LOWER COVID DEATH RATE THAN
NEW YORK OR CALIFORNIA.
JOINING US FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN
BYRON DONALDS.
CONGRESSMAN, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I HOPE YOU’RE HAVING A WONDERFUL
CHRISTMAS WEEK.
FLORIDA, I SHOULD MENTION BY THE
WAY FLORIDA HAS NOT ONLY A LOWER
COVID DEATH RATE AS NEW YORK
DOES, THEY’RE ABOUT THE SAME
SIZE, BY THE WAY BUT IT HAS 10%
GREATER INFECTIONS.
SO THE INFECTIONS ARE MORE IN
FLORIDA AS ONE WOULD EXPECT
BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE ALL THE
LOCKDOWNS AND THE VACCINE
REQUIREMENTS BUT TO HAVE A LOWER
DEATH COUNT THAN NEW YORK IS AN
EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT S THAT
BECAUSE OF WHAT THE GOVERNMENT
DID IN STOCKPILING THE ANTIBODY
TREATMENT?
>> WELL IT IS ACTUAL BASED UPON
A NUMBER OF THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, WE DIDN’T
FEAR-MONGER OUR CITIZENS AND
SCARE THEM INTO TAKING VACCINES.
WE MADE SURE WE LED WITH THE
INFORMATION.
WE GAVE THEM ALL THE
INFORMATION.
WE LED THE NATION HOW TO
ACCURATELY DISPENSE VACCINES
THAT WAS NOT SETTING UP
GOVERNMENT SITES.
IT WAS LETTING THE PRIVATE
SECTOR, LETTING PUBLIX, LETTING
CVS, LETTING THEM ACTUALLY
DELIVER VACCINES TO PEOPLE
DIRECTLY.
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY FOLLOWED
SUIT.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOLLOWED
SUIT.
NUMBER TWO, YOU CAN GO BACK TO
THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE DIDN’T WAREHOUSE COVID
POSITIVE PEOPLE IN NURSING HOMES
WHICH IS WHAT ANDREW CUOMO DID
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGER
REASONS WHY IF YOU START THERE.
BUT NUMBER THREE, MORE
IMPORTANTLY, WHEN IT CAME TO
MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES RON
DESANTIS WAS THE FIRST GOVERNOR
TO LOOK FOR ANY TREATMENT, ANY
REMEDY TO HELP PEOPLE.
WE USED THEM FIRST IN OUR STATE.
IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL JOE BIDEN
ACTUALLY HAD TO PULL BACK THE
AMOUNT OF MONOCLONAL
ANTIBODIESES WE WERE USING IN
OUR STATE SO HE COULD TRY TO
SAVE THEM FOR OTHER STATES BUT
IF YOU LOOK WHAT IS HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW NO STATE IS GET BEING
WHAT THEY NEED BECAUSE JOE BIDEN
DOESN’T HAVE A PLAN AND HE
HASN’T BEEN PREPARED.
DAVID: CONGRESSMAN, WE’RE
RUNNING OUT.
I’VE BEEN SPEAKING TO DOCTORS IN
VARIOUS HOSPITALS IN NEW YORK.
ONE HOSPITAL IN PARTICULAR, I
KNOW IT VERY WELL, BECAUSE I GOT
COVID.
I HAD THE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES
TREATMENT IN THIS HOSPITAL.
I DON’T WANT TO GIVE THE NAME OF
THAT HOSPITAL.
THERE MIGHT BE A PANIC THERE BUT
THE FACT IS I TALKED TO THE
DOCTOR WHO GAVE IT TO ME, THEY
HAVE ZERO.
THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY ZERO.
YOUR GOVERNOR MADE SPECIFIC
DEALS THROUGH THE STATE DIRECTLY
WITH THE PHARMACEUTICAL
COMPANIES WITH GSK, RIGHT WHICH
IS ONE OF THOSE ANTIBODY
TREATMENTS THAT WORKS AGAINST
OMICRON.
THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE.
OUR GOVERNMENT DIDN’T STOCKPILE.
YOUR GOVERNOR DID.
>> LOOK THE REALITY OF THE
SITUATION IS BACK IN AUGUST WHEN
JOE BIDEN WAS LOOKING AT THE
SUCCESS OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES
THAT WERE BEING DISTRIBUTED IN
FLORIDA HE PULLED BACK OUR
STOCKPILES AND OUR SHIPMENTS
THAT WE WERE GETTING.
HE WASN’T EVEN THINK ABOUT THOSE
TREATMENTS UNTIL WE USED THEM IN
FLORIDA.
SO THE QUESTION FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION IS, WHAT HAVE YOU
BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST FOUR 1/2
MONTHS?
INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT
"BUILD BACK BETTER" AND HAVING
YOUR SIGNATURE LEGISLATION HOW
ABOUT YOU MAKE SURE THERE ARE
THE NECESSARY STOCKPILES FOR
AMERICAN PEOPLE WHEN IT MIGHT
COME UP?
IT IS NOT A SHOCK THAT COVID
RATES AND CASES HAVE GONE UP IN
THE NORTHEAST IN THE WINTERTIME
YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE NOT WALKING
OUT ON THE STREET BECAUSE IT IS
COLD AND THEY’RE NOW INDOORS.
THAT IS NOT A SHOCK.
SO JOE BIDEN SHOULD HAVE BEEN
PREPARED FOR THIS.
HE WAS TOO BUSY WORRY ABOUT HIS
LEGISLATION INSTEAD OF PLANNING
AHEAD.
AND NOW HOSPITALS IN THE
NORTHEAST, FRANKLY ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY CAN’T GET ANTIBODY
TREATMENTS THEY NEED AND THEY
SHOULD HAVE BECAUSE THIS
PRESIDENT HAD NO PLAN UNLIKE
WHAT HE TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT.
THE TRUTH IS HE HAS NO PLAN.
HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT HE IS
DOING.
DAVID: THE PLAN HE HAS WITH THE
VACCINE MANDATES IS NOT WORKING.
AMERICANS DON’T LIKE TO BE
PUSHED AROUND, SHOVED AROUND,
FORCED TO DO SOMETHING THEY
DON’T FEEL IS RIGHT.
ONE SIZE DOESN’T FIT ALL.
SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE
COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE REASONS
FOR NOT HAVING A VACCINE BUT
THAT DOESN’T, THAT DON’T BREAK
THROUGH THE PRESIDENT’S
MENTALITY.
MEANWHILE IF YOU LOOK AT THE
STREETS I HAVEN’T BEEN TO
FLORIDA, I GOT TO ADMIT FOR TWO
YEARS.
I WAS LAST THERE IN EARLY MARCH
OF 2020 JUST AS THE PANDEMIC WAS
BEGINNING AND IT WAS WONDERFUL
BY THE WAY, BUT, RIGHT NOW I BET
THAT IT IS A LOT BUSIER THAN THE
STREETS OF MANHATTAN.
YOU LOOK ON SIXTH AVENUE THE
FIRST MONDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS I
NEVER, THIS IS A SHOT.
NOW YOU KNOW YOU CAN SEE SOME
CARS, YOU CAN SEE SOME PEOPLE ON
THE SIDEWALK BUT IT’S VIRTUALLY
EMPTY COMPARED TO THE WAY IT
USUALLY IS ON THE FIRST MONDAY
FOLLOWING CHRISTMAS.
I BET YOU DON’T HAVE A SCENE
LIKE THAT IN FLORIDA?
>> WELL, LOOK FIRST THING I TELL
YOU YOU HAVE TO COME BACK TO
FLORIDA BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT
MISSED A BEAT.
EXCEPT FOR THE TWO MONTHS WE
SHUT DOWN, FRANKLY THE ENTIRE
WORLD SHUT DOWN, SINCE THAT
POINT IN TIME, AMERICA’S
GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS REOPENED
OUR STATE, WE GOT BACK TO WORK,
GOT BACK TO LIFE.
WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT BLUE
STATE GOVERNORS WANT TO CONTINUE
TO LOCK DOWN THEIR STATES.
BLUE CITY MAYORS WANT TO
CONTINUOUSLY LOCK DOWN THEIR
CITIES.
WE HAVE PEOPLE COME TO THE GREAT
STATE OF FLORIDA CONTINUOUSLY.
WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH HOMES TO
SELL PEOPLE ANYMORE.
WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
COMING HERE.
WE’VE NOT MISSED A BEAT.
WE’VE BEEN OPEN THE ENTIRE TIME.
WE HAD A DELTA SPIKE LAST
AUGUST.
WE HAD SOUND LEADERSHIP BASED ON
DATA.
WE MANAGED THAT.
OUR RATES ARE LOWER THAN
NEW YORK.
OUR CASE NUMBERS ARE LOWER THAN
NEW YORK.
WE HAVE A OLDER POPULATION.
WE HAVE LESS DEATHS THAN
NEW YORK.
WE’VE PROVEN TO THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY, IF NOT THE WORLD HOW TO
MANAGE THE PANDEMIC WHILE ALSO
LIVING LIFE.
THAT IS WHY OUR STREETS ARE
BUSY.
THAT IS WHY OUR CITIES ARE
HUMMING.
THAT IS WHY YOU SHOULD COME TO
FLORIDA.
DAVID: LET ME SWITCH TO
EDUCATION.
YOU NOT ONLY KNOW FLORIDA, YOU
KNOW NEW YORK, YOU GREW UP IN A
NEW YORK CITY, A TOUGH SECTION
OF NEW YORK CITY, YOU HAD A FINE
EDUCATION AT A CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
MY DAUGHTER WENT TO CATHOLIC
SCHOOL IN NEW YORK CITY AS WELL.
A LOT OF FOLKS DON’T HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY.
I’VE BEEN A CHAMPION FOR PEOPLE
TO HAVE SCHOOL CHOICE TO GIVE
PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY ONLY THE
RICH HAVE TO DECIDE WHERE TO GO
UNLESS YOU HAVE REALLY
HARD-WORKING PARENTS THIS
PANDEMIC PULLED BACK THE SCREEN
OF THE WAY OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION
SYSTEM IS NOT PERFORMING AS IT
SHOULD.
DOES IT GET, DOES THAT GIVE A
LEG UP TO THE SCHOOL CHOICE
ISSUE?
>> IT ABSOLUTELY DOES.
I MEAN LOOK THE FIRST PERSON I
ALWAYS HAVE TO THANK IS MY
MOTHER.
SHE WASN’T RICH.
WE WERE VERY, VERY POOR.
SHE MADE A WAY FOR ME.
SO I GOT AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION
AS A RESULT.
WHAT EVERY PARENT IN AMERICA
SHOULD HAVE IS THE ABILITY TO
PURCHASE THE EDUCATION THEY NEED
FOR THEIR CHILD.
THERE IS A REASON WHY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NO LONGER
HANDS OUT CHEESE.
BECAUSE WE ALL REALIZED IT IS
FAR MORE EFFICIENT TO GIVE
PEOPLE A VOUCHER TO BUY CHEESE
FROM WALMART, FROM PUBLIX, FROM
ASSOCIATED FROZERY STORES,
WHATEVER THE GROCERY STORE MIGHT
BE IN YOUR AREA.
WE REALIZED THAT IS MORE
EFFICIENT BUT EDUCATION,
DEMOCRATS STILL WANT TO HANG ON
TO THE OLD MODEL, IT CAN ONLY BE
DONE THROUGH GOVERNMENT MEANS
THIS IS THE 21st CENTURY.
WE’RE IN THE INFORMATION AGE.
WE SHOULD GIVE PEOPLE PURCHASING
POWER TO PURCHASE THE EDUCATION
THEY NEED FOR THEIR CHILDREN LET
THE MARKET WORK.
THE MARKET WILL DO IT FAR BETTER
THAN GOVERNMENT EVER WILL.
WHAT COVID REVEALED TO SO MANY
PARENTS HOW LACKING THE ACT DEM
HE CAN RIGOR IS WHEN SITTING AT
HOME ON LAPTOPS.
IT SHOWED, PARENTS IN THE UNITED
STATES, EXACTLY WHAT THEIR KIDS
WERE BEING EDUCATED ON AND OF
COURSE THE WHOLE ISSUE OF CRT,
CRITICAL RACE THEORY CAME UP.
IT IS COUSINS OR SISTERS LIKE
THE 1619 PROJECT, SOMETHING IN
THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TRIED TO
EDUCATE YOU ON CRT THE OTHER
DAY.
I WANT TO PLAY THE TAPE.
GET YOUR REACTION.
ROLL TAPE.
>> THERE IS NO TEACHING OF
CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN OUR
SCHOOLS.
>> I DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND
THIS IDEA THAT PARENTS SHOULD
DECIDE WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT.
I’M NOT A PROFESSIONAL HE HAD
CRATER.
I DON’T HAVE A DEGREE IN SOCIAL
STUDIES OR SCIENCE.
WE SEND OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL
BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO BE
TAUGHT BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE
EXPERTISE IN THE SUBJECT AREA.
DAVID: THEY SAY THERE IS NO
CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
THEY ESSENTIALLY GIVE TEACHERS
THE RIGHT TO TEACH IT IF THEY
WANT.
YOU HAVE ENDORSEMENTS OF
CRITICAL RACE THEORY BY THE
NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD
ASSOCIATION.
THEY WERE THE LEFT-WING GROUP
THAT CALLED PARENT DOMESTIC
TERRORISTS, GOT THE AG TO GO
AFTER PARENTS FOR PROTESTING THE
USE OF CRT.
SO, CLEARLY IT EXISTS, DOES IT
NOT?
>> IT DOES EXIST.
HOW IT GETS INTO OUR CLASSROOMS
IS THROUGH TEXTBOOK MATERIALS.
THROUGH OTHER MATERIALS.
IT GETS IN THERE THROUGH
DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION
SEMINARS THAT ALL TEACHERS SIT
THROUGH AND GO THROUGH.
THAT IS HOW IT GETS INTO THE
CLASSROOM.
THERE AREN’T MANY SCHOOLS IN
AMERICA TEACHING ACTUAL CRITICAL
RACE THEORY WHICH IS GRADUATE
LEVEL WORK BUT WHEN THOSE THINGS
ARE TAUGHT TO THE
ADMINISTRATORS, WHEN IT IS IN
THE BOOK MATERIAL OF COURSE IT
GETS INTO THE CLASSROOM.
THAT IS WHY THERE IS PUSHBACK
FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, FROM
THE AFT, FROM THE NEA ABOUT
STOPPING FROM PARENTS OBJECTING
TO THIS.
LET ME BE VERY CLEAR, PARENTS
HAVE THE RIGHT, THEY HAVE THE
PRIMARY RIGHT, THEY HAVE THE
PRIMARY CHOICE HERE TO DECIDE
WHERE THEIR CHILD IS EDUCATED.
JUST LIKE THEY HAVE THE CHOICE
OF WHERE THEIR CHILD GOES TO THE
DOCTOR.
THEY’RE NOT GOING TO TELL A
DOCTOR WHAT PRECISION OR WHAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE TO THEIR CHILD
BUT THEY GET TO CHOOSE THE
PHYSICIAN.
THEY GET TO CHOOSE THE EXPERT.
THEY GET TO SIT DOWN TO GET
COMFORT LEVEL WITH THAT EXPERT,
DECIDE THIS IS WHERE MY CHILD
GETS MEDICAL ATTENTION.
IT SHOULD BE NO DIFFERENT IN
EDUCATION.
THEY SHOULD LOOK AT DIFFERENT
INSTITUTIONS TO DECIDE THIS IS
WHERE MY CHILD GETS THEIR
EDUCATION.
IT WORKS BEST FOR THE CHILD WHEN
THE PARENT ARE INVOLVED.
EVERY STUDY SHOWS THAT.
THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT OBJECT ARE
THOSE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO
GOVERNMENT-RUN SCHOOLS WHERE
PARENTS HAVE LITTLE TO KNOW
INVOLVEMENT.
DAVID: THE PROBLEM IS, THAT THE
EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENT IS SO
RICH NOW, THEY HAVE $200 BILLION
FROM THE VARIOUS COVID RELIEF
PLANS.
SO THEY’RE RICH, THEY’RE
POLITICALLY POWERFUL BUT THEY’RE
LOSING THE BATTLE WHEN IT IS PUT
OUT FRONT.
WE SAW THAT IN VIRGINIA.
VERY QUICKLY DO YOU THINK IT
WILL HAPPEN IN OTHER RACES?
WILL OTHER GOVERNORS RACES BE
DECIDED ON THIS ISSUE?
>> I ABSOLUTELY DO BECAUSE
PARENTS ARE ALERT, THEY’RE
AWAKE.
PUT ASIDE ALL YOUR POLITICS.
EVERY PARENT WANTS WHAT IS BEST
FOR THEIR CHILD AND PERSON
RUNNING FOR OFFICE WILL BE
COMMITTED TO THAT.
THEY WILL SEE PARENTS GO TO
THEIR COLUMN FOR VICTORY.
DAVID: CONGRESSMAN, GREAT TO SEE
YOU.
WHAT A WONDERFUL SPOKESPERSON
YOU ARE FOR SCHOOL CHOICE FOR
FREEDOM.
FREEDOM IN FLORIDA.
I WILL SOON COME BACK AS SOON AS