>> IDENTITY POLITICS, ONE CLICK.
LARRY: WE’LL MOVE RIGHT ON,
JOINING US NOW, GREAT PLEASURE,
GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA, MR. GLENN
YOUNGKIN.
HE IS GOING TO TELL US HOW THE
CAVALRY CAN DEFEAT THE DEMOCRATS
THERE.
MR. YOUNGKIN, THANKS FOR COMING
BACK.
IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE WE SAW
YOU.
SO I’M GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK.
SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS, LET’S
TALK CANDIDLY, IT IS JUST YOU
AND ME, NO ONE ELSE IS REALLY
LISTENING.
YOU SHOWED US IN VIRGINIA A ROAD
MAP TO VICTORY.
TERRY McAULIFFE TRIED TO MAKE
YOUR ELECTION ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP, FOR EXAMPLE.
YOU SAID NO, NO, WE HAVE ISSUES
HERE, TAXES, THE ECONOMY,
EDUCATION, PARENTS AND WE HAVE
CRIME.
YOU’RE CAMPAIGNING FOR GOVERNORS
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
WHAT IS YOUR ROAD MAP?
TELL US YOUR WISDOM TO GET THE
GOP ACROSS THE FINISH LINE?
>> WELL, LARRY IT’S GREAT TO BE
WITH YOU AGAIN AND THE ROAD MAP
I THINK FOR GOVERNORS RACES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS THE EXACT
SAME ROAD MAP THAT WE HAD IN
VIRGINIA LAST YEAR.
BEGINNIANS ARE WORRIED ABOUT
HIGH CRIME.
THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT INFLATION.
THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR
SCHOOLS.
THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT A
GOVERNOR, A GOVERNMENT THAT
TELLS THEM WHAT TO DO ALL THE
TIME AND DOESN’T WORK FOR THEM.
THAT IS WHAT THEY WERE WORRIED
ABOUT LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE GONE TO WORK AND
ADDRESSED SO MANY OF THOSE
ISSUES RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX.
THAT IS WHAT REPUBLICAN
GOVERNORS NEED TO BE DOING
ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
WE’VE SEEN THOSE INCUMBENT DO AN
EXTRAORDINARY JOB AND CANDIDATES
I THINK HAVE A GREAT CHANCE TO
DELIVER THE SAME RESULTS FOR
STATES THAT HAVE BEEN LED BY
DEMOCRATS.
THAT IS WHY I’M EXCITED TO BE IN
NEVADA TOMORROW TO BE WORKING
WITH SHERIFF LOMBARDO.
I THINK WE CAN FLIP NEVADA.
I THINK HE STANDS FOR THE EXACT
RIGHT THINGS.
GET TAXES DOWN, EMPOWER PARENTS
IN SCHOOLS.
LET’S FIGHT CRIME.
MAKE GOVERNMENT WORK FOR US.
LET’S PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTION.
THESE ARE KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES
WITH COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS.
DEMOCRATS DON’T WANT TO RUN ON
ANY OF THOSE ISSUES BECAUSE
THEY’RE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
I THINK WE’LL SEE A LOT OF
REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS WIN IN
NOVEMBER.
LARRY: GOVERNOR, WE WERE TALKING
IN THE EARLIER SEGMENT, THIS
WILL BE AND INFLATION ELECTION,
INFLATION, ECONOMY, RECESSION.
I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES
PARTICULARLY SOMETHING THAT
WORKED REALLY WELL FOR YOU ON
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOL
CHOICE BUT WOULDN’T IT, ARE YOU
SAYING, LET’S NOT LOOK AT THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN 2024.
LET’S FOCUS ON THESE RACES,
GOVERNORRIESES IN YOUR CASE AND
SENATE RACES AND HOUSE RACES FOR
THE MIDTERM IN 22?
THERE ARE ISSUES RIGHT IN FRONT
OF OUR EYES.
WE’LL LET 2024 PLAY OUT WHATEVER
IT IS GOING TO DO.
PLAY THE MIDTERMS.
ISN’T THAT BASICALLY WHAT YOU’RE
TRYING TO SAY?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
OF COURSE WHAT AMERICANS ARE
WORRIED MOST ABOUT ABOUT THE
ISSUES THEY’RE FACING TODAY.
WE’VE GOT RUNAWAY INFLATION AND
THE MISGUIDED POLICIES THAT
CONTINUE TO COME OUT OF THE
BIDEN WHITE HOUSE JUST SEEM SO
DISCONNECTED FROM WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN EVERYDAY AMERICANS
LIVES WHERE THEY SEE PRICES AT
THE GROCERY STORE GOING YOU
THERE THE ROOF.
THEY SEE THE BILLS THAT COME TO
THEIR HOMES GOING THROUGH THE
ROOF.
AND YET THEY SEE A PRESIDENT WHO
DOESN’T SEEM TO REALLY
UNDERSTAND, NOR CARE ABOUT THAT.
OF COURSE THE ROAD, THE ROAD IS
PAVED TO SUCCESS IN THOSE STATES
THAT HAVE BEEN LED BY REPUBLICAN
GOVERNORS.
THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO COVID
FASTER.
THEY HAVE COME OUT OF IT FASTER.
THE ECONOMIC GROWTH HAS BEEN
STRONGER.
WE’VE JUST SEEN RECOVERY BE THAT
MUCH BETTER.
IN FACT IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA,
LAST YEAR WAS 47th IN THE
NATION IN JOB RECOVERY.
THIS YEAR WE ARE IN THE TOP 15.
WE’RE SEEING JOBS COME BACK.
WE’RE SEEING COMPANIES WANT TO
COME HERE FROM CHICAGO AND FROM
MASSACHUSETTS AND WE SAW LEGO
PUT ITS ONLY U.S. MANUFACTURING
FACILITY IN VIRGINIA.
THIS MORNING WE LAUNCH THE
GROUNDBREAKING WHAT WILL BE THE
LARGEST VERTICAL FARMING CAMPUS
IN THE WORLD.
COMPANIES WANT TO GO WHERE THEY
SEE A FUTURE.
REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS HAVE BEEN
DELIVERING.
VOTERS WANT THAT NOW.
THEY DON’T WANT TO WAIT.
THEY WANT IT NOW.
THESE ARE THE ISSUES THEY ARE
MOST WORRIED ABOUT AND THE
ISSUES THEY WILL VOTE ON IN
NOVEMBER.
LARRY: YOU LOOK AT UNEMPLOYMENT
AND ECONOMIC WAGES, RED STATES
ARE KILLING THE BLUE STATES.
NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LARRY: ACROSS THE BOARD THOSE
ARE FACTOIDS.
SO TODAY BIDEN SAYS, YOU’RE
GOING TO LOVE THIS, MAYBE YOU
ALREADY HEARD IT, BIDEN SAYS HE
INHERITED A CRISIS AND HE IS
GENERATED A, A WHATEVER, HIS
RESURGENCE.
NOW I WOULD SAY TO YOU, GOVERNOR
YOUNGKIN, LOOKING AT IT
FACTUALLY, I USED TO BE IN THAT
GAME OF ECONOMIC FACTS HE
INHERITED A RESURGENCE ANT HE
CREATED A CRISIS.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE
REPUBLICANS NEED TO JUMP ON
RIGHT NOW, DON’T HESITATE AT
ALL.
>> YEAH, WITHOUT A DOUBT.
THE ONLY RESURGENCE THAT IS
GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS RUNAWAY
INFLATION THAT IS THE SILENT
THIEF STEALING HARD-EARNED
EARNINGS FROM AMERICANS ALL
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
AND IN FACT THERE IS NOTHING
MORE INSIDIOUS THAN RUNAWAY
INFLATION.
AND OF COURSE WHAT IS THE RESULT
IS THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS TO
SLAM ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND
TAKE THE ECONOMY INTO A ABSOLUTE
MELTDOWN.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD
HAVE AVOIDED HAD THE WHITE HOUSE
UNDERSTOOD BASIC ECONOMICS AND
IN FACT BEGUN TO RECOGNIZE THAT
PUNCHING BILLIONS AND TRILLIONS
INTO THE ECONOMY ON AN
UNNECESSARY BASIS WAS GOING TO
CAUSE THIS.
THIS IS WHAT AMERICANS ARE MOST
WORRIED ABOUT.
WE HEAR IT EVERYWHERE.
THEY’RE HAVING TO ECONOMIZE AT
THE GROCERY STORE.
THEY’RE HAVING TO MAKE TRADES,
WORRIED ABOUT THEIR JOBS NOW.
THIS IS WHERE REPUBLICANS SHOULD
BE SHINING.
LARRY I HAVE TO SAY, WE SHOULD
BE WINNING HERE AND WE SHOULD BE
WINNING IN EDUCATION.
THE REALITY IS THAT THE
PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL ANSWER TO
EDUCATION IS TO INSERT
BUREAUCRATS AND POLITICIANS
BETWEEN PARENTS AND THEIR
CHILDREN, TO TEACH KIDS WHAT TO
THINK AS OPPOSED HOW TO THINK
AND WHAT WE SAW IN VIRGINIA LAST
YEAR, VIRGINIANS, NOT
REPUBLICANS BUT VIRGINIANS SAID
NO WAY.
WE WANT OUR KIDS BACK.
WE WANT OUR KIDS TO TEACH
EXCELLENCE CRITICAL READING
CRITICAL MATH, CRITICAL HISTORY,
AND CRITICAL SCIENCE AND I THINK
THESE TWO TOPICS WHEN THEY ARE
BROUGHT TOGETHER WILL BE THE
PRIMARY TOPICS REPUBLICANS MUST
WIN ON.
LARRY: YOU WERE BRILLIANT ON THE
EDUCATION ISSUE WHEN YOU RAN.
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.
LET ME GET YOU ONE MORE THING.
YOU HAVE BEEN AN OUTSPOKEN
OPPONENT OF THE BAN ON
GASOLINE-POWERED CARS, OKAY?
WHICH I THINK IN A UNIVERSE OF
DUMB THINGS THAT BIDEN HAS
PROPOSED THIS IS ONE OF THE
DUMBEST.
THERE THIS OTHER THING REGIONAL
GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE, RGGI,
WHICH I’M SAYING FOR THE
NORTHEASTERN STATES INCLUDING
NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT,
NEW JERSEY, WE HATE FOSSIL
FUELS.
WE WANT HIGH ELECTRICITY.
THAT IS WHAT THIS THING IS ALL
ABOUT.
ARE YOU GOING TO STICK TO YOUR
GUNS?
REALLY?
FIRST OF ALL, YOU, GAVIN NEWSOM
IN CALIFORNIA IS SAYING NO MORE
GASOLINE-POWERED CARS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE EVs BUT BY
THE WAY YOU CAN’T CHARGE YOUR
BATTERY BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE
ANY ELECTRICITY BECAUSE WE DON’T
HAVE ANY FOSSIL FUELS.
NOW THAT HAS GOT TO BE THE
DUMBEST NEXUS I EVER HEARD.
>> IT IS JUST COMPLETELY
MISGUIDED.
LET ME JUST START WITH THE BASIC
BELIEF THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE
ABLE TO DECIDE WHAT CAR THEY
WANT TO BUY.
AND OH, BY THE WAY, THE SECOND
BASIC BELIEF IN VIRGINIA, OUR
ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD BE THE
ONES THAT ARE REPRESENTING
VIRGINIANS IN THESE DECISIONS
AND WHAT THE LAST
ADMINISTRATION, RUN BY DEMOCRATS
DID WAS IN FACT TIE VIRGINIA TO
WHATEVER CALIFORNIA SAYS ON WHAT
CARS THEY’RE GOING TO BUY.
IT IS AN ABSOLUTE LOSS OF
VIRGINIANS OWN SENSE OF
SELF-DETERMINATION AND IN FACT
EVACUATE THAT PRINCIPLE THAT IS
AGAINST EVERYTHING WE BELIEVE.
SO I WILL GO FIGHT TO MAKE SURE
THAT VIRGINIANS CAN DECIDE WHAT
CAR THEY WANT TO BUY AND OF
COURSE OWN THE REGIONAL
GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE IT’S A
BAD DEAL.
IT IS NOTHING BUT A TAX IN
VIRGINIA.
NOBODY GETS TO MAKE A CHOICE.
WE HAVE A REGULATED MONOPOLY IN
OUR UTILITY THAT THE GREENHOUSE
GAS CHARGES JUST GET PASSED
RIGHT TO THE CUSTOMERS.
THERE IS NO CHOICE ANYBODY CAN
MAKE.
IT IS JUST A TAX.
IT IS RUNNING UP ELECTRIC BILLS.
IT IS MAKING VIRGINIANS LIVES
MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THEY SHOULD
BE OTHERWISE.
I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT ON BOTH