TO FACING SOUTH FLORIDA.
THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR IS IN
FULL SWING.
THIS MORNING, WE TURN OUR
ATTENTION TO THE DEMOCRATIC
SIDE.
WE HAVE HAD FOUR CANDIDATES ON
THIS SHOW, PHIL LEVINE,ÃMEGAN
ANDREW GILLAM, BUT THERE IS ONE
CANDIDATE RUNNING, JEFF GREEN.
AND HE JOINS US THIS MORNING.
IS A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER FROM
PALM BEACH, AND HE IS WORTH
BETWEEN THREE AND $4 BILLION.
HE HAS MADE HIS OPPOSITION TO
DONALD TRUMP THE CENTERPIECE OF
HIS CAMPAIGN.
THIS, HOWEVER, IS NOT THE FIRST
TIME HAS RUN FOR OFFICE.
IN 1982 HE RAN FOR CONGRESS AS
A REPUBLICAN IN CALIFORNIA AND
LOST.
AND IN 2010 HE RAN TO BECOME
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IN THE
FLORIDA SENATE RACE AND LOST
THAT ONE, TOO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING
IN.
HOPEFULLY THERE TIME IS A TIME.
WHAT WAS THE IMPETUS, THE
MOMENT THAT SPARKED YOUR
DECISION TO JUMP INTO THIS
RACE?
I HAD BEEN LOOKING AT IT FOR
A LONG TIME AND I HAVE TO TELL
YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW
MUCH ABOUT ME BUT I GREW UP IN
MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLE-CLASS, MY
FAMILY WAS VERY COMFORTABLE.
WE LIVED GREAT AND MY DAD LOST
HIS LIKELIHOOD WHEN -- LOST --
LOT -- LEFT NEW ENGLAND.
-- BECAME A WAITRESS, MY DAD
GOT A VENTING ROUTE.
AND I'M OVERTHINKING HOW TO TAP
INTO OUR FAMILY?
WE WENT FROM BEING SO
SUCCESSFUL TO BEING SO --
STRUGGLING SO MUCH, AND MY DAD
DIED OF A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK
AT THE AGE OF 51, NOT JUST
LOSING HIS LIVELIHOOD BUT
LOSING HIS SENSE OF DIGNITY AND
PRIDE.
AND IT HAS ALWAYS PUT ME IN
TOUCH WITH HOW PEOPLE STRUGGLE
BECAUSE OUR FAMILY -- SO WHEN I
SEE PEOPLE STRUGGLING LIKE THEY
ARE TODAY, I WANT TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
WHY WOULD THE CANDIDATES BE
JUST AS GOOD TO DO THAT?
WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS
FOR A WHILE AND AS RECENTLY AS
A FEW WEEKS AGO, I THINK 40% OF
FLORIDA DEMOCRATS WERE
UNDECIDED, NONE OF THOSE
CANDIDATES WERE INSPIRING THE
ELECTORATE, WE NEED AN EXCITED
ELECTRIC FOR NOVEMBER.
IT IS CLEARLY TO SHOW YOUR
OPPOSITION TO DONALD TRUMP,
YOUR INITIAL AS SHOYU
CONFRONTING DONALD TRUMP AT --
AND SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THEM,
CRITICS HAVE SAID THAT YOU SAY
DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT DONALD
FROM BEFORE.
I WANT TO PLAY YOU A PIECE OF
SOUND, I'M SURE YOU HAVE SEEN
THIS BEFORE, LET'S PLAY IT
AGAIN, THIS IS THE SOUND OF YOU
TALKING ABOUT DONALD TRUMP
AFTER THE ELECTION.
I SUPPORTED HILLARY CLINTON
AS A DEMOCRAT, I'M DELIGHTED
DONALD TRUMP IS THE
ALTERNATIVE, HE'S A GREAT GUY,
I KNOW DONALD TRUMP AND I ONLY
HOPE THAT THE DEMOCRATS DO THE
EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE
REPUBLICANS DID.
LET'S HOPE THAT DONALD TRUMP --
NOW, YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME
THAT YOU SAID THAT, BY THEN, WE
KNOW THAT TRUMP HAD -- HE MADE
FUN OF AND RIDICULED THE JOHN
McCAIN, AND DEMOCRATÃ
DESECRATED A FAMILY, SO WHAT
ABOUT HIM MAKES HIM GREAT?
I DON'T THINK HE'S A GREAT
GUY.
YOU SAID HE'S A GREAT GUY.
THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION
I WAS ON THE CNBC AND I LOOKED
IN THE CAMERA AND I SAID I KNOW
DONALD TRUMP, AND I CAN TELL
YOU, I WOULD BE SCARED TO DEATH
TO HAVE HIM AS OUR PRESIDENT.
AS SOON AS THAT STUFF CAME OUT
ABOUT HIM GRABBING WOMEN I SAID
TO THE PALM BEACH DAILY NEWS
AND THE PALM BEACH POST, HE IS
NOTHING BUT A SEXUAL PREDATOR
BUT JUST LIKE PRESIDENT OBAMA
AND HILLARY CLINTON, WHEN
SOMEBODY WINS, YOU HAVE TO GET
BEHIND THEM AND GIVE THEM A
CHANCE REGARDLESS TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE PICKED HIM AND
I HOPE THAT WHEN I BECOME
GOVERNOR, EVERYONE WILL SAY THE
SAME THING.
THEY WILL SAY, HE IS A GREAT
GUY, LET'S MAKE FLORIDA GREAT
PIT
IT'S ONE THING TO SAY YOU
WILL BE SUCCEEDS AND I THINK
THAT IS THE WAY THE COUNTRY
SHOULD BE.
IT'S DIFFERENT TO VALIDATE HIM
BY SAYING HE'S A GREAT GUY.
THE MESSAGE WAS MEANT TO BE
HAVE TO STAND BEHIND OUR
PRESENT, JUST LIKE PRESIDENT
OBAMA SAID THE SAME THING, HE
DID NOT SAY GREAT GUY, BUT WE
HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE
TO WISH HIM WELL.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO
IN AMERICA IN GENERAL,
DEMOCRATS ARE GOOD AT THAT AND
THEY ARE GOOD AT STANDING
BEHIND WHOEVER THE LEADER IS
AND GIVING THEM A CHANCE.
THE VIDEO THAT YOU SHOW IN
YOUR AD OF YOU CONFRONTING
DONALD TRUMP --
IT WAS AT HIS GOLF CRAWLED
ACROSS THE WAY AND WEST PALM
BEACH.
THE VIDEO WAS SHOT BY YOUR
WIFE, CORRECT?
WHY NOT RELEASE THE AUDIO?
YOU CAN SHOOT VIDEO WITHOUT
AUDIO.
LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT
HAPPENED, SO I WAS AT A
BIRTHDAY DINNER, A FRIEND'S
BIRTHDAY THERE, HE HAD BEEN
ELECTED, SO I WENT OVER, I WAS
AT OUR TABLE,ÃMIKE HE WAS THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT, YOU WALK RIGHT
BY HIS TABLE, SO I HAD NO
INTENTION OF TALKING TO HIM,
I'M WALKING BY HIS TABLE, HE'S
IT UP AND HE POINTED AT ME, HE
WAS SITTING WITH HIS WIFE AND
KELLY AND CONWAY, AND HE GOES,
JEFF GREENE, HE SPENT MILLIONS
ON COMMERCIALS AGAINST ME RIGHT
HERE IN FLORIDA.
HE DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO
MAKE SURE I DO NOT GET ELECTED.
HE'S RANTING AND RAVING AND I
RESPONDED, I SAID DONALD, HE
WAS MISTER PRESIDENT, I SAID
DONALD YOU KNOW THAT I'M A
DEMOCRAT AND OF COURSE I
SUPPORTED HILLARY CLINTON.
SO MY WIFE IS THE TABLES AWAY,
SHE PICKED UP HER iPHONE AND
GOT SOME VIDEO.
THE ONLY AUDIO WAS JUST THE
HOME OF THE ROOM BUT I'M SURE
IF IT'S AROUND WE ARE NOT
HIDING IT FROM ANYONE.
IF I WANTED -- IF MY WIFE WANTS
TO COME IT'S HER PHONE BUT I
DON'T THINK THERE'LL BE ANY
PROBLEM.
YOU SAID DONALD TRUMP SAID
YOU SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ON ADS.
BUT YOU DIDN'T SPEND MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS ON ADS PIT
TYPICAL DONALD TRUMP YOU
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR PIT
THE TRUTH IS I ACTUALLY
OFFERED TO THE CLINTON
CAMPAIGN, I WAS AT A FUNDRAISER
FOR HILLARY AND I TALKED TO
DENNIS, I FOUND OUT -- AT THE
VERY EVENT, -- I WAS TALKING TO
PRESIDENT CLINTON, I'M NOT
GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT BUT I
HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW TO SPEND
SOME MONEY IN ORDER IN A BIG
WAY.
I SUGGESTED TO BOTH OF THEM,
THEY NEVER FOLLOWED UP.
THE ISSUE OF -- IT CAME UP --
LET'S BE CLEAR NOW, MAYBE YOU
HAD A CHANCE TO FIND OUT FOR
SURE, ARE YOU CURRENTLY A
MEMBER OF MAR-A-LAGO?
I'M NOT PLAYING ON PAYING
THE DUES IF I GET A BILL, THE
LAST OF MY PAY DUES WAS
WHENEVER, IN THE SPRING PIT
SO YOU ARE NO LONGER A
MEMBER.
I WILL QUIT, AND I DON'T
THINK I WILL BE INVITED BACK
PIT
WHAT ARE THE ADS YOU RAN
ABOUT TALK ABOUT DONALD TRUMP,
YOU SAID IN ONE OF THE ADS THAT
BASICALLY, FLORIDA HAS WASTED
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON ROAD
CLOSURES AND OVERTIME FOR
POLICE AND YOUR -- WOULD PUT
INTO THE ON DAY ONE.
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE
PALM BEACH POST, YOU SAID THAT
DONALD TRUMP WAS GREAT FOR PALM
BEACH, YOU KNOW, IT CERTAINLY
GIVES PALM BEACH -- IN THE VERY
SUBLIMINAL WAY OF SOMEBODY --
MAYBE THEIR MEMBERS SING PALM
BEACH ON CNN EVERY TIME THEY
ARE HERE, SO YOU THAT WAS A
GOOD THING IN 2017 AND NOW IT
IS A BAD THING PIT
IF YOUR MARKETING IN PALM
BEACH, YOU WANT PEOPLE TO COME
TO PALM BEACH, PEOPLE AROUND
THE COUNTRY ARE THINKING SHOULD
GO TO FORT LAUDERDALE, MIAMI,
PALM BEACH IS THE OTHER TOWN,
SOME UNHEARD OF TOWN BUT NOW
THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS PALM
BEACH THERE'S NO QUESTION IN MY
MIND HAVING THE PRIZEÃHAVING
A PRESIDENT -- BRINGS A GREAT
DEAL OF ATTENTION TO PALM BEACH
BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN -- I WAS
WITH HIM A FEW WEEKS AGO, HE
TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN
REIMBURSED FOR, $5 MILLION FROM
LAST YEAR, FROM THE SHASTA PART
AND WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
TO STAFF'S.
THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO TAKE
A BREAK.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SCHOOLS IN
A SUBSTANTIAL WAY.