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Mike Lawler | Congressman, New York District 17 | 05-26-26 · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 3: I'm gonna work with the whole group in New York.
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  Speaker 3: We're gonna work with Mike. Mike Lawler's fantastic. He's fantastic.
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  Speaker 4: He is a fantas I call him, mister Salt. He
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  Speaker 4: didn't stop, he wouldn't stop. He was driving us crazy.
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  Speaker 4: We have to get salt. We have to get salt back.
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  Speaker 4: And he got it back. And he's a terrific guy
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  Speaker 4: and you're lucky to have him.
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  Speaker 3: I'll tell you he loves you, he loves his he
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  Speaker 3: loves this place.
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  Speaker 2: The guy that really took care of me most of
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  Speaker 2: that day was he Clocks Town supervisor, George Holman. He
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  Speaker 2: was willing to and Lauren Marie She was great too.
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  Speaker 2: Also Lan Hofstein, super guy. And then eventually I had
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  Speaker 2: to get to the New City to get a car home,
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  Speaker 2: so I had a police escort. So Rob McDermott, Gordon Miller,
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  Speaker 2: and the Clarkstown police Chief Jim Fay were all great.
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  Speaker 2: I think I got most of the names out there, right, Mike,
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  Speaker 2: am I missing anybody?
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  Speaker 3: No, you did great. You did a great job.
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  Speaker 2: They were great. That is Look, I know those people
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  Speaker 2: before I went to that beautiful dinner at the hotel
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  Speaker 2: two years ago. Last year this year, I was at
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  Speaker 2: Bailey's right, a New City bu guy. So that was
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  Speaker 2: my third visit to Rockland County, but more importantly the
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  Speaker 2: first for a sitting president since Gerald Ford fifty years ago.
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  Speaker 2: I thought you did a spectacular job. But it was over, Mike,
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  Speaker 2: with Trump in your town, what were you thinking?
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  Speaker 3: I thought it was absolutely fantastic. You know, at the
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  Speaker 3: end of the day, it's not very often you get
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  Speaker 3: the President of the United States to come visit your community.
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  Speaker 3: This is you know, where he came was my home
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  Speaker 3: in town where I grew up. I live in Pearl
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  Speaker 3: River now. But you know, it's just a great opportunity
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  Speaker 3: to have the President the United States come. We had
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  Speaker 3: over five thousand people in attendance. There were over ten
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  Speaker 3: thousand people that signed up in three days to come
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  Speaker 3: see the President of the United States and hear him
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  Speaker 3: talk about the issues and get an opportunity to be there.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, really, from my vantage point, I don't
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  Speaker 3: think it could have gone any better. Obviously, we spent
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  Speaker 3: a lot of time talking about salt and the real
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  Speaker 3: impact that lifting the cap on salt had on my constituents.
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  Speaker 3: Over ninety percent of my constituents were able to fully
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  Speaker 3: deduct this local taxes, which provided huge tax refund checks
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  Speaker 3: to people all across you know, Rockland, Westchester, Putnam and
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  Speaker 3: Dutchess counties and across New York. And New York was
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  Speaker 3: the biggest beneficiary of the cap on salt being lifted. So,
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  Speaker 3: you know, especially given Kathy Hochel and Zorn Mamdami's disastrous
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  Speaker 3: push to raise taxes, you know, we provided real tax
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  Speaker 3: relief to hard working and middle class families all across
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  Speaker 3: the state. Secondarily, to be able to have President Trump
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  Speaker 3: honor Wells Crowther, the man named the red Bandana, and
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  Speaker 3: recognize his mother, and announced that he will be awarding
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  Speaker 3: Well the Presidential Medal of Freedom as we approached the
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  Speaker 3: twenty fifth anniversary of September eleventh, and Well's story is
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  Speaker 3: so iconic. As President Trump said, I mean, he saved
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  Speaker 3: eighteen lives on September eleventh. He could have gone down
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  Speaker 3: the South Tower and exited, but he stayed and as
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  Speaker 3: a twenty four year old equities trader and volunteer firefighter,
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  Speaker 3: his training kicked in and he wore that red bandana
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  Speaker 3: that his father gave him as a child around his
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  Speaker 3: face so he could breathe through the smoke and you know,
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  Speaker 3: be able to function through the chaos and to be
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  Speaker 3: able to continue to save people and go up and
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  Speaker 3: down the stairs, back and forth to get people to safety.
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  Speaker 3: He was a hero. And that story which broke, you know,
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  Speaker 3: around Memorial Day two thousand and two, when some of
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  Speaker 3: the survivors started telling the New York Times about the
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  Speaker 3: man in the red bandana that saved him. It really
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  Speaker 3: a very powerful and so that was just a truly
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  Speaker 3: wonderful moment. This is something I've been working on since
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  Speaker 3: last year. When I went to the Yankee game, I
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  Speaker 3: saw the President, I gave him a red bandana and
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  Speaker 3: you know, told him the story and asked him to
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  Speaker 3: consider giving Wells the Presidential Medal of Freedom. And it's
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  Speaker 3: something we've been working on for months. And to have
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  Speaker 3: President Trump come to Rockland County and announce it really
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  Speaker 3: was special.
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  Speaker 2: It really was. I met his mom, I met his mom.
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  Speaker 2: I took a picture with his mom. She sat right
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  Speaker 2: behind me. She was very, very sweet, and she spoke
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  Speaker 2: and it was emotional. And it's a great job out
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  Speaker 2: of you. That gentleman deserves all that. But the most
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  Speaker 2: emotional part of the day. Trump was in a great mood.
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  Speaker 2: He was joking, he was lamping, he was dancing, you
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  Speaker 2: know at the end there to Ymca, and even the
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  Speaker 2: way he did the whole weightlifting thing with Jackson daught
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  Speaker 2: that was hilarious. So for the most part, overwhelmingly it
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  Speaker 2: was a very positive, fun rally. But when President Trump,
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  Speaker 2: I know you did this too, Michael, when President Trump
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  Speaker 2: called up the Gordon family, the Gorman family, I'm sorry
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  Speaker 2: and people should know that Sheridan Gorman, the lovely young
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  Speaker 2: lady who was gunned down in Chicago by an illegal, Yes,
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  Speaker 2: by an illegal. I said it. She was murdered and
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  Speaker 2: her family, as you pointed out before, in your district.
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  Speaker 2: And when he called up Sheridan's mom and died and
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  Speaker 2: two sisters, specifically the mother and the dad. When they spoke,
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  Speaker 2: I can tell you this, I mean this. I was
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  Speaker 2: crying and I looked around me and there wasn't a
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  Speaker 2: dry eye in the place. It doesn't take a lot
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  Speaker 2: for somebody in a cry for a decent person when
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  Speaker 2: you see somebody whose daughter was murdered. But man, that
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  Speaker 2: mom and dad they were, they were beautiful. It was certainly.
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  Speaker 3: Powerful. And as you point out, there was not a
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  Speaker 3: dry eye in the room. I had my four year
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  Speaker 3: old daughter there and I was holding her as they spoke,
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  Speaker 3: and it just first of all, it reminds you of
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  Speaker 3: what is most important. But second of all, no parent
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  Speaker 3: should ever have to endure that. And you know, Jess
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  Speaker 3: and Tom and Madeline were Sheridan's sister, were truly courageous
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  Speaker 3: to come to share their story and that of their daughter, Sheridan,
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  Speaker 3: who you know, eighteen years old. She had her whole
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  Speaker 3: life ahead of her and to have it stolen by
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  Speaker 3: an illegal immigrant who should never have been released into
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  Speaker 3: the country, who was detained at the border by the
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  Speaker 3: Biden administration and then released and then arrested in Chicago
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  Speaker 3: for shoplifting, very similar crime to what Lake and Riley's
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  Speaker 3: murderer was arrested for in New York, only to be
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  Speaker 3: released back out onto the street and then commit this
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  Speaker 3: anous crime. And listening to both Jess and Tom, you
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  Speaker 3: know they said very clearly, this isn't about politics. This
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  Speaker 3: is about the real life policy decisions that are made
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  Speaker 3: and the impact that has on families. And in both instances,
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  Speaker 3: the policies failed this family. From sanctuary city policies and
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  Speaker 3: open border policies and pro criminal castless bail policies, these
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  Speaker 3: policies resulted in a young girl being killed, murdered senselessly.
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  Speaker 3: And I can't, for the life of me understand how
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  Speaker 3: anyone can defend these policies. But enter Kathy Hokeel and
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  Speaker 3: she says, hold my beer, I'm going to make it worse.
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  Speaker 3: And last week Kathy Hokel and the New York State
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  Speaker 3: Legislature passed the most pro sanctuary state policies in the
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  Speaker 3: entire country and are now prohibiting law enforcement at any
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  Speaker 3: level in New York from cooperating with federal immigration officials.
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  Speaker 3: So if somebody commits a murder under state law, if
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  Speaker 3: somebody commits a rape under state law, if somebody sexually
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  Speaker 3: exploits and abuses a child under state law, the state
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  Speaker 3: of New York is prohibiting law enforcement from turning over
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  Speaker 3: that individual to federal authorities. Prohibited.
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  Speaker 2: It is crazy fucking yeah.
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  Speaker 5: I know.
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  Speaker 2: I was coming well, and Bruce Blakeman, who's running against
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  Speaker 2: who I call the wicked witch, Kathy Hokeel he he
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  Speaker 2: put on a great speech as well. A couple more minutes.
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  Speaker 2: So I want to ask you this, did you think
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  Speaker 2: because the Giants are my team, I'm not sure if
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  Speaker 2: they're a team or not. You may be a jetman,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. Are okay?
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  Speaker 3: I like to win?
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  Speaker 2: Said okay, yeah, well we haven't won a lot for
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  Speaker 2: a long time. But yes, we won four Super Bowls,
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  Speaker 2: four out of five. That's true. We're four and one there,
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  Speaker 2: one and zero tating back to nineteen sixty nine. But
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  Speaker 2: at any rate, did you think for one second that
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  Speaker 2: this amazing second year quarterback for the Giants, Jackson Dart,
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  Speaker 2: who has all of US Giant fans, Rosenberg Lawler, all
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  Speaker 2: of US Giant fans really excited about the season. Not
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  Speaker 2: Abdul Carter. Sorry, Abdul, we're not excited about the season
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  Speaker 2: because of you. Did you think that Jackson Dart to
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  Speaker 2: introducing President Trump at your rally will receive all the garbage,
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  Speaker 2: including that racist columnist? He's a racist, he's garbage Leonard
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  Speaker 2: Green of the New York Daily News. He's an outright racist,
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  Speaker 2: and he's going after Jackson Dart. Did you feel badly
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  Speaker 2: for dot after? Which?
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  Speaker 3: Does the Daily News still around?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? No one reads it, of course. Mike lupak Is
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  Speaker 2: still writes for the Daily News. Joke off, I'm shock still.
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  Speaker 3: Around anyway, look sadly, Yeah, I guess as soon as
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  Speaker 3: he was there, I expected that he would take them incoming.
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  Speaker 3: But you know what, his jersey sales went to number
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  Speaker 3: one in the entire NFL within twenty four hours. So look,
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  Speaker 3: this is a sad thing of our politics today and society,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and especially Democrats, you know, they want free
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  Speaker 3: speech for them, they want to be able to express
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  Speaker 3: their political points of view. But anybody who expresses a
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  Speaker 3: political point of view that is different than theirs becomes
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  Speaker 3: public enemy number one. And you know, to me, that's
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  Speaker 3: just it's ridiculous. He had every right to be there.
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  Speaker 3: He was asked by the President and I states to
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  Speaker 3: come introduce him at a rally in New York.
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  Speaker 2: So he was actually so this wasn't you, because you
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  Speaker 2: set up most of the guests. So President Trump is
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  Speaker 2: the one who reached out to Jackson Dott.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, oh yeah, this is you know, this came from
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  Speaker 3: the White House. This was he was a special guest
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  Speaker 3: and we were happy to have him. I think it
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  Speaker 3: was absolutely awesome. I got to talk to him for
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  Speaker 3: a few minutes backstage and to you know, as a
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  Speaker 3: lifelong giant fan, you know, Yankees, Rangers and the New
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  Speaker 3: York Knickerbockers. Twenty twenty seven years, finally we're going back.
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  Speaker 3: We're going back to the NBA finals. Only took twenty
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  Speaker 3: seven years, but we are. By the way, this playoff
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  Speaker 3: run has been phenomenal. I mean, they are absolutely decimating
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  Speaker 3: the competition eleven straight wins. But it's a really it's
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  Speaker 3: always awesome when you have, you know, athletes like Jackson
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  Speaker 3: Dart who can show up and you know, be part
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  Speaker 3: of the event. And you know, I think obviously a
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  Speaker 3: lot of people and fans were excited to see him.
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  Speaker 2: I was seeing him up close. He is a good
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  Speaker 2: looking kid. And Trump's right.
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  Speaker 3: By the way. This this team is going to be phenomenal.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, and and with our ball as the coach,
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  Speaker 3: I think there's a lot of break days ahead for
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  Speaker 3: the New York Football Giants.
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  Speaker 2: Could be a lot of Mondays with you. You seem
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  Speaker 2: to love this team and know your stuff, So we
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  Speaker 2: could be talking about mid terms and the Giants come Mondays,
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  Speaker 2: you know, final sixty seconds. You know. I was I
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  Speaker 2: didn't realize this, but I was on the way to
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  Speaker 2: the event and my Huber driver was driving towards Rockland
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  Speaker 2: Community College, which was in Suffern. It's not New City
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  Speaker 2: or Pro River, It's in Suffern. I had no idea
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  Speaker 2: what a huge Orthodox Jewish community that is. For Miles. Now,
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  Speaker 2: this was Friday morning, it wasn't Shabbat yet, but for Miles,
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  Speaker 2: we were driving and what I saw was Orthodox Jews.
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  Speaker 2: So when you say you talk about your constituents and
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  Speaker 2: how you've got a huge Jewish population and you're very
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  Speaker 2: pro Israel, which I love you for that, you're not kidding, man,
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  Speaker 2: Did I see that on party? In fact, some of
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  Speaker 2: the people inside said, because you hold it on a Friday.
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  Speaker 2: They were nervous if the president was late, it would
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  Speaker 2: go into shavist or you may have had five thousand more.
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  Speaker 3: Well, the it was also it was Chebuis, so it
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  Speaker 3: was right the middle of a Jewish holiday, and so
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  Speaker 3: they could you know, many of my constituents weren't able
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  Speaker 3: to drive, especially you know, within the tent a round
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  Speaker 3: po and so those that were there that you saw
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  Speaker 3: were within walking distance, and so they you know, they
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  Speaker 3: chose to walk. They wanted to welcome the President of
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  Speaker 3: United States like everybody else throughout my district. And no,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, if we had a bigger venue, that could
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  Speaker 3: have handled it. Frankly, you would have had well more
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  Speaker 3: than ten thousand. You could easily had twenty thousand people.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, people were excited. And by the way, had
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  Speaker 3: I had Democrats there, I had people who don't necessarily
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  Speaker 3: like or agree with the president, but they were there
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  Speaker 3: because they absolutely thought it was awesome that the President
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  Speaker 3: of United States was coming to Rockland County.
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  Speaker 2: Mike really did do a tremendous job. He was great,
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  Speaker 2: and the rally was great, and Mike Lawler's speech was great,
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  Speaker 2: and the President loves him. Mister Salt, I'm very proud
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  Speaker 2: of Mike Lawler. I'm very proud of our friendship. I
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  Speaker 2: really am, and he was just terrific. Mike Lawler, congratulations.
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