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>> WHAT WE’LL DECIDE IN ALL
CITIES RESURGING, WE HAVE TO
DECIDE WHO TO TRUST WITH OUR
LIVES.
HOW TO MAKE A DECISION.
NOBODY KNOWS WHO EVEN TO ASK,
EVEN TRUSTER.
THAT IS A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP.
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT TESTING, IF
YOU WANT TO GO BACK THERE, WHAT
ABOUT TRACKING AND TRACING.
HAVING INCREASES IN TESTS.
THERE IS NO SUPPORT FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH SHOULD
BE A UNIFIED POSITION HOW TO
TRACK AND TRACE.
THERE IS NO SUPPORT THERE AT
ALL.
EVERY CITY AND STATE IS LEFT TO
THEIR OWN DEVICES WHICH MAKES IT
MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO TRACK AND
TRACE BECAUSE ALL OF THE DATA IS
SILOED.
SO AGAIN THIS COMES DOWN TO LACK
OF LEADERSHIP.
DAVID: THAT WAS MARK CUBAN THIS
WEEKEND, SAYING THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH TO STOP THE
SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS,
CALLING IT A LACK OF LEADERSHIP
BUT WITH $100 BILLION IN
BAILOUTS TO THE STATES AND
EMERGENCY HOSPITALS BUILT TO
HANDLE THE OUTBREAK IS THAT
REALLY THE CASE?
FLORIDA SENATOR RICK SCOTT
JOINING ME TO DISCUSS.
SENATOR, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
DONALD TRUMP ISN’T DOING MUCH OF
ANYTHING TO HELP THE STATES.
THAT IS WHAT WE HEAR FROM MARK
CUBAN.
THAT IS WHAT JOE BIDEN IS NOW
SAYING, GOVERNOR CUOMO IS SAYING
THAT.
ALSO POINTING HIS FINGER AT YOU,
DESPITE HAVING A FAR WORSE
RECORD ON THE CORONAVIRUS THAN
YOU DO.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO ALL OF THEM?
>> FIRST OFF, LET’S GO TO THE
FACTS.
THE FACTS THAT CONGRESS AND THE
PRESIDENT SIGNED BILLS TO GIVE,
SPENT $2.9 TRILLION, OVER
$500 BILLION TO STATE AND LOCAL.
WE GAVE THEM $150 BILLION TO
DEAL WITH CORONAVIRUS ISSUES.
WE GAVE THEM $11 BILLION TO DEAL
WITH TESTING.
WE GAVE THEM $50 BILLION TO DEAL
WITH MEDICAIDS.
MEDICAID COSTS ARE COMING DOWN.
$30 BILLION TO SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS ARE DOWN.
WE GIVE THEM ALMOST HALF OF
THEIR ENTIRE ANNUAL REVENUES FOR
THE STATE.
WE GAVE ANOTHER $500 BILLION IF
THEY WANT TO BORROW MONEY.
WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T
REALIZE COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS ARE GENERALLY FUNDED
LOCALLY OR AT THE STATE.
IN FLORIDA WE FUNDED THEM
PRIMARILY AT THE STATE LEVEL.
SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
DOESN’T RUN THESE THINGS, BUT
HAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FUNDED IT?
YEAH.
WE ALLOCATED $175 BILLION FOR
HEALTH CARE.
SO YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS IS, YOU
HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH MUCH PEOPLE
DID NOT WANT TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY.
YOU NEED TO DO IT IF YOU’RE A
MAYOR AND GOVERNOR, STEP UP AND
INFORM YOUR CITIZENS OF WHAT
THEY NEED TO DO AND KEEP GIVING
THEM INFORMATION.
NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I DID
WHEN I HAD A HURRICANE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DIDN’T
COME TO BAIL ME OUT.
I DIDN’T EXPECT THEM TO DO
EVERYTHING.
DAVID: RIGHT.
>> COUNTIES DID IT, CITIES DID I
IT AND STATES DID.
>> THAT IS THE IDEA OF THE
REPUBLIC.
EACH STATE HAS ENORMOUS AUTONOMY
TO DO IT THE WAY THEY THINK IT
SHOULD BE DONE BECAUSE THEY KNOW
MORE ABOUT THEIR SURROUNDINGS
THAN PEOPLE IN THE BELTWAY DO.
THAT THERE IS ANOTHER THING
GOVERNOR CUOMO IS DOING, WHICH
IS UNSEEMLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
HE IS POINTING FINGERS AT YOU
AND TEXANS THAT THEY HAD DONE
HORRIBLE JOB OF REOPENING THEIR
ECONOMY.
EVERYBODY KNEW THAT THERE WOULD
BE MOMENTS OF FIRES THAT SPREAD
IN DIFFERENT POCKETS OF STATES
THAT OPENED UP.
THAT IS WHAT WE KNEW WOULD
HAPPEN.
ITS HAPPENING.
WE’RE DEALING WITH IT WHEN IT
HAPPENS.
LOOK AT MORTALITY RATES LIKE
GOVERNOR CUOMO’S THAT KEPT A
LOCKDOWN TIGHT FROM THE MOMENT
IT HAPPENED AT MID-MARCH.
NEW YORK HAS A MORTALITY RATE
THAT IS, THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
CONTRACTED COVID, WHO DIED AS A
RESULT OF IT, OF 7.5%.
NEW JERSEY, 7.5%.
MICHIGAN 8.7%.
ALL THOSE ARE LOCKDOWN STATES.
THE MORE OPEN STATES LIKE YOURS
AND GEORGIA AND ARIZONA HAVE
MUCH LESS MORTALITY RATES.
GEORGIA HAS A A 3.4% RATE.
FLORIDA, A 2.6.
ARIZONA, 2.4.
THEY’RE POINTING THE FINGER AT
YOU WHEN YOU IN FACT HAVE A
MORTALITY RATE THAT IS FAR
BETTER THAN THEIRS?
>> I GOT ELECTED HEALTHCARE.GOV
BACK IN 2010 WITH CUOMO.
WHAT I WATCHED EIGHT YEARS AS
GOVERNOR, BEFORE I WAS U.S.
SENATOR, HE NEVER TAKES
RESPONSIBILITY.
HE NEVER MAKES TOUGH CHOICES.
HE COULD NEVER BALANCE A BUDGET.
HE COULDN’T CUT TAXES.
WHETHER YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT HIS
BUDGET OR HIS RESPONSE TO
CORONAVIRUS HE TAKES NO
RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS FAILURES.
AND THAT IS WHAT HE HAS DONE.
SO HE IS ALWAYS GOING TO TRY TO
BLAME IT ON SOMEBODY ELSE.
BUT, I MEAN THE IT IS JUST
SHOCKING THAT A GUY CANNOT
SUCCEED AT ANYTHING WANTS TO
BLAME EVERYBODY ELSE.
DAVID: SENATOR, SWITCH QUICKLY,
HAS TO BE THE LAST POINT TO
ANOTHER ISSUE WE’RE DEALING WITH
WHICH IS THESE PROTESTS IN MANY
CASES BECOME RIOTS AND THE
POLICING PROBLEMS WE’RE HAVING.
SENATOR TIM SCOTT, ANOTHER
SENATOR SCOTT, YOUR REPUBLICAN
COUNTERPART IN THE SENATE,
SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA,
CAME OUT WITH A POLICE BILL.
IT MAY HAVE HAD SOME FLAWS IN
IT.
I’M SURE EVERY BILL DOES, BUT
THAT IS WHY YOU TRY TO WORK
THINGS OUT.
INSTEAD SOME DEMOCRATS HAVE
HURLED RACIAL INSULTS AT SENATOR
SCOTT, WHICH I HAVE NEVER SEEN
SUCH A LOW FORM OF INSULTS, AS A
RACIAL INSULT, WHICH SENATOR
DURBIN THREW AT HIM SUGGESTING
THAT THE BILL, WAS QUOTE A TOKEN
BILL.
OBVIOUS RACIAL REMARK CONCERNING
HIS, HIS PARTICULAR POLITICAL
PREFERENCE.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT WHERE
RACIAL INSULTS FROM DEMOCRATS TO
REPUBLICANS ARE CONSIDERED FAIR
GAME?
>> WELL, WHAT DURBIN SAID IS
DISGUSTING.
AND YOU KNOW, HE WAS WRONG WHAT
HE SAID.
BUT LOOK THESE ARE DEMOCRATS.
WHETHER IT IS LAW ENFORCEMENT
REFORM OR TAKING CARE OF OUR
DACA KIDS OR BALANCING OUR
BUDGET, THEY’RE ALL TALK,
THEY’RE NO ACTION.
THEY WILL NEVER DO ANYTHING.
ALL THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT IS THE
ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.
CAN THEY USE THIS AS A TALKING
POINT.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF PROBLEMS WE
HAVE.
I’VE BEEN UP HERE IN D.C. FOR 18
MONTHS.
I WATCHED THE DEMOCRATS
OBSTRUCT, DO NOTHING, BLAME, DO
NOTHING.
THAT IS ALL THEY DO.
DAVID: I ACTUALLY NEVER SEEN A
RACIAL INSULT AS BARE BONED AS
THAT IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
I JUST THINK IT WAS, IT WAS
ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN, AS FAR AS I
KNOW, A FULL APOLOGY FOR THAT
FROM SENATOR DURBIN.
>> OF COURSE NOT.
THEY DON’T APOLOGIZE.
TIM SCOTT IS A CARING INDIVIDUAL
THAT WORKED HIS TAIL OFF TO COME
UP WITH A BILL THAT WOULD DO THE
RIGHT THING.
DAVID: YEAH.
>> HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE BUT
MAKE SURE WE CONTINUED TO HAVE
LAW ENFORCEMENT WE SUPPORT WHICH