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Hour 3: What's next now since the Democrats won? · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: The last night in Michigan, Al Saeed was flexing when
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  Speaker 1: he was giving his acceptance speech for being announced the
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  Speaker 1: winner against Mike Rogers. He was taking shots at Trump.
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  Speaker 1: He was taking shots at J.D. Vance. He was like
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  Speaker 1: a Gatling gun. But he made a tactical decision on Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: and he bore down on it against Democratic leadership all
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  Speaker 1: over the country. You may have remembered. There was a
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  Speaker 1: Democratic Party mutiny against Al-Said that was led by Haley Stevens,
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  Speaker 1: who he had just barely beaten the congresswoman in the primary,
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  Speaker 1: barely by 1%. And so in the waning days of
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  Speaker 1: the campaign, Haley Stevens started doing interviews in which he
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  Speaker 1: was critical of Al-Said's positions, but always the caveat would be,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm going to vote for him. And then they
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  Speaker 1: were supposed to put together a unity rally on Sunday
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  Speaker 1: at an African-American church in Detroit. Clay Byrne from South Carolina,
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  Speaker 1: who she described as her mentor in the House, and
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  Speaker 1: others were lobbying her. Look, just come. Stand on the stage.
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  Speaker 1: You don't have to say anything. Just show unity. And
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  Speaker 1: we do know what happened on Saturday is El Saeed said, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I denounced that ad you keep talking about, but I
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  Speaker 1: don't want you to come to the church. I don't
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  Speaker 1: want you. And a lot of Democrats in leadership positions
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  Speaker 1: who had spent a lot of time trying to heal
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  Speaker 1: the division said, oh, no, you just blew the election here.
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  Speaker 1: And so the very next morning, she wakes up and
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  Speaker 1: she appears with Mike Rogers at a different African-American church.
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  Speaker 1: and embraces him and endorses him. And then on Monday,
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  Speaker 1: she puts out a 900-page, not 900-page, but 900-word manifesto
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  Speaker 1: denouncing El-Said. And even her mother weighed in by answering reporters'
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  Speaker 1: questions and saying, yo, it wasn't her fiancé who happens
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  Speaker 1: to be Jewish that forced her into this. My daughter
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  Speaker 1: doesn't get forced into anything. She's a congresswoman. Look, she
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  Speaker 1: makes up her own mind, and you're all sexist for
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  Speaker 1: even mentioning this. Well, El-Sayed did the unconventional. He said
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  Speaker 1: it's not going to be about party unity. And he
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  Speaker 1: won 52-46 against Mike Rogers. And I'll give you a
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  Speaker 1: few of the breakdowns here, Larry, that indicate why he won.
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  Speaker 1: The Jewish and the Muslim vote, they canceled each other out.
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  Speaker 1: But the real vote was the black vote, because the
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  Speaker 1: state is majority white. So white men voted for Rodgers,
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  Speaker 1: 55 to 44 percent. White women voted for El-Said, 50
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  Speaker 1: percent to 48 percent. So it came down to the
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  Speaker 1: black vote. Mike Rodgers had spent all of his time,
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  Speaker 1: he spent weeks, he was like living in the African-American community.
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  Speaker 1: And El-Said knew he had a tough time because he
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  Speaker 1: had lost the African-American vote in the primary to Haley Stevens. Well,
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  Speaker 1: when all was said and done, El-Sayed won black men
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  Speaker 1: by 86-13 and black women by 86-11. Now, could we
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  Speaker 1: attribute this to the smooth operator, Barack Obama coming in
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  Speaker 1: and basically campaigning on his behalf in The Wayne County,
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  Speaker 1: which encompasses Detroit, which is where most of the African-American
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  Speaker 1: votes are.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I think absolutely. I think that's why they needed
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  Speaker 2: him in there and they wanted to bring him in.
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  Speaker 2: I think this is horrible, horrible for the country. This
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  Speaker 2: guy is an out-and-out liar. He lied about his medical degree.
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  Speaker 2: He lied about the Muslim Brotherhood. He lied about his positions.
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  Speaker 2: He said he wasn't DSA, and yet every position he took,
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  Speaker 2: was democratic socialist. He's going to now be the first
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  Speaker 2: Muslim senator ever in the United States. And that's a
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  Speaker 2: good thing, except it's this guy. And this guy is
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  Speaker 2: a wolf in sheep's clothing. And so this is the
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  Speaker 2: start of a movement in this country that is something
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  Speaker 2: that we have to be concerned about. Unless you like socialism,
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  Speaker 2: which most of the time in the history of the world,
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  Speaker 2: has turned into communism. So it's taken root. It took
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  Speaker 2: root first here in New York, and now it's taking
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  Speaker 2: root across the country. And there's nobody stopping it out
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  Speaker 2: because the young seem to like it. And so we're
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  Speaker 2: going to find out. We're going to find out what
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  Speaker 2: happens when you invite socialism into the Senate.
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  Speaker 1: Well, the ad in question, which never got aired on television,
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  Speaker 1: but it went viral all over the world, The beginning
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  Speaker 1: part of it, the husband and the wife complaining about
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  Speaker 1: prices at the supermarket and blaming it on all the
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  Speaker 1: aid that goes to Israel to kill Palestinians, that couldn't
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  Speaker 1: have been more hopelessly wrong. But it was the second
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  Speaker 1: part that resonated, Larry. Americans learned that $ 4 billion doesn't
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  Speaker 1: go for military aid. They were thinking, yeah, yeah, military
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  Speaker 1: aid for Israel. That it goes to support their socialism there,
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  Speaker 1: which is free health care in Israel. free college tuition
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  Speaker 1: in Israel, and anybody immigrating there who happens to have
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  Speaker 1: been born a Jew, everything gets paid for them. And
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  Speaker 1: that caused tremendous blowback. We didn't know that.
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  Speaker 2: That's not why he won, though. And listen, you said
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  Speaker 2: he started off with a lie in that, and he's
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  Speaker 2: a liar. And I am embarrassed for Michigan that they
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  Speaker 2: put him in office. I think he was the Worst.
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  Speaker 1: He's good.
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  Speaker 2: He's like Mom Donnie. He's got he's wonderful on the
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  Speaker 2: stump and he's very good in interviews. He was great
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  Speaker 2: on 60 Minutes. He handled every tough question. He interrupts
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  Speaker 2: everybody constantly. But I think that's that's the worst one
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  Speaker 2: of the worst choices ever for U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Senate.
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  Speaker 2: And we have to reap what we sow. He's not
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  Speaker 2: the only one. Again, he doesn't say he's DSA because
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  Speaker 2: he's a liar. But everything he says is DSA.
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  Speaker 1: Just so people understand, the DSA is not as big
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  Speaker 1: as they're made out to be. Nationally, they only have
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  Speaker 1: 130,000 members. New York City, 16,800. Reminds me of the
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  Speaker 1: old Tea Party. They never had a lot of members,
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  Speaker 1: but they got out aggressively. They do rallies. They go
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  Speaker 1: door to door. They're way more Democrats, moderate Democrats than DSA.
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  Speaker 1: It pales in comparison, but a very small dedicated unit
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  Speaker 1: can get into a party apparatus as the Tea Party
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  Speaker 1: did with the Republicans when they were country club Republicans
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  Speaker 1: and cause chaos. Now let's go to the cliffhanger.
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  Speaker 2: Well, here's what's really fascinating about Alaska. And Alaska has
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  Speaker 2: not been called yet.
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  Speaker 1: Dan S.
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  Speaker 2: Sullivan is still in the lead with 48.49% of the vote.
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  Speaker 2: He is leading by a little over 1,000 votes. And
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  Speaker 2: there is, unlike Mississippi, there is an automatic recount in Alaska.
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  Speaker 2: So there will probably be a recount. But remember the
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  Speaker 2: figure I just gave you. A little bit over 1,000
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  Speaker 2: votes he's leading by. Daniel J.
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  Speaker 1: Sullivan? No.
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  Speaker 2: Got 3,448 votes. So that could have worked. That may
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  Speaker 2: have worked, which means there's going to be court fights
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  Speaker 2: over this case if Daniel S. Sullivan ends up losing
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  Speaker 2: this case. And now they have some evidence.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I hope that Dan S. Sullivan, the real Sullivan,
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  Speaker 1: the senator, the Republican, wins because Mary Peltola and Chuck
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  Speaker 1: Schumer need to get a real serious lesson from the
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  Speaker 1: voters in Alaska who say, you used technology on us.
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  Speaker 1: You were joined. It was a cabal from the National
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  Speaker 1: DNC supporting Senate runs to you, Mary Peltola, who claim,
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  Speaker 1: I didn't know it was my staff. I didn't know.
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  Speaker 1: Of course you knew. And by the way, there was
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  Speaker 1: another Republican, Gerald Heikes, who got 2.13 percent. Where did
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  Speaker 1: they find this guy from? But anyway, the other thing
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  Speaker 1: is the voters did not reject or repeal the rank
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  Speaker 1: choice and open primary that makes Alaska very, very special place.
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  Speaker 1: They have nonpartisan elections. and they have ranked choice in
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  Speaker 1: the primary and in the general elections. All that will
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  Speaker 1: stay in effect, which will always mean everybody's going to
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  Speaker 1: pay attention to Alaska.
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  Speaker 2: I know, I know. Well, you have to pay attention
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  Speaker 2: to Alaska. Now, there was a thought early on that...
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  Speaker 2: that Alaska may decide who wins the Senate. That's been
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  Speaker 2: out the window. So even though it's a fascinating election,
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  Speaker 2: it's just now going to be a salvation for the
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  Speaker 2: Republicans that they were able to keep the Alaskan seat
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  Speaker 2: or an add-on to the Democrats. It's not going to
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  Speaker 2: be as significant as we once thought. But it's going
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  Speaker 2: to be worth watching because of this Daniel J.
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  Speaker 1: Sullivan.
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  Speaker 2: Because if a recount comes into effect, There is going
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  Speaker 2: to be, this may stretch on for a long, long time.
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  Speaker 2: Trust me, there's going to be lawsuit after lawsuit on this,
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  Speaker 2: only because Dan J. Sullivan actually didn't do bad, you know,
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  Speaker 2: with 3,448 votes. That could, if you give that to
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  Speaker 2: Daniel Sullivan, you know, he wins. But here's the thing,
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  Speaker 2: you know, maybe it backfired. Because if it's true that
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  Speaker 2: Republicans were fooled and they went to Daniel J. Sullivan,
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  Speaker 2: Or is it the Democrats that voted for Daniel J. Sullivan,
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  Speaker 2: finding out who he was and trying to prop up
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  Speaker 2: his vote? And maybe he kept Peltola out.
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  Speaker 1: Let me ask you a question. I applauded Mike Lawler
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  Speaker 1: for doing his concession speech very early. You knew he
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  Speaker 1: had lost. You do that. You show, hey, fair and
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  Speaker 1: square election.
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  Speaker 3: I lost.
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  Speaker 1: He did his job. Did Daniel J. Sullivan in that
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  Speaker 1: island somewhere in the Aleutian Islands give a concession speech?
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  Speaker 1: There's no way he can win. He can only be
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  Speaker 1: a spoiler.
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  Speaker 2: If a tree falls and no one's around, did it
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  Speaker 2: really fall? I mean, who knows? It doesn't really. When
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  Speaker 2: we come back, I'll tell you what. You have been
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  Speaker 2: amazing with your talkbacks, and we understand. For many of you,
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  Speaker 2: it's an emotional time. It's an emotional time for me.
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  Speaker 2: And you want someone to talk to. And I'm glad
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  Speaker 2: that you turned to 710WOR. So if you want to
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  Speaker 2: Go to the Talk Back feature. Hit the microphone and
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  Speaker 2: record what you want to say. Because we're playing a
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  Speaker 2: whole lot of Talk Backs. It's all about Talk Backs next.
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  Speaker 1: You're Brandon.
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  Speaker 2: I want to remind you that coming up shortly, we're
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  Speaker 2: going to be giving away tickets for Def Leppard and
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  Speaker 2: the Goo Goo Dolls. But we want you. You've been
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  Speaker 2: great today with your talk back. So many of you
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  Speaker 2: have called in and we're trying to get to as
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  Speaker 2: many as possible of them.
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  Speaker 4: The country has voted.
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  Speaker 5: The people are stupid.
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  Speaker 1: And you know what?
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  Speaker 6: Now we're going to get a taste of socialism at
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  Speaker 6: some point, maybe not just yet. But if this is
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  Speaker 6: what it's trending towards, wow, then there'll be a revolution
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  Speaker 6: in this country.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's very early on. It's still possible to stop it.
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  Speaker 2: I know you're upset, but let's not get carried away
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  Speaker 2: just yet.
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  Speaker 6: The only thing that yesterday has taught us is that
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  Speaker 6: the American people are stupid.
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  Speaker 1: Keep saying that. Keep saying that. And all these Gen
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  Speaker 1: Z's and millennials who are the largest percentage of voters now,
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  Speaker 1: We'll never come over to the Republican side.
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  Speaker 2: They'll grow up.
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  Speaker 1: They'll grow up. This is like your father would tell you,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I used to walk to school. I didn't
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  Speaker 1: have any shoes. You don't know what it's like. No, no, no.
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  Speaker 1: I'm telling you. I'm with Gen Z's all the time.
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  Speaker 1: I'm with millennials all the time. They hate hearing that
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  Speaker 1: kind of crap where they get demeaned by baby boomers. Well,
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  Speaker 1: then they have to stop voting so ridiculously.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 1: It's all over.
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  Speaker 7: 2027. It took a long time to subvert America totally,
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  Speaker 7: but here we have it. So get ready for the
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  Speaker 7: return of identity socialism. Your earnings is now state property.
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  Speaker 7: And let's take that ride.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you went pretty far with that. Let's hold on.
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  Speaker 2: This is just, this is the, we're on the doormat
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  Speaker 2: right now. Maybe not even the doormat, just approaching the house.
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  Speaker 2: There's plenty of time to stop this. Watch the next
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  Speaker 2: two years. Watch what the Democrats do. Oh, you know
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  Speaker 2: what this is? He was suffering from PTSD, post-Trump stress disorder.
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  Speaker 2: Got to give him a few days to get it
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  Speaker 2: out of his system.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, it's not this, you know, all right.
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  Speaker 3: All of us Trump supporters really learned last night that
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  Speaker 3: despite all of his business prowess and everything he's done
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  Speaker 3: for the country, unfortunately, he does not have the political
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  Speaker 3: skills to a politician and that's what that election showed
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  Speaker 3: last night all his bad decisions that caused that blue wave.
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  Speaker 2: When you say all his bad decisions I think the
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  Speaker 2: bad decision was going into Iran I mean if you're
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  Speaker 2: talking politically that was the bad decision although every president
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  Speaker 2: has said that they should go into Iran nobody has
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  Speaker 2: and he did but the timing of it couldn't have
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  Speaker 2: been worse and I think he believed He was going
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  Speaker 2: to be able to wrap this up before the election
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  Speaker 2: cycle started, and he was just wrong. So you're right
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  Speaker 2: about that, but I think the decisions before that were
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  Speaker 2: pretty darn good.
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  Speaker 4: They fled from California to Texas, and now they're going
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  Speaker 4: to destroy Texas.
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  Speaker 1: It's not just Texas. Excuse me, California. Texas has had
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  Speaker 1: the biggest population boom. You know how many New Yorkers
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  Speaker 1: are down there? People from New Jersey, people from Connecticut,
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  Speaker 1: and obviously California and Colorado. That turns what was a
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  Speaker 1: solid red state, we're going to be talking about it
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  Speaker 1: up next, into potentially what is now a purple state.
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  Speaker 1: You lost the governorship and you lost the U.S. Senate.
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  Speaker 1: And there's a lot to discuss about that coming up.
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  Speaker 4: Larry Curtis. I know everybody wants to say the Democrats, obviously.
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  Speaker 1: They beat Trump, but a lot of it is their
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  Speaker 1: own Republicans.
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  Speaker 4: These rhinos, you got that fat pig on Fox, Karl Rove,
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  Speaker 4: who went against Paxton. You had so many rhinos and
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  Speaker 4: Republicans that unfortunately, President Trump had to run by himself.
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  Speaker 4: The Republicans have no backbone and they're disgusting.
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  Speaker 1: There's another mistake. If you're not MAGA, you're not a Republican.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a proud rhino. I'm a proud rhino. And there
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  Speaker 1: are others who won't say it because they get bullied.
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  Speaker 1: This should be a party like the Democrats. They have
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  Speaker 1: two points of view. You have moderate Democrats, you have DSA.
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  Speaker 1: And the Republicans should have MAGA and they should have
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  Speaker 1: rhinos because that's how you build a party apparatus. You
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  Speaker 1: can't survive without both. Let me ask you, when he
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  Speaker 1: said fat pig, did you think he was talking about Christie?
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  Speaker 2: Of course. That's what I thought.
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  Speaker 4: Good morning.
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  Speaker 8: Just weighing in on the results of yesterday's midterm, specifically
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  Speaker 8: across New York and the governor's race. I think there's
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  Speaker 8: a need to be emphasis to be placed on term limits.
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  Speaker 8: And for those of us who are conservative and those
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  Speaker 8: who are against radical socialism, there's two names to remember.
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  Speaker 8: Who's in office and the governors, Cuomo and Spitzer. Remember
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  Speaker 8: how their terms came to an end.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you're absolutely right, I will tell you. I know
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  Speaker 2: there's this big fear about socialism right now. Listen, we're
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  Speaker 2: very early on. It still can be stopped. You don't
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  Speaker 2: have to worry too much about it now. Is this
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  Speaker 2: a warning? Absolutely it's a warning. But don't get too
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  Speaker 2: far afield at this point. You can stop it. The
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  Speaker 2: first thing he talked about, term limits. Absolutely, right across
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  Speaker 2: the board. I agree with you. And I never did before,
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  Speaker 2: but it's gotten ridiculous. I'm now Larry Kofsky in for
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  Speaker 2: Daria Albinger with the 8.30 news, Daria. I mean, excuse me, Larry.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Larry.
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  Speaker 9: 56 degrees, cloudy, clear skies at 8.30.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning. I'm Larry Kofsky.
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  Speaker 9: You could almost feel the ground politically shifting under your
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  Speaker 9: feet Tuesday as Democrats posted win after win in the
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  Speaker 9: midterm elections. They're now poised to take control of both
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  Speaker 9: houses in Congress come January. New York and Connecticut also
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  Speaker 9: kept their state houses blue, with Governor Hochul winning a
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  Speaker 9: second fall term in New York, and Ned Lamont elected
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  Speaker 9: to a third term in Connecticut. Even as Democrats won
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  Speaker 9: big nationwide, it was also a big night for Democratic
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  Speaker 9: socialists in New York State.
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  Speaker 5: At the federal level, Claire Valdez and Darieliza Avila-Chevalier won
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  Speaker 5: their first terms in the House after upsetting the two
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  Speaker 5: Democrat incumbents back in the June primaries. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won
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  Speaker 5: her fifth term in Congress. On the state level, several
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  Speaker 5: DSA members are heading up to Albany, including Abir Kawas
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  Speaker 5: and Ian Huntley. I'm Lizzie Radabali, WOR News.
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  Speaker 9: The man accused of pushing his ex-girlfriend and their baby
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  Speaker 9: off the balcony of a Bronx apartment is due back
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  Speaker 9: in court today. The ex, Natalie Ramirez, died from injuries
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  Speaker 9: suffered in the 15-story fall from the Allerville Arms Apartments.
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  Speaker 9: Her baby, which she was holding in her arms, is
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  Speaker 9: recovering from critical injury. Angel Carrasco is charged with murder
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  Speaker 9: and attempted murder. A Long Island landscaper is dead after
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  Speaker 9: he was electrocuted in Hoppog. 31-year-old Darwin Morales Martinez of
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  Speaker 9: Central Islip was working on a home on Richwood Lane
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  Speaker 9: when his tree trimmer contacted a power line. Morales Martinez
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  Speaker 9: was shocked and fell from a 16-foot ladder. He was
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  Speaker 9: dead on arrival at Stony Brook University Hospital. Our next
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  Speaker 9: news at 9, I'm Larry Kofsky on 710WOR.
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  Speaker 1: Congratulations to John Van Heese from Glenrock, New Jersey. You
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  Speaker 1: just want a pair of tickets to see a great
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: double bill. Def Leppard and the Goo Goo Dolls, March
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  Speaker 1: 13th at the Prudential Center. Tickets on sale at Ticketmaster.com.
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  Speaker 1: Another chance to win tomorrow at 825. Up next, the
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  Speaker 1: election totals in Texas and Ohio.
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  Speaker 2: We've been talking a lot about the Iran war and
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  Speaker 2: the cost of living that was the price of gas
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: going up and other goods because of transportation costs going up.
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: that lost Donald Trump and the Republicans this election across
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: the country. But there was another self-inflicted wound as well.
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: The quality of candidates in several of these races was
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: a problem, and those candidates were handpicked by Donald Trump.
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: Let's talk about Texas for a second, where John Cornyn
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: was the sitting senator. Now, John Cornyn voted with Donald
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: Trump 99% of the time. But Paxton was more loyal
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: to him, he thought. Paxton cozied up to him right
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: away as soon as he took over as the Attorney
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: General in Texas. And so even though John Cornyn was
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: very loyal to Trump, Trump ultimately viewed him as, and
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: this is a quote, not supportive of me when times
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: were tough. Now, again, he voted for Trump 99% of
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: the time. So I guess he needs 100. But Texas
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: would have kept that Senate seat had it been John Cornyn.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: There's no question. They also would have kept the seat
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: in South Carolina if it was Tom Tillis. No question. So,
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: Ed Rollins had an interesting point last night when he
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: said about Ronald Reagan. He said there were some people,
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: he worked with Reagan, and he said, you know, there
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: were some people that Reagan just hated. But if he
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: thought they could win, it didn't matter to him because
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: he knew it was good for him in the long
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: run and it was good for the party.
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: Now, didn't he coin the phrase, thou shalt not say
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: anything negative? about Republicans. I'm pretty sure that's what Reagan
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: lived by. Even though, as you pointed out, what Ed
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: Rollins had said behind closed doors, he could cuss with
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: anybody in terms of guys who had given him a
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: hard time. And there were a lot of Republicans out
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: there like Gerald Ford, remember, like others who gave Reagan
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: an incredibly hard time, but he never publicly said anything.
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: No, he never publicly said anything and he never He
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: never inflicted himself on races across the country. If a
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: Republican could win, a Republican could win. And it's a
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: shame that Donald Trump didn't learn that lesson because I
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: think the Democrats would still take the Senate. It wouldn't
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: probably have been by this many seats. But James Tallarico won,
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: so we have now a vegan who thinks that God
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: is non-binary now as a senator in Texas. Let that
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: sink in for a second.
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: All of that may be true except a vegan. He's
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: been at Whataburgers all over Texas eating hamburgers.
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: I know. I know. He was a vegan. He tried
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: to change everything about himself. Don't you understand? He was
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: a liar, too. I mean, he kept saying, oh, I
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: said some silly things in the past. Silly things. Silly things.
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: Well, remember, he's young. He's a chameleon, just like J.D.
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: Vance was a chameleon. I mean, J.D. Vance will morph
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: and change, and now that there's.
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: Going to be a run for the president. Oh, come on.
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: You can't compare the two.
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: Oh, absolutely.
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: This is ridiculous.
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: What Tallarico did. Oh, my God. Come on.
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: That the people he cares about the most are the
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: trans children that their parents don't let have the surgeries
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: they deserve. That's what he said. And when he was
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: asked about that, he said, no, that was silly. I
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: shouldn't have said that. I never really meant that. And
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: he got away with it.
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: Well, because Paxton was not only unlikable, he was corrupt.
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: The real story in Texas is the guy who led
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: the way to seal the border, even before Trump followed,
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: you know, everything that Craig Abbott did.
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: I want to see if you did your homework and
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: who beat him?
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: Who beat him? Hinojosa.
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: He and Osa.
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that was pretty good, though.
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: That was actually pretty good. Yeah, you were very close.
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: But remember, it was Greg Abbott who first sealed the
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: Texas border with Texas Rangers, with National Guard. He fought
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: the fight. He put the illegals on buses and said, oh, okay,
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: you love illegals, New York? You love illegals, Washington, D.C., Chicago,
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: Kansas City, Denver? He kept sending them there at great expense.
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: But he led the way and... Imagine, here's a guy
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: in a wheelchair against all odds who did so many
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: things good for Texas. He brought in a lot of business.
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: He encouraged a lot of people to come down. Wouldn't
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: it be ironic if a lot of the people came
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: down there at his urgings because he was a great
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: lobbyist for that?
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: No, you were absolutely right.
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: Voted against him.
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right. And Greg Abbott was the biggest surprise
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: of the night. Nobody saw that coming. I know the
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: polls started to get close, but everybody thought, oh, well,
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: Greg Abbott's going to win. So that was one of
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: the shockers.
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: But, you know, Ohio was so interesting because the polls
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: indicated that Sherrod Brown was going to totally defeat the
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: Turkish senator. That's John Husted, who took over for J.D.
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: Vance when he became vice president. And we thought for
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: sure Vivek would be underwater, maybe lose by 10, maybe
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: 12 percent. No, no. Vivek only lost to Amy Acton
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: by six. Sherrod Brown, who had been there three times before...
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: only lost to Senator, no, won against Senator John Husted
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: by three points. And the situation that you brought to
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: our attention that created all that drama in Ohio even
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: before this was the Congressman Max Miller, when his former father-in-law,
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: Senator Moreno, read the riot act against him and he
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: would not get out of the race. Even though the
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: charges of sexual harassment, brutality were enormous. And he lost
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: to a guy that you never thought would have won,
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: a guy named Poindexter. Just with a name like that, Poindexter.
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: Yeah, the sitting Senator Marino was tough on him. He
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: was actually campaigning against him because of how he treated
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: his daughter, who he was married to. Hey, listen, when
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: we come back, we're going to save a little bit
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: of time just so we can play your talkbacks. But
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: we're also going to talk briefly about the next two years,
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: something we're going to talk about at length coming up tomorrow.
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: Tell you what, Curtis, I was really encouraged last night
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: to hear about many of the Democratic winners when we
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: heard their speeches and even from the leadership, Hakeem Jeffries,
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: because they didn't mention impeachment. They didn't mention investigations. They
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: actually talked. about trying to do past policy. And I
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: was also encouraged by Donald Trump, who reached his hand
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: out and said, I am willing to work with the Democrats,
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: especially on certain issues like immigration. So I don't know
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: if that's all talk or it shows that maybe politicians
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: have wised up a little and know that it's a
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: pox on other houses when they just fight. when they
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: just investigate each other, when they just make it so
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: they want to make the other guy look bad? Can
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: they actually work together? Because it hasn't happened for a
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: long time.
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: Well, if you're the new chairman coming in, Congressman Garcia
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: of California, you're in charge of oversight, which is where
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: it all goes. So he already said, I'll give you
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: two words, lawyer up. That's all you need to know.
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: So you're going to see, I don't think you're going
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: to see them try to impeach Trump. Look, they've done
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: that too many times. But you're going to see them
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: grab Jared Kushner in front of committees. Steve Witkoff, did
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: you make any money while you were out there trying
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: to be a peacemaker? Definitely Donald Trump Jr. and Eric,
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: because they've been making billions out there. And I think
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: they're going to leave Donald Trump alone. But I think
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: they're going to go to those people that they feel
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: made a lot of money as a result of their
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: positions and who they are.
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: It's funny you say that because I think the first
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: one up is going to be Pete Hegseth because many
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: of them had said on the campaign trail that they
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: want to impeach Pete Hegseth. So we'll see. We'll see
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: if it happens. I think it's a big mistake on
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: their part if they make this the centerpiece of the
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: next two years because it's going to hurt them in
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: the presidential election. We do have a lot of talkbacks.
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: You want to hear them?
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: Yes. I must have heard that all morning long. Calling
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: millennials Gen Z is stupid. And Republicans are never going
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: to be able to recruit them. I know I'm out there.
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: But nobody specifically said, you keep saying millennials and Generation Z.
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: You keep saying that. Well, that's not what they're saying.
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: They're saying the Democratic voters. There were also Generation Z
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: and millennials that voted Republican as well.
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: How about the fact that they, like most Americans, said
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: this war is stupid. We should never be in it.
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: So it's not stupidity. It's anger that the messaging did
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: not remain what it had been before.
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think going into Iran was stupid. I
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: think the timing of it was stupid. If it was stupid,
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: then when Obama said that we should attack Iran was stupid.
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: When Biden said it was stupid. When Bush said it
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: was stupid. I mean, they've been talking about it forever.
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: Nobody does anything.
• 28:54
  Speaker 6: Socialism reminds me of when you're a child and you're
• 28:57
  Speaker 6: living at home, you get everything for free. Your parents
• 29:00
  Speaker 6: give you everything. But yet they're under their control. Then
• 29:03
  Speaker 6: you start getting older and you don't want to be
• 29:05
  Speaker 6: under their control anymore. And they tell you, you got
• 29:07
  Speaker 6: to leave and you have to support yourself. That's kind
• 29:10
  Speaker 6: of what socialism is. We have to wait for these
• 29:12
  Speaker 6: people to mature before they realize that they have to
• 29:16
  Speaker 6: stand on their own two feet.
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: Well, that's well said. But I will tell you, there
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: is a bright light for this thing of ours, talk
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: radio and talk TV. It's Liberation Day, and it's not
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: the tariffs that Trump had sort of released, you know, internationally.
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: Because if you're in talk radio and talk TV, you
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: don't have to defend the indefensible any longer I'm wondering,
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: am I offending Trump?
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: You keep saying indefensible, and I don't think that's the
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: right word to use. I don't think anybody was defending
• 29:46
  Speaker 2: the indefensible. You're talking about the border. Did you want
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: the borders wide open? Did you want crime to keep
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: going the way it was going?
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: No, I'll give you the most recent one. I could
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: have solved the Vietnam War in one week.
• 29:58
  Speaker 5: See?
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: I didn't hear anybody in talk radio conservative and talk
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: TV condemn that.
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: But who cares? That's just a stupid thing to say.
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: This is the president of the United States, Larry.
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: I know, but you grab onto those things all the time.
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: Oh, because it needs response.
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: And by the way, let.
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: Me applaud everybody who's called in today, the talkbacks, because
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: I know a lot of them are refugees from WABC
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: where they don't take calls. Because Sid Rosenberg had the
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: worst record of backing candidates. He didn't have one winner.
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: And you know why? Because every time he'd show up
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: at a rally or be on talk TV or talk radio,
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: it was Israel first, Bibi first. Whatever's good for Israel
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: and Bibi is good for our party. Guess what, Sid?
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: You're a loser. And welcome on board. Come on over, listeners,
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: to WABC because you get two points of view here,
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: which you don't get at WABC.
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: That is very true. And thank you, by the way.
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: We didn't get to all of them. They were massive today.
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: Thank you for all of your talkbacks. We really appreciate them.
• 31:01
  Speaker 2: We tried to get to all of them. If we
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: don't today, we're going to save them to play some
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: of them tomorrow because they're still being relevant. They were
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: very insightful, passionate, and some were very funny. The winner
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: of the Curtis Lee when Larry meant to in the
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: morning T-shirt, however, and now in the running for talk
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: back of the week, who will win a sea crane radio,
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: found something positive in everything that happened yesterday.
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: About this election is that.
• 31:33
  Speaker 2: We shouldn't have to put up with any more no-kings rallies.
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: Amen to that.
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: Don't be too sure. They're used to doing their no-kings rallies.
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: No, they're not going to get paid, so they're not
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: going to go out there. We went over all the
• 31:49
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