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Peter King | Former Congressman Joins S&FIM for Weekly Wednesday Morning Appearance · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Peter King, Giuliani King, King Giuliani, I don't care. He's
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  Speaker 1: one of the two greatest politicians in my lifetime here
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  Speaker 1: in New York. And if God is good to me,
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  Speaker 1: I'll be 60 in April. That's saying a lot. Here
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  Speaker 1: for his weekly visit, the great Peter King. Peter, 13
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  Speaker 1: days out. How's your guy Bruce Blakeman doing?
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  Speaker 2: I think Bruce is doing great. It's definitely going his way.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be tough because, you know, there are
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  Speaker 2: three million more Democrats in the state. But Bruce is
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  Speaker 2: cutting into that. Hochul is showing that she's nervous. You're
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  Speaker 2: calling him in, Dami, to help. I mean, that shows
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  Speaker 2: how desperate you are. And everywhere you go. I've said
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  Speaker 2: this at the beginning. I feel more strongly about it
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  Speaker 2: now than I have ever. No one is going to
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  Speaker 2: come out to vote for Kathy Hochul. They may vote Democrat.
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  Speaker 2: They may vote against Republicans. But nobody's going to vote
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  Speaker 2: for Kathy Hochul. People are voting for Bruce Blakeman. He
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  Speaker 2: has really created an emotional bond between him and the people.
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  Speaker 2: And he's raising all the issues that we are on
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  Speaker 2: the right side of. So I think Bruce, in fact,
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  Speaker 2: I'm confident Bruce is going to do it. But everyone's
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  Speaker 2: got to get out and vote. They can't just talk
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  Speaker 2: about it. And they can't complain the day after if
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  Speaker 2: he loses some close race. They got to get out
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  Speaker 2: and get the vote now and talk to all their
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  Speaker 2: friends and neighbors. Because Bruce is killing himself. He is
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  Speaker 2: everywhere and just breaking his back, running around. Also, can
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  Speaker 2: I say one thing? I heard you at the beginning
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  Speaker 2: of the show talking about Shylock Snarlow. Listen, I grew
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  Speaker 2: up with a bunch of guys who use that term
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  Speaker 2: every day. Usually they call him the Shy and everything else.
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  Speaker 1: Right, Shy.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly. We're talking about ethnic slurs. Paddy wagon. That's what
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  Speaker 2: they say. All the Irish are paddies. They're locked them
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  Speaker 2: up on Saturday night and throw them in a wagon.
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  Speaker 2: So people say paddy wagon every day. I don't jump
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  Speaker 2: out and say that that's anti-Irish or it's a slur.
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  Speaker 2: There were words, especially in New York, that become part
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  Speaker 2: of our dialogue. I guarantee you all those guys I know.
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  Speaker 2: who had the scratch sheets in their back pocket and
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  Speaker 2: who were betting. They didn't know anything about Shakespeare or Chiropractic. No!
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank you for saying that. Every shy that
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  Speaker 1: I knew and still know is Italian. They're not even Jewish.
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  Speaker 1: It's so stupid. Thank you for saying that. I did
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  Speaker 1: go off on NBC this morning and even had family
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  Speaker 1: members say, look what President Trump said about the Jews.
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  Speaker 1: It's so ridiculous. You know, I saw a good story
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  Speaker 1: about one of your candidates out there, Pete, Mike Lepetri.
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  Speaker 1: I saw that even in Tom Suozzi's town where Tom
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  Speaker 1: Suozzi lives, Two-Face Tom, the police unions endorsed Mike Lepetri.
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  Speaker 2: You know, that was a surprise, a surprise, not because
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  Speaker 2: Mike's not a better candidate and the police union should
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  Speaker 2: support him, but usually just out of hometown loyalty or
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  Speaker 2: whatever pressure you have, you stick with the candidate that's
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  Speaker 2: from your city or town. And the fact that it
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  Speaker 2: really says a lot. And also Janine Driscoll, she's been
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  Speaker 2: endorsed by every police organization in Nassau County. And I
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  Speaker 2: think the American people, certainly the people in New York,
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  Speaker 2: people downstate, who live in the shadow of Mindami, realize
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  Speaker 2: how important it is to have strong police, to do
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  Speaker 2: what Pat Ryder does in Nassau County, what Bruce Blakeman
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  Speaker 2: has done, and that's to let the cops do their job,
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  Speaker 2: give them strong leadership, let them do their job, and
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  Speaker 2: don't get in their way.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned Janine Driscoll, and she's going to be in
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  Speaker 1: the studio Friday. I know you love her. I love her, too.
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  Speaker 1: And my kids love her son. Believe it or not,
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  Speaker 1: both Ava and Gabriel are friends with Janine's son, she's
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  Speaker 1: got a big race against Laura Gillum, the same lady
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  Speaker 1: that beat our dear friend Anthony D'Esposito last time around.
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  Speaker 1: How does Janine's chances look?
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  Speaker 2: I think you're very good. I mean, excellent. And, again,
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  Speaker 2: people like her. And her ads, if she gets enough
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  Speaker 2: money from Washington and I hope they come up with it,
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  Speaker 2: because Joe Carro's doing all he can, she should win big.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Laura Gillen's all over television. She gets a
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  Speaker 2: lot of ads. Having said that, to me, it is
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  Speaker 2: definitely going Janine's way. And I've seen her not just
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  Speaker 2: on the TV ads, not just on the big stage.
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  Speaker 2: But just going door to door, she is naturally at
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  Speaker 2: ease with people. In fact, if there's any criticism I
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  Speaker 2: have of Jean, she listens to people too much. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: she will stay and talk and go back. And she's
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  Speaker 2: just so friendly and so engaging. And people see that.
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  Speaker 2: She's a family woman. She has a son on the NYPD.
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  Speaker 2: So she's just, again, a dedicated person. She's part of
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  Speaker 2: a community. And also, she lives in Floral Park, which
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  Speaker 2: is right next to New York City. So her neighbors
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  Speaker 2: realize exactly what it's all about. And so and also
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  Speaker 2: then she has a large Jewish community in the five towns.
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  Speaker 2: And they are also on the edge of New York City.
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  Speaker 2: And they know what an anti-Semite mandami is. So the
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  Speaker 2: people of this district, it's my district to the fourth district.
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  Speaker 2: There's no reason at all why they should not vote
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  Speaker 2: for Janine Driscoll.
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  Speaker 1: I was at one of your favorite places in my neighborhood,
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  Speaker 1: Harbor Lights. I know you knew Bernie and Sean, all
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  Speaker 1: those great people. And I was having dinner, watching the game.
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  Speaker 1: Some of the game last night, the whole ceremony. But
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  Speaker 1: before the Knicks stuff came on, they had the news
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  Speaker 1: on one of the TV, CBS. I think the name
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  Speaker 1: is Rodriguez. I don't know. But she was saying that
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  Speaker 1: there are no... Is this right, Peter King? There are
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  Speaker 1: no debates for these, I guess, candidates on Long Island.
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  Speaker 1: They showed... For example, they showed Nick Lolota, but are
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  Speaker 1: there no debates?
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  Speaker 2: In Lolota's race, his Democratic partner would not debate him.
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  Speaker 2: And with Laura Gillen, she is not debating Janine Driscoll. Now,
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  Speaker 2: it's probably a good decision by Laura Gillen. Janine Driscoll
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  Speaker 2: is a lawyer. She's argued cases before the United States
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  Speaker 2: Court of Appeals. She knows the issues inside out. She's
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  Speaker 2: very articulate, and she comes across very well. But no,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I never turned down a televised debate the
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  Speaker 2: whole time that I was in Congress. It just wasn't done.
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  Speaker 2: And the fact that Laura Gillen is not doing it,
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  Speaker 2: she's not debating, to me, is absolutely beyond me. Laura was,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, she was all ready for the debate. She
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  Speaker 2: was well prepared. She was looking forward to it. And
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  Speaker 2: then suddenly Laura Gillen says she wouldn't debate her.
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  Speaker 1: Ridiculous. It's crazy.
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  Speaker 2: Especially, you know, Gillen's only been in office two years. Right.
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  Speaker 1: Right. Who the hell is she?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, you want to be out there defending yourself. Right.
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  Speaker 2: You should be anyway. And you're one of the voters.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you can't, if you're around maybe 10 or
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  Speaker 2: 20 years, okay, people know me, they know what it's about.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I still went out and debated, but having
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  Speaker 2: said that, maybe you could use that as an excuse.
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  Speaker 2: But in this case, no. She only entered one term,
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  Speaker 2: two years, and she won by a couple of points.
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  Speaker 2: And so to me, she owed it to the voters.
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  Speaker 2: And so to me, that is a big plus for
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  Speaker 2: Janine Driscoll. And it shows really the confidence that she
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  Speaker 2: has in herself, the voters have, and the lack of
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  Speaker 2: confidence in her opponent.
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  Speaker 1: Pete, who's the Jewish guy running for Senate out there?
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  Speaker 1: Blumenkatz or Blumenthal? Who is that guy?
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  Speaker 2: Eric Blumenkranz, yeah. He's right now a state assemblyman. His
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  Speaker 2: father is very active on the police matters. He's, again,
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  Speaker 2: very pro-cop, very pro-law and order. And Eric Blumenkranz, that's
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  Speaker 2: important to see. Jack Martins was our state senator there.
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  Speaker 2: He's done a great job over the years. Jack is
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  Speaker 2: now running for re-election this year. And Blumenkranz is. It's
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  Speaker 2: really important we win that. because that's that North Shore
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  Speaker 2: region up there. It sort of borders Nassau and Queens.
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  Speaker 2: And so, to me, he is, again, one of the stars.
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  Speaker 2: He's a young guy. I guess he's early 30s. But, again,
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  Speaker 2: very good candidate. It's really important that he win.
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  Speaker 1: I found out about him last time. Mozzie was here,
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  Speaker 1: Scott and Mozzie Pillop, and they love him. How's Mozzie
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  Speaker 1: Pillop doing?
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  Speaker 2: Mozzie should do well. I knew they didn't endorse her,
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  Speaker 2: which to me is a tribute. Ha, ha, ha.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, they're terrible. They are terrible.
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  Speaker 2: And they've been a proponent of no qualifications at all,
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  Speaker 2: but they voted against, they wouldn't endorse Mazi because she's
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  Speaker 2: too supportive of Brut, I guess. Now, Mazi, Mazi, again,
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  Speaker 2: as you know, she's a star. She is a long way,
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  Speaker 2: a long, great career ahead of her. And she's just
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  Speaker 2: a great friend. I mean, just being with Mazi, seeing
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  Speaker 2: her in action. And she is, again, you do have the,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the American dream, Ethiopian refugee, Israeli army, African-American,
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  Speaker 2: clearly African-American, comes over here as an immigrant, and she
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  Speaker 2: wins the first Republican ever to win in that area, ever.
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  Speaker 2: I guess well over 100 years. And she's in there,
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  Speaker 2: she's in there solid, just a great person.
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  Speaker 1: I love her, too. So, a couple days ago, you
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  Speaker 1: sent me something. Trump was all over Zelensky, and you said,
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  Speaker 1: I don't get it. And I don't get it, either.
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  Speaker 1: You know I've never been a huge fan of Zelensky.
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  Speaker 1: I think there are times he comes off as clownish
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  Speaker 1: to me. But I understand why you like him. He's been,
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  Speaker 1: you know, very, very loyal and His people are fighting
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  Speaker 1: a very courageous war. But even though I've been down
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  Speaker 1: on him at times, I'm with you. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: why Trump is so hard on him a couple of
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  Speaker 1: days ago. Now, he did soften up yesterday. He did.
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  Speaker 1: But what is the issue, you think? Is it Trump
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  Speaker 1: just trying to be nicer to Putin because he likes
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  Speaker 1: staying closer to the real enemy? What do you think
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  Speaker 1: that strategy is?
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  Speaker 2: It's not so much I like Zelensky. From a distance,
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  Speaker 2: I admire him. But, I mean, I wouldn't care who
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  Speaker 2: it is. They're fighting Putin. Putin, to me, is really evil.
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  Speaker 2: He's dangerous. And he's trying to reestablish his certain goals
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  Speaker 2: he's had all these years. One is to weaken NATO.
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  Speaker 2: It's to increase Russian influence in Russia. And he then
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  Speaker 2: goes one by one, taking off countries. Invasion of Ukraine
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  Speaker 2: is one thing. But he can lobby Lithuania, Estonia. He
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  Speaker 2: can use his influence there. He can make inroads into Poland,
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  Speaker 2: that type thing, Germany. And by doing that, what he's
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  Speaker 2: going to do is start getting economic power with him.
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  Speaker 2: He's going to weaken the United States and Europe. And
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  Speaker 2: he's also allied with China. There's no doubt about that.
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  Speaker 2: And so you have Russia and China really... strengthen themselves.
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  Speaker 2: All I can think of with President Trump, and he
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  Speaker 2: was talking about having a three-way summit.
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  Speaker 1: A summit, yeah, next month.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And they're talking about comparing it to the Yalta Conference. Well,
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  Speaker 2: the Yalta Conference is what sold out Eastern Europe when
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  Speaker 2: Roosevelt sat down with Stalin and thought they'd Well, in
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  Speaker 2: this case, you figure three major powers can divide the world,
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  Speaker 2: set it up, and establish some kind of stability going forward.
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  Speaker 2: But we're not dealing with the Brits. We're not dealing
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  Speaker 2: with other countries that share our values. We're talking about
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  Speaker 2: two dictators, China and Russia, and they can't be trusted
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  Speaker 2: at all. Like, for instance, I see Zelensky said today
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  Speaker 2: that he would settle for an agreement right now and
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  Speaker 2: we wouldn't stay in place where they are. But to
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  Speaker 2: do that, you have to have some kind of security guarantees. Otherwise...
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  Speaker 2: Once things calm down, Russia will come in again. And
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  Speaker 2: you have to have those guarantees. President Trump says there
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  Speaker 2: were so many people in Russia, there's no way Ukraine
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  Speaker 2: can match that. Well, that's true of almost any country
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  Speaker 2: in Europe. Certainly the Baltic states, they could be outnumbered
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  Speaker 2: by Russia. Poland will be outnumbered by Russia. So to me,
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  Speaker 2: that's why we set up these alliances. And NATO, whatever
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  Speaker 2: faults it has, the fact is it's been an alliance
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  Speaker 2: which has kept stability in Europe for 80 years. And
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  Speaker 2: when people say, well, Ukraine is Europe's war. Well, 9-11
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  Speaker 2: was America's war, but those NATO countries came to our aid.
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  Speaker 2: Countries like Denmark and Britain, Canada, Poland, they came to
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  Speaker 2: our aid. Because we saw it as being a transatlantic
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  Speaker 2: alliance that we have against dictatorial forces. Russia is right
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  Speaker 2: now a dictatorial force. And so is China and Asia.
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  Speaker 2: They're moving in. And also they're assisting Iran. That's the
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  Speaker 2: other thing. I mean, it's... To me, it's not just
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  Speaker 2: Israel is fighting. Israel is fighting for us in the
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  Speaker 2: Middle East. And we're assisting Israel. But that's to stop
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  Speaker 2: Iran from taking over the Middle East and threatening the
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  Speaker 2: entire world. So it's not just one country by itself.
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  Speaker 2: So even if you didn't support Israel per se, which
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  Speaker 2: I do, even if you didn't, it serves our purposes
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  Speaker 2: to have a strong Israel, a democratic Israel standing up
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  Speaker 2: to a theocratic Iran and a madness, madmen with nuclear weapons.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's really that simple. So on the way out, Peter,
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  Speaker 1: I got to tell you that, you know, of course,
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  Speaker 1: maybe you heard about it once. I'm going into the
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  Speaker 1: Hall of Fame tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Well, thank you. But I want to be serious about
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  Speaker 1: you for a second, because when I was fired by
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  Speaker 1: WFAN and Imus and all that stuff back in 2005,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of the people who love me in New York,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I was becoming a pretty big star back then.
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  Speaker 1: I know you remember I was doing the Midday Show,
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  Speaker 1: doing the Giants. They left me, man. They left me.
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  Speaker 1: They wanted no part of this guy. I was on drugs.
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  Speaker 1: I was in Atlantic City Hotel. I got fired. It
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  Speaker 1: was page three of the New York Post. And they
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  Speaker 1: left me like I was garbage. And a few guys
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  Speaker 1: followed me when I went to Florida. Bo Dietl, one
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  Speaker 1: of those guys, and you. And every time I called
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  Speaker 1: you when I was down in Florida and said, hey, Pete,
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  Speaker 1: will you come on? And at the time, you were
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  Speaker 1: still serving in Congress. Big time guy. You never, ever
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  Speaker 1: said no to me. So I want you to know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm making it emotional here. Now, when I go in tomorrow,
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  Speaker 1: you are one of the best and kindest and most
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  Speaker 1: loyal people I've ever met. And a lot of my
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  Speaker 1: success is due to you and your relationship with me.
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  Speaker 1: And I want you to know that. I love you
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  Speaker 1: very much. And thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: And you are a mensch.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Peter.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: The great Peter King. He stuck with me. He never,
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  Speaker 1: ever said no. He didn't leave me. 90% of the
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  Speaker 1: people left me, and Peter did not. And so happy
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  Speaker 1: to have him back here. Boy, he's a great Wednesday guest.
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  Speaker 1: A new episode so you never have to wonder.
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  Speaker 2: What the heck is going on here?