WELCOME BACK. WE CONTINUE
OUR CONVERSATION WITH RON
DESANTIS.
WE ALSO HAVE HIS RUNNING MATE
ANNETTE NUNEZ -- JEANETTE NUNEZ.
? WHEN RON ASKED ME TO SERVE AS
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, I THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
I THOUGHT -- I WAS HONORED THAT
HE WOULD INCAS ME IN THAT LIGHT.
WHY DID YOU SELECT HER??
--
SHE IS HIGHLY EDUCATED AND
THE MOTHER.
SHE KNOWS HOW TO GET THINGS
DONE.
I WANT A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
THAT CAN BE GOVERNOR BUT HELP
US GET THINGS DONE.
SHE WILL BE THE HIGHEST-RANKING
FEMALE HISPANIC IN FLORIDA
HISTORY WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.
SHE WILL ALSO BE THE HIGHEST-
RANKING FIU GRADUATE IN HISTORY.
THE QUESTION I WANT TO ASK,
DID CONGRESS MAKE HIM TAKE NOT
IMPANELING A BIPARTISAN
COMMISSION TO LOOK AT WHAT
HAPPENED IN PUERTO RICO, THE
SAME WAY THAT CONGRESS DURING
KATRINA HIT.
THEY WOULD PUT TOGETHER A GROUP
TO ANALYZE.?
I DID AN OVERSIGHT HEARING ON
THE ORDER HE CAN RESPONSE.
-- PUERTO RICAN RESPONSE.
JENNIFER GONZALES AND I WORK
TOGETHER. THIS WAS A FEW MONTHS
AFTER THE HURRICANE HIT.
I WAS WILLING TO DO THAT.
THAT IS WHAT -- THAT IS WITH
THE PRESIDENT OF MY OWN PARTY.
A SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON
THE ISSUE OF FEMA DOES NOT HAVE
THE SAME WEIGHT OF SOMETHING
APPOINTED BY THE BEAKER OF THE
HOUSE.
IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE IRMA,
THE HOUSE SPEAKER CREATED
BIPARTISAN COMMISSION.
THERE WERE 20 HOURS OF HEARINGS
OVER THREE MONTHS.
PRODUCED A 118 PAGE WITH OR WITH
78 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
LEGISLATION TO LATCH ON -- ACT
ON. NOT A SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING
IN CONGRESS.
I WILL ASK AGAIN, SHOULD
CONGRESS HAVE DONE MORE.
? I DID ALL THAT I COULD DO.
I THOUGHT CONGRESS SHOULD DO
MORE.
I WAS WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH
JENNIFER GONZALES.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAD
A VERY SERIOUS STORM HITTING A
VULNERABLE ISLAND.
RESPONSE WAS MORE DIFFICULT
BECAUSE IT IS A COMMON WELL.
-- COMMONWEALTH. THERE WERE
LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES AND
PROBLEMS WITH HOW THE LOCALS
WERE INTERNALIZING THE ASSISTANT
. I HAVE BEEN FORWARD-LOOKING
ON IT.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO MORE IF
CONGRESS WANTS TO DO MORE.?
--
YOU BELIEVE ANDREW GILLUM IS
A SOCIALIST ?
YES I ACT SALUTE THE DO -- I
ABSOLUTELY DO.
YOU KNOW THAT THE TERM
SOCIALIST IN SOUTH LORNA HAS A
HEAVY CONNOTATION -- IN SOUTH
FLORIDA HAS A HEAVY CONNOTATION.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT HE IS THE
SAME AS CHAVEZ?
THE PLATFORM SPEAKS FOR
ITSELF.
IF IT WALKS LIKE A SOCIALIST
AND IT TALKS LIKE A SOCIALIST,
AT THE END OF THE DAY HE IS A
SOCIALIST.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE ISSUES.
THE POINT IS, HIS PLATFORM AND
WHAT IT MEANS FOR FLORIDIANS.
DO YOU BELIEVE HE IS A
SOCIALIST E --?
HE IS ALIGNED WITH BERNIE
SANDERS.
IF YOU LOOK AT HIS PLATFORM,
BIG TAX INCREASES AND WOULD
LIKE TO TAKE OVER PEOPLE'S
HEALTHCARE AND FORCE THEM ON A
GOVERNMENT PLAN.
LOOK AT SOME OF THE WAGE
CONTROL.
BOTH HAVE BEEN TRIED IN OTHER
STATES AND HAVE NOT WORKED OUT.
WE SEE IN VENEZUELA THERE HAVE
BEEN HUGE EMBLEMS YOUR I THINK
HIS POLICIES -- THERE HAVE BEEN
HUGE PROBLEMS.
I THINK HIS POLICIES WOULD BE A
PROBLEM.
TELL ME WHO YOU ALIGN
YOURSELF WITH.
THAT IS A DANGEROUS STANDARD
TO USE GIVEN SOME OF THE ISSUES
YOUR CAMPAIGN IS HAD.
IT IS SO MUCH DIFFERENT TO
BE GETTING A MAJOR ENDORSEMENT
TO SAY THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE
ALIGNING WITH. THAN HE TWEETS
SOMETHING OFFENSIVE ON TWITTER.
THAT IS McCARTHYISM.
ANYONE WHO ENDORSED ME OR WHOSE
ENDORSEMENT NOT, -- I SOUGHT, --
HE WAS NEVER A COHOST.
THE INVITATION HAD NOT BEEN
APPROVED BY MY CAMPAIGN.
PEOPLE WERE SUBMITTING NAMES
FROM AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA.
I DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHO RALPH
BARS IT IS -- FAR AS A -- FARSA
IS. THAT IS WHY WE VETTED IT.
THERE IS A WHOLE HOST OF
DIFFERENT AND SAYING SOMEONE
THAT MAY GIVE MONEY AND THEN
SAYS SOMETHING OFFENSIVE VERSUS
ADOPTING A PLATFORM AND
ENDORSING CERTAIN POLICY IS.
THAT IS WHAT ANDREW GILLUM IS
DOING.
IT IS APPLES AND ORANGES . WE
WILL FIND VILE AND OBSCENE STUFF
. THE STUFF I GET IS REVOLTING.
THAT IS WHY I DO NOT DO SOCIAL
MEDIA.
THAT DOES NOT TELL US ANYTHING.
ANYONE WHO IS ENDORSING ME IS
FAIR GAME.
IT IS AN INTERESTING MOMENT
THAT WE HAVE HERE.
YOU COME FOR ME BACK ROUND IN A
DISTRICT AND YOU LIVED IN A
WORLD THAT WAS CONSERVATIVE.
THERE WOULD NOT BE BLOWBACK TO
SOME OF THE THINGS.
WAS A CONFERENCE THAT HAD
BEEN GOING ON FOR 20 YEARS AT
THE BREAKERS THAT HAS HAD
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES,
SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN.
IT WAS NOT RACIAL AT ALL. IT
WAS KEYNOTED BY A MEDAL OF
HONOR RECIPIENT. IT IS A FALSE
CHARACTERIZATION AND NOT TRUE.
WHEN THOSE THINGS OCCURRED,
THERE WAS NO LOW BACK TO YOU AT
THE TIME.
IT IS ONLY NOW.
IT IS A MATTER OF GOING FROM
THE CONFINES --
I WAS RUNNING FOR THE SENATE
AT THE TIME.
I HAD GOTTEN INTO THE
GOVERNOR'S RACE AT THE
BEGINNING OF 2018.
MY SPEECHES ON THE INTERNET.
YOU CAN WATCH IT.
NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO
IDENTIFY ANYTHING THAT I DID.
LET'S TRY TO FIND SOMEONE WHO
MAY HAVE ATTENDED.
THE REASON SOMEONE LIKE ME GOES
AND BEAKS OF THESE CONFERENCE IS
BECAUSE YOU SPEAK AND MEET WITH
DONORS AND FILLED SUPPORT.
THESE ARE GOOD PHILANTHROPIC
PEOPLE AND ARE DIVERSE IN TERMS
OF RELIGION AND DIFFERENT
THINGS.
IT IS A LIE TO CHARACTERIZE IT
THE WAY THE LEFT IS DOING IT.
YOU GUYS IN THE PRESS, WHY DO
YOU NOT INTERVIEW SOME OF THE
PEOPLE THERE.
ASKED THEM.
THE QUESTION I WAS TRYING TO
GET TO IS IS THIS PART OF THE
CHALLENGE OF COMPETING IN A
WORLD THAT IS LARGELY
CONSERVATIVE TO NOW TRYING TO
BECOME A GENERAL ELECTION
CANDIDATE?
IT IS A MORE IMPORTANT RACE
THAN MY CONGRESSIONAL RACE.
I DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH
ANDREW GILLUM'S IS A
PATIENT'S.
I CAN IDENTIFY PROBLEMS WITH
HIS RECORD AND LACK OF
LEADERSHIP.
FOR ME THEY ARE TRYING TO LINE
ME WITH WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DO.
WHY DO NOT FOCUS ON MY
LEADERSHIP? I RAISED MY HAND TO
SERVE MY COUNTRY IN IRAQ.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE THAT DEBATE E
--?
I WANT TO FOCUS ON LORNA --
FLORIDA AND WHO IS THE BEST
LEADER.
I HAVE PROPOSED A DEBATE
BETWEEN RON DESANTIS AND ANDREW
GILLUM . WE WOULD FOCUS ON