>> Harris: 36 GOVERNOR SEATS
ARE ON THE BALLOT ACROSS
AMERICA AND REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES ARE LOOKING TO
VIRGINIA GOVERNOR GLENN
YOUNGKIN TO PUT THEM OVER THE
TOP.
YOUNGKIN WON IN A STATE THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD CARRIED BY
10 POINTS.
HE FLIPPED THAT BLUE SEAT RED.
HIS MAIN CAMPAIGN FOCUS WAS
EDUCATION AND PARENTAL RIGHTS.
ALSO UNDERSTANDING PARENTS’
OUTRAGE OVER SCHOOL LOCK DOWNS.
YOUNGKIN IS STUMPING MOSTLY IN
STATES BIDEN WON, INCLUDING
ARIZONA AND OREGON.
HE HAS THIS MESSAGE ABOUT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
>> THEY ARE AGENTS OF CHAOS.
EVERYTHING THEY DO MAKES IT
WORSE.
THEY ARE TRYING TO STAY IN
POWER, THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE
DOING.
IT IS YOUR MOMENT TO TAKE BACK
YOUR STATE, TO TAKE BACK YOUR
SCHOOLS, TO TAKE BACK YOUR
CITIES, TO TAKE BACK YOUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND TO MAKE A
STATEMENT THAT JUST LIKE IN
VIRGINIA WILL BE HEARD AROUND
THE WORLD.
>> Harris: YOUNGKIN’S WORDS
ECHOED IN A NEW OP-ED TITLED
THE BIGGEST MID-TERM ISSUE,
CHAOS.
DAN HENNINGER WRITES, I DON’T
RECALL ANOTHER RECENT MID-TERM
WHEN SO MANY ISSUES WERE
FILTERING THROUGH VOTERS MINDS,
CRIME, ABORTION, RECESSION,
ENERGY PRICES, THE BORDER,
SCHOOLS, UKRAINE, AND NOT LEAST
JOE BIDEN.
AND WITH MID-TERMS JUST 19 DAYS
AWAY, THE REAL CLEAR POLITICS
AVERAGE OF POLLS FINDS ONLY ONE
QUARTER OF AMERICANS BELIEVE
THIS COUNTRY IS HEADED IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
IN "FOCUS" NOW WE WELCOME
VIRGINIA GOVERNOR GLENN
YOUNGKIN.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
FIRST OF ALL TALK TO ME ABOUT
THE MESSAGE YOU ARE CARRYING ON
THE STUMP AND WHICH PART OF IT
DO YOU THINK HITS DEMOCRATS
SQUARELY.
>> IT’S THE SAME MESSAGE THAT
VOTERS LAST YEAR IN VIRGINIA
SPOKE SO LOUDLY ABOUT, WHICH IS
THEY’RE TIRED OF THE CHAOS,
TIRED OF CHAOS IN THEIR
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL LIFE
WHERE INFLATION IS QUIETLY
STEALING THEIR HARD-EARNED
MONEY.
THEY ARE TIRED OF THEIR SCHOOLS
BEING IN A STATE OF CHAOS WHERE
THEY WERE SHUT UNNECESSARILY
FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
THEIR KIDS SUFFERED AND PARENTS
HAVE BEEN SHUT OUT OF THEIR
KIDS’ LIVES AND THEY ARE TIRED
OF CRIME IN THEIR CITIES.
WHERE IN FACT THE PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE
NOTHING BUT MAKE THINGS WORSE.
SO THIS IS WHAT VIRGINIANS
STOOD UP LAST YEAR AND SPOKE
ABOUT.
I SEE IT HAPPENING ACROSS THE
NATION.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A
BIG MOMENT FOR REPUBLICAN
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES TO WIN
STATES THAT JOE BIDEN HAD WON
AND THOSE REPUBLICANS THAT ARE
RUNNING IN STATES THAT HAVE
SEEN THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR WILL
REELECT THOSE REPUBLICAN
GOVERNORS.
>> Harris: I’M CURIOUS TO KNOW
WHAT ARE THE CONVERSATIONS YOU
ARE HAVING WITH THOSE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR
GOVERNOR ON THE GROUND IN TERMS
OF FIXING SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT ARE GOING ON IN SOME OF
THEIR STATES WHERE CITIES ARE
LED BY DEMOCRATS.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE.
THERE WILL BE A LOT TO FIX.
>> THERE IS A TON TO FIX.
LET ME TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE.
WE CAME IN ON JANUARY 15th,
WENT TO WORK ON DAY ONE.
WE ISSUED OVER A DOZEN
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS AND EXECUTIVE
ORDERS FILED OVER 50 BILLS, PUT
IN BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND WENT
TO WORK.
IT’S WHAT EACH ONE OF THESE NEW
REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS IN THESE
STATES THAT HAVE BEEN LED SO
POORLY BY DEMOCRAT GOVERNORS
WILL HAVE TO DO.
IT IS EVERYTHING FROM
REESTABLISHING STANDARDS OF
EXCELLENCE IN SCHOOLS, NOT
WATERED DOWN EXPECTATIONS BUT
HIGH EXPECTATIONS.
SUPPORTING STUDENTS SUFFERED
FROM THE WORST LEARNING LOSS
THAN PEOPLE COULD IMAGINE.
WE’VE SEEN DECADES OF PROGRESS
LOST.
IT IS BACK IN THE BLUE LIKE
WE’RE DOING IN VIRGINIA WITH
OUR BOLD BLUE LINE INITIATIVES
TO RECRUIT MORE COPS AND PAY
THEM MORE AND RECRUIT
PROSECUTORS AND RECOGNIZING THE
COST OF LIVING IS SO
CHALLENGING TO VIRGINIANS AND
AMERICANS TODAY.
WE’VE GOT TO GET THE COST OF
LIVING DOWN.
GOVERNORS HAVE A HUGE IMPACT
HERE AND WHY I THINK WE’LL SEE
REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ELECTED
ACROSS THE NATION.
>> Harris: WE HAVE GOT SO MUCH
CRIME RUNNING RAMPANT.
YOU CAN HAVE THE LEADERSHIP AT
THE TOP AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I LOOK AT NEW YORK HERE.
IF THEY HAD SOMEBODY IN THE
GOVERNOR’S SEAT, THEY HAVE A
DEMOCRATIC MAYOR HERE ERIC
ADAMS ARE STABBINGS ARE UP 41%
IN THE SUBWAY SYSTEM.
THAT LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP
REALLY DOES MATTER.
GOVERNOR, YOU WERE JUST TALKING
ABOUT IT.
YOU MADE EDUCATION, PARENTS’
RIGHTS A CENTRAL THEME OF YOUR
CAMPAIGN.
NEW FOX POLLS SHOW NOW THAT
ISSUE AMONG PARENTS IS SECOND
ONLY TO INFLATION.
NOW THERE IS NO WAY YOU COULD
HAVE KNOWN THIS IS WHERE WE
WOULD BE.
BUT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE.
WHEN IT COMES TO CURRICULUM,
PARENTS ARE MOST CONCERNED
ABOUT BOOK BANNING, VERY SECOND
CLOSE NOT HAVING ENOUGH TO SAY
ABOUT THEIR OWN CHILDREN’S
EDUCATION.
SOMETHING YOU WERE JUST TALKING
ABOUT.
DESPITE WHAT WE’VE LEARNED FROM
YOUR VICTORY, A DEMOCRATIC BILL
IN YOUR STATE IS PROPOSED AT
MAKING IT ILLEGAL, AGAINST THE
LAW, FOR PARENTS NOT TO AFFIRM
THEIR CHILD’S GENDER IDENTITY.
HOW IS THAT PLAYING OUT AND
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
>> FIRST OF ALL, LET ME TELL
YOU IT SHOULDN’T BE A SURPRISE
TO ANYBODY THAT EDUCATION IS
ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES IN
VOTERS’ MINDS.
IT IS NOT A REPUBLICAN ISSUE OR
A DEMOCRAT ISSUE.
IT IS A PARENT ISSUE.
THIS CUTS ACROSS ALL POLITICAL
DIVIDES AND WE’VE SEEN IT
AROUND VIRGINIA AND ACROSS THE
NATION.
WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING
DECISIONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN’S
PARENTS KNOW THEY HAVE A
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO DO THIS.
THE PROGRESSIVE LIBERALS IS A
SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO PUSH
PARENTS OUT OF THEIR KIDS’
LIVES AND REPLACE THEM WITH
POLITICIANS.
PARENTS ARE SAYING NO, WE’VE
HAD ENOUGH.
ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS
IS THE CONSISTENT TRANSPARENCY
THAT THE PROGRESSIVE LIBERALS
SHOW AT THEIR TRUE AGENDA.
EVERY NOW AND THEN IT COMES OUT.
IT CAME OUT LAST YEAR WHEN MY
OPPONENT AFFIRMED EVERYONE’S
SUSPICION THAT PARENTS
SHOULDN’T HAVE A SAY WHAT’S
BEING TAUGHT IN SCHOOL.
NOW WE SEE LEGISLATORS IN
VIRGINIA BE TRANSPARENT AGAIN
AND SAY THEY DON’T THINK
PARENTS SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO
SAY WHAT HAPPENS TO THEIR
CHILDREN AND SHOULD BE
PROSECUTED AS A RESULT OF IT.
VOTERS ARE STANDING UP AND
SAYING WELL, I SUSPECTED THAT
BUT NOW IT’S CONFIRMED.
I THINK WE’LL SEE EDUCATION
CONTINUE TO BE A HUGE ROLE
UNTIL WE GET THIS TURNED AROUND.
WE’RE TURNING IT AROUND IN
VIRGINIA.
WE EMPOWERED PARENTS TO MAKE
DECISIONS WITH MASKS,
CURRICULUM.
EMPOWERING PARENTS TO MAKE
DECISIONS WITH THE MOST
IMPORTANT ISSUES IN THEIR
CHILDREN’S LIVES.
WE PASSED A LITERACY ACT AND
FUNDED RECORD AMOUNTS INTO
EDUCATION.
WE GAVE TEACHERS RAISES.
WE CAN FIX IT.
IT GETS BACK TO A FUNDAMENTAL
BELIEF PARENTS MATTER.
THEY HAVE A PRIMARY ROLE IN
MAKING THESE DECISIONS.
ONE THAT WILL NOT BE SUPPLANTED
BY BUREAUCRATS AND POLITICIANS.
WE CAN LIFT THE CEILING AND THE
FLOOR AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE
DOING IN VIRGINIA.
HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR CHILDREN.
>> Harris: THE GENDER IDENTITY
CONVERSATION GOING ON IN YOUR
STATE IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE.
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT ALSO
BECOMES PART OF WHAT YOU TAKE
ON THE STUMP.
LOOK, NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE
SUCCESS.
WHEN YOU TOUCHDOWN FOR THESE
FELLOW REPUBLICANS THEY AREN’T
JUST LOOKING FOR YOU TO ENDORSE
AND STUMP AND ALL THAT.
BEING ABLE TO TOUT WHERE THINGS
HAVE WORKED IS ALSO HELPING.
LET ME TELL YOU HOW WE KNOW.
IT IS NOT JUST ARIZONA AND
OREGON.
YOU HAVE BEEN TO NEW MEXICO,
GEORGIA, MICHIGAN, NEVADA,
NEBRASKA.
YOU ARE CRISSCROSSING THE
COUNTRY.
LAST FEW WORDS.
>> WE’RE SEEING GREAT RECEPTION
FOR THE CLEAR MESSAGE FOR
REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL
CANDIDATES.
BUT WE’RE ALSO SEEING IT IN VIRGINIA.
I HAVE 20 STOPS FOR OUR
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES. TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PLANE
TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PLANE
TICKET HOME FOR NANCY PELOSI IS
ACTUALLY PURCHASED BY
VIRGINIANS BY OUR NEW
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
>> Harris: 20 STOPS FOR
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.
I KNOW IT IS A VERY BUSY TIME
FOR EVERYBODY 19 DAYS AWAY.
WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME
OUT FROM THE STUMP FOR
EVERYBODY IN YOUR PARTY TO TALK
ABOUT THESE ISSUES THAT YOU WON
ON.