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Bruce Blakeman | Nassau County Executive Is Ready to Make New York State Great Again · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: He's run a tremendous campaign. He really has. He's beaten
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  Speaker 1: her in every which way. He destroyed her in the debate.
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  Speaker 1: He talks about the issues. She talks about Trump. She's
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  Speaker 1: sitting there watching a Buffalo Bills football game yesterday with
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  Speaker 1: Mamdani and AOC, two very dangerous and terrible people. And
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  Speaker 1: my guy is running between Manhattan and the northern part
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  Speaker 1: of the state. If it was really all about credentials, policy,
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  Speaker 1: and really capability, Bruce Blakeman would destroy this lady tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: But unfortunately, in New York, it's not about that. It's about,
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  Speaker 1: do I love the Democrats? Do I hate Trump? Because
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  Speaker 1: Bruce has been outstanding. So let me start right off
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  Speaker 1: the bat by congratulating my friend on a tremendous campaign
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  Speaker 1: while still doing a great job running a huge county
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  Speaker 1: in Nassau County. So before the results even come in tomorrow, Bruce, Congratulations.
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  Speaker 2: Well, thank you, Sid, and thank you for your support.
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  Speaker 2: You've been a really, really dear friend, like a brother
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  Speaker 2: to me, and it's deeply appreciated. I'm heading to the
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  Speaker 2: Embassy Diner in Bethpage right now. We're going to have
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  Speaker 2: a little media availability. Then I'm hopping on a plane.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and probably Binghamton. And
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  Speaker 2: then we're going to try and get into Manhattan. Later tonight,
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  Speaker 2: wrap it up. Tomorrow I'll vote. And tomorrow night, I
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  Speaker 2: think we're going to have a really sweet victory. I
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  Speaker 2: feel it everywhere, especially in New York City. When people
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  Speaker 2: come up to me in the Bronx and Queens and
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  Speaker 2: Brooklyn and Staten Island and Manhattan, and they tell me
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  Speaker 2: I'm a Democrat, I've never voted Republican before, but I'm
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  Speaker 2: voting for you and I'm voting Republican this year. It
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  Speaker 2: gives me great encouragement that people are fed up with
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  Speaker 2: the high taxes, the high utility bills. Two women were
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  Speaker 2: raped in New York City in just the last week.
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  Speaker 2: And Kathy Hochul has the gall to stand there with
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  Speaker 2: Zoran Mondami and say it's safer. It's not safer. A
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  Speaker 2: 15-year-old boy was shot in New York City last week.
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  Speaker 2: It's not safer. It's all a hoax. And the fact
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  Speaker 2: of the matter is, Everybody needs to go out and
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  Speaker 2: vote to save our state because I'm the only one
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  Speaker 2: that can stop Zoran Mondami. I'm the only one that
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  Speaker 2: will cut taxes. You know Kathy Hochul will increase taxes.
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  Speaker 2: I'm the only one that can cut utility bills. And
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  Speaker 2: I am the only one that will be able to
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  Speaker 2: make safer communities for you and your families because the
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  Speaker 2: choice is between Hochul Mondami and sanity.
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  Speaker 1: That's an easy choice. So she's also on record calling
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  Speaker 1: upstate New Yorkers dumb. And she also called black people dumb,
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  Speaker 1: black kids. They're dumb. They can't work a computer. She
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  Speaker 1: called them unsophisticated. Excuse me. Which is pretty surprising. But
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  Speaker 1: for you, what has been the most surprising tidbit since
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  Speaker 1: you started this campaign?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think the surprising thing is how many New
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  Speaker 2: York City residents who are Democrats actually now see clearly
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  Speaker 2: as to what their party's becoming. This isn't the party
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  Speaker 2: of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Ed Koch, Hugh Carey, even Mario
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  Speaker 2: Cuomo and Bill Clinton. This is an un-American party led
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  Speaker 2: by left-wing extremists, socialists, communists, anti-Semites, anti-Christian, anti-Americans. And for
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  Speaker 2: the Democratic Party to get back to normal, they need
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  Speaker 2: a big kick in the butt. And we're going to
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  Speaker 2: give it to them tomorrow night.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you say you're a little surprised. Maybe the
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  Speaker 1: biggest surprise is the people in the city. But the
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  Speaker 1: truth is, Bruce, and I give you credit for this,
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  Speaker 1: you and Lawler, both you guys win in Democrat districts.
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  Speaker 1: So when you get a large amount of Democrat votes
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow and throughout the last week, it shouldn't be surprising.
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  Speaker 1: You're one of the very few, this is a big
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  Speaker 1: credit to you, you're one of the very few politicians
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  Speaker 1: who's able to win across the aisle. You've seen this before.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, Sid, everybody wants the same thing when
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  Speaker 2: it comes to state government. This isn't about the national elections.
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  Speaker 2: This is about the fact that Kathy Hochul has made
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  Speaker 2: it unaffordable with higher taxes, higher utility bills, and rampant crime.
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  Speaker 2: People want safe communities, they want lower taxes, and they
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  Speaker 2: want their utility bills cut. And I don't care if
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  Speaker 2: you're an independent, a Republican, a Democrat, everybody wants the
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  Speaker 2: same thing.
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  Speaker 1: I just wonder, you know, I look at all our
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  Speaker 1: commercials again, all she talks about is Mr. Trump man. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: excuse me, Blakeman. I mean, so stupid. Seriously, man. So sophomoric.
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  Speaker 1: She's probably sitting there. Oh, what a great job. They're terrible.
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  Speaker 1: Can she tell us one thing, one thing, Bruce, not three,
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  Speaker 1: not five, like you've done five, cut taxes, kept crime down,
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  Speaker 1: stopped anti-Semitism, took the masks off. You did all these
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  Speaker 1: things in Oslo County. Can she tell us one thing
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  Speaker 1: she's done well as governor in New York? One.
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  Speaker 2: No, Sid, she can't. That's why she talks about Trump, Trump, Trump.
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  Speaker 2: She doesn't want to talk about a record because it's
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  Speaker 2: one of failure and misery. The Cato Institute, an independent
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  Speaker 2: research group, used objective standards and metrics, and they rated
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  Speaker 2: all the governors of the United States of America. And
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  Speaker 2: Kathy Hochul came in number 50, 5-0. You don't get
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  Speaker 2: worse than that. There's only 50 states. So she is
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  Speaker 2: the worst governor we've ever had. We are in a
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  Speaker 2: death spiral right now. And that's why that Willie Nelson
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  Speaker 2: song you had on a few minutes ago. I love
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  Speaker 2: that song.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't that great, Bruce?
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  Speaker 2: You know what? Throw her out. Throw her out. Let's
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  Speaker 2: get some change here. Let's put us in the right direction.
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  Speaker 2: We are number 50 in economic outlook. Let's create good jobs, prosperity.
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  Speaker 2: Let's make people happy again in New York because Kathy
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  Speaker 2: Hochul's made them miserable.
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  Speaker 1: I just wonder, is there a relationship? I never asked
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  Speaker 1: you this. I can't hear the bait, for example. Did
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  Speaker 1: you guys exchange any pleasantries when you left New York
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  Speaker 1: one that night? Was there a handshake? Was there a smile?
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  Speaker 1: Or is it, listen, you guys are running against each other,
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  Speaker 1: but some people generally don't like each other. What is
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  Speaker 1: the relationship between you and Hochul?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I don't, I don't have any animus towards her.
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  Speaker 2: I think she's a terrible mayor. I am told she
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  Speaker 2: doesn't like me. But after the debate, I shook her hand.
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  Speaker 2: I asked her how she was holding up and her
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  Speaker 2: family was holding up. And look, in the final analysis,
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  Speaker 2: we're all human beings. So I have empathy for people
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  Speaker 2: who are in the public arena because it's tough. It
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  Speaker 2: is really tough. But the fact of the matter is,
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  Speaker 2: is I hope I hold no animus towards her. I
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  Speaker 2: don't I don't. I don't think about her as far
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  Speaker 2: as a person. I think about her as a governor,
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  Speaker 2: and she's a terrible governor. I mean, this is about
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  Speaker 2: her record. This is about her ability. She lacks ability,
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  Speaker 2: and she's got a terrible record.
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  Speaker 1: Somebody said to me last week, I couldn't believe it,
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  Speaker 1: they said, yeah, but you've got to appreciate what she
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  Speaker 1: said about anti-Semitism. I said, wait a second, her and
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  Speaker 1: Letitia James. what they've done for anti-Semitism. Last I checked, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: they can boast murders are down in New York. They
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  Speaker 1: can boast they've taken some guns off the street. But
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  Speaker 1: last I checked, hate crimes, specifically against the Jewish people,
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  Speaker 1: are at an all-time high. What exactly has Kathy Hochul
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  Speaker 1: done to combat anti-Semitism?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, she's done absolutely nothing. You were with me at
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  Speaker 2: Columbia University. Did you see her come in with the
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  Speaker 2: state police or the National Guard to protect Jewish students?
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  Speaker 1: No, no, not her or Eric Adams.
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  Speaker 2: She didn't say a word. Not one word. She just
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  Speaker 2: let things go. And that never would have happened with me.
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  Speaker 2: That thing would have been over in 15 minutes.
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  Speaker 1: You were out there wearing a yarmulke. Such a brave guy.
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  Speaker 1: I loved it. You were so great that day, Bruce.
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  Speaker 1: And then standing with you the last couple of weeks
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  Speaker 1: a lot has been Saritha running against Letitia James. I
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  Speaker 1: think she's made this race very, very close because just
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  Speaker 1: like you destroyed Hochul in your debate, I thought Saritha
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  Speaker 1: really embarrassed Letitia James. How do you feel about the
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  Speaker 1: rest of the Republicans on this ballot?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I feel very good. Look, let's compare my lieutenant
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  Speaker 2: governor running mate, Todd Hood, highly decorated Syracuse police officer,
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  Speaker 2: now the sheriff of Madison County, stand-up guy, family man,
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  Speaker 2: law and order guy against Adrian Adams, who was the
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  Speaker 2: city council president of New York, and she believes that
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  Speaker 2: illegal migrants should vote. That means she wants to dilute
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  Speaker 2: the power of us as New York state citizens. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: that's what Kathy Hochul and Adrienne Adams want to do.
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  Speaker 2: That's why they're paying $ 81, 000 per year for illegal migrants
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  Speaker 2: to live here and get free everything, because they want
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  Speaker 2: to pass a law that illegal migrants can vote in
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  Speaker 2: this state. So let's compare that. Then Saritha to Letitia James. Saritha,
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  Speaker 2: a very highly experienced and capable attorney general. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: a prosecutor. She'll make a great attorney general, but she
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  Speaker 2: was a prosecutor. That's the same thing as being an
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  Speaker 2: attorney general. So she doesn't need any training. She's ready
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  Speaker 2: to go from day one to protect our communities. Joe Hernandez,
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  Speaker 2: this guy's an immigrant from Cuba, came here with nothing.
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  Speaker 2: Now he's made himself a fortune. He wants to give
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  Speaker 2: back to the state by running for state comptroller. Lawler,
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  Speaker 2: stand-up guy, represents his district well. Never, never, never backs down.
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  Speaker 2: He and Nick LaLotta and Andrew Garbarino, they fought hard,
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  Speaker 2: along with Nicole Malliotakis, to keep our salt deduction and
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  Speaker 2: increase the salt deduction. They were fighting for us. They
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  Speaker 2: fought against people in their own party. They convinced President
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  Speaker 2: Trump to increase the SALT deduction. You know, we've got
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  Speaker 2: a great ticket. And Janine Driscoll and Michael Petri here,
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  Speaker 2: I believe, are going to be on the winner's podium
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  Speaker 2: tomorrow night because I think people are fed up with
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  Speaker 2: the policies of the Democratic Party and the fact that
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  Speaker 2: Hakeem James might be the speaker. This guy is gone
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  Speaker 2: far left. He used to be a moderate Democrat, but
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  Speaker 2: now he's caved into the socialists. Everybody in the Democratic
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  Speaker 2: Party is caving into the socialists.
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  Speaker 1: They really are. They're showing to be very big cowards.
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  Speaker 1: Two more will let you run, Bruce Blakeman. Have you
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  Speaker 1: talked to or heard from President Trump recently? I know
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  Speaker 1: he's done 35 cities in about 28 days. He's got
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  Speaker 1: to be exhausted. Finally ended with Kansas and Iowa this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Any communication between you and the president the last couple
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  Speaker 1: of days?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I spoke to him Saturday, and he had a
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  Speaker 2: tele-rally for me and all the candidates in the state
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  Speaker 2: of New York. We had a very nice chat. He's
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  Speaker 2: working very, very hard. So, yeah, we had a nice chat,
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  Speaker 2: and he said he expects me to win, and he'll
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  Speaker 2: give me a call once the results are completed.
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  Speaker 1: Fantastic. Last one. You know, you've been a Nassau County guy,
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  Speaker 1: Long Island guy, and now that you've been running for
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  Speaker 1: governor all this time, you've had the opportunity to meet
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  Speaker 1: all these people in a lot of these cities where,
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  Speaker 1: let's be honest, Bruce, you never would have gone if
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  Speaker 1: you weren't running for governor. And a lot of these
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  Speaker 1: cities that have bad reputations, drug addled, no jobs, people
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  Speaker 1: really at the bottom of the ladder. A lot of
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  Speaker 1: our big cities, Syracuse, Rochester, Utica, Binghamton, Monticello. Oh, I
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  Speaker 1: keep going. I keep going. But you've met these people now.
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  Speaker 1: What was it like meeting these people in these cities?
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  Speaker 1: The people that Kathy Hochul referred to as, quote, unsophisticated.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Sid, I've been going up to those cities for years.
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  Speaker 2: I did a lot of business in those cities for
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  Speaker 2: years as a lawyer and as a business person. So
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  Speaker 2: I've been going up there. I've got dear friends in Buffalo, Rochester,
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  Speaker 2: and Syracuse. It's beautiful up there. It's breathtakingly beautiful. I
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  Speaker 2: was up in Oswego and Rensselaer County yesterday. And as
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  Speaker 2: I said, I'm flying around the state today. It's breathtakingly beautiful.
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  Speaker 2: But Kathy Hochul has ignored upstate New York. Every governor
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  Speaker 2: since George Pataki has ignored upstate New York. My job
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  Speaker 2: is to reinvigorate upstate New York, create jobs, create prosperity.
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  Speaker 2: Those people up there are longing for somebody who will
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  Speaker 2: step up to the plate and back them and make
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  Speaker 2: sure that they get the resources they need to revitalize
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  Speaker 2: cities like Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Rome, Binghamton. I could
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  Speaker 2: go on and on and on. and all the little
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  Speaker 2: towns and villages in between, because they're all suffering. And
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  Speaker 2: it's because of Kathy Hochul's energy policies or tax policies
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  Speaker 2: and her policies towards business, treating business like the enemy
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  Speaker 2: rather than treating business like a partner, because those are
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  Speaker 2: the ones that are going to create the great jobs
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  Speaker 2: and the great benefits that the people of New York deserve.
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  Speaker 2: I will clean up the urban areas of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica,
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  Speaker 2: and Rome. We will invest in those areas. I will
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  Speaker 2: invest in law enforcement. We will rebuild New York State
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  Speaker 2: from Montauk to Jamestown and all points in between.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody who voted for you early and votes for you
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow should be very proud of the candidate and man
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  Speaker 1: that you are, Bruce. And you should be very proud
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  Speaker 1: of yourself. I know Joe Cairo's proud and Peter King
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  Speaker 1: and Mozzie Pillop and all your friends on Long Island.
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  Speaker 1: But man, what a campaign you've run. And of course,
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  Speaker 1: I love you very, very much. And I wish you
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  Speaker 1: the best of luck tomorrow, not just for you, but
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  Speaker 1: for New York. We need you to win. But either way,
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  Speaker 1: I'm very, very proud of you, Bruce. And There's nothing
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  Speaker 1: else you could have done. So go out there and
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  Speaker 1: win tomorrow and make New York great again, please.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Sid. Thank you, my brother. You're the best.
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  Speaker 1: I love you.
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  Speaker 2: God bless you.
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  Speaker 1: I love you, too. What a guy, Bruce Blakeman. What
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  Speaker 1: an amazing campaign this guy ran. This guy still ran
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  Speaker 1: Nassau County, which is bigger than five states, Nassau County,
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  Speaker 1: while running for governor. And I'm going to say it again,
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  Speaker 1: no matter what happens tomorrow, because you just can't trust
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  Speaker 1: New Yorkers. We are pound for pound the dumbest people
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  Speaker 1: in the country. I said it. That's right. We are
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  Speaker 1: the dumbest people in the country. There's no other way
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  Speaker 1: you can vote in people like Hochul, Mamdani, AOC, and
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  Speaker 1: don't tell me they cheat.
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  Speaker 2: Stop.
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  Speaker 1: Stop. Okay? We're the dumbest people pound for pound. Not
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  Speaker 1: my listeners. Not the people that love me. You guys
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  Speaker 1: are brilliant. You guys are smart. But the majority of
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  Speaker 1: this state are the dumbest people in America. The dumbest.
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  Speaker 1: And that's my fear come tomorrow for Bruce and many
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  Speaker 1: other candidates. But! You got to play the game, right? Plus,
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  Speaker 1: See you next time for a new episode so you
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  Speaker 1: never have to wonder. What the heck is going on here?