WE’RE GOING TO GET RIGHT OVER TO NEWS 6 MORNING ANCHOR JUSTIN WARMOTH WITH THE
WEEKLY.
>> THIS IS THE WEEKLY ON
CLICK, ORLANDO DOT COM WITH
JUSTIN WARMOTH.
>> GOOD MORNING. I’M JUSTIN
WARMOTH. WE’RE STILL SEVERAL
MONTHS OUT. BUT THE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES LOOKING TO UNSEAT
GOVERNOR DESANTIS THIS
NOVEMBER ARE STARTING TO MAKE
THEIR PITCH TO FLORIDIANS. ONE
OF THOSE DEMOCRATIC HOPEFULS
IS MY GUEST THIS MORNING.
FORMER GOVERNOR AND CURRENT
CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE CRIST.
>> I’M CURIOUS. I THINK THE
FOLKS AT HOME ARE CURIOUS WHY
DECIDE TO RUN THIS YEAR?
BECAUSE I LOVE FLORIDA. AND
GOVERNOR DESANTIS HAS BROKEN
MY HEART AND MANY FLORIDIANS,
I IN THE WAY THAT HE’S
GOVERNING OUR STATE. SEEMS TO
BE JUST, YOU KNOW, ON THIS HOT
PAST, A RED MEAT REPUBLICAN.
SUPER CONSERVATIVE STUFF. AND
I THINK HE’S LOST SIGHT OF
FLORIDA. MORE FOCUSED ON THE
WHITE HOUSE TO THE CANDIDATES.
>> I WANT TO TALK YOUR
CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES AND AND
YOUR PITCH TO FLORIDIANS AS
YOU MAKE YOUR WAY AROUND THE
STATE. WHAT WILL THAT PITCH
BE? WHAT ARE YOUR MAIN TALKING
POINTS AND WHAT YOUR MAIN
FOCUS.
>> WELL, I WANT TO INCLUSIVE
TO ALL FLORIDIANS. AND AND YOU
KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED OF LATE
WITH THE GOVERNOR AND THE
FLORIDA LEGISLATURE? YOU KNOW,
THE DON’T SAY BILL, FOR
EXAMPLE, ON LGBTQ. YOU KNOW,
WOMAN’S RIGHT TO CHOOSE THROW
THAT OUT THE YOU KNOW WHAT,
THE 15 LEGISLATION, YOU KNOW,
AFRICAN-AMERICANS RIGHT TO
VOTE AND VOTERS INSTEAD OF
SUPPRESSING THE VOTE. I MEAN,
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND
I’M HOPEFUL GOT I WANT TO I
WANT TO HAVE FLORIDA FOCUSED
AGAIN ON EDUCATION, ON GOOD
PUBLIC HEALTH DECISIONS ON
MAKING SURE THAT WE PROTECT
FLORIDA’S BEAUTIFUL
ENVIRONMENT. OUR TOURIST
INDUSTRY PRETTY IMPORTANT TO
ORLANDO AND NOT FIGHTING WITH
DISNEY. SPEAKING OF ORLANDO, I
MEAN, I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A
GOVERNOR EVER GET INTO A FIGHT
WITH DISNEY WORLD AND RON’S
TAKING US TO A NEW LEVEL. AND
I THINK FLORIDA DESERVE
BETTER.
>> POLK DISNEY IS SOMETHING
HE’S BEEN WHEN YOU FIRST HEARD
HIM SAY, WHOA, DISNEY’S WOKE
DISNEY AND THE PUSH BACK TO
BOB CHAPEK. I MEAN, WHAT WAS
GOING TO YOUR BRAND?
>> NOTHING I CALL THAT
WALTERS. AND YOU KNOW, IT’S
INSTITUTION NOT ONLY IN
FLORIDA, BUT IN OUR COUNTRY
AND THE NOTION THAT THE
GOVERNOR TRIES TO ASSOCIATE
DISNEY WITH COMMUNIST CHINA IS
BEYOND THE PALE. AND I JUST
DON’T THINK MOST FLORIDIANS
THINK THAT’S APPROPRIATE,
SMART OR KIND. IT IS NOT OF
THE ABOVE. AND I THINK WE
DESERVE TO HAVE A GOVERNOR
UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT
DISNEY WORLD IS TO OUR STATE.
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO OUR
ENTIRE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN AND
HOW IT HAS CHANGED FLORIDA IN
SO MANY POSITIVE WAYS TO BE
FIGHTING WITH THE CEO OF
FLORIDA. OUR GOVERNOR. IT’S
JUST SOMETHING I DON’T THINK
ANYBODY SAW COMING.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED
SOME OF THE MEASURES THAT
PASSED DURING THE 2020
LEGISLATIVE SESSION. WE’LL
TALK ABOUT SOME STUFF THAT
DIDN’T GET PASSED. BUT YOU
THOUGHT SHOULD HAVE WHAT WOULD
WHAT COMES TO MIND?
THOUGHT SHOULD HAVE WHAT WOULD
WHAT COMES TO MIND? Greatness Lives Here. >> VOTING, RIGHT. YOU KNOW,
INSTEAD OF PASSING A BILL THAT
MAKES IT HARDER JUST INTO, YOU
KNOW, AS MALE VOTING, IF YOU
WILL. WE OUGHT TO BE
ENCOURAGING VOTERS, NOT
DISCOURAGING THEM. YOU KNOW,
AND WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT A
POLITICAL PARTY THAT WANTS
LESS PEOPLE TO VOTE? THAT THEY
CAN’T LIEU OF CAN’T WIN IF
THEY DON’T DO YOU KNOW, THAT’S
VERY I THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE
A BILL THAT DOESN’T TAKE
200 MILLION DOLLARS AWAY FROM
SCHOOL DISTRICTS BUT THOUGHT
IT WAS MAYBE NOT A BAD IDEA TO
HAVE WEAR MASKS IN SCHOOL. I
MEAN, IT JUST SEEMS VERY
PUNITIVE THE WAY THIS GOVERNOR
IS LEADING. AND I THINK THAT’S
NOT WHAT FLORIDA WANTS. I
THINK WE WANT A MORE POSITIVE
KIND OF LEADERSHIP FOR THE
SUNSHINE STATE. YOU KNOW, I
KNOW FLORIDIANS ARE MUCH MORE
FRIENDLY BRACING AND VERY
DIVERSE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE’RE
ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE STATES
IN THE COUNTRY. WE SHOULD BE
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE’RE ALL
CHILDREN GOD.
>> YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, YOU
THE WHAT THE CRITICS WILL SAY
AS YOU RAMP UP YOUR CAMPAIGN.
IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. AND
ULTIMATELY, IF YOU GET PAST
THAT, WHEN YOU GO HEAD TO HEAD
AGAINST GOVERNOR DESANTIS, YOU
KNOW WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO SAY
YOUVE. A REPUBLICAN BEFORE YOU
WERE THE GOVERNOR BEFORE THEY
ARE DEMOCRAT. WHY SHOULD WE
TRUST YOU? WHAT WOULD YOUR
RESPONSE BE TO THE CRITICS OUT
THERE WHO WOULD SAY SOMETHING
LIKE THAT? BECAUSE ALWAYS TELL
YOU THE TRUTH.
>> I MEAN, IT WAS AN EASY TO
LEAVE THE REPUBLICAN BUT WHEN
YOUR VALUES AREN’T MATCHING UP
WITH WHAT YOU THINK THE VALUES
ARE OF THIS NEW REPUBLICAN
PARTY THAT WE’VE EXPERIENCED
SINCE THE TEA PARTY AND IN
2010. AND IT’S ONLY
METASTASIZE SENSE. I’M GOING
TO BE HONEST ABOUT THAT. AND
NOT JUST GO ALONG TO GET
ALONG, BUT I’M GOING TO SPEAK
UP AND SPEAK OUT AND SAY THIS
THING HAS CHANGED I’M MUCH
MORE COMFORTABLE BEING A
FLORIDA DEMOCRAT. AND I THINK
THAT PEOPLE RESPECT THAT AND
THEY KNOW IT’S NOT EASY TO DO
IT, BUT I’M PROUD TO HAVE DONE
IT. AND I KNOW THEY’RE STILL
GOOD REPUBLICANS. I DON’T
THINK TOO BROAD A BRUSH HERE,
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THAT’S
HOW IT WAS FOR ME. MY MOM AND
DAD RAISED ME AND MY 3 SISTERS
HERE IN ST. PETERSBURG TO BE
KIND TO PEOPLE DECENT TO
OTHERS. TO HAVE SOME
COMPASSION AND EMPATHY. AND
WE’RE JUST NOT SEEING A WHOLE
LOT OF RIGHT NOW FOR ITS PART.
>> GOVERNOR DESANTIS IS, YOU
KNOW, HAS POPULARITY. I THINK
IT’S A LOT OF POLARIZATION AS
WELL. IT’S YOU EITHER LOVE
GOVERNOR DESANTIS OR YOU DO AS
WELL. IT’S YOU EITHER LOVE
GOVERNOR DESANTIS OR YOU DO AS Greatness Lives Here. YOU SEE HIS POPULARITY RISE
AND YOU HEAR THE RUMBLINGS OF
A POSSIBLE 2024 OR ULTIMATE
PRESIDENTIAL RUN, YOU KNOW,
THE THE ABILITY FOR YOU TO. TO
COMPETE, HEAD TO HEAD WITH
SOMEONE WHO IS THAT
POLARIZING? THAT POPULAR IN
STATE?
>> I THINK IT’S MORE
POLARIZING, THE POPULAR AND I
THINK PUT THE 2 P’S I THINK
THAT WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS THAT
THIS GUY IS I MENTIONED
EARLIER, HE’S ANTI-GAY. HE’S
ANTI AFRICAN-AMERICAN IS ANTI
WOMAN IS ANTI ENVIRONMENT. I
MEAN, WE HAD A HORRIBLE RED
TIDE IN TAMPA BAY LAST SUMMER.
I PARTICIPATED IN A
DEMONSTRATION PLEADING FOR THE
GOVERNOR TO DECLARE A STATE OF
EMERGENCY. JUST TO HELP US
CLEAN IT UP. HE WOULDN’T DO
IT. SO, YOU KNOW, I DON’T
THINK HE’S ALL THAT AND AND I
THINK HE’S RIPE FOR THE
PICKING. AND I THINK
FLORIDIANS DESERVE A CHOICE
AND THEY DESERVE BETTER THAN
THIS.
>> AS YOU LOOK AHEAD TO THE
NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS ON BUS
STOP IN FLORIDA THIS WEEK OR
IN ORLANDO REST THIS CRIME.
WHAT IS THE NEXT 2, 3 MONTHS?
LOOK LIKE AS YOU PREPARE FOR
THE PRIMARY.
>> WELL, JUST CONTINUE TO WORK
HARD EVERY DAY. JUST TO BE
HONEST WITH TAKE OUR MESSAGE
TO THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA THAT
WE WANT TO HAVE GOOD SCHOOLS,
A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT AND
DECENCY AS CORNY AS THAT MIGHT
SOUND. WE DON’T HAVE THAT IN
OUR GOVERNOR RIGHT NOW. YOU
KNOW, WHEN HE YELLS, THE KIDS
ARE WEARING A MASK AT A PRESS
CONFERENCE, HE GOES TO AND
GIVES THEM A HARD TIME YOU
WE’VE HAD A NEW LOW. SO
DECENCY IS A BIG PART OF
HELPING EDUCATION IS A BIG
PART OF THIS. MAKING SURE THAT
MIDDLE-CLASS FLORIDIANS CAN
AFFORD TO LIVE IN FLORIDA.
AGAIN, IT’S LIKE IMPOSSIBLE IF
YOU’RE A MILLIONAIRE OR
BILLIONAIRE. 42 DOING GREAT.
BUT IF YOU’RE NOT. TRY MY
HOME, TRY TO RENT AN APARTMENT
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. HE WERE
TRYING TO TRYING TO PAY YOUR
PROPERTY INSURANCE BILL AND
EVERYTHING’S GOING THROUGH THE
ROOF. THE GOVERNOR DOESN’T
HAVE ANYBODY BACK EXCEPT THE
RICH YOU KNOW, FLORIDIANS
PARTRIDGE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. WE
HAVE LOT OF SENIORS IN THE
STATE ARE ON A FIXED INCOME
AND THEY NEED HELP AND THEY
DESERVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO’S
GOT THEIR BACK. RON DOESN’T I
WILL.
GOT THEIR BACK. RON DOESN’T I
WILL. Greatness Lives Here. >> NOW STATEWIDE ELECTIONS IN
FLORIDA ARE ALWAYS RAZOR THIN.
BUT THAT REALLY WASN’T THE
CASE. IN 2020, DONALD TRUMP
DEFEATING PRESIDENT BIDEN BY
MORE THAN 3 POINTS, LARGELY
DUE TO THE NUMBER OF VOTES
FROM PICKED UP IN MIAMI DADE
COUNTY, WHICH IS TYPICALLY A
DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLD. COMING
UP, CHRIS, WE’LL EXPLAIN WHY
HE STILL CONSIDERS FLORIDA A
PURPLE STATE. STAY WITH US.
>> THIS IS THE WEEKLY ON CLICK, ORLANDO DOT COM WITH JUSTIN WARMOTH. WELCOME BACK.
CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE CRIST HAS
EMERGED AS THE FRONT RUNNER
AND THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY TO
BE FLORIDA’S NEXT GOVERNOR.
BUT HE FACES HUGE OBSTACLES IN
HIS ATTEMPT.
>> TO UNSEAT GOVERNOR
DESANTIS, HIS POPULARITY
CONTINUES TO RISE AMONG
REPUBLICAN VOTERS. CRIST WHO
ONCE SERVED AS A REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR IS STARTING TO RAMP
UP HIS CAMPAIGN WITH THE
SLOGAN, FLORIDA, FOR ALL. WE
PICK UP THE CONVERSATION ON
THE TOPIC OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
THE TOPIC OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. Greatness Lives Here. >> SO THE LEGISLATURE, I THINK
THEY DID SOMETHING OF A FEW
THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO
ADDRESSING THE LACK OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE
STATE. WHAT? PLAN DO YOU HAVE
TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT IS
SEEMINGLY GETTING WORSE? NOT
BETTER.
>> WELL, I WOULDN’T DO WHAT
THEY AND WHAT THEY DID DO IS
THEY RAIDED A TRUST FUND THAT
IS EXCLUSIVELY SET UP IN
FLORIDA TO OFFER FUNDS TO
FLORIDIANS WHO NEED HELP. IT’S
CALLED THE SADOWSKI FUND AND
ITS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THEY
RAIDED. IT DOESN’T EXIST RIGHT
SO WHAT I WOULD DO IS MAKE
SURE THAT WE HONOR THAT TRUST
WE DEDICATE THOSE THOSE MONIES
AND THOSE FUNDS TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING TO HELPING PEOPLE
THOUGHT. I WOULD ALSO
ENCOURAGE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO
DO THE SAME. HE WANTS TO TAKE
OVER GOVERNMENT. AND I HAVE,
YOU KNOW, SCHOOL BOARDS ARE
COUNTY COMMISSIONS OR EVEN
CITY COUNCIL’S MAKE DECISIONS
THAT MORE. HE WANTS ALL THE
POWER VESTED IN TALLAHASSEE.
THAT’S NOT RIGHT. BUT POINT
GOVERNMENT CAN ALSO HELP WITH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEY’RE
STARTING TO DO IT ACROSS THE
STATE BECAUSE TALLAHASSEE HAS
IGNORED IT AND THAT IT WOULD
PARTNER WITH OUR FEDERAL YOU
KNOW, THE NEW SECRETARY AT
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HUD, AS A
FRIEND, YOU KNOW, FROM
CLEVELAND, SHE WAS A MEMBER,
THE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES.
THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN WORK
WITH OUR FEDERAL FRIENDS,
LOCAL FRIENDS AND THE STATE TO
MAKE SURE WE’RE FOCUSED ON
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FLOOR.
AS YOU LOOK BACK TO THE 2020
AND SPECIFICALLY FLORIDA. AND
YOU SAW. IN MIAMI DADE COMES
Greatness Lives Here. TO MIND.
>> AND AND HOW THAT HAS
CHANGED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS
AND REALLY OVER THE LAST 4
YEARS, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
DONALD TRUMP DOMINATED IN
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AGAINST
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. AS YOU
LOOK AT THE MAKEUP OF FLORIDA,
WHICH WAS ONCE CONSIDERED A
PURPLE STATE, THAT ITS
SEEMINGLY TILTING A LITTLE BIT
MORE RED. DID YOU SEE THAT AS
WELL? AND DO YOU THINK YOU CAN
FLIP THAT?
>> YEAH, I THINK WE’RE WE’RE
VERY PURPLE. YOU KNOW, WE’RE
ABOUT A 3RD REGISTERED
REPUBLICAN ABOUT A 3RD NO
PARTY AFFILIATE ABOUT A 3RD SO
THAT’S THAT’S PURPLE. ALMOST
BY DEFINITION. SO WE LOOK AT
THE LAST 3 GUBERNATORIAL RACES
IN FLORIDA, THEY WERE
BASICALLY WON OR LOST BY A 0.
ONE POINT, YOU KNOW, THE 3
TIME TO GO WAS IN 2014, IT WAS
LESS THAN ONE PERCENT. AND IN
2018, GOVERNOR DESANTIS
ELECTION, IT WAS 0.4 1%. SO
IT’S TRENDING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. IF YOU’RE A
DEMOCRAT OR A MODERATE, WHICH
I SO I’M ENCOURAGED BY THAT.
SO WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL GREAT QUESTION.
VERY IMPORTANT. MIAMI DADE SO
IN THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, WE’RE
IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
AND SO PROBABLY SMARTLY DIDN’T
HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF GOING DOOR
TO DOOR AND INFECTING PEOPLE,
REPUBLICANS TO REGARDLESS AND
THE BENEFIT FROM IT. THERE’S
NO DOUBT. AND SO TRUMP WINS
FLORIDA BY 3% BOUGHT A HUGE
VICTORY, BUT PRETTY BIG BY
FLORIDA STANDARDS. BUT I THINK
THE MORE RELEVANT COMPARISON,
APPLES TO APPLES FOR THE PAST
3 GUBERNATORIAL RACES IN 4 OF
THE MIDTERMS AND THEY ARE
COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES. HE
KEEPS GETTING CLOSER CLOSER
CLOSER FOR DEMOCRATS. AND I
THINK THIS YEAR WE’RE GOING TO
TAKE IT ALL.
>> NOT REACHING 50% IS SEEMS
TO BE THE IN THE GUBERNATORIAL
RACE DOESN’T MATTER. WINNER IS
THE WINNER. AND SO. AS YOU DO,
RACE DOESN’T MATTER. WINNER IS
THE WINNER. AND SO. AS YOU DO, Greatness Lives Here. MAKE PITCH TO TO DEMOCRATS
ACROSS THE STATE INITIALLY.
AND I KNOW YOU WANT TO YOU
WANT EVERYONE TO HEAR YOU. BUT
INITIALLY YOU DO HAVE TO PASS
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY WITH
THE CLOSED INTERSTATE. SO
DEMOCRATS WILL BE VOTING FOR
YOU INITIALLY APPEALING TO
YOUNG VOTERS. IT’S SUCH AN
IMPORTANT THING THAT YOU NEED
TO DO. NIKKI FRIED SEEMS THAT
THE SOCIAL MEDIA DOWN AND I
KNOW YOU HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA
PAGE AND AND YOU’RE GOOD ON
THERE AS WELL. BUT SHE SEEMS
TO REALLY BE FOCUSED ON THAT.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU
THINK WILL ULTIMATELY? HELP OR
HURT YOU AS YOU DO APPEAL TO
THOSE YOUNGER VOTERS?
>> OUR FOCUS ON EVERY EVERY
WAY TO COMMUNICATE, YOU KNOW,
COMMUNICATING WITH YOU IS VERY
IMPORTANT. SOCIAL MEDIA IS
VERY IMPORTANT. RADIO IS
IMPORTANT. CABLE IT’S ALL
IMPORTANT. IT’S FLORIDA,
RIGHT? FOR THE 3RD LARGEST
STATE THE COUNTRY. YOU KNOW,
WE’VE GOT SO MANY MEDIA
MARKETS. IT’S NOT EVEN FUNNY.
SO EVERY SINGLE WAY THAT YOU
COULD POSSIBLY COMMUNICATE
WITH PEOPLE IN NEED TO DO IN
OUR CAMPAIGN IS DOING EXACTLY
THAT. WE’RE APPEALING TO YOUNG
PEOPLE, OLD PEOPLE, COLLEGE
STUDENTS GEN GEN Z BOOMERS,
YOU NAME IT. IT’S ACROSS THE
BOARD BECAUSE WE’RE ONE OF THE
MOST OF OUR STATES IN THE
COUNTRY AND WE’RE JUST GOING
TO KEEP POUNDING ON IT AS WE
GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE
PRIMARY AND GOD WILLING BE ON
2 NOVEMBER, THE 8TH.
>> YOU KNOW, AS WE WANT TO GO
BACK TO THE 2020 ELECTION WITH
US, WHAT CAN AS YOU KNOW, AS A
AS A FLORIDIAN, YOU KNOW HOW
IMPORTANT THE I-FOUR CORRIDOR
IS AND WINNING THE I-4
CORRIDOR. NORMALLY. MEANS THAT
YOU GO ON AND YOU WIN THE
STATE OF FLORIDA. THAT DID NOT
HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE OF MIAMI
DADE COUNTY AND WHAT THAT
LOOKED LIKE. BUT JOE BIDEN,
ONE SEMINOLE COUNTY. I BELIEVE
PINELLAS COUNTY. HE DID. THOSE
ARE SO KEY FOR WINNING THE
I-FOUR CORRIDOR. IS THAT
SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL BE
FOCUSED ON OR IS THAT
SOMETHING THAT AS WE SEE AS WE
SAW IN 2020 DIDN’T MEAN AS
MUCH.
>> YEAH, I AM GOING TO BE
FOCUSED ON IT BECAUSE, YOU
KNOW, BY AND LARGE, GENERALLY
SPEAKING IN STATEWIDE RACES IN
FLORIDA, THE SOUTHERN PART OF
THE STATE WILL GO TO THE
DEMOCRATS NOR THE PART OF THE
STATE TO REPUBLICANS AND
OTHERS. AND I THINK IT’S
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. STILL
AND I AM FROM PINELLAS COUNTY,
THE ANCHOR OF I-FOUR, IF YOU
WILL NOW AT THE OTHER END OF
THE TICKET FOR U.S. SENATE,
WE’RE GOING TO ABOUT THEM.
WHO’S FROM ORLANDO, ORANGE
COUNTY. SO I THINK THAT’S
WONDERFUL BENEFIT TO OUR
TICKET COMING INTO NOVEMBER.
THE 8TH AND THE FACT THAT BOTH
OF US ARE FROM I-FOUR, I THINK
WILL HELP OUR TURNOUT. I THINK
SHE’S GOING TO HUGELY HELP
MINORITY TURNOUT IN THE
ELECTIONS VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
I REALLY AM. AND I FOR NEEDS
TO BE AND ALWAYS WILL BE A
FOCUS FOR ME. I WANT TO ASK
YOU THIS BECAUSE
>> WE HAVE SOME FLORIDIANS
WATCHING THIS MORNING WHO SAY
I LIKE FLORIDA THE WAY IT IS.
I DON’T WANT TO CHANGE. I MAY
NOT LIKE THE GOVERNOR, BUT I’M
GOOD WITH HOW THINGS ARE BEING
RUN CURRENTLY AND I DON’T WANT
TAX GOING AT WHATEVER,
WHATEVER THE TALKING POINTS.
BAY. WHAT WOULD YOUR MESSAGE
BE TO THE FLORIDIANS WHO LIKE
FLORIDA THE WAY IT IS OPEN?
IT’S BEEN THAT WAY THROUGHOUT
THE PANDEMIC, ESSENTIALLY AND
THEY DON’T WANT TO GO THE
OTHER DIRECTION. WHAT WOULD
THAT? WHAT WOULD YOUR PITCH TO
THEM?
>> WELL, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT
THE PANDEMIC. I MEAN, YOU
KNOW, WE DO HAVE 72,000 FOR
COUGH. THAT’S NOT LEADING
WELL, OVER 5 MILLION
FLORIDIANS GOT SICK WITH THE
VIRUS. THAT’S NOT LEAVING.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE’VE GOT 2
GUYS, THE SURGEON GENERAL THAT
DOESN’T KNOW WHAT HE’S TALKING
ABOUT. I MEAN, IT’S IN PARIS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU’RE HAPPY WITH
THAT, THEN YOU WANT TO VOTE
FOR THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT. IF
ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU THINK
YOU DESERVE BETTER THAT
SOMEBODY OUGHT TO BE GOVERNOR
OF ACTUALLY DOES BELIEVE IN
SCIENCE AND WE’LL FOLLOW IT. I
MEAN, MY DAD IS A FAMILY
DOCTOR. MY SISTER’S A
PHYSICIAN. I ACTUALLY BELIEVE
IN SCIENCE. I ACTUALLY KNOW
CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAPPENING. I
ACTUALLY KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH
WE’RE THE 3RD LARGEST STATE IN
COUNTRY WE PAY OUR TEACHERS
WERE NUMBER 48 OUT OF 50 THAT
THAT’S WRONG. I MEAN, THERE’S
SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO BETTER.
AND AND I DON’T THINK IT’S
GOING TO BE THAT HARD BECAUSE
WE’RE AT A LOW POINT RIGHT
NOW. THE BAR REALLY IS LOW
WITH HIS LEADERSHIP. AND I
KNOW, FOR ARE BETTER. I KNOW
MORE HOPEFUL. I DON’T THINK
THEY LIKE THE DIVISIVENESS OF
HE’S ALL ABOUT. AND THAT
AGAINST AGAINST WOMEN AND
THEIR RIGHT TO CHOOSE BECAUSE
ON AND ON JUST I THINK FOR AN
ANSWER, READY FOR A HAPPIER
DAY AND A BETTER FUTURE. FIRST
ORDER OF BUSINESS, IF YOU’RE
ELECTED, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF
Greatness Lives Here. YOU ON?
>> WHENEVER YOU ARE NOW YOU
AND IF THAT HAPPENS, WHAT’S
THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS?
>> COUPLE OF THINGS. I MEAN,
YOU KNOW, MEDICAID EXPANSION
OF SOMETHING THAT’S CRITICAL
IN OUR STATE BECAUSE WE DON’T
ACCEPT MEDICAID EXPANSION.
800,000 TO A MILLION OF OUR
FALL FRONTS ARE NOT GETTING
HEALTH CARE. THAT’S WRONG.
WE’VE GOT TO CHANGE THESE
VOTING LAW SO THEY DON’T GET
THROWN OUT BY THE JUDICIAL
SYSTEM, WHICH I THINK THEY
WILL TO MAKE IT AGAIN. EASIER
TO VOTE BY HAVE DROP BOXES IN
MINORITY COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
FLORIDA. PAY TEACHERS MORE. I
MEAN, THERE’S A LOT TO DO
HAVING BEEN GOVERNOR BEFORE. I
DON’T HAVE TO HAVE ON THE JOB
TRAINING AND WILL GET ABOUT
THE BUSINESS OF RIGHTING THE
SHIP VERY QUICKLY.
THE BUSINESS OF RIGHTING THE
SHIP VERY QUICKLY. Greatness Lives Here. >> AND AGAIN, WE’RE STILL SOME
5 MONTHS AWAY FROM THE PRIMARY
ELECTION, BUT YOU’LL NO DOUBT
START SEEING MORE AND MORE
POLITICAL ADS HERE IN THE NEAR
FUTURE. MY THANKS TO
CONGRESSMAN CHRIS FOR THE TIME
THIS WEEK. AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN
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