SOUTH FLORIDA. >> GOOD MORNING, GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US, I’M MICK EL PUTNEY.
>> I’M GLENNA MILBERG, THE BIG
NEWS OF THE WEEK INVOLVED NIKKI
FRIED AS THE NEWS MAKER NOT NOR
WHAT SHE DID BUT WHAT SHE SAID.
FLORIDA’S SECRETARY FOR
AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER
SERVICES IS THE STATE’S LONE
DEMOCRAT ELECTED STATEWIDE, AND
A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR IN THE
PARTY PRIMARY.
>> BUT THE HEADLINES THAT
MS. FRIED MADE THIS WEEK CAME
FROM HER COMMENTS COMPARING
GOVERNOR DESANTIS TO ADOLF
HITLER.
LET’S BEGIN THERE WITH CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR NIKKI FRIED JOINS
US LIVE.
SECRETARY FRIED, GREAT TO SEE
YOU, HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING.
>> I’M GOOD, GOOD SEEING YOU
BOTH.
>> WELL, THANK YOU.
SO LET’S GET RIGHT TO IT, YOU
WENT ON PUBLIC RADIO THE OTHER
DAY AND IN DISCUSSING GOVERNOR
DESANTIS’ STYLE OF GOVERNANCE,
HOW HE IS A MASS POWER AND USES
POWER, YOU COMPARED HIS RISE TO
THAT OF HITLER AND NAZI GERMANY
AND THAT STRUCK A LOT OF PEOPLE
INCLUDING THE ADL AS OVER THE
TOP.
DO YOU STAND BY THOSE COMMENTS?
>> LOOK, NO ONE CAN EVER DOUBT
THAT I HAVE BEEN VERY CRITICAL
OF THE GOVERNOR AND THAT I’M NOT
SHY ABOUT MY CRITICISM OF THE
GOVERNOR.
IF ANYBODY LISTENED TO THE FULL
INTERYOU HAVE OF MY, OF THAT
MORNING, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MORE
SO TALKING ABOUT HIS TENDENCIES.
WHAT THIS GOVERNOR IS DOING IS
GOING ON THE LINE OF FASCISM AND
DICTATORSHIP.
WHAT HAVE SEEN TIME AND TIME THE
RESTRICTIONS OF THE RIGHT TO
VOTE, OF PROTESTING, NOW WANTING
HIS OWN ARMY AND MILITARY, TO
RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTION, TAKING
AWAY LOCAL CONTROL, TO NOW
ASKING FOR POLICE FORCING WHEN
IT COMES TO OUR ELECTIONS.
SO IF YOU ARE SEEING THESE
TENDENCIES, IT SHOULD GIVE RISE
TO EVERYBODY ESPECIALLY THOSE
THAT ARE LIVING IN SOUTH FLORIDA
THAT HAVE LEFT COMMUNIST
COUNTRIES AND OTHER
DICTATORSHIPS AND TO RISE TO THE
CONCERN THAT HE BELIEVES THAT HE
IS NOT ONLY GOVERNOR, BUT
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, SENATE
PRESIDENT, IN CHARGE OF THE
SUPREME COURT AND IT’S HIS WAY
OR THE HIGHWAY, TAKING AWAY
POWER FROM OUR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS, CONSOLIDATING POWER
UNDER ONE INDIVIDUAL.
AND I AM HEARING THE STORIES ALL
ACROSS OUR STATE THAT PEOPLE ARE
NERVOUS.
AND PEOPLE ARE SCARED ABOUT THIS
TYPE OF DICTATE ERHAL TENDENCIES
THAT WE ARE SEEING FROM THE
GOVERNOR.
>> MADAME SECRETARY, CAN I, TO
YOUR POINT, I THINK YOU BROUGHT
UP SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING.
AND SO WE DID PULL THE CLIP OF
YOUR CERTIFICATE SU ON THE
FLORIDA ROUNDUP, FRIENDS AT WLR
AND RADIO, LET’S TAKE 30 SECONDS
OR SO AND HEAR THAT CLIP IN
CONTEXT.
>> HE IS DOING EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE TO TAKE AWAY POWER FROM
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
TAKING AWAY PEOPLE’S ABILITIES
TO PROTEST.
MAKING IT HARDER TO VOTE.
TALKING ABOUT BANNING BOOKS.
THAT’S WHAT DICTATORS DO.
INSTEAD OF LISTENING AND TRYING
TO GOVERN WITH THE PEM HE’S
TRYING TO GOVERN OVER THE
PEOPLE.
I’M SORRY, I’M A STUDENT OF
HISTORY TOO.
I SAW THE RISE OF HITLER.
I LEARNED OF THOSE STORIES.
>> ARE YOU COMPARING DESANTIS TO
HITLER.
>> IN A LOT OF WAYS, YES.
>> CANDID, UNSCRIPTED
CONVERSATION.
YOU REALLY COMPARED THE RISE OF
HITLER, NOT NECESSARILY THE
DICTATE-- DICTATOR HIMSELF.
ALTHOUGH THE HEADLINES SORT OF
OBSCURE THAT.
AND THIS IS NOT A JUDGMENT CALL
EITHER WAY ON WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE.
CERTAINLY YOU ARE BEING
CRITICIZED AS A JEWISH WOMAN, AS
SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN TO ISRAEL
ON MISSIONS, YOUR COMMENTS DID
MAKE NEWS IN ISRAELI NEWS.
IN HINDSIGHT DO YOU WANT TO
AMEND OR STAND BY WHAT YOU SAID?
>> I THINK THAT YOU ARE-- IF YOU
TAKE THE WHOLE THING IN CONTEXT,
I WAS NOT COMPARING HIM TO
HITLER.
I’M SOMEBODY AS YOU SAID,
JEWISH, WAS BROUGHT UP IN AN
ENVIRONMENT IN THE COMMUNITY
WHERE WE’RE TAUGHT NEVER AGAIN.
TO WHEN WE SEE AN INJUSTICE IN
SOCIETY, WE’RE SUPPOSED TO STAND
UP.
HAVE I BEEN TO POLAND TWICE,
HAVE I GONE TO THE CONCENTRATION
CAMPS, NOBODY SHOULD BE COMPARED
TO HITLER HIMSELF.
THE ATROCITIES THAT WE
EXPERIENCED AS JEWS, THE SIX
MILLION THAT WERE LOST OF JEWISH
DESCENT AND SIX MILLION OTHERS
SO NO ONE SHOULD BE COMPARED TO
HITLER HIMSELF.
MY COMPARISON WAS THE RISE OF
THE DICTATE ERHALSHIP.
AND SO THAT, IT SHOULD BE THE
ISSUES THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT,
AND NOT TO GET, YOU KNOW, YOU
SAW THE HEADLINES.
THE HEADLINES WERE OBVIOUSLY
TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.
I WOULD NEVER COMPARE HIM TO
HITLER HIMSELF.
THAT WOULD BE.
>> OKAY, AS A FOLLOWUP, I WANT
TO TAD RES YOUR CRITICISM AND
YOUR USE OF A COMPARISON TO A
DICTATORSHIP.
BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THE
GOVERNOR IS NOT HERE TO TALK TO
THAT.
AND IT IN HIS AN SENSE WE DO
HOPE THAT HE JOINS US WITH ONE
DAY.
BUT IN HIS ABSENCE, HIS
SUPPORTERS WOULD SAY THAT WHAT
YOU ARE CHARACTERIZING AS A
DICTATORSHIP, FOR INSTANCE
USURPING LOCAL CONTROL WITH
THOSE KIND OF LOCAL CONTROL
LAWS, WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT HE
WOULD SAY IS PROTECTING
BUSINESSES.
AND FOR INSTANCE ELECTION LAW,
INSTEAD OF TAKING AWAY THE RIGHT
TO VOTE OR THE EASE OF VOTING,
HE AND HIS SUPPORTERS WOULD SAY
IT’S TIGHTENING SECURITY WHICH
EVERYONE SHOULD BE FOR.
AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO FOR THOSE REASONS HOW DID YOU
CHARACTERIZE THIS AS A
DICTATORSHIP ESPECIALLY WHEN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IN SOUTH
FLORIDA HAS ADOPTED AN
ANTI-DICTATORSHIP, IF YOU WILL,
TALKING POINTS IN THEIR
CAMPAIGNS?
>> YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT IS
THE IRONY, AND I THINK THERE WAS
AN AMAZING EDITORIAL WRITTEN IN
THE "MIAMI HERALD" TODAY.
THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE ARE
SEEING IN THIS GOVERNOR AND
BEING SUPPORTED BY LEADERSHIP IN
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, YOU KNOW,
WE WOULD TALK ABOUT ELECTION
SECURITY.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE MOST SECURE
ELECTIONS IN 2020.
YOU NOT ONLY DID THE GOVERNOR
SAY THAT, THE SECRETARY OF
STATE, EVERY SUPERVISOR
ELECTIONS EVEN IN RED AREAS SAID
THEY HAD THE MOST SECURE AND
THIS THIS IS NOT NECESSARY, EVEN
MAYOR SAUREZ SAID THIS IS NOT
NECESSARY.
WHAT HE IS DOING IS PUTTING THIS
INTO CONTEXT AND TRYING TO PUT
IT, A BOW AROUND IT AND SAY THIS
IS FOR ELECTION SECURITY.
WHEN IF YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO
IT, THIS IS TRYING TO DISENFRN
CHIES PEOPLE TO GO INTO THE
VOTES AND NOW HE IS ASKING FOR
HIS OWN POLICING FORCE IT TO
SHOW UP AT ELECTIONS.
AND TO BE THERE FOR THE DAY OF
ELECTIONS.
DOES HE NOT TRUST THE ALREADY
INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE.
SO WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO IS
TRYING TO UTILIZE, TRYING TO
SUPPORT BUSINESSES, MY GOD, DO
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING
ABOUT RIGHT NOW IN TALLAHASSEE?
THEY’RE TELLING BUSINESSES WHAT
THEY CAN AND CANNOT SAY IN THEIR
OWN BUSINESSES, TELLING
BUSINESSES HOW TO REGULATE COVID
ON THEMSELVES.
I’M SORRY, MY DAD WAS A DIEHARD
REPUBLICAN.
I GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WHERE I
LEARNED ABOUT DEMOCRATIC
POLICIES AND REPUBLICAN
POLICIES.
REPUBLICANS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
ABOUT LOCAL CONTROL, HOME RULE,
FREE MARKETS, LESS TAXES, LESS
SPENDING.
WHERE THAT IS NOT WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY TODAY.
AND I NEED THE FLORIDIANS OF OUR
STATE TO WAKE UP TO WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
THEY ARE MANIPULATING YOU.
AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SPEAK
THIS, I HAVE BEEN CALLING THIS
FROM HIS BEING A DICTATOR AND
FASCISM ACTIVITIES SINCE LAST
ELECTION CYCLE-- EXCUSE ME,
SINCE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION
WHEN HE RESTRICTED THE RIGHT TO
PROTEST.
IT AND DIDN’T COME AFTER JANUARY
6th.
IT IT CAME AFTER BLM.
>> SECRETARY FRIED, LET ME JUMP
IN HERE.
I THINK YOU WOULD PROBABLY
AGREE, THE MAIN ISSUE FOR MOST
PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA
IS THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY.
AND FRANKLY, THE STATE OF THE
ECONOMY IN FLORIDA IS PRETTY
DARN GOOD.
3.9 PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT.
ALMOST ALL THE JOBS LOST DURING
THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC,
1.2 MILLION JOBS HAVE COME BACK
INTO THE SOCIETY, INTO THE
ECONOMY.
YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMY, AND IT’S
NOT THAT GOVERNOR DESANTIS
DESERVED FULL CREDIT, FOR
EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED,
THAT HE WOULD SAY THIS HAS
HAPPENED BECAUSE I KEPT THE
ECONOMY OPEN.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
>> I WOULDN’T BE SUR PRIESED
THAT HE WITH SAY THAT BECAUSE
HIS EGO IS ENORMOUS.
AND WANTS TO TAKE CREDIT FOR
EVERYTHING INCLUDING ALL OF THE
MONEY THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
SENDING DOWN TO OUR STATE FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR THE 1.1
BILLION TO THE EVERGLADES.
AND SO WHAT I WANT TO STAY TO
THIS, AND PEOPLE.
I HEAR YOU.
I’M HEARING THE STORIES,
MICHAEL, ALL OVER OUR STATE
WHERE THEY DON’T AGREE WITH THAT
CONCEPT.
WHERE THEY CAN’T AFFORD RENT.
THEY CAN’T AFFORD HOMES.
THEY CAN’T AFFORD THE FOOD AND
GASES.
AND SO WHEN I TALK TO FLORIDIANS
ALL OVER THE STATE, YOU’RE
RIGHT, THE ECONOMY IS THE NUMBER
ONE ISSUE.
EVERY SINGLE DAY I AM GETTING
STORIES FROM PEOPLE IN OUR STATE
SAYING I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I CAN’T AFFORD MY RENT ANY MORE.
I GOT 50% INCREASE IN MY RENT
THAT IS STARTING NEXT MONTH.
THESE ARE THE STORIES THAT I AM
HEARING ALL ACROSS OUR STATE.
AND TO PAINT THIS PICTURE THAT
EVERYTHING IS GREAT IS JUST NOT
AN ACCURATE DEPICTION OF WHAT IS
REALLY HAPPENING.
>> NIKKI, WE UNDERSTAND THAT
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE STATE ARE
STRUGGLING WITH HOUSING, WITH
INFLATION, NOW THE GOVERNOR HAS
PROPOSED IN HIS BUDGET, YOU
KNOW, TO GET RID OF THE 25 CENT
PER GALLON GASOLINE TAX FOR
ABOUT SIX MONTHS, AT A COST OF A
BILLION DOLLARS TO GIVE
FLORIDIANS A BREAK ON THE COST
OF GASOLINE WHEN THEY FILL UP.
WOULD YOU SUPPORT THAT?
>> AND I HAVE.
YOU KNOW, I CALLED ACTUALLY FOR
A STATE OF EMERGENCY A COUPLE OF
MONTHS AGO ASKING FOR HIM TO NOT
ONLY DECREASE THE COST OF THE
TAXES BUT TO HAVE RELIEF.
SO I HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THAT
AS SOMETHING THAT I CALLED ON A
COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO TO DEAL
WITH THE TAXES.
BUT ITS-- ON GAS.
BUT IT’S NOT JUST THAT.
WE ARE SITTING WITH A $15
BILLION SURPLUS IS WHAT I THINK
THE LAST ESTIMATE IS SHOWING.
WHERE IS THAT MONEY GOING.
ARE WE GOING TO INCREASE OUR PAY
FOR OUR TEACHERS, TO OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS, GOING TO HAVE SOME
TYPE OF RELIEF ON WHEN IT COMES
TO PURCHASING OF FOOD.
WHERE IS OUR RELIEF ON OUR
PROPERTY TAXES AND OUR PROPERTY
INSURANCE.
THAT IS NOT HAPPENING.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT’S NOT THE
PRIORITIES OF THIS LEGISLATIVE
SESSION.
THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS
GOING BACK INTO CULTURE WAR AND
THINGS THAT ARE NOT IMPACTING
THE PEOPLE OF OUR STATE.
>> ALTHOUGH THERE IS, MADAME
SECRETARY, THERE IS MONEY FOR
BONUSES FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND
FOR TEACHERS TO YOUR POINT.
BUT CAN WE TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
WE’RE UP AGAINST A BREAK AND
WILL BE BACK IN A COUPLE OF
MINUTES WITH MORE WITH NIKKI
FRIED.
>> WE ARE BACK WITH FLORIDA’S AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER AND CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FIRST NIKKI
FRIED ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU
ON THE PROGRAM, MADAME
SECRETARY, THERE WAS SO MUCH
TALK THAT YOU ACTUALLY REVEALED
ABOUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
COVID RAPID TESTS THAT HAD BEEN
EXPIRED AND WAS SITTING UNUSED.
THE PUBLIC DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT
THEM, FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY
WERE NOT DISSEMINATED.
AND THEY EXPIRED IN SEPTEMBER.
HAD BEEN RE-UPPED POR ABOUT
THREE MONTHS SO THAT THEY COULD
BE USED, EXPIRED AGAIN AND NOW
ARE AGAIN RE-UPPED FOR ANOTHER
THREE MONTHS.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THOSE
TESTS.
ARE THEY NOW BEING DISSEMINATED
AND I GUESS THE BIGGER QUESTION
IS WHICH EXPIRED TESTS, DO WE
HAVE FAITH IN THOSE TESTS AT
ALL?
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
ISSUE BACK UP.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
UNCOVERED BACK IF DECEMBER WHEN
THE GOVERNOR WENT MIA AGAIN AND
FAILED TO SHOW UP TO THE PEOPLE
OF OUR STATE.
AND WE HAD CALLED ON THE O
GOVERNOR TO ASK, TO START
DISSEMINATING THIS INFORMATION.
START GETTING THESE TESTS OUT,
TO HAVE STATEWIDE TESTING AGAIN
WHICH STILL HE HAS NOT DONE.
AND SO WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT THAT THEY DID RECEIVE
AUTHORIZATION FROM THE
MANUFACTURER AND I BELIEVE ALSO
FDA, TO ENHANCE THE TIMING OF
TEASE TESTS.
SO FOR MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
THEY ARE GETTING DISSEMINATED.
AND THAT THEY ARE RELIABLE.
SO I GO BACK TO THE SAME THINGS
THAT I’VE BEEN SAYING FOR THE
LAST TWO YEARS.
IF YOU ARE FEELING SICK, GO GET
TESTED.
DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO PROTECT
YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND HOPEFULLY NOW YOU ALSO SAW
THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SENDING
OUT FREE TESTING SITE-- FREE
TESTS TO PEOPLE ALL ACROSS OUR
COUNTRY IF YOU NEED THEM.
IT IS A REALLY EASY WEBSITE TO
GO ON TO GET THIS INFORMATION
AND THESE TESTS TO YOU.
SO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN RIGHT
NOW.
WE KNOW THAT OMICRON IS STARTING
TO, THANK GOD NUMBERS ARE
STARTING TO GO DOWN.
WE ARE SEEING DECREASE IN OUR
HOSPITALIZATIONS, IN OUR ICU
BEDS SO THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE
OF OUR STATE WHO STOOD IN THOSE
LONG LINES.
I’M SORRY THAT THE GOVERNOR
FAILED YOU DURING THAT TIME
PERIOD BUT THANK YOU FOR
STEPPING UP AN DOING WHAT IS
RIGHT TO FRO TECH OUR COMMUNITY.
>> CAN I JUMP IN, BECAUSE AS
SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD A FIRST HAND
EXPERIENCE THAT FRANKLY WAS JUST
REALLY CONFUSING AND KIND OF ALL
OVER THE PLACE WITH THE TESTING
PROCESS, IF THERE ARE HOME TESTS
AND RAPID TESTS AND PEOPLE WHO
GET TESTED ONCE OR SEVEN TIMES
AND MIGHT TEST NEGATIVE ONE DAY
AND POSITIVE THE NEXT DAY, WHERE
DO WE-- HOW I GUESS IS THE
QUESTION, DO WE HAVE FAITH IN
THE DATA THAT IS COMING FROM
THOSE TEST RESULTS, SOME OF
WHICH THAT ARE NOT EVEN REPORTED
TO THE STATE.
WE’RE LOOKING THE ASSETS OF DATA
AND GRAPHS OF WHERE OMICRON IS
GOING BUT DO WE REALLY KNOW?
I THINK THAT’S PART OF THE
PROBLEM RIGHT NOW.
THAT HAS BEEN MY GREATEST
CRITICISM FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND THE GOVERNOR IS THE
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY OF THE
INFORMATION BUT ON TO YOUR
POINT, GLENNA, THAT THERE IS A
QUESTION OF YOU KNOW ONE IF ARE
YOU TAKING A HOME TEST, AND I
KNOW I’VE DONE THAT BEFORE, I’VE
TAKEN HOME TESTS FOR MYSELF AND
MY FAMILY AND IF WE TESTED
POSITIVE, WE WOULDN’T BE
REPORTING IT ANYWHERE.
SO THAT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING
THAT WOULD COME INTO THE SYSTEM.
SO YOU HAVE TO KIND OF ALMOST
ASSUME THAT THERE ARE, THAT IF
LET’S SAY THERE ARE 40,000 NEW
TESTS TODAY, THERE IS
PROBABLY-- POSITIVE TESTS, THERE
IS PROBABLY AN ADDITIONAL 10,000
SOMEWHERE IN THERE THAT PEOPLE
MAY HAVE DONE SOME OF THOSE HOME
TESTS.
SO I GO BACK TO, WE NEED PEOPLE
TO START USING COMMON SENSE.
WE HAVE NOW BEEN THROUGH THREE
OR FOUR WAVES OF THIS VIRUS.
WE KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT
THIS POINT.
WE KNOW THE PRECAUTIONS WE NEED
TO TAKE.
BUT WE ALSO JUST NEED TO TAKE
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
THE INFORMATION AND THE NUMBERS
ARE IMPORTANT SO THAT WE KNOW IF
WE’RE IN A SPIKE OR IN A DE HE
CREASE OR WHERE THE HOT POCKETS
ARE WHICH HAS BEEN AWESOME.
MY ISSUE IS THAT THEY HAVE NOT
RELEASED COUNTY BY COUNTY
NUMBERS AND AGE NUMBERS IN A
VERY LONG TIME, ALMOST A YEAR
NOW AND SO THAT’S A CONCERN BUT
YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT IS A
PROBLEM.
THAT WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY HOW
MANY POSITIVE CASES ARE OUT
THERE WHICH IS WHY PEOPLE AT
THIS POINT NEED TO START TAKING
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY,
ACCOUNTABILITY AND DO WHAT THEY
BELIEVE IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS
FOR THEMSELVES, FOR THEIR FAMILY
AND OF COURSE THEIR COMMUNITY.
>> SECRETARY FRIED WE HAVE A
LEGISLATIVE SESSION UNDER WAY,
YOU WELL KNOW, ARE YOU THERE IN
TALLAHASSEE.
THEY ARE THERE FOR 60 DAYS.
LET’S DO A LITTLE LIGHTNING
ROUND ON SOME OF THE REALLY HOT
TOPIC BILLS THAT ARE UNDER
DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW AND GET
YOUR READ ON IT.
YOUR OFFICE PROCESSES CONCEALED
WEAPONS PERMIT.
THERE IS A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW
OPEN CARREY IN THE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
ANYBODY COULD STRAP ON A GUN AND
SIMPLY GO OUT IN PUBLIC TO MOST
PLACES.
WHAT IS YOUR VIEW ON THAT?
>> WITH WELL OBVIOUSLY AS THE
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CONCEALED
WEAPONS PER THE MITTING PROGRAM
WE IS DONE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
TO NOT ONLY MAKE SURE THAT EVERY
SINGLE PERSON HAS A COMPLETE AND
THOROUGH BACKGROUND CHECK TO
MAKE SURE THAT IT’S DONE IN AN
EXPEDIENT MANNER, WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO REDUCE THE WAIT TIME
SIGNIFICANT LEIGH SINCE TAKING
OVER.
AND SO WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM.
THERE IS NO REASON THAT WE NEED
TO CHANGE THAT.
THIS IS ONE OF MY OTHER GREATEST
CRITICISMS OF TALLAHASSEE.
IF IT AIN’T BROKE WHY FIX IT.
AND THERE’S NOTHING BROKEN WITH
THE WAY THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH
THE CON SEULED WEAPONS PROGRAM
AND SO I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR
OF OPEN CARREY AS THE
REPUBLICANS TRY TO COUCH IT AS
CONSTITUTIONAL CARREY BUT IT IS
OPEN CARREY.
>> LET MAY MOVE ON TO A SUBJECT
WHICH YOU HAVE SPOKEN OUT ABOUT
AND A LOT OF WOMEN IN FACT HAVE.
AND THAT IS THIS A BOXER BILL
WHICH WOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR
A WOMAN IN FLORIDA TO HAVE AN
ABORTION AFTER 15 WEEKS.
AND THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS FOR
RAPE OR INCEST.
YOU OBVIOUSLY OPPOSE THIS BILL.
>> SIGNIFICANTLY.
>> AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN
MY POWER WHETHER IT IS JUST
USING MY VOICE, WHETHER IT IS
ORGANIZING WHAT IS BEING OUT
THERE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS
PERSONAL TO WOMEN.
ALL ACROSS OUR STATE AND ACROSS
OUR COUNTRY.
THE SACRED RIGHT TO PRIVACY
THAT, THE FREEDOM THAT
REPUBLICANS LOVE TO TALK ABOUT
THE WORD FREEDOM BUT THE FREEDOM
TO DECIDE NEEDS TO BE LEFT IN A
WOMAN’S HANDS.
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT PLAY A
ROLE WHATSOEVER TO TELL ME WHAT
TO DO WITH MY BODY.
I KNOW YOU HAVE ALSO INTERVIEWED
HIM IN YEAR’S PAST BUT
UNFORTUNATELY MY OPPONENT IN THE
PRIMARY IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THIS ISSUE.
SO WE AS WOMEN AND WE AS EVEN
THE MEN OUT THERE THAT ARE
SUPPORTING THEIR WOMEN AND THEIR
DAUGHTERS AND THEIR SPOUSES,
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE
PEOPLE OF OUR STATE FEED TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A CALL
FOR THE REPUBLICANS TO THROW RED
MEAT, NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST
OF OUR CITIZENS IN OUR STATE T
IS A HEALTH CARE CONCERN AND WHO
IS GOING TO BE HURT THE MOST,
THOSE THAT DON’T HAVE FINANCIAL
ACCESS TO ANOTHER STATE AND
CAN’T GET ANYWHERE.
THIS SAY HEALTH CARE ACCESS
ISSUE AND SHAME ON THE
REPUBLICANS FOR THROWING THIS
OUT.
THEY FILED IT DAY ONE OF THE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND I KNOW
THAT THIS WILL BE A THORN IN
THEIR SIDE AND IN THE 2022
ELECTION IF THEY DARE PASS THIS
THIS SESSION.
>> GREAT IT TO YOU HAVE WITH US.
WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING MORE
ABOUT THOSE THINGS IN THE
UPCOMING SEGMENTS.
I WANT TO STAY THAT A LOT OF
ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAVE BEEN
INVITED ON LIVE PROGRAMS ON A
VERY TOUGH WEEK TO DEFEND THE
THINGS THAT THEY SAID, MANY
DECLINED AND DID YOU NOT.
YOU ARE HERE AND WE APPRECIATE
THAT OF YOU.
AND WE’LL SEE YOU SOON.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH
US, STANDING UP.
GOOD FOR YOU.