. We may agree. We may agree on the policies,
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  Speaker 1: we don't agree on the money. There's no deal. How
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  Speaker 1: do you do that if you're the governor?
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  Speaker 2: To your point, do you remember that show deal no Deal? Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, HOWI mendel deal no deal?
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  Speaker 2: You know what their problem is, the left hand doesn't
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  Speaker 2: know what the left hand's doing.
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  Speaker 1: That is right, It's very funny and well said.
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  Speaker 2: Right. This will be the latest budget. This will be
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  Speaker 2: the latest budget since twenty ten. So I'm gonna send
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  Speaker 2: Kathy Hako to the detention office prosessive tardiness. I'm gonna
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  Speaker 2: beat her in November, and you're gonna have a new
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  Speaker 2: governor that puts New Yorker's birth.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. It is pathetic that she can't seem to get
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  Speaker 1: any of this done. And a lot of the stuff
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  Speaker 1: in this budget is anti Trump, you know that is
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  Speaker 1: anti law and order, is anti democracy. And like you
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  Speaker 1: always say, Bruce, and it's so important for voters out
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  Speaker 1: there to know this. She can heaven Hall all she
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  Speaker 1: wants about not raising taxes. The truth is she wakes
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  Speaker 1: up every day scared to death of the mayor. She's
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  Speaker 1: scared to death. And if God forbid, she wins, and
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  Speaker 1: I don't think she will, You're gonna win. But if
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  Speaker 1: God forbid she does all those promises will go out
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  Speaker 1: the window and Kathy Vocal will do I promise you this,
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  Speaker 1: she will do whatever this socialist, communist jahadist mayor wants.
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  Speaker 1: If you want that in New York, vote for her.
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  Speaker 2: Gahad. Well, it's unaffordable now to live here. We've got
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  Speaker 2: the highest taxes in America. We've got utility rates that
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  Speaker 2: are seventy percent higher than the national average. She's spending
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  Speaker 2: eight billion dollars on illegal migrants who aren't New Yorkers,
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  Speaker 2: They're not Americans, they've been here for fifteen minutes. We
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  Speaker 2: have become a magnet for every legal migrant in the
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  Speaker 2: United States because they get free housing, free food, free transportation, freesolfa.
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  Speaker 2: What's she giving to New Yorkers? That's their money and
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  Speaker 2: she's spending on somebody else. It's insane. And it ends
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  Speaker 2: on day one when I become governor.
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  Speaker 1: Damn right, Lastain Bruce. And this has been a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of a buggaboo for us since the beginning. And
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  Speaker 1: there seems to be this name recognition thing that people
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  Speaker 1: are still talking about. Even though I got to give
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  Speaker 1: you a credit, you're an amazing guy. I mean that
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  Speaker 1: you're still doing a tremendous job running Nassaua County. The
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  Speaker 1: best executive ever. I'll give you that, how about that.
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  Speaker 1: But at the same time, for folks that aren't following you,
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  Speaker 1: they got a lot of nerves saying, well, he needs
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  Speaker 1: to go. He goes, dummies, he's there, He's in Rochester,
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  Speaker 1: he's in Binghamton, he's in Utica, he's in Syracuse. He
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  Speaker 1: picked the Lieutenant Governor, Todd Hood, who lives there. He goes.
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  Speaker 1: He's a Madison County guy. But there still is a
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  Speaker 1: bit of a name recognition issue. Do you admit that
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  Speaker 1: and what do we do to make sure that goes away?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I certainly admit it. Number one, and number two,
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  Speaker 2: the good news is that I'm in single digits behind
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  Speaker 2: Kathy Hochel. It's neck and neck, and I know that
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  Speaker 2: for a fact, not only from my polling. Don't believe
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  Speaker 2: the sianapol by the way they get their money from
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  Speaker 2: the state and they say poll twenty percent of Republicans
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  Speaker 2: when twenty eight to thirty percent of Republicans vote. That
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  Speaker 2: was rigged to make me look bad to hurt my fundraising.
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  Speaker 2: But what our polling shows, and we know her polling
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  Speaker 2: shows is because she spent a million dollars attacking me
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  Speaker 2: last week, and she wouldn't do that if she was
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  Speaker 2: way ahead. So what is disclosed in that is the fact,
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  Speaker 2: the sad fact that I'm in single digits and forty
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  Speaker 2: percent of the people in the States still don't know
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  Speaker 2: me and still don't know my record, and her unfavorables
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  Speaker 2: are off the charts. He is the most dislike governor
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  Speaker 2: we've ever had in estate, and that's why we're going
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  Speaker 2: to win. Nowhere do I go in the state, do
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  Speaker 2: people like Kathy huckle They're miserable under her, and they
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  Speaker 2: want change, they want relief. They want a governor that
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  Speaker 2: cares about them and their families and not about illegal
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  Speaker 2: migrants who come here for fifteen minutes. And to prove
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  Speaker 2: a political point, she gives them everything in the world
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  Speaker 2: at our expense, when we could be spending on cutting
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  Speaker 2: town cutting utility costs, investing in schools, investing in hospitals,
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  Speaker 2: investing in infrastructure, creating jobs. That's the kind of governor
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  Speaker 2: the people want. She's not doing any of that.
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  Speaker 1: That'll be you man. You sound great, Billy, Bruce. I'm
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  Speaker 1: so pout of you sound great and that is gonna
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  Speaker 1: be you. You are going to win. And I know
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  Speaker 1: McLaughlin tells me those numbers like you just said, and
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  Speaker 1: he's the best in the business. No one close, They're
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  Speaker 1: very very close. So keep doing what you're doing. We
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  Speaker 1: love you. New York is gonna do the right thing.
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  Speaker 1: And when you win, then you start the healing process.
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  Speaker 1: Because I say this all the time. I mean this.
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  Speaker 1: If God forbid you lose, we're done. It's over. That's it.
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  Speaker 1: Close shop. Now you got another four of hohkl that
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  Speaker 1: probably means another six or seven of mam donnie. That's it.
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  Speaker 1: Good night. So you're gonna win because you have to
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  Speaker 1: win because I love you. New York is gonna love you,
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  Speaker 1: and you're the perfect guy for the job. Bruce Blakeman,
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  Speaker 1: thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: Well, thank you shabatcha.
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  Speaker 1: Loo my man. I love you. Bruce Blakeman's the best.
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