ONCE AGAIN I RENEW MY MANTRA.
HOLD ON, SAVE AMERICA, KILL THE
BILL.
NOW FOR THE MOST FUN IN THE
WORLD, FOR THE MOST FUN IN THE
WORLD, JOINING NOW "AMERICA
REPORTS" COANCHOR SANDRA SMITH,
AND BILL HEMMER.
TWO OF MY FRIENDS.
>> WE SPEND A LOT TIME TOGETHER.
LARRY: YOU DID A FABULOUS JOB
LAST NIGHT.
YOU HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE FINDING
NEW JERSEY BUT ONCE YOU --
[LAUGHTER]
>> I HAD TO PHONE A FRIEND.
LARRY: TAKE YOU ON A RIDE.
I GREW UP IN NEW JERSEY.
SANDRA, YOUR TAKE.
>> MITCH McCONNELL WAS ON OUR
AIR ON THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL A
FEW MINUTES AGO, 70% OF
AMERICANS SAID THEY DON’T LIKE
THE DIRECTION THE COUNTRY IS
GOING IN.
GLENN YOUNGKIN HAD A VERY SIMPLE
MESSAGE ON KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES,
A BUSINESS GUY, UNDERSTANDS
IMPACT COVID HAD ON HIS STATE
AND POLICIES IMPLEMENTED IN THAT
STATE.
HE TOOK ON PREACHING A LOWER TAX
ENVIRONMENT.
HE OBVIOUSLY MADE THIS ABOUT
SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION.
HE HIMSELF TOLD BILL AND I,
BECAUSE WE INTERVIEWED HIM
YESTERDAY MORNING HE DIDN’T MAKE
THIS ABOUT LEFT AND RIGHT AND
DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN.
HE BROUGHT TOGETHER THOSE
SUBURBAN MOMS AND DADS BY
TELLING THEM, ABSOLUTELY YOU
HAVE A SAY IN YOUR KIDS
CLASSROOM.
THERE WAS A SIMPLE MESSAGE.
MITCH McCONNELL WAS JUST ASKED
BY MARTHA, WOULD YOU SAY WHAT WE
SAW FROM GLENN YOUNGKIN SHOULD
BE A STRATEGY THAT OTHERS IN
YOUR PARTY SHOULD FOLLOW?
HE SAID 100% YES.
LARRY: YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT
THAT, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS
FROM THE DATA.
I’M AN OLD REAGAN BIG TENT
REPUBLICAN COALITION PERSON.
THAT IS THE WAY I LEARNED THE
POLITICS.
I THINK YOU WERE POINTING THAT
OUT, NOT ONLY DID YOUNGKIN HOLD
THE TRUMP AREAS BUT HE BUILT UP
STRONG IN AREAS THAT TRUMP AND
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE LOST IN THE
PAST.
SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU?
IS THERE A BIGGER TENT COALITION
IN TOW?
>> QUITE POSSIBLE.
12 MONTHS IS A LONG WAY TO GO.
12 MONTHS AGO YOU PROBABLY WOULD
NOT HAVE PREDICT WHAT WE SAW
LAST NIGHT WHAT WE’RE SEEING
TODAY IN NEW JERSEY.
IT IS HARD TO FIND AN AREA IN
THAT STATE WHERE YOUNGKIN
UNDERPERFORMED.
I HIT ALL OF HIS NUMBERS, DID
QUITE CONVINCINGLY.
I LISTENED TO THE COMMENTARY.
YOU TALK ABOUT COMPETENCE.
COMPETENCE GOES TO MANAGEMENT.
EARLIER TODAY WE WERE DANA AND I
WERE TALKING ABOUT, GOING OVER A
LOT OF THOUGHTS THE PAST 24
HOURS OR SO LARRY, THIS SOUND
BITE KEEPS COMING BACK TO ME
LAST WINTER, I THINK IT WAS LAST
MARCH OR APRIL.
IT WAS A VOTER.
THIS IS THEY’RE GOING TO EXPAND
THE SUPREME COURT.
THEY WILL GET RID OF THE
FILIBUSTER, AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN, PASSED $1.9 TRILLION WITH
BARELY A WINK OF AN EYE.
AND THIS PERSON SAID I VOTED FOR
JOE BIDEN BUT I DIDN’T VOTE FOR
THIS.
I THINK THAT IS KIND OF WRAPPED
UP IN WHAT YOU’RE SAYING ABOUT
CANCEL CULTURE AND RACISM AND
ALL THE PROGRESSIVE LEANINGS OF
THIS ADMINISTRATION.
LARRY: PEOPLE ARE SAYING,
THEY’RE KIND OF SAYING, DON’T
MEAN TO INTERRUPT, THEY’RE KIND
OF SAYING STOP.
STOP.
YOU’RE GOING TOO FAR.
THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANTED.
>> USED REFERENDUM, REPUDIATION
AS YOU JUST DID, LARRY.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD THROW IN
THERE.
PERHAPS IT IS NOT THAT.
PERHAPS IT IS DEMOCRATS THOUGHT
THEY HAD SOME LANDSLIDE VICTORY
IN 2020 AND THEY OVERPLAYED
THEIR HANDS.
THAT IS THE POINT THE "THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL" MADE IN THE
PIECE YOU SENT ME.
PRESIDENT BIDEN RAN AS A
CENTRIST WHO WOULD UNITE THE
COUNTRY AND GOVERNED BY BOWING
TO THE LEFT ON NEARLY
EVERYTHING.
YOU SAY STOP, MITCH McCONNELL
SAID THE SAME THING.
HE SAID HE BELIEVES WHEN IT
COMES TO THE SPENDING BILL
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HE SAID, IF
THEY PASS THIS SPENDING BILL,
DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE LOST WORSE.
>> IT IS A RUNAWAY GOVERNMENT.
I THINK WE’RE SEEING THE BRAKES
PUT ON HERE.
PUT DOWN THE FORK AND KNIFE,
PUSH YOURSELF AWAY FROM THE
TABLE.
I MENTIONED THIS COMPETENCE
USHER HERE AND MANAGEMENT.
WHAT CAN WE SAY THAT JOE BIDEN
MANAGED EFFECTIVELY OVER THE
PAST 10 MONTHS?
ALL RIGHT?
SUPPLY CHAIN.
WHY IS NO ONE IN THE PORT OF
L.A. SAYING HOW DO WE FIX THIS?
WHY IS THAT?
WHY IS PETE BUTTIGIEG DOING
SUNDAY INTERVIEWS FROM A D.C.
STUDIO IN WASHINGTON?
ON GAS PRICES, WHY ARE YOU
PLEADING WITH OPEC TO PUMP MORE
OIL?
ON INFLATION, WHY ARE YOU
LOOKING TO SPEND TRILLIONS OF
DOLLARS MORE WHICH MAY DIG THE
HOLE DEEPER?
AFGHANISTAN, WHY DO YOU MAKE A
HASTY, DISASTEROUS WITHDRAWAL.
ALL THIS GOES INTO DO YOU PAY
ATTENTION TO THE DETAIL THAT IS
REQUIRED TO DO THIS WELL?
SAME THING FOR THE TWO VISITS TO
CAPITOL HILL THE PAST MONTH.
YOU WENT TO CAULK TO YOUR
CAUCUS.
WE THOUGHT YOU WOULD PUT YOUR
FOOT TO THE FLOOR AND GET THEM
TO VOTE FOR IT.
IT WAS 0-2.
AGAIN THE DETAIL IS CRITICAL
WHEN IT COMES TO THESE BIG-TIME
ISSUES AND VOTERS DON’T SEE IT
HAPPENING.
LARRY: I THINK, I THINK A LOT OF
THIS IS ABOUT YOUNGKIN, WHO
REALLY RAN QUITE A GOOD RACE.
A LOT OF THIS IS WHAT
BILL HEMMER SAID, WHAT YOU’RE
BOTH SAYING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS
WITH BIDEN AND THE OVERREACH.
THE IDEALOGICAL OVERREACH AND
THE MANAGEMENT INEPTNESS OF THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
>> I WONDER IF IT WILL BE A
WAKEUP CALL?
THAT IS WHAT ELISE STEFANIK SAID
IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
WHETHER DEMOCRATS WILL WAKE UP.
JOE MANCHIN SAID NO.
I WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH THE THING
WILL COST.
TOSSING AROUND IDEAS, BILL AND
WERE TALKING ABOUT, WHO IS
STANDING BEHIND HIM.
SENATOR MARK WARNER STEPPED TO A
MICROPHONE.
LARRY: VIRGINIA SENATOR.
>> I’M NOT JUST WORRIED ABOUT
VIRGINIA, WORRIED ABOUT ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE TO SHOW WE DELIVER IN A
PRAGMATIC WAY THAT AFFECTS
PEOPLES LIVES?
>> ARE THERE MORE OF HIM?
>> HERE IS MANCHIN.
HERE IS MANCHIN.
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
TO SEE WHAT WENT ON IN VIRGINIA
AND NOT JUST FROM THE
GOVERNMENT’S RACE, GOVERNOR’S
RACE BUT ALL THE WAY DOWN THE
TICKET, A GOOD BIT OF CHANGE HAS
HAPPENED.
CAN I JUST EMPHASIZE THE TICKET.
THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JAMAICAN
IMMIGRANT, MARINE.
>> AMAZING STORY.
LARRY: BUSINESSWOMAN.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, LATINO.
>> CUBAN-AMERICAN.
LARRY: CUBAN-AMERICAN.
ICING ON THE CAKE THEY TOOK BACK
THE LOWER HOUSE IN THE VIRGINIA
STATE GOVERNMENT.
THAT IS THE TICKET.
REALLY ALMOST CHECK THE BOX BUT
THIS IS THE REPUBLICANS CHECKING
THE BOX.
THAT HAS GOT TO SEND A SIGNAL TO
SOMEBODY.
>> YOU PUT THE LIST ON THE BOARD
THERE ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS
THEY’RE PULLING IN HERE.
I THOUGHT CIATTARELLI HAD THE
QUOTE OF THE NIGHT.
WE SENT A MESSAGE TO THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY.
EVERY TIME IT GOES TOO FAR OFF
TRACK THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE
IN NEW JERSEY AND PUSHED,
PULLED, PRODDED IT BACK TO WHERE
IT NEEDS TO BE, END QUOTE.
HE MAY NOT WIN WHO HAD HIM
SEPARATED BY HALF A POINT THE
DAY AFTER THE ELECTION?
LARRY: MURPHY, PHIL MURPHY, WHO
I KNOW, RATHER LIKE.
I HAD GOOD DEALINGS WITH HIM
FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
HE WAS IMMUNE, HE WAS VERY
ARROGANT ABOUT THE CRITICISMS ON
THE TAX ISSUE.
HE ALMOST GLOATED.
THE AD RAN A MILLION TIMES,
CIATTARELLI’S AD, WITH MURPHY
SAYING IF YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT
PERSONAL TAXES AND BUSINESS
TAXES SOMETHING, NEW JERSEY IS
NOT YOUR STATE.
THAT IS NOT EXACTLY LISTENING TO
THE TAXPAYERS.
>> YOU TALK ABOUT A YEAR IS A
LONG TIME IN POLITICS.
JUST WATCH, THESE ARE SUCH
TANGIBLE ISSUES AMERICANS ARE
DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.
WE’RE ABOUT TO COME UP ON
THANKSGIVING.
KEVIN McCARTHY IS SAYING WE’RE
ABOUT TO HAVE THE MOST
THANKSGIVING DINNER AS
AMERICANS.
COSTING US MORE TO FILL UP THE
GAS STOCK EXCHANGES.
PACK UP THE FAMILY.
PAYING ALMOST $1.50 PER GALLON
TO FILL UP YOUR GAS TANK.
YOU DON’T KNOW IF THE FLIGHT
WILL TAKE OFF OR YOUR CHRISTMAS
PRESENTS WILL ARRIVE ON TIME.
THERE WILL BE PAIN NEXT MONTH
VOTERS WILL CERTAINLY FEEL.
MAKE THIS COMMENT ON LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR WINSOME SEARS, SHE WAS
ON WITH MARTHA A FEW MINUTES
AGO, SHE LOOKED IN THE CAMERA.
LOOK AT ME, ESPECIALLY AFTER WE
SAW THE RACE CARD STUNT PLAYED
ON YOUNG KIN IN THAT STATE.
I’M ONE STEP AWAY FROM THE
GOVERNORSHIP IN THE STATE.
DON’T TELL ME I’M A VICTIM.
>> I LOVE THAT.
I LOVE THAT.
YEARS AGO, WAY BACK IN 1993,
STEVE FORBES CAME IN TO HELP
RESCUE A RACE, CHRISTINE TODD
WHITMAN WAS 20 POINTS DOWN IN
NEW JERSEY.
>> SHE IS ON MY SHOW TOMORROW.
>> SHE IS COMBING ON?
THAT’S GREAT.
WE CAME IN AND REDID HER
CAMPAIGN, CHANGED TO MORE A TAX
CUT MESSAGE, WON A IMAGINE
MAJORITY BY ONE PERCENTAGE POINT.
THAT PRESAGED THE HOUSE TAKEOVER
IN 1994.
CHRIS CHRISTIE WON IN VIRGINIA,
McDONALD WON IN VIRGINIA.
THAT PRESAGED A HOUSE TAKEOVER
IN 2010 AND 2012.
DEMOCRATS ARE DISSING THIS
TODAY.
THEY’RE CRAZY.
HANDWRITINGS ON THE WALL.
>> THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE
TREMORS WE HAD IN POLITICS.
REMEMBER THE NIGHT ERIC KANTOR
GOT BEATEN, WHOA, RIGHT?
REMEMBER THE NIGHT AOC BEAT JOE
CROWLEY.
WHO WAS ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ?
WE ALL KNOW NOW.
LAST NIGHT WAS TWO TIMES THAT.
LARRY: YEAH.
>> IT MAY PORTEND WHAT IS COMING
UP NEXT YEAR.
MITCH McCONNELL SAID LOOK, I
MEAN, THIS IS A FORECAST FOR
WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN 12 MONTHS.
HE IS BAKING ON THAT.
>> THEY WILL BANK ON EDUCATION.
IF YOU LISTEN TO THE REPUBLICANS
IN THE VICTORY LAP, KEVIN
McCARTHY WE WILL SOON UNROLL A
PARENT BILL OF RIGHTS.
ELISE STEFANIK, REPUBLICANS ARE
THE PARITY OF EDUCATION.
WHERE CAN YOU UNITE BOTH
PARTIES?
THESE ARE REAL DEAL ISSUES.
LARRY: I WILL MAKE A PREDICTION
TOO, IN NEW YORK CITY, I HAD AN
HOUR’S LUNCH WITH HIM LAST
FRIDAY.
ERIC ADAMS, NEW MAYOR, OKAY?
AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
FIRST OF ALL, HE WAS A
REGISTERED REPUBLICAN AT ONE
POINT IN HIS CAREER.
I’M GOING TO MAKE THE CASE THAT
HE IS THE REPUBLICAN IN THE
RACE.
HE RAN FOR THE COPS, FOR SCHOOL
CHOICE, AGAINST TAXES, AND
AGAINST THE SOCIALISTS IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHICH IN
NEW YORK PROLIFERATES.
THAT IS A REPUBLICAN MESSAGE,
OKAY?
AND HE IS GOING TO CREATE A
COALITION, WAIT AND SEE, OF
MODERATE DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS BUT MORE THAN THAT,
BUSINESSES, PARENTS, RIGHT,
COPS, TO REWRITE NEW YORK WHICH
GOT SO BADLY OFF TRACK.
>> ADAMS SEES WHERE THE CREASE
IS IN AMERICAN POLITICS NOW,
RIGHT?
LARRY: HE IS CHALLENGING HIS
NATIONAL PARTY.
HE BASICALLY RAN AGAINST HIS
NATIONAL PARTY’S SOCIALIST
WOKISM.
HE RAN AGAINST IT.
>> IF HE IS SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT
HE WILL BE THE MAN EVER THE
MOMENT.
LARRY: HE IS THE MAN OF THE
MOMENT.
>> HE WILL GET THE ATTENTION
THAT THE COUNTRY, THAT HE WILL
DESERVE FROM THE REST OF THE
NATION.
LARRY: I’M IN SUCH A HAPPY MOOD.
SUCH A GREAT MOOD.
I CAN’T STAND IT.
>> DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH HELP
THIS CITY NEEDS?
YOU NEED A MASSIVELY DYNAMIC
PERSON IN ORDER TO DO WHAT
YOU’RE DESCRIBING.
I HOPE YOU’RE RIGHT.
LARRY: I HOPE SO TOO.
I THINK THE WHOLE COUNTRY IN THE
POST-PANDEMIC PERIOD NEEDS GOOD
LEADERSHIP AND GOOD POLICIES.
COMMON SENSE POLICIES, OKAY?
WE’RE NOT AGAINST BUSINESS.
NOT EVERYONE IS A RACIST OR A
WHITE SUPREMACIST.
WE CAN DISAGREE WITH CIVILITY
YOU KNOW AND A LOT OF THE OTHER
LABELS.
I’M TELLING YOU, HERE IS THIS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN, DEMOCRAT
BOROUGH PRESIDENT.
HE SOUNDS LIKE A REPUBLICAN.
HERE IN VIRGINIA YOU HAVE A
TICKET THAT YOU WOULD THINK
WOULD BE TAILOR-MADE FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, CHECKING ALL
THE BOXES, WRONG.
IT’S REPUBLICAN.
YOU’RE THE BEST.
>> McCONNELL SAID IT BEST,
VOTERS ARE TIRED OF OLD RECYCLED
DIVISIVE POLITICS THAT.
>> IS THE CAP.
YOU GET THE LAST WORD.
>> HEMMER, DO I EVER TRY TO GET
THE LAST WORD?
THAT DOESN’T SOUND LIKE ME.
LARRY: LAST WORD.
BILL HEMMER, MANY KUDOS LAST
NIGHT.
I COULDN’T DO IT WITH THE WAY