THIS IS FACING SOUTH FLORIDA
WITH JIM DEFEDE.
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
FACING SOUTH FLORIDA.
ON ALMOST EVERY LEVEL OF
GOVERNMENT THIS PAST WEEK HAS
BEEN CRAZY.
WASHINGTON THE REVOLUTION TO
THE BOB WOODWARD BOOK PAINTING
-- NOT DESERVING IS A PRESENT.
THEN THE NEW YORK TIMES A
NOTION OF A RESISTANCE MOVEMENT
TAKING PLACE INSIDE THE WHITE
HOUSE.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THE
PRESIDENT WAS NOT HAPPY. THE
LATEST ACTIVE RESISTANCE IS THE
-- PUBLISHED BY AN ANONYMOUS
GUTLESS COWARD.
NOBODY KNOWS WHO HE IS OR SHE,
BUT FOR THE SAKE OF OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY, THE NEW YORK
TIMES SHOULD PUBLISH HIS NAME.
REPORTER SHOULD INVESTIGATE WHO
IT IS. IS BECOME A POWER GAME
TO WONDER WHO THE WRITER IS.
MORE THAN TWO DOZEN TRUMP
OFFICIALS HAVE DENIED IT.
SPURRED BY THESE STORIES IS A
LOT OF TALK IN THE MEDIA ABOUT
INVOKING THE 25th AMENDMENT.
IN LET'S BE CLEAR, YOU CAN
BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT IS A
MORAL AND CERTAINLY MANY PEOPLE
DO BUT YOU CANNOT REMOVE
SOMEONE FROM OFFICE BECAUSE YOU
THINK THE PRESIDENT IS A BAD
MAN.
BAD PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PRESIDENTS
IN THE PAST AND BAD PEOPLE WILL
LIKELY BE PRESIDENT AGAIN, BUT
AS IF IT WASN'T ENOUGH, FORMER
PRESIDENT OBAMA STEPPED UP AS
HE ADDRESSED THE NEW YORK
TIMES. THE CLAIM THAT
EVERYTHING WILL TURN OUT OKAY
BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE INSIDE
THE WHITE HOUSE WHO SECRETLY
ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE
PRESIDENT'S ORDERS.
THAT IS NOT A CHECK ON BEING
SERIOUS, THAT'S NOT HOW OUR
DEMOCRACY IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
THESE PEOPLE ARE ELECTED?
THEY ARE NOT ACCOUNTABLE.
THEY ARE NOT DOING US A SERVICE
BY ACTIVELY PROMOTING 90% OF
THE CRAZY STUFF COMING OUT OF
THIS WHITE HOUSE.
THEN SAYING WE ARE PREVENTING
THE OTHER 10%.
THAT'S NOT HOW THINGS ARE
SUPPOSED TO WORK.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
IN FLORIDA LESS THAN 60 DAYS
UNTIL THE BIGGEST AND MOST
CONSEQUENTIAL MIDTERM ELECTION
IN MY LIFETIME.
IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE ANDREW
DYLAN AND'S DISSENT IS
ANNOUNCED -- CHOOSING JEANETTE
NUNEZ.
HELPING WITH WOMEN ACTING AS A
INFLUENCE.
SELECTING CHRIS KING, DOUBLING
DOWN ON THE PROGRESSIVE AGENDA.
THIS IS THE YOUNGEST AND MOST
LIBERAL TICKET IN THE STATES
HISTORY.
PICKING KINGS KNOWS THIS RACE
IS ABOUT EXPANDING THE BASE.
GETTING NEW VOTERS TO THE POLLS
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO MODERATE
REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS.
LATER WE WILL TALK TO A WOMAN
WHO HAS BEEN WORKING TO GET NEW
VOTERS TO THE POLLS BUT FIRST
SO MUCH ATTENTION FOCUSED ON
THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, I THINK
THE RACE FOR WHO WILL REPLACE
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS JUST AS
IMPORTANT.
EARLIER I SPOKE TO NOMINEES.
WE MAKE OUR CHASE, THIS IS A
CYCLE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE A STARK
CHOICE BETWEEN MYSELF AND . SHE
WANTS TO CONTINUE WHAT HAS BEEN
GOING ON AND I HAVE MADE THE
CASE ON THE EXACT OPPOSITE .
THIS IS AN OFFICE THAT IS GOING
TO CHANGE COME NOVEMBER WHEN I
AM ELECTED.
WE ARE GOING TO BE AGGRESSIVE
AND TOLD EVERYBODY
ACCOUNTABLE. YOU WERE AT A
PRESS CONFERENCE LAST WEEK IN
FRONT OF TRUMP TOWER TALKING
ABOUT HOW IF YOU WERE A TRAINED
GENERAL YOU WILL BEGIN
INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE
BUSINESS PRACTICES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING
ON? YOU CANNOT PROBIT --
PROFIT FROM THE PRESIDENCY.
THERE ARE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE
INSTITUTED ACTIONS AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT.
WHO STAYED AT TRUMP TOWER?
WHY ARE THEY STAYING THERE AND
HOW MUCH MONEY ARE YOU MAKING
FROM PEOPLE STAYING AT TRUMP
TOWER?
WHAT'S YOUR TAX RETURNS SAY?
YOU WERE SUGGESTING EVEN THERE
COULD BE SOME MONEY-LAUNDERING
GOING ON IN REGARDS TO SOME OF
THESE. MONEY-LAUNDERING ALSO
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH CHARITIES.
THAT THEY ARE ANYTHING BUT
CHARITABLE, SOME OF THAT MONEY
IS BEING USED FOR THINGS THAT
ARE NOT CHARITABLE.
THOSE NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED
AND LOOKED AT.
THAT'S WHAT ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S. SHOULD YOU BE
ARGUING THAT THERE MAY BE MONEY-
LAUNDERING GOING ON?
WHAT RAISES THAT SUSPICION?
THERE ARE MULTIPLE NEWS
REPORTS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON,
WHO IS STAYING AT TRUMP TOWERS,
WHO ARE PURCHASING ALL THE
PENTHOUSES THERE, LET'S LOOK AT
IT.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
ENTITLED TO KNOW WHETHER THE
PRESIDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THE
PRESIDENT HAD TO ANSWER A
LAWSUIT REGARDING THE CLAUSE,
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IN
HISTORY.
THE PRESIDENT HAD TO RESPOND,
THIS IS NOT A FRIVOLOUS WEIRD
LAWSUIT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE
GOING TO GET INTO. THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL IN TEXAS ALSO
ASSUMING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
OVER OBAMA CARE TRYING TO KNOCK
DOWN SOME OF THE LAST PILLARS
OF OBAMA CARE.
JOINING IN WITH THE LAWSUIT YOU
ARE SAYING THAT IF YOU ARE
ELECTED YOU WILL WITHDRAW FROM
THAT AND GO ON THE OTHER SIDE.
WHAT IS AT STAKE AND THAT
PARTICULAR CASE.
IT IS YOUR ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE CARE, HOW WELL CAN
YOUR CHILDREN STAY ON
HEALTHCARE?
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
ALL THE BEST PARTS ARE IN
DANGER, BY SEVERAL REPUBLICAN
ATTORNEY GENERALS HAVE SUED AND
I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS MY
EVEN THE PART ABOUT PRE-
EXISTING CONDITIONS. ALL OF
IT.
I WILL INVALIDATE THE ENTIRE
THING, PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO
THE PROTECTIONS OF PRE-EXISTING
HEALTHCARE AND WHAT INSURANCE
COMPANIES CAN PICK AND CHOOSE.
ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOOD
ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT,
THIS IS JUST A POLITICAL FIGHT
GOING ON IN PEOPLE'S
HEALTHCARE. LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE ASPECTS, IT SEEMS TO ME IN
RECENT YEARS THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S POSITION HAS BECOME
VERY POLITICIZED THAT IT'S ON
BOTH RIGHT AND THE LEFT.
IT ALMOST SEEMS AS IF YOU SEE
VERY PARTISAN NATURES OF
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICES.
I DON'T KNOW, SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT YOU ARE SAYING
ABOUT HIM IS HE GETTING THE
PRESIDENT JUST YOU WERE GOING
TO CONTINUE THAT WAY, IS THAT A
GENEROUS -- DANGEROUS TRENDS
THERE?
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IT'S
NOT POLITICIZED IN THE OFFICE.
THE THINGS I AM TELLING YOU ARE
REALLY THE LAW.
THE LAW IS WHAT THE LAW IS AND
I HAVE MADE THE CASE TO THE
PEOPLE IN FLORIDA, I INTEND TO
BE AN AGGRESSIVE ATTORNEY
GENERAL, BUT ONE THAT HOLDS
EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE UNDER THE
LAW.
ONE THAT IS VERY AGGRESSIVE
ABOUT THAT, THAT'S NOT
PARTISAN.
THAT IS ENFORCING THE LAW.
I MAY BELIEVE SOMETHING
DIFFERENT AND HOW TO ENFORCE IT
BUT THAT'S WHY WE ARE OUT HERE
MAKING THE CASE.
IT'S NOT POLITICIZING IT AT
ALL.
I MAKE THE CASE THAT I INTEND
TO GO OUT TO THE LEGISLATURE.
THEIR FAILURE TO ALLOW THESE
AMENDMENTS.
THAT'S NOT BIPARTISAN.
-- AMENDMENT ONE THOUSAND
MEDICINAL CANNABIS.
74% OF THE VOTERS SAID THEY
WANTED.
SIX PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS AND
GOVERNMENT IS DOING EVERYTHING
THEY CAN TO SLOW WALK IT WHEN I
AM ELECTED AND FILE A LAWSUIT
TO MAKE SURE THAT AMENDMENT IS
IMPLEMENTED THAT'S NOT
PARTISAN, THAT'S IMPLEMENTING
WHAT 74% OF THE VOTERS WANT.
IT'S THE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY AND
AGGRESSIVENESS THAT IS
DIFFERENT.?
LET'S TAKE A STEP BACK, YOUR
ELECTION AS DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
WHAT MESSAGE ARE THE VOTERS
SENDING ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE
WHEN IT COMES TO THIS RACE IN
TERMS OF SELECTING DYLAN,
YOURSELF, IN TERMS OF THE
CABINET OFFICERS.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ON THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE? IF YOU
DIDN'T GET THE MESSAGE LOUD AND
CLEAR THE DEMOCRATS WANT
SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND WE WANT
SOMETHING NEW AND SOMETHING
FRESH.
INSTANTLY FLORIDA HAS THE MOST
DIVERSITY IN THE COUNTRY.
NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE
DIVERSITY OF OUR GENDER AND
RELIGION BUT WHAT WE THINK AND
HOW WE BELIEVE FLORIDA SHOULD
MOVE FORWARD.
BUT WHAT I ENCOUNTER WHEN I'M
TALKING ABOUT MY RACES, PEOPLE
WANT A FIGHTER AND SOMEBODY
THAT'S GOING TO HOLD EVERYBODY
ACCOUNTABLE NO MATTER WHO THEY
ARE, FROM SOMEBODY COMMITTING
FRAUD ON THE STREET WITH REGARD
TO MEDICAID TO THE PRESIDENT,
IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO YOU ARE
YOU ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW THAT THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL IS WILLING TO
DO THAT AND WILLING TO BE
AGGRESSIVE AND FIGHT ABOUT IT.
WHAT IS PAM DOING OTHER THAN
AUDITIONING TO BE ON FOX?
PEOPLE WANT SOMEBODY AGGRESSIVE
HOLDING EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET ALONG
WITH EVERYBODY'S ATTORNEY
GENERAL, THAT'S THE NATURE OF
THE JOB.
WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE YOUR
LAWYER?
SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO GO UP
THERE AND BE AGGRESSIVE OR
SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO ACT LIKE
THEY ARE THE GENERAL COUNSEL.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WILL CHOOSE