WE WERE ABLE TO PULL THIS THING 3
OUT AND TO WIN THE COUNTY I WAS 3
BORN IN. 3
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. 3
THAT'S A FEATHER IN MY CAP . 3
LAST WEEK WE HAD A CHANCE TO 3
INTERVIEW, RON DESANTIS AND 3
JEANETTE NUNEZ. 3
ONE OF THE THINGS WE COME BACK 3
TO IS THE BELIEF, JEANETTE 3
NUNEZ FIRMLY BELIEVES YOU ARE 3
A SOCIALIST. 3
I REALLY HATE TO SEE THE 3
RACE DEVOLVE IN THAT KIND OF 3
NAME-CALLING. 3
I AM A DEMOCRAT I DON'T MAKE 3
APOLOGIES FOR THAT. 3
MORE IMPORTANTLY I AM A 3
FLORIDIAN. 3
I WOULD HOPE THEY RECOGNIZE 3
THAT UNDER THAT TERM, I 3
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE 3
ATTEMPTING TO DO IS ELICIT 3
FEAR. 3
PEOPLE WHO COME FROM THESE VERY 3
DANGEROUS REGIMES WHERE YOU 3
HAVE POLITICAL LEADERS WHO 3
SNUFF OUT THE LIFE OF THE 3
POLITICAL OPPONENTS. 3
TAKE FROM PEOPLE WHAT IS NOT 3
THEIRS. 3
I COME NOWHERE NEAR THAT. 3
I SIMPLY SAY WE SHOULD TAKE 3
PEOPLE AT THEIR WORD, 3
HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT AND NOT A 3
PRIVILEGE. 3
EXPAND MEDICARE. 3
THERE IS NOTHING EXTREME ABOUT 3
THAT. 3
WHAT IS EXTREME IS A RECKLESS 3
USE OF LANGUAGE. 3
THE TRUTH IS FLORIDIANS ARE NOT 3
AFRAID OF ME BECAUSE I AM NO 3
DIFFERENT THAN THEM. 3
I WAS BORN IN MIAMI DADE, GREW 3
UP IN RICHMOND HEIGHTS. 3
MY MOTHER DROVE A SCHOOL BUS 3
FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM MY DAD 3
WAS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER. 3
WHEN CONSTRUCTION GOT SLOW HE 3
SOLD FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ON 3
THE STREET CORNER AND ON 3
SATURDAY MORNING SOLD FLOWERS 3
TO BEREAVED FAMILIES. 3
MY EXPERIENCE IS NO DIFFERENT 3
THAN FLORIDIANS. 3
YOU TALK ABOUT DOG WHISTLES 3
I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS 3
THAT I DISCUSSED WITH FORMER 3
CONGRESSMAN DESANTIS, SOME OF 3
THE ISSUES THAT HAVE DOGGED HIS 3
CAMPAIGN. 3
THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHERE ONE 3
OF HIS FINANCIAL BACKERS A 3
RACIAL EPITHET REFERRING TO 3
PRESIDENT OBAMA AS A MUSLIM AS 3
WELL. 3
I'M WONDERING IF YOU ARE 3
SURPRISE THAT THEY HAVE NOT 3
RETURNED CAMPAIGN COUNT -- 3
CONTRIBUTIONS AND WHAT DOES 3
THAT SAY ABOUT RON DESANTIS? 3
HE HAS TO MAKE HIS OWN 3
DECISIONS BUT IF HE DISAGREES 3
AS HE SAYS HE DOES WITH THIS 3
PERSON'S OPINION ABOUT 3
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE 3
LANGUAGE YOU USE THAT, I THINK 3
YOU GOT TO GIVE THE MONEY BACK. 3
BUT MOREOVER, THIS CAMPAIGN 3
STARTED WITH THE WHOLE FLORIDA, 3
DON'T MONKEY IT UP. THAT SAME 3
WEEK WE SAW NEO-NAZIS MAKING 3
CALLS INTO THE STATE OF 3
FLORIDA. 3
BEYOND THAT WE HAD A REPUBLICAN 3
COMMITTEEWOMAN IN ORLANDO 3
TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT I 3
AM RUNNING TO GIVE BLACK PEOPLE 3
REPARATION. 3
MY PEOPLE SOMETHING. 3
THIS IS REALLY GONE OFF THE 3
RAILS. 3
IT IS UP TO RON DESANTIS TO PUT 3
IT BACK ON THE RAILS. 3
THIS IS HIS CAMPAIGN. 3
HIS FOLLOWERS CAN TAKE LICENSE 3
WITH WHAT COVERAGE HE GIVES TO 3
THEM. 3
IT IS MY HOPE THAT FOR THE 3
DURATION OF THIS CAMPAIGN WE 3
CAN STOP NAME-CALLING AND STOP 3
TALKING ABOUT THE COLOR OF MY 3
SKIN. 3
THE COLOR THE PEOPLE ARE 3
CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE BLUE, 3
GREEN ALGAE. 3
THE COLOR GREEN, THAT IS MONEY. 3
44% OF PEOPLE WHO CAN'T MAKE 3
ENDS MEET AT THE MONTH. 3
-- END OF THE MONTH. 3
THIS SHOULD BE WHAT THE 3
CAMPAIGN SHOULD BE ABOUT. 3
DO YOU BELIEVE RON DESANTIS 3
IS A RACIST? 3
I HAVE NOT CALLED HIM A 3
RACIST. 3
I DO NOT KNOW THE INTENTIONS OF 3
HIS HEART. 3
BUT HE HAS TO FIGURE OUT. 3
WHAT FLORIDIANS WANT TO KNOW IS 3
WHY SO MANY RACES SEEM TO BE 3
BEHIND RON DESANTIS. 3
WHY DO THEY FIND COMFORT THERE? 3
I HAD -- I THINK HE HAS TO BE 3
CLEAR WHAT HE BELIEVES AND TO 3
DECRY NOT ONLY PUBLICLY BUT 3
ALSO RETURN FUNDS FROM PEOPLE 3
WHO SPEAK SUCH HATRED AND 3
VITRIOL. 3
LET'S START WITH OTHER 3
ISSUES, EDUCATION, WHAT IS YOUR 3
EDUCATION PLAN? 3
THE WAY I SUMMARIZE IT, YOU 3
WANT TO GUARANTY, MORE MONEY 3
INTO EDUCATION AND RAISING THE 3
CORPORATE TAX RATE, TWO 3
PERCENTAGE POINTS AND 3
GUARANTEEING TEACHERS WOULD 3
MAKE AT LEAST $50,000 A YEAR . 3
IS AT THE BROAD STROKES? 3
IT IS PART OF THE BROAD 3
STROKES. 3
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PAY 3
TEACHERS WHAT THEY ARE WORTH. 3
RIGHT NOW THE AVERAGE SALARY IN 3
FLORIDA IS THE 45th LOWEST OF 3
ALL 50 STATES. 3
THAT IS A SHAME. 3
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO DO WHAT I 3
CONSIDER TO BE THE MOST 3
DIFFICULT WORK THAT EXISTS IN 3
SOCIETY. 3
ASIDE FROM THE PARENTS THEY ARE 3
RESPONSIBLE FOR MOLDING AND 3
INSPIRING THE MINDS OF OUR 3
CHILDREN. 3
AND YET WE TREAT THEM AS IF 3
THEY ARE NOTHING THEY ARE -- 3
THE WORK IS INSIGNIFICANT. 3
RIGHT HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, 3
SCHOOL BOARDS ARE DELIBERATING 3
WHETHER THEY SHOULD CHANGE THE 3
ZONING ON PROPERTY OF 3
SCHOOLBOARD PROPERTY TO ALLOW 3
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR 3
TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T 3
AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE 3
COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY TEACH. 3
WE HAVE ALSO SAID THAT WE WANT 3
TO EXPAND ACCESS TO EARLY 3
EDUCATION. 3
WE ALSO SAID WE WANT TO 3
REINTRODUCE INTO THE PUBLIC, 3
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEMS, 3
TRADES, APPRENTICESHIP. 3
COLLEGE WORK FOR ME, FOR MY 3
OLDER SIBLINGS IT WAS WOULD 3
WORK, SHOP, MECHANICAL, 3
TECHNICAL . ALL THOSE THINGS 3
THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO EARN A 3
SKILL TO MAKE A GOOD LIVING. 3
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO. I 3
DON'T THINK THERE'S NOTHING 3
CRAZY ABOUT INVESTING IN 3
EDUCATION. 3
THE ISSUE OF TEACHER SALARY 3
BEEN SET AND A MINIMUM OF 3
$50,000, THE PUSHBACK I'VE 3
HEARD ON THAT IS THAT'S 3
POSSIBLY THE GOVERNOR OR THE 3
STATE SETS, SALARIES ARE SET BY 3
EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL BOARD. 3
SO HOW CAN YOU GUARANTEE A 3
MINIMUM SALARY IF THAT IS NOT 3
SOMETHING THAT COMES OUT OF 3
TALLAHASSEE? 3
RESOURCES TO COME OUT OF 3
TALLAHASSEE. 3
THERE IS ALSO LOCAL FUNDING 3
THROUGH THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD 3
AND TAXATION. 3
BUT ABSOLUTELY, THE STATE CAN 3
SAY WE WANT TO DO OUR PART TO 3
ENSURE TEACHER SALARIES ARE AT 3
A MINIMUM AT THE NATIONAL 3
AVERAGE. 3
YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO HAVE 3
TALLAHASSEE AS A STATE MANDATE 3
SALARIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE 3
STATE HAS TO BE $50,000? 3
AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO IT 3
UNLIKE WHAT REPUBLICANS HAVE 3
DONE WHICH BASICALLY SAYS HERE 3
ARE YOUR UNFUNDED MANDATES, GO 3
MAKE IT HAPPEN. 3
WE WANT ON CAMPUS SECURITY BUT 3
WE DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR IT. 3
GO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PAY FOR 3
IT. 3
WE WANT TO MAKE THOSE THINGS 3
EASIER FOR DISTRICTS TO MAKE 3
SURE WE CAN SUPPORT THEM 3
THROUGH IT . 3
THE WAY YOU WOULD PAY FOR 3
THAT IS TO RAISE THE CORPORATE 3
TAX RATE. 3
AGAIN, SOME OF THE PUSHBACK TO 3
THAT WOULD BE YOU IN DANGER THE 3
FLORIDA ECONOMY ITSELF BY DOING 3
THAT, MAKING FLORIDA SAME NOT A 3
GOOD PLACE FOR BUSINESSES TO 3
RELOCATE. 3
ALSO THE ARGUMENT IS OFTEN MADE 3
THAT ANY TAX INCREASE ON 3
CORPORATIONS ARE OFTEN JUST 3
PASSED DOWN TO CONSUMERS. 3
OR THAT THE CORPORATIONS MIGHT 3
DEFEND THEMSELVES BY LAYING OFF 3
EMPLOYEES. 3
COULD YOUR PLAN ACTUALLY HURT 3
WORKING PEOPLE? 3
I THINK JUST THE OPPOSITE. 3
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA BOTH HAVE 3
HIGHER CORPORATE TAX RATES IN 3
THE STATE OF FLORIDA LAST TIME 3
I CHECKED THE DOLLAR MENU, 3
THOSE STATES ARE THE SAME IN 3
FLORIDA. 3
I THINK THE ARGUMENT FALLS 3
FLAT. 3
THE IDEA BEING A CHEAP DATE 3
SATE WORKS FOR THE FLORIDA 3
STATE IT DOESN'T. 3
COMPANIES LOCATE WHERE THEY CAN 3
BE INSURED A GOOD WORKFORCE. 3
EMPLOYEES CAN BE INSURED A GOOD 3
QUALITY OF LIFE. 3
WHAT WE SAID ABOUT THE 3
CORPORATE TAX PLAN, IT IS 3
IMPORTANT. 3
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE TRIED TO 3
MOVE IN -- MANEUVER THIS THING 3
IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 3
ONLY 3% OF COMPANIES AND SOME 3
-- FLORIDA DON'T PAY THE -- PAY 3
THE TAX RATE. 3
THIS HAPPENS TO BE WEALTHIEST 3
3% OF CORPORATION IN FLORIDA. 3
THANKS FOR THE TRUMP TAX 3
REALIGNMENT THEY GOT A $6.3 3
BILLION WINDFALL. 3
ALWAYS SAID IS YOU CAN KEEP 5.3 3
BILLION WE WANT 1 BILLION TO 3
COME INTO THE STATE SO WE CAN 3
TRAIN YOUR FUTURE WORK HORSE. 3
IT IS NOT ONLY GOOD FOR THE 3
STATE OF FLORIDA BUT ALSO THE 3
BUSINESS IS A STATE OF FLORIDA. 3
TO ME IT MAKES SENSE THAT I LOOK3
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE 3
LEGISLATURE TO GET SOME 3
MOVEMENT ON IT. 3
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GET 3
THAT PASSED? 3
I HOPE SO. 3
HOPE IS ONE THING BUT 3
REALITY IS ANOTHER. 3
DEMOCRATS ARE REPEATING UP 3
AND DOWN THE BALLOT, WE HAVE AN 3
ELECTORATE THAT RECOGNIZES 3
THERE IS SOMETHING ON FAIR AND 3
EQUITABLE ABOUT THE SYSTEM. 3
THE SAME CORPORATIONS THAT GOT 3
THAT 6.3 BILLION IS SUPPOSED TO 3
TRICKLE DOWN INSTEAD THEY DID 3
STOP -- STOCK BUYBACKS THEN 3
INCREASE THE BOTTOM LINE. 3
THAT ARGUMENT HASN'T WORKED. 3
WE HAVE TO GET IT TO WORK FOR 3
THE REGULAR PEOPLE OF THE 3
STATE. 3
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 3
CAMPAIGN. 3
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR 3
THOUGHTS, THERE A LOT OF 3
PEOPLE, I HEAR THIS ALL THE 3
TIME, THAT ANDREW GILLIUM WILL 3
BE THE SAVIOR FOR THE DEMOCRATS 3
IN FLORIDA AND WILL RESCUE BILL 3
NELSON. 3
YOU WILL DRAG HIS CAMPAIGN 3
OVER THE FINISH LINE AND HELP 3
HIM WIN. 3
YOU WILL HELP OTHER CANDIDATES. 3
YOU FEEL THAT SENSE OF 3
RESPONSIBILITY? 3
I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO DO 3
IS TURN MORE PEOPLE OUT . IN 3
THE PRIMARY WE SAW 150,000 3
VOTERS WHO EITHER VOTING FOR 3
THE FIRST TIME OR HADN'T VOTED 3
IN THE PREVIOUS THREE 3
ELECTIONS. 3
IT IS OUR GOAL TO DOUBLE THAT 3
NUMBER IN THIS GENERAL ELECTION.3
MORE DIVERSE ELECTRIC, POOR 3
VOTERS, YOUNG, BLACK AND BROWN, 3
QUITE FRANKLY HELP TO ELECT 3
MORE PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES . 3
I'M GOING TO DO MY PART. AS WE 3
SAID IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION, I 3
BELIEVE IT EARNESTLY IN THE 3
GENERAL ELECTION . WE'VE GOT TO 3
GIVE OUT VOTERS A REASON TO GO 3
OUT AND VOTE FOR SOMETHING. 3
I BELIEVE OUR CAMPAIGN IS 3
OFFERING THAT. 3
IF WE TURN THOSE VOTERS OUT, I 3
THINK WE WILL BENEFIT EVERYBODY 3
UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT. 3
YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW LITTLE 3
MONEY YOU WERE SPENDING 3
COMPARED TO YOUR OPPONENTS IN 3
THE PRIMARY. 3
ONE OF THE FACTORS IS YOUR TAKE 3
ON THIS, ONE OF THE REASONS, 3
ONE THING YOU BENEFITED FROM IS 3
YOUR OPPONENTS NEVER ATTACKED 3
YOU. 3
THEY DIDN'T SPEND, THEY SPENT A 3
LOT OF DOLLARS TEARING EACH 3
OTHER. 3
BUT DIDN'T COME AFTER YOU. 3
IN A GENERAL ELECTION, NOW THAT 3
WE ARE IN IT, YOU'RE GOING TO 3
START FACING SOME OF THOSE 3
ATTACKS. 3
PARTICULARLY WE HAVE SEEN THE 3
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA AND 3
RON DESANTIS IN HIS INTERVIEW 3
LAST WEEK RAISING ISSUES ABOUT 3
THE FBI INVESTIGATION. 3
I KNOW YOU ADDRESS THIS AND 3
YOU SAY YOU ARE NOT THE TARGET 3
OF THE INVESTIGATION. 3
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO 3
SUGGEST I AM A TARGET OF ANY 3
INVESTIGATION. 3
I WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK 3
ON THE BROADER ISSUE OF WHAT 3
THIS INVESTIGATION IS ABOUT. 3
IT'S ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN 3
THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE. 3
I GUESS THE REASON YOUR NAME 3
INTERSECTS WITH THIS IS THAT A 3
COUPLE OF TRIPS YOU TOOK, WENT 3
TO NEW YORK WITH SOMEBODY WHO 3
MAY BE UNDER INVESTIGATION, 3
APPEARS TO BE UNDER 3
INVESTIGATION, THOUGH ALSO WAS 3
ACCOMPANIED BY SOME UNDERCOVER 3
FBI AGENTS . AND ANOTHER TRIP 3
YOU TOOK WITH PEOPLE WHO DO 3
BUSINESS WITH THE CITY WHO ARE 3
ALSO LONGTIME FRIENDS OF YOURS 3
TO COSTA RICA. 3
I GUESS WHAT I AM CURIOUS 3
ABOUT, CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHY 3
PEOPLE MAY HAVE A CONCERN APART 3
FROM WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY 3
OF FLORIDA IS SAYING. 3
THE RELATIONSHIP TO DO BUSINESS 3
WITH BUSINESS WITH THE CITY THE 3
PERCEPTION DOES NOT LOOK GOOD . 3
FIRST OF ALL I DON'T CARE 3
HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN FRIEND 3
WITH ANYBODY. 3
YOU MENTIONED IT IS TRUE PEOPLE 3
I HAVE BEEN LONGTIME FRIENDS 3
WITH, SINCE I WAS IN COLLEGE. 3
WHAT FOLKS NEED TO UNDERSTAND 3
IS I HAVE BEEN ELECTED FOR 15 3
YEARS AND I HAVE SERVED 3
HONORABLY BY DOING RIGHT NOT BY 3
DOING WRONG. 3
I DON'T TAKE WHAT DOESN'T 3
BELONG TO ME. 3
I HAVE TOO MUCH TO SURVIVE FOR. 3
MY THREE KIDS, MY WIFE, MY 3
INTEGRITY. THE VALUES THAT MY 3
MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER 3
INSTILLED IN ME. 3
WHAT I WOULD NEVER DO, IS TRADE 3
MY VOTE OR SUPPORT IN EXCHANGE 3
FOR ANYTHING. 3
IF THAT IS WHAT THE REPUBLICANS 3
ARE SUGGESTING THAT THEY ARE 3
FLAT WRONG. 3
ALL OF US HAVE PEOPLE WHO MAY 3
HAVE DISAPPOINTED US AT 3
DIFFERENT POINTS IN OUR LIVES. 3
I AM NO DIFFERENT THAN THAT. 3
WE SHOULD NOT TAKE THAT TO 3
ANYWAY SUGGEST THAT I WOULD DO 3
ANYTHING CORRUPTING OR ILLEGAL 3
IN EXCHANGE FOR FRIENDSHIP . 3
IN HINDSIGHT, IT IS ALWAYS 3
20/20, AND LOOKING BACK ON IT, 3
WAS THERE ANY LESSONS THAT YOU 3
LEARNED IN TERMS OF THE 3
PERCEPTION, IN TERMS OF HOW YOU 3
CONDUCT YOURSELF UNDER THE HARSH3
GLARE OF PUBLIC SCRUTINY? 3
I WOULD SAY FIRST OF ALL, MY 3
VALUES AND INTEGRITY WILL 3
ALWAYS REMAIN INTACT. 3
I THINK WHAT I WOULD LEARN AND 3
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED, IN MANY 3
WAYS, I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY 3
TRUSTING OF PEOPLE WHO ARE 3
AROUND ME. 3
WITH THE BELIEF THAT EVERYBODY 3
HAS GOOD INTENTIONS FOR ME. 3
THAT ISN'T ALWAYS THE CASE. 3
THE TRUTH IS, I DIDN'T LEARN 3
MANY OF THESE FOLKS WERE FBI 3
AGENTS UNTIL AFTERWARDS. 3
BUT IT DIDN'T IMPACT MY 3
BEHAVIOR AT ALL. 3
I STILL CONDUCTED MYSELF IN A 3
WAY THAT WOULD BE A WAY OF 3
INTEGRITY. 3
I THINK GOING FORWARD, I WILL 3
ALWAYS BE A LITTLE BIT MORE 3
CIRCUMSPECT ABOUT WHO WAS 3
AROUND ME AND WHY THEY MAY BE 3
AROUND ME. 3
UP NEXT, MORE WITH MY 3
INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW GILLIUM. 3