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Mark talks with New York Governor Candidate Bruce Blakemen · The Mark Simone Show

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  Speaker 1: Well, Bruce Blakeman should be the next governor of New York.
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  Speaker 1: He's been the county executive in Nassau County for years.
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  Speaker 1: That's a job that's pretty similar to governor. He's considered
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  Speaker 1: the best county executive in America. Now, you can help him.
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  Speaker 1: Go to BlakemanForNewYork.com. Donate. Volunteer. Go to BlakemanForNewYork.com. Bruce Blakeman,
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  Speaker 1: how you doing?
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  Speaker 2: We're doing great, Mark. Our campaign has really hit its stride.
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  Speaker 2: We've got a lot of momentum. We're in a statistical
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  Speaker 2: dead heat now with Kathy Hochul. And I fully expect,
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  Speaker 2: with the help of all your listeners, that we will
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  Speaker 2: be victorious on November 3rd and January 1st. You'll be
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  Speaker 2: swearing in a new governor who cares about New Yorkers
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  Speaker 2: and puts New Yorkers first, wants to make New Yorkers happy.
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  Speaker 2: We're the most overtaxed state in the United States. We
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  Speaker 2: need to cut our taxes. I've got a plan to
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  Speaker 2: do that. We need to cut our utility rates. Our
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  Speaker 2: utility rates in New York State are 70% higher than
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  Speaker 2: the national average. And Kathy Hochul is the most pro-criminal
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  Speaker 2: governor in the United States of America with cashless bail
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  Speaker 2: and everything else she does to make it easier for
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  Speaker 2: criminals to prey on our community. So that ends on
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  Speaker 2: January 1st. We will get out of our economic death spiral.
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  Speaker 2: We'll create great jobs. And we will have a New
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  Speaker 2: York state where people are prosperous, safe, and healthy. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And you did it in Nassau County. You probably saw
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  Speaker 1: this survey that came out, the most moved-to destination in
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  Speaker 1: America right now. Hardest place to find a house so
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  Speaker 1: many people are going there is Nassau County right now.
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  Speaker 1: So that's pretty amazing.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah. Listen, it's not rocket science. The bottom line is...
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  Speaker 2: If you keep taxes low, I haven't raised taxes a
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  Speaker 2: penny in four years. As a matter of fact, I
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  Speaker 2: cut $ 150 million tax increase on my predecessor. If you
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  Speaker 2: make communities safer, I've hired over 700 new law enforcement professionals. U.S.
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  Speaker 2: News and World Report says we're the safest county in America.
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  Speaker 2: And if you create jobs and economic activity so people
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  Speaker 2: have higher wages, more money in their pocket, So they
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  Speaker 2: can spend money the way they want rather than have
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  Speaker 2: government take their money and spend it the way they
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  Speaker 2: don't want, like Kathy Hochul's been doing by spending billions
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  Speaker 2: of dollars on people who aren't New Yorkers. It's not
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  Speaker 2: hard to do. And I will do that when I
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  Speaker 2: become governor. And people will be more prosperous. They will
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  Speaker 2: live in safer communities. And they'll have lower taxes and
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  Speaker 2: lower energy bills. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: He's not just saying it. He's done this. Now you
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  Speaker 1: can help. Go to BlakemanForNewYork.com. BlakemanForNewYork.com. She's agreed to one debate,
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  Speaker 1: and it's on the very biased left-wing New York One.
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  Speaker 1: But you think you'll be able to get another debate
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  Speaker 1: out of her?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely not. I have accepted seven debates, and this is
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  Speaker 2: the only one that she accepted. It's only an hour long,
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  Speaker 2: and it's on the most narrow media outlet of all
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  Speaker 2: the invitations that we got. Kathy Hochul can't talk about
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  Speaker 2: her record because it's a record of failure. I can
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  Speaker 2: talk about my record because of the good things that
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  Speaker 2: I've done to make my county so successful. But Kathy
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  Speaker 2: Hochul has us in an economic death spiral. It's unaffordable
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  Speaker 2: because of her and it's unsafe because of her. So
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  Speaker 2: she doesn't want to defend her record. If she had
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  Speaker 2: such a great record, she would accept every debate so
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  Speaker 2: she could tout all the good things that she's done.
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  Speaker 2: But she can't do that because It's a record of misery.
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  Speaker 2: We need a governor that puts New Yorkers first and
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  Speaker 2: makes New Yorkers happy.
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  Speaker 1: So these other offers, you mean like Channel 4, Channel 2,
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  Speaker 1: that kind of stuff?
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  Speaker 2: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox 5, and then some other smaller
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  Speaker 2: media outlets. We've accepted all of their invitations. This is
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  Speaker 2: the only one Kathy Hochul has agreed to do. And
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to it anyway. I think that people
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  Speaker 2: will have an opportunity to see exactly what my record is,
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  Speaker 2: one of making people happy versus her record of making
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  Speaker 2: people absolutely miserable. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: So she's turned down the big stations. She'll do a
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  Speaker 1: New York one, the tiniest station, because it's very biased,
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  Speaker 1: very left-wing. You're going to be debating three people, her
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  Speaker 1: and the anchors.
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  Speaker 2: That's okay. Mark, you know what? I'm up for it.
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  Speaker 2: There are a lot more Democrats in this state than Republicans.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of independent voters and they're all coming
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  Speaker 2: my way every day. Another Democrat walks up to me
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  Speaker 2: and says, Bruce, I'm a lifelong Democrat. I've never voted
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  Speaker 2: Republican before in my life. I'm voting for you. I'm
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  Speaker 2: voting Republican this year. These people are nuts. And by
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  Speaker 2: the way, we have an independent line, the vote affordable line.
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  Speaker 2: And that's for people who may not want to vote
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  Speaker 2: Republican or conservative. So if you want to vote on
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  Speaker 2: an independent line, you can vote the Affordable Party. And
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  Speaker 2: that gives you an opportunity to vote for me and
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  Speaker 2: not feel like you're going to get electrocuted if you
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  Speaker 2: vote Republican.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, they always, Democrats keep pushing affordability. That's their big issue.
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  Speaker 1: But if you look at the actual numbers, the affordability crisis,
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  Speaker 1: it's really taxes. That's the number one expense most people
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  Speaker 1: have now are taxes. So there is a way to
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  Speaker 1: cut that, isn't there?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Mark, it's taxes and it's utility bills. So first
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  Speaker 2: of all, with respect to taxes, if you're a joint filer,
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  Speaker 2: under my plan, your first $ 100, 000, no tax, no state
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  Speaker 2: income tax. That's number one. Single filer, $ 50, 000, no tax.
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  Speaker 2: That's number one. Number two, the other big cost is
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  Speaker 2: your utility bill. She's approved 48 rate hikes, and she
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  Speaker 2: is now going to give people a check that for
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  Speaker 2: between $ 100 and $ 200 right before the election, what she
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  Speaker 2: calls a rebate. It's a scam. She took your money
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  Speaker 2: and she took $ 1, 000 and now she's giving you back $ 200.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's a shell game. And people will see
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  Speaker 2: through that. People aren't stupid. And they know that this
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  Speaker 2: is an election year scam. So they'll get a check
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  Speaker 2: for $ 200. Hey, Kathy, give it all back. Whatever you raised,
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  Speaker 2: in utility costs over the last four years, give it back.
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  Speaker 2: That's what I would do.
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  Speaker 1: Bruce Blakeman, you can help in the campaign. Just go
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  Speaker 1: to BlakemanForNewYork.com. You can donate, volunteer, BlakemanForNewYork.com. A lot of
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  Speaker 1: people in New York City, they're very worried about getting
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  Speaker 1: through three years of Mamdani. When you become the governor,
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  Speaker 1: what can you do to rein in Mamdani's craziness?
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  Speaker 2: Well, first of all, the governor has a tremendous power
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  Speaker 2: over New York City. So I am not going to
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  Speaker 2: let him ruin the economy of New York City. That
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  Speaker 2: is not going to happen with me as governor, number one.
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  Speaker 2: Number two, I am not going to allow lawlessness in
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  Speaker 2: New York City. I'm not going to allow him to
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  Speaker 2: defund the police. I'm not going to allow him to
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  Speaker 2: handcuff our police. I want to make sure that we
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  Speaker 2: make New York City safe so that we will attract businesses,
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  Speaker 2: we'll attract people to the city. And right now, people
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  Speaker 2: are leaving New by the hundreds of thousands because they
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  Speaker 2: don't like the policies of Mondami and hopeful. And let's
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  Speaker 2: face it, the guy's an anti-Semite. He's anti-Christian. And quite frankly,
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  Speaker 2: he's anti-American. And Kathy Hope endorsed him and he endorsed her.
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  Speaker 2: So they're in bed together. And the fact of the
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  Speaker 2: matter is that we don't need people who don't share
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  Speaker 2: the values of our parents and our grandparents. What we
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  Speaker 2: need to do is get back to those values because
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  Speaker 2: it made a really, really good state and a really
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  Speaker 2: great city. And if we get back to those values,
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  Speaker 2: we can restore that greatness once again.
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  Speaker 1: So, Bruce Blakeman, the big attack ad she and her
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  Speaker 1: super PACs are running, the big attack ads against you
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  Speaker 1: are that you're friends with Donald Trump. It's actually quite
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  Speaker 1: a compliment if that's the only thing they can come
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  Speaker 1: up with to attack you for.
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  Speaker 2: Well, she doesn't want to talk about her record. She
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  Speaker 2: wants to talk about Donald Trump. Donald Trump didn't raise
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  Speaker 2: your taxes to be the highest taxed state in the
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  Speaker 2: United States. Donald Trump didn't raise your utility bills so
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  Speaker 2: they're now 70% higher than the national average. Kathy Hochul
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  Speaker 2: did that. She's the one that's made it unaffordable. We
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  Speaker 2: are number 50, Mark, out of 50 states in economic outlook.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't get worse than that. There's only 50 states.
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  Speaker 2: That is the bottom. And we were the once great
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  Speaker 2: empire state. And the fact is that there's no economic activity.
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  Speaker 2: People are leaving. Businesses are leaving. Jobs are leaving. We've
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  Speaker 2: got to stop that death spiral.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you've gone from 20 points behind to almost tied
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  Speaker 1: right now, and you're still climbing. What is it you
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  Speaker 1: want people to do for you right now, people listening?
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  Speaker 2: Well, as you said, go to BlakemanForNewYork.com. We're up against
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  Speaker 2: the Democratic machine. We're up against the DSA, people who
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  Speaker 2: don't share our American values. They're socialists slash communists. And
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  Speaker 2: please make a contribution. It's very important. Volunteer. Make a list.
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  Speaker 2: Make a list of your friends, your neighbors, your relatives,
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  Speaker 2: your coworkers, and keep calling them until they promise you
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  Speaker 2: that they voted because turnout is going to be a
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  Speaker 2: big factor. We need a big turnout for people who
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  Speaker 2: want lower taxes, lower energy bills, and safer communities. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: If you want to donate, go to BlakemanForNewYork.com. BlakemanForNewYork.com. Well,
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  Speaker 1: We're all pushing for you. I think you're going to
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  Speaker 1: win big in November. And we'll be watching. And we'll
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  Speaker 1: talk again soon. Bruce Blakeman. thanks for being with us.
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  Speaker 2: Well, thank you so much, Mark, and I appreciate your friendship.
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  Speaker 2: May God bless you and all your listeners, and may
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  Speaker 2: God bless America.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Bruce Blakeman, thanks for being with us. Take care. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: everybody help out. Go to BlakemanForNewYork.com.