>>LAUREN VERNO: AND STUDENTS HAVE UNTIL JUNE 11TH TO RETURN THERE YOU’RE BOOKING GET THE
OTHER ONE OF FREE OF CHARGE
LIVE THIS MORNING. ASHLEY
HARDING CHANNEL 4 THE
LOCAL STATION.
>> SHE’S BEEN CALLED THE NEW
FACE OF THE PARTY AND AN EARLY
FRONT-RUNNER FOR THE
PARTY’S NOMINATION. NIKKI FRIED
THROUGH HER HEAD IN THE
GUBERNATORIAL RANG IN A BID TO
REPLACE RON DESANTIS AND SHE
JOINS ME HERE ON NEWS
4 JAX FOR THIS NEWS MARKET
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, THANKS FOR
BEING HERE.
THANKS FOR HAVING
ME TODAY YOU COME INTO THE 2022
GOVERNOR’S RACE FACING SOME
HARSH REALITIES ASIDE FROM YOU
DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT WON A
STATEWIDE ELECTION IN FLORIDA
SINCE
2012. WHITE MEN HAVE BEEN
LEADING FLORIDA FOR QUITE SOME
TIME THE PARTY TOOK A
SHELLACKING IN 2020.
YOU HAVE TO OVERTAKE CHARLIE
CRIST IN THE PRIMARY BEFORE YOU
TACKLE A BATTLE BALLOT FIGHT
AGAINST GOVERNOR DESANTIS YOU
ADMIT THIS WON’T BE EASY.
WHY DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR YOU
TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR AND RUN
NOW.
>>LAUREN VERNO: IN FIRST OFF THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION AND ALL OF THOSE ARE YOU KNOW NOT
EASY CHALLENGES TO OVERCOME,
BUT I AM SOMEBODY WHO IS ALWAYS
UP FOR A CHALLENGE WHEN THE
CHALLENGE IS THE RIGHT ONE.
I HAVE BEEN A FIERCE FIGHTER MY
ENTIRE LIFE STANDING UP FOR
INJUSTICE FIGHTING CORRUPTION
WHEN I WAS IN THE PUBLIC
DEFENDER’S OFFICE STANDING UP
FOR MY COMMUNITY. NOW AS
COMMISSIONER
OF AGRICULTURE AND AS I’VE
TRAVELED OUR STATE I SEE THE
HEARTBREAKING SO MANY OF OUR
FLORIDIANS BECAUSE THE SYSTEM
ISN’T WORKING FOR THEM. THE
SYSTEM IS CORRUPT AND IT IS
DESIGNED TO KEEP PEOPLE DOWN.
AND SO WE’VE GOT TO BREAK IT.
AND I AND SOMEBODY WHO LOVES A
GOOD CHALLENGE AND THAT’S WHAT
WE’RE GOING TO DO THE PEOPLE OF
OUR STATE ARE WANTING SOMETHING
NEW. THEY WANT SOMEBODY WHO’S
GOING TO BE A FIERCE FIGHTER
FOR THEM, I’VE SHOWN THAT I CAN
DO THAT I’M PROVEN
AND TESTED.
>> AND I’M READY FOR THIS
CHALLENGE AND IF YOU WIN YOU
WOULD BE THE STATE’S FIRST
FEMALE GOVERNOR, THAT’S
CERTAINLY BREAK THE CEILING.
YES, IT
CERTAINLY WOULD.
>> AND I THINK OUR STATE I KNOW
THAT OUR STATE IS READY
FOR THAT YOU KNOW AS I’VE BEEN
NOW THE FIRST FEMALE
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE THE
STATE OF FLORIDA ELECTED AS AND
THE ENTIRE SOUTHEAST. YOU KNOW,
I’VE
SEEN WHAT IT MEANS TO THE YOUNG
WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS THAT I’VE
COME ACROSS NOT NOT ONLY IN
AGRICULTURE, BUT THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE STATE WHEN
PARENTS BRING THEIR THEIR
LITTLE GIRLS OVER TO ME AND
INTRODUCE THEM I SEE
THAT THAT I LOOK IN THEIR EYES
AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT ALSO
THEIR PARENTS AND TO KNOW THAT
I CAN INSPIRE THE NEXT
GENERATION OF LITTLE GIRLS
AND WOMEN TO RISE UP AND TO
KNOW THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
HE’S GOT TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS
FOLLOW YOUR PASSIONS AND WE
WILL DO THIS TOGETHER THESE
DAYS FACTS DON’T SEEM TO MATTER
TO QUITE A FEW VOTERS. THE
TRUTH.
>> DOESN’T SEEM TO MATTER HOW
DO YOU PLAN TO MAKE THE TRUTH
MATTER.
BY CONTINUING TO
SPEAK IT. CONTINUED TO SHOW
THE FACTS. TO BREAK DOWN
ANY OF THE MISINFORMATION THAT
HAS BEEN SPEWED OVER THE LAST 4
YEARS. TO SHOW THE PEOPLE OF
OUR STATE THAT.
IT’S NOT ABOUT RIGHT OR WRONG.
IT’S NOT ABOUT RIGHT OR LEFT
IT’S NOT ABOUT REPUBLICAN
VERSUS DEMOCRAT, IT’S
CHOOSING METERS WHO ARE GOING
TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER NO
ONE WANTS THIS
PARTISAN BICKERING. NO ONE
WANTS TO SEE THE STAGNATION IN
WASHINGTON DC AND THE HATRED
THAT WE’RE SEEING THROUGHOUT
OUR ENTIRE STATE. AND THEY ARE
LOOKING
FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT ARE
GOING TAKE AWAY THE
PARTISAN BICKERING FIGHT ON
ISSUES THAT ARE AN IMPACT THEIR
LIVES EVERY
SINGLE DAY.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: WE SAW
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THAT CHANGE
FROM DAY ONE IN THE OVAL
OFFICE. IF YOU WIN THE
GOVERNOR’S OFFICE, BUT TOPS
YOUR AGENDA.
>>LAUREN VERNO: BESIDES THE
START OFF IN THE BREAKING OF
THE SYSTEM AND MAKING SURE THAT
NEPOTISM DOES NOT EXIST
IN GOVERNMENT START HAVING THE
REAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO
FIX OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM MAKING
SURE THAT WE’RE PUTTING MORE
MONEY THERE THAT WE ARE
CREATING A QUALITY OF LIFE HERE
THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO
BRING IN FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES
AND IN ORDER FOR US TO DO SO WE
NEED A BETTER EDUCATION SYSTEM.
WE NEED BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT MEANS THE MASS TRANSIT THE
BULLET TRAIN THAT’S IN OUR
CONSTITUTION. WE CONTINUED TO
DENY FEDERAL FUNDING, MEDICAID
EXPANSION THAN FIXING OUR
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. THESE HAVE
GOT TO BE TOP PRIORITIES.
FOR OUR STATE AND LOOKING AT
WAYS TO BRING IN MORE ECONOMIC
GROWTH INTO OUR STATE
THAT IS GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR
PROSPERITY AND TO RISE UP
TOGETHER THAT IS THE ONLY WAY
THAT WE’RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH
THINGS SO DAY ONE.
WE GET TO WORK AS WE DID WHEN I
WAS COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
DAY ONE. WE MADE SOME HUGE
CHANGES INSIDE HER OFFICE.
CREATED NEW POSITIONS TO HAVE
OUTREACH AND FOCUS ON CONSUMER
SERVICES KICK THE NRA OUT OF
OFFICE IN JUST THE FIRST 90
DAYS OF
MY ADMINISTRATION. WE’VE 5TH A
GOOD CHUNK OF THE OF THE
PRIORITIES THAT WE CAMPAIGNED