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>> WELCOME BACK TO FLASHPOINT ON THIS SUNDAY AFTER SUPER TUESDAY.
SUPER SUNDAY YOU COULD SAY!
THE GUBERNATORIAL RACE LOOMING
LARGE IN NOVEMBER, THIS CYCLE
WILL BE GOVERNOR VERSUS
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
AND COMBATANT AIRCRAFT --
REPUBLICAN DAN DOING THE SAME
IN HIS PARTY'S PRIMARY, KIND OF
AN INEVITABLE MATCHUP, THANKS
TO NORTH CAROLINA STILL
ELECTING THE GOVERNOR AND
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SEPARATELY
INSTEAD OF ON THE SAME TICKET.
IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH BATTLE
BETWEEN THE TWO OVER THE NEXT
EIGHT MONTHS.
>> NOW, IN 2020, THE VERY
FOUNDATION OF OUR REPUBLIC IS
AT STAKE AND WE HAVE TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE LEAVE THIS PLACE
READY TO GO, GO, GO AND WIN!
LET'S DO IT!
>> I THINK OUR BRIGHTEST DAYS
ARE YET AHEAD.
WE ARE BLESSED TO LIVE IN THE
GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
AND WE ARE DOUBLY BLESSED TO
LIVE IN THE GREATEST STATE IN
THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE
WORLD.
I THINK OUR OPPORTUNITY AND
POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS FOR
OUR STATE.
>> SIZE UP THE RACE FOR ME.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK
GOVERNOR COOPER HAS THIS ONE,
BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE DISCOURSE
THAT WE HAVE SEEN COME OUT OF
WASHINGTON DC, AND BECAUSE OF A
LOT OF POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN
CREATED, AROUND THE NATION
WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUST MORE
AWARE AND PAYING ATTENTION, IT
IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING
WAY BECAUSE HE OVERWHELMINGLY
HAS THE FLOOR BUT I DON'T THINK
ACROSS THE STATE HE WILL BE
ABLE TO PULL OUT.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE A
BLOWOUT.
I THINK WILL BE A VERY CLOSE
RACE BUT I THINK I WAS AT THE
POLLS VOLUNTEERING, LAST
WEEKEND, FOR EARLY VOTING AND
ON ELECTION DAY, AND THERE WERE
PEOPLE I WAS LIKE IS IT TOO LATE
, HAVING MISSED THE CUT OFF
POINT FOR CHANGING MY PARTY
AFFILIATION?
BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE
PLAYING WITH THAT REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT, JUST TO TRY TO GET
THE WEAKER CANDIDATE TO GET TO
THE GENERAL.
>> IT WAS RAZOR THIN LAST TIME
AROUND WITH ROY COOPER, DO YOU
THINK IT WILL BE EQUALLY CLOSE?
>> I KIND OF GO BACK, I PUT
THIS IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS
THE TILLIS RACE, I THINK SO
MUCH DEPENDS UPON THE TOP OF
THE TICKET.
I MEAN I REALLY THINK THIS IS,
I DON'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF
CROSS BALLOT YOU KNOW, CROSSING
THE BALLOT, VOTING FOR A
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR OR VICE VERSA.
>> SO, TO ME, I THINK IF YOU
COULD TELL ME TODAY, THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE WAS GOING TO
BE BERNIE SANDERS, THEN I WOULD
TELL YOU THAT I THINK THIS IS A
VERY CLOSE RACE, THE GOVERNOR'S
RACE IN THE U.S. SENATE, AND
THAT I THINK THE REPUBLICANS
MIGHT BE ABLE TO PULL IT OUT,
BECAUSE WHAT I SAW WITH
BOJANGLES, TALKING TO MY GOOD
FRIEND, REPRESENTATIVE JOSH WHO
WON HIS PRIMARY THIS WEEK, WHEN
HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT WHAT HE
SAW OUT THERE IN RURAL NORTH
CAROLINA THAT I DON'T SEE
EVERYDAY ON MY DRIVE UP AND
DOWN 77.
>> HYPOTHETICALLY JOE BIDEN,
WHAT DOES THAT CHANGE?
>> I THINK IF JOE BIDEN IS AT
THE TOP OF THE TICKET, NOVEMBER
WILL NOT BE PRETTY REPUBLICANS.
>> KEEP IN MIND IT WAS THE LAST
RACE THAT GAVE US DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNORS ACROSS THE NATION,
AND ELECTED PRESIDENT TRUMP.
SO, I THINK AT THE END OF THE
DAY, PEOPLE ARE PAYING
ATTENTION MORE CLOSELY TO AT
HOME, VERSUS THE PRESIDENTIAL,
SO I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS
GOING TO BE A BLOWOUT.
I THINK WILL BE A TOUGH RACE,
BUT I THINK BECAUSE COOPER CAN
ACTUALLY, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE
OUR CHALLENGES, I RECOGNIZE
THAT HE HAS MOVED THE STATE
FORWARD AND THERE IS A LOT OF
INDIVIDUALS THAT LIKE THE WORK
THAT HE HAS DONE, AND HE HAS
ONE SOME PEOPLE OVER.
>> I LOVE GOVERNOR COOPER, HE
IS A GOOD MAN.
I KNOW DAN IS A GOOD MAN AS
WELL.
WE JUST SAW THE CLIP OF THE
SPEECH THAT ROY COOPER GAVE,
AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
INSPIRE YOU TO WANT TO WALK
THROUGH THE WATER FOR THE GUY.
THE TRUMP ELECTRIC, THAT IS 40%
OF THE ELECTRIC, THAT WOULD
WALK OVER HOT COALS TO MAKE
SURE THEY VOTE.
THEY ARE GOING TO SHOW UP AND
VOTE.
IF THEY SHOW UP AND VOTE, THAT
IS WHERE I THINK IT IS GOING TO
BE CLOSE JUST BASED ON THE
MATH, I THINK IF YOU ALL
NOMINATE BERNIE, IT WILL HAVE A
NEGATIVE IMPACT UP AND DOWN THE
BALLOT.
>> DEMOCRATS, WE ACCEPT THAT
CHALLENGE, GET OUT AND VOTE!
>> WHAT YOU THINK THE TURNOUT
WILL BE LIKE?
>> I AM HOPING THE TURNOUT WILL
BE GREATER THEN EARLY VOTER
TURNOUT WAS, BECAUSE IT WAS
KIND OF DISMAL.
WE HAVE LESS THAN 69,000 AND
SOME CHANGE FOR EARLY VOTING.
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS POURING
RAIN, ALL OF US HAD A GOOD
SHOWING ON TUESDAY, IT IS UP TO
US, THOSE THAT ARE CONNECTED TO
ORGANIZATIONS, ON BOTH PARTY
SIDES.
TO GET OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT
OUR BASE FEEL ENERGIZED AND
ENCOURAGED ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE,
WE NEED YOU TO BE ACTIVELY
ENGAGED.
>> ANGRY PEOPLE VOTE!
>> RIGHT NOW, BOTH SIDES ARE
ANGRY.
WHICH IS A UNIQUE SITUATION.
I ACTUALLY THINK 2020
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WILL BE
ONE OF THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE
OF VOTES TURNOUT WE HAVE HAD.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE REPUBLICANS
LIKE YOU?
>> I WILL VOTE!
>> IF YOU NOMINATE BERNIE
SANDERS, I AM NOT VOTING FOR
THE DEMOCRAT.
IF YOU NOMINATE JOE BIDEN ...
>> I PUT YOU IN THE SAME
CATEGORY AS I PUT MY FATHER.
LIFELONG REPUBLICAN BUT
SOMETIMES STRUGGLES WHEN IT
COMES TO THE PRESIDENT.
>> I WILL CONTRADICT MYSELF,
BECAUSE I AM ONE OF THOSE
PEOPLE THAT I DON'T THINK I CAN
VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP.
I JUST, THE WAY HE TALKS AND
THE WAY HE ACTS ...
>> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HURT