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LARRY: WELCOME BACK, FOLKS.
JOINING ME NOW SOMEBODY WHO I
THINK WILL BE THE NEXT GOVERNOR
OF NEW YORK, THAT BEING
CONGRESSMAN LEE ZELDIN.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON SET.
OF COURSE THE LATEST BUSINESS
AROUND YOUR HOUSE.
DEAD BODIES UNDER THE PORCH, NOT
GOOD.
HOCHUL SAID, I DIDN’T KNOW THIS,
ONE OF MY PRODUCERS SAID
COMMENTING ABOUT THIS WHOLE
TERRIBLE SITUATION, ALL YOU NEED
IS TO WORK ON GETTING GUNS OFF
THE STREET.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT
STATEMENT BY HOCHUL, GOVERNOR
HOCHUL?
THAT IS ALL WE NEED IS GETTING
GUNS OFF THE STREET?
>> FIRST OFF WE DON’T KNOW WHO
THE SHOOTERS ARE AND WE DON’T
KNOW WHAT THEIR MOTIVE IS BUT IF
YOU WERE TO GUESS YOU WILL
PROBABLY FIND OUT IT IS SOMEBODY
WITH A PAST CRIMINAL RECORD.
WE’LL SEE.
IT’S PROBABLY AN ILLEGAL
FIREARM.
NOT SOMEONE WHO IS CONCEALED
CARRY PERMIT-HOLDER.
KATHY HOCHUL ONE OF THESE PEOPLE
PUTS OUT A TWEET, CALLING ON
AMERICAN EXPRESS, MASTERCARD,
VISA, TO FLAG ALL GUN PURCHASES
AS SUSPICIOUS.
I ALSO WOULD BET THAT THE
SHOOTER, OR SHOOTERS OF WHAT
HAPPENED IN MY FRONT YARD ON
SUNDAY PROBABLY DIDN’T START
THAT GUN TRANSACTION DIDN’T
BEGIN WITH A SWIPE OF AN
AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD.
WE HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH EACH
OTHER IN THIS CONVERSATION.
WE SHOULD BE GOING AFTER THE
CRIMINAL COMMITTING CRIME OF A
CRIME OF A CRIME OF A CRIME WITH
AN ILLEGAL FIREARM.
BECAUSE OF SYSTEM IS NOT
WORKING, CASHLESS BAIL LAWS AND
MORE THESE PEOPLE ARE OUT ON THE
STREET.
WHAT HAPPENS INSTEAD OF GOING
AFTER THOSE PEOPLE, THEY GO
AFTER THE LAW-ABIDING NEW YORKER
WHO WANTS TO SAFELY CARRY A
FIREARM FOR SELF-DEFENSE.
WE SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER TO
GO AFTER THE CRIMINAL.
LARRY: YOU UNDOUBTEDLY HEARD
WHAT FORMER GOVERNOR DAVID
PATTERSON SAID ON THE JON KATZ
RADIO SHOW, WORST HE EVER SEEN
THE CRIME PROBLEM IN NEW YORK.
HE SAID BACK TO THE ’80s,
’90s, HE SAID THIS IS THE
WORST HE EVER SEEN IT.
HOCHUL HAS DONE WHAT ABOUT THIS?
>> SHE MADE IT WORSE.
SHE SIGNED THE LESS IS MORE ACT
WHEN SHE FIRST CAME IN TO
RELEASE PEOPLE EARLY FROM
PRISON.
THE WOMAN IN HOWARD BEACH
ATTACKED IN THE SUBWAY BY A GUY
WHO ONCE KILLED HIS OWN
GRANDPARENT, VIOLATED HIS PAROLE
THIS PAST AUGUST.
THE PAROLE OFFICER WAS NOT ABLE
TO KEEP HIM DETAINED BECAUSE OF
LESS IS MORE ACT.
THIS WOMAN MAY NOT HAVE VISION.
WE HAD A WOMAN LAST WEDNESDAY
MURDERED IN FRONT OF HER THREE
KIDS IN THE BUFFALO AREA, BY HER
HUSBAND.
WEARING A BULLETPROOF VEST, THE
DAY BEFORE AFTER GETTING CHARGED
WITH A SLEW OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
OFFENSES, RELEASED DUE TO
CASHLESS BAIL.
THE JUDGE DID NOT HAVE
DISCRETION TO WEIGH
DANGEROUSNESS.
BECAUSE HE JUDGE DID NOT HAVE
DISCRETION ON DANGEROUSNESS.
THE MAN MURDERS HIS WIFE IN
FRONT OF THE THREE KIDS.
WE NEED TO REPEAL CASHLESS BAIL.
WE NEED DISTRICT ATTORNEYS DOING
THEIR JOB.
ROLL BACK PRO-CRIMINAL LAWS AND
BACKING MEN AND WOMEN IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN ORDER TO TAKE
BACK OUR STREETS.
LARRY: WHEN IS THE DEBATE WITH
HOCHUL?
>> THERE SHOULD BE MULTIPLE
DEBATES ACROSS THIS ENTIRE STATE
BUT WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO, HER
FIRST OFFER, ONLY OFFER, SHE
WOULD DO ONE DEBATE ON CABLE AT
THE VERY END OF OCTOBER, OVER A
MONTH AFTER THE START OF MAIL-IN
VOTING.
SHE HAS ACTUALLY SAID ON SOME OF
THESE ISSUES LIKE CASHLESS BAIL,
YOU HAVE TO ELECT HER TO FIND
OUT WHERE HER POSITION ON IT MAY
BE IN JANUARY.
I BELIEVE CRAZY THOUGHT, THAT
VOTERS SHOULD KNOW WHERE WE
STAND ON ISSUES BEFORE THEY
VOTE, NOT AFTER.
ONE DEBATE ISN’T ENOUGH.
WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR RE-ELECTION
IN 2016 TO CONGRESS, I WAS
POLLING WAY UP, 15, 20, 25 PLUS
POINTS UP.
I COULD HAVE FOLLOWED SOME ROSE
GARDEN STRATEGY.
I AGREED TO 20 JOINT APPEARANCES
WITH MY OPPONENT.
I DIDN’T HAVE TO DO IT.
BUT I RESPECT THE VOTERS.
THE VOTERS DESERVE TO HAVE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK US THESE
QUESTIONS.
WHETHER YOU’RE RUNNING FOR THE
HOUSE, OR RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES, THERE ARE
MULTIPLE DEBATES BECAUSE THERE
IS A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.
LARRY: SHE DOESN’T WANT TO FACE
UP TO IT.
REALLY DOESN’T WANT TO FACE UP
TO IT.
THAT IS MY OWN POINT OF VIEW.
WE REPORT.
PEOPLE WILL DECIDE BUT I THINK
THAT IS SO CLEAR.
SO CRIME HAS BECOME THE NUMBER
ONE ISSUE BUT I WOULD ADD TO
THAT JUST GET YOUR TAKE ON THIS
LOOK IT, I’VE SAID THIS MANY
TIMES, HIGH CRIME IS LIKE A TAX
INCREASE ON BUSINESS AND THE
ECONOMY.
PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO REOPEN A
BUSINESS.
DON’T WANT TO START A NEW
BUSINESS BECAUSE IT ISN’T SAFE.
DON’T WANT TO MOVE INTO A
NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE NOT SAFE IN
KIDS SCHOOLS.
CRIME RESOUNDS TO THE ECONOMIC
DETRIMENT.
NEW YORK STATE AND CITY HAVE
FALLEN WAY BEHIND ON THE
ECONOMY.
>> AMEN.
NEW YORK LEADS THE ENTIRE NATION
IN POPULATION LOSS.
WHY IS THAT?
PEOPLE HIT THEIR BREAKING POINT.
THEY DON’T FEEL SAFE.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR WALLETS
HAVE BEEN ATTACKED.
THEY KNOW IF THEY TO TO THE
OTHER STATES, THEY FEEL SAFER,
THE MONEY WILL GO FURTHER.
IT BECOME AS ECONOMIC DECISION.
IT BECOME AS PERSONAL SAFETY
DECISION.
IN SOME RESPECT IT IS AN
INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM DECISION GETS
MADE.
THEY FEEL FREER IN SOME OTHER
STATES AS WELL.
BUT IF YOU’RE A SMALL BUSINESS
HERE IN MANHATTAN AND YOU HAVE A
PROBLEM, NOW THE TOOTHPASTE IS
GETTING LOCKED UP.
LARRY: I KNOW.
IT IS CRAZY.
>> THINGS ARE GETTING STOLEN
WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM?
THAT INVENTORY STOLEN OFF THE
RACKS SOMEONE IS PAYING FOR
THAT.
LARRY: YES, THEY ARE.
ONE OTHER POINT ABOUT GOVERNOR
HOCHUL, AND LOOK, I’M, I HAVE
SAID THIS PUBLICLY, I WILL SAY
IT AGAIN, YOU ARE MY CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR PERIOD, FULL STOP
BUT THE "NEW YORK POST" IS
RUNNING A CONSTANT DISCUSSION OF
HER CORRUPTION.
NO-BID CONTRACTS TO CAMPAIGN
DONORS.
SHE REFUSES TO DEAL WITH THAT.
AND I THINK THAT CORRUPTION IS
ALSO PART OF THE CRIME WAVE.
>> OH, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT
THERE IS A DECISION THAT WAS
DELIBERATE, THAT WAS MADE BY
KATHY HOCHUL TO SELL OUT ACCESS
TO HER OFFICE IN ORDER TO RAISE
TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR
THIS CAMPAIGN.
SHE HAS SHOWN THAT SHE IS --
LISTEN YOU BROUGHT UP A GREAT
EXAMPLE.
SHE GAVE OUT A NO-BID CONTRACT
FOR OVER $600 MILLION FOR COVID
TESTS PAYING FAR MORE, TWICE THE
PRICE THAN WHAT CALIFORNIA PAID
TO THIS TOP DONOR.
IF YOU WERE TO LOOK CLOSELY AT
IT, YOU EXAMINE IT, DECIDE TO
ASK HER QUESTIONS AS MEMBER OF
MEDIA JUST HAPPENED A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO, SHE SAID SHE WOULD DO
IT ALL OVER AGAIN.
SHE WAS PRESENTED WITH THE
FACTS.
LISTEN, FULL TRANSPARENCY WE
KNOW WHAT YOU DID.
SHE SAID, NOT, THIS IS THE WAY
I’M MAKING SURE THAT NEVER
HAPPENS AGAIN.
AND HOW DOES IT IMPACT THE
ECONOMICS?
WELL IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER A
QUARTER BILLION DOLLARS MORE
SPENT BY TAXPAYERS FOR THOSE
COVID TESTS.
THIS COMPANY THAT GOT THE
CONTRACT, THEY WEREN’T EVEN THE
COMPANY THAT MANUFACTURED THE
TESTS T WAS JUST SOME COMPANY
THAT SAID, HIRE US AND THEN
WE’LL BE THE MIDDLEMAN,
CALIFORNIA OF ALL PLACES LOOK TO
CALIFORNIA AS AN EXAMPLE?
IN THIS CASE BETTER EXAMPLE THAN
NEW YORK.
THEY WENT TO THE COMPANY THAT
MANUFACTURED THE TESTS.
SCANDAL AFTER SCANDAL AFTER
SCANDAL, PAY-TO-PLAY CORRUPTION
IS HER M-O.
PEOPLE WERE SAYING AT ONE POINT
THIS IS ANDREW CUOMO 2.0.
THAT IS NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE.
KATHY HOCHUL IN HER OWN RIGHT
MADE ALBANY FAR MORE TOXIC THAN
EVER BEFORE.
LARRY: YOU PULLED IN THE POLLS
OR PULLED EVEN IN SOME
DISTINGUISHED POLLS.
IT IS ABOUT CRIME.
>> TRAFALGAR.
LARRY: IT IS ABOUT TURNING THEM
OUT.
THIS IS WHERE THE OUTS ARE GOING
TO GET RID OF THE INS.
THIS WILL BE A POPULIST
ELECTION.
YOU KNOW, LEE, WE TALKED ABOUT
THIS.
I ALWAYS ARGUE THE CAVALRY IS
COMING, IT IS A RED WAVE.
NEW YORK STATE, IT WILL BE PART
OF THAT RED WAVE.
>> WE ARE NOT IN THIS RACE TO
COME IN SECOND.
WE’RE GOING TO WIN THIS RACE
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WIN THIS RACE
IN ORDER FOR US TO WIN WE NEED
EVERYBODY OUT THERE DOING
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING IN THEIR
POWER TAKING NOTHING FOR
GRANTED.
IT’S A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
WE’RE GIVEN TO VOTE, YES, BUT
ALSO OUR DUTY, OUR OBLIGATION,
IF YOU’RE OUT THERE, LISTENING
YOU’RE A PROUD AMERICAN IT IS
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE AS
ACTIVE AS POSSIBLE THESE LAST
FOUR WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
LARRY: WE’RE BOTH GETTING THE
HOOK.
GOOD LUCK.
YOU’RE DOING GREAT WORK.