ED: WELCOME BACK.
WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR ROUNDTABLE HERE.
WE WILL CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION WITH GEOFF DIEHL.
LIVE IN HANOVER AT THE EATING ESTABLISHMENT.
JANET: CAN YOU STILL HEAR US?
GEOFF DIEHL: I CAN HEAR YOU.
JANET: YOU’VE ACCUSED SENATOR WARREN OF DOING NOTHING FOR MASSACHUSETTS WHEN SHE’S WORKED WITH REPUBLICANS TO GET OVER THE COUNTER HEARING AIDS, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR
FISHERMEN, DREDGING BOSTON HARBOR, INCREASED MONEY FOR OPIOIDS AND THE GREENLINE EXTENTION.
IS THAT NOTHING?
GEOFF DIEHL: IT’S CUTTING IN AND OUT.
JANET: CAN YOU HEAR ME?
HELLO?
I THINK WE HAVE LOST THE REPRESENTATIVE AT LEAST AUDIO WISE.
ED: THAT IS THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF DOING MY TELEVISION.
SO, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS CONTINUE TO WORK TO REESTABLISH HIS CONNECTION.
AS WE DO THAT, WE CAN BRING PATRICK AND MARIANNE INTO THE CONVERSATION.
LET ME START AT THE BEGINNING.
WE EXTENDED THIS TO SENATOR WARREN AND THEN SHE SAID WAS TOO BUSY.
IS THERE A TEST ANYTHING ELSE AT PLAY MARY ANN: I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF SCHEDULING ISSUES.
THE TEAM IS ALWAYS TERRIFIC.
THEY HAVE BEEN HERE A LOT.
THEY DID A GREATJOB AT THE DEBATE.
I DON’T THINK IT WAS ANYTHING.
ED: WE CAN GET A LIVE TRACK ANYWHERE IN THE UNION.
PATRICK: CAN YOU GET ONE TO WISCONSIN?
TWO OHIO?
SHE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TIME OUT OF MASSACHUSETTS.
THAT IS ARROGANT, THAT IS TAKING FOR GRANTED -- SHE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT RUNNING FOR SENATE.
JANET: SHE HAS TO 37 TOWNHALL MEETINGS IN MASSACHUSETTS ALONE, WHICH IS 36 MORE, MAYBE 37 MARTHA GEOFF DIEHL.
ED WE HAVE RECONNECTED AUDIO WISE.
MARY ANN: MERCIFULLY.
ED: YOU JUST SAID SENATOR WARREN HAS DONE 37 TOWNHALL.
HAVE YOU DONE A TOWNHALL?
GEOFF DIEHL: I HAVE DONE EVENTS AUTOGRAPHED ACROSS THE STATE THAT WERE OPEN TO EVERYONE UNLIKE HER TOWNHALL’S WHICH WERE CLOSED EVENTS WHERE SHE HAD PRESCREENED QUESTIONS.
I HAVE BEEN AT A COUPLE HUNDRED EVENTS BY NOW FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS CAMPAIGNING AND MEETING PEOPLE FACE TO FACE AND TAKING QUESTIONS FACE-TO-FACE.
JANET: I WANT TO ASK WHAT WE TRIED TO ASK YOU.
DURING OUR U.S. SENATE DEBATE THIS PAST WEEK, I BELIEVE IT WAS ON TUESDAY, YOU ASKED SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN -- YOU ACCUSED ARE BASICALLY OF DOING NOTHING FOR MASSACHUSETTS WHEN SHE’S
HELPED IN MANY WAYS, RAISING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR FISHERMEN, DREDGING BOSTON HARBOR, INCREASED MONEY FOR OPIOIDS AND THE GREENLINE EXTENTION.
IS THAT NOTHING?
GEOFF DIEHL: FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE LEGISLATION I HAVE SUPPORTED ON BEACON HILL THAT HELPS MY DISTRICT AS WELL.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LEGISLATION THAT SHE HAS FILED THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT, THAT IS ZERO.
SHE HAS VOTED AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT HELPED MASSACHUSETTS LIKE THE TAX REFORM BILL THAT HAS GIVEN OUR STATE RECORD UNEMPLOYMENT.
SHE CALLED IT CRUMBS.
MARY ANN: SHE SAID ALSO IT WAS A GIVEAWAY TO THE BANKS.
IT WASN’T WORTH SIGNING BECAUSE OF SO MUCH MONEY GOING TO THE BANKS.
GEOFF DIEHL: SHE WAS TO SAY IT IS A GIVEAWAY TO CORPORATIONS.
MY WIFE AND I OWN A SMALL BUSINESS TO WE ARE A CORPORATION.
WE TRY TO PAY OUR EMPLOYEES BEFORE WE PAY OURSELVES.
90% OF SMALL BUSINESSES ARE 20% OR UNDER.
THAT IS WHO IS BENEFITING.
HIRING MORE PEOPLE, GIVING MORE WAGES AND SHE WANTS TO UNDO THAT.
SHE IS ON RECORD WANTING TO GO BACKWARDS ON THE ECONOMIC BOOM WE ARE HAVING.
ED: IF YOU WIN THIS ELECTION, YOUR SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT MOST MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS SAY THEY WANT, FOR EXAMPLE, KEEPING HEALTH COVERAGE FOR PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS.
HOW WILL YOU VOTE?
GEOFF DIEHL: WE HAVE TO KEEP PRE-EXISTING HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.
IN FACT, MASSACHUSETTS HAD A HEALTH CARE PLAN THAT WAS WORKING.
WE SWITCHED OVER TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT CARET I VOTED AGAINST THAT BECAUSE WE HAD 100% CHILDREN COVERED AND 98% ADULTS COVERED.
IT WAS AFFORDABLE AND WE SWITCHED OVER TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND NOBODY GOT THAT $2500 ANNUAL SAVINGS.
IT IS COSTING PEOPLE SOMETIMES MORE THAN THEIR MORTGAGE TO COVER A FAMILY OF FOUR.
THAT IS NOT WORKING.
MASSACHUSETTS HAD THE ABILITY TO DELIVER.
ELIZABET WARREN WANTS TO DO UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, WHERE GOVERNMENT PAYS FOR EVERYTHING.
THAT DOES NOT DRIVE COSTS DOWN.
HIS FREE-MARKET INNOVATION THAT DRIVES TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE HEALTH CARE BETTER.
WHEN GOVERNMENT PAYS, THERE IS NO INCENTIVE TO SAVE MONEY.
IT IS LIKE COLLEGE LOANS.
BECAUSE THEY TOOK OVER WITH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, COLLEGES HAVE NO INCENTIVE TO LOWER THE COST.
ED: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US LIVE.
ENJOYED THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
A THANK YOU TO REPUBLICAN FOR US GEOFF DIEHL FOR BEING OUR OTR GUEST. AND GOOD LUCK ON TUESDAY MR. DIEHL JANET: BACK TO THE ROUNDTABLE.
YOU JUST HEARD REPRESENTATIVE DEAL, YOU HEARD SENATOR WANTED GIVE ME THE STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS GOING INTO?
PATRICK: GEOFF DIEHL’S STRENGTH IS THAT HE WOULD SERVE THE SENATE FULL-TIME.
THAT WOULD BE HIS COMMITMENT AND HE WOULD SERVE THE FULL TERM.
ELIZABETH WARREN’S STRENGTH IS SHE CARD-CARRYING MEMBER OF THE TRUNK RESISTANCE.
THAT IS A STRONG POSITION LIKE MASSACHUSETTS.
MARY ANN: PER FIGHT IS HER STRENGTH AND SHE FIGHTS FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND FOR HER CONVICTIONS.
SHE FIGHTS AGAINST DONALD TRUMP YOUR MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS LIKE THAT.
HIS STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS IS DONALD TRUMP YOUR GUARANTEES AND 33%.
IT GUARANTEES HE WILL NEVER GET OVER 51%.
IT IS DISINGENUOUS TO DOES THAT -- TO DUCK YOUR QUESTION.
HE DID NOT DO ANY TOWNHALL MEETINGS.
HOLD ON.
NONE OF ELIZABETH WARREN’S TOWNHALL EVENTS WERE CLOSED OR PRETTY -- PATRICK, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IT IT IS SHAMEFUL YOU TALK ABOUT THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT.
THAT IS NOT TRUE.
HAVE YOU BEEN TO ONE?
PATRICK: LISTEN TO ME.
I HAVE SEEN HER HERE.
I HAVE SEEN YOU AT OTHER PLACES.
I’VE SEEN HER OVER HANDLE.
ED: I’M GOING TO -- I WOULD BLOW A WHISTLE TO WILDLY.
THERE WAS A MOMENT DURING OUR DEBATE LAST TUESDAY NIGHT ON CHANNEL 5 WHEN GEOFF DIEHL ASKED A SURPRISED SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN ABOUT AN ETHICS COMPLAINT FILED BY A CONSERVATIVE GROUP
DURING THE KAVANAUGH HEARINGS, CLAIMING SHE VIOLATED SENATE RULES.
I WANT TO PLAY THAT ANSWER FOR YOU.
HERE’S WHAT SHE SAID.
>> THERE IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD NOT BE DOING FIRST OF ALL WHEN YOU’RE HAVING A NATIONAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT.
>> I WILL CHECK INTO IT, BUT I DON’T KNOW.
ED: SHE SAID I DON’T KNOW.
IS THIS MORE THAN A POLITICAL MOLEHILL?
MARY ANN: IT’S NOT EVEN THAT.
IT IS SHAMEFUL.
THEY DID THE SAME THING TO KAMALA HARRIS P OR ANYBODY WHO IS THINKING ABOUT RUNNING IN 2020.
IT’S LIKE CHARGING DEMOCRATS WITH CYBER CRIMES WHEN HE HAS BEEN HACKING VOTER REGISTRATION.
SHAMEFUL.
PATRICK: SHE SURE KIND OF LOOKED SURPRISED, DIDN’T SHE?
WHEN YOU MIX YOUR OFFICIAL DUTIES FOR WHICH THE EMAIL FIND TO BE, SHE AND SENATOR HARRIS ABOUT VOTING NO ON KAVANAUGH AND YOU SAY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD THE
STRONGEST TAME WE CAN HAVE.
PLEASE HELP SUPPORT.
THAT IS A MIXING OF OFFICIAL BUSINESS AND CAMPAIGN.
SHE SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.
SHE LOOKED SURPRISED.
I’VE A FEELING THERE’S MORE TO COME.
JANET: THERE ARE OTHER RACES WE WILL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON.
DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN BILL KEATING IS GETTING A SERIOUS CHALLENGE FROM REPUBLICAN BUSINESSMAN PETER TEDESCHI.
COULD THERE BE AN UPSET IN THE 9TH, THAT’S THE SOUTH SHORE, CAPE AND ISLANDS?
MARY ANN: ABSOLUTELY NOT.
IT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE.
JANET: WHAT ABOUT YOU?
PATRICK: IT IS UNLIKELY TO HER THE DISTRICT’S RIGHTS OR DESERVES ANY PLACE, THAT IS THE ONLY PLACE.
IT IS A TOUGH BATTLE.
ED: WHAT ABOUT THE MASSACHUSETTS THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, IT’S AN OPEN SEAT, TWO POLITICAL NEWCOMERS DEMOCRAT LORI TRAHAN AND REPUBLICAN RICK GREEN?
HOW TO BREAK THIS ONE DOWN?
PATRICK: I THINK IT IS MORE OF THE SAME.
RICK GREEN HAS RUN A GOOD CAMPAIGN.
IT IS DIFFICULT MAKE IT HAPPEN.
ED: THE GRAPHICS SHOW SOMEONE ELSE.
HE IS NOT RUNNING AT THIS TIME.
MARY ANN: SHE WALKS AWAY WITH THIS RACE.
SHE RAN A GREAT PRIMARY CAMPAIGN.
SHE IS RUNNING A GREAT GENERAL ELECTION.
RICK GREEN DOESN’T HAVE THE STANDING NOR DID HE PUT THE MONEY IN TO MAKE IT COMPETITIVE.
ED: THIS LIVE OTR POLITICAL ROUNDTABLE CONTINUES.
AS WE TALK ABOUT THE BAKER GONZALEZ RACE FOR GOVERNOR