BRIAN: PHIL KEATING IN MIAMI,
THANK YOU, SIR.
JOINING ME NOW IS KARL ROVE,
FORMER PRESIDENT SCORCH W. BUSH
SENIOR ADVISOR AND A FOX
BUSINESS CONTRIBUTOR.
KARL, LET’S TALK NEW YORK FIRST.
SO THE BIG RACE, THE SPECIAL
ELECTION DISTRICT 19, A DEMOCRAT
WINS.
PEOPLE WANT TO SAY IT’S ABOUT
ABORTION, MAYBE A BELLWETHER FOR
THE MIDTERMS.
HOW DO YOU READ IT?
>> WELL, IT MAY BE ABOUT
ABORTION, BUT IT MAY ALSO BE
ABOUT THERE WAS A HOT PRIMARY
FOR SATE SENATE IN THE BIG
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY IN THIS
DISTRICT AND THE HOME OF THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE, AND THAT
MAY HAVE ADDED TO THE TURNOUT
FOR DEMOCRATS IN THIS SWING
DISTRICT.
OF JOE BIDEN WON IT BY #.5%,
MR.-- 1.5%, MR. RYAN WON IT BY
2.2%, AND THE DIFFERENCE COULD
HAVE BEEN THE TURNOUT IN ONE
COUNTY AND THAT DRIVEN BY THE
FACT IT HAD BOTH A COMPETITIVE
CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY AND VERY
COMPETITIVE STATE SENATE
PRIMARY.
REPUBLICANS OUGHT TO LOOK AT
THIS BECAUSE WE’VE HAD FOUR
SPECIAL ELECTIONS SINCE THE
DOBBS DECISION, NEW ENGLAND --
EXCUSE ME, NEBRASKA THE ARE
REPUBLICAN WON BY 5 POINTS.
TRUMP CARRIED THE DISTRICT BY
15.
MINNESOTA WON, THE REPUBLICAN
WON IT BY 4, TRUMP HAD CARRIED
THE DISTRICT BY 10.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT NEW YORK
19.
WE ALSO HAD NEW YORK 23 WHICH
THE REPUBLICAN WON BY 6, BUT
TRUMP HAD WON IT BY 11.
SO IS THERE SOME DEPRESSION, IF
YOU WILL, IN THE REPUBLICAN
TURNOUT FROM 2020, THAT IS TO
SAY SOME TRUMP VOTERS FROM 2020
WHO JUST AREN’T INTERESTED MT.
MIDTERMS.
BRIAN: INTERESTING.
I WANT TO GO TO FLORIDA AS
WELL,ING THAT’S OBVIOUSLY A
STATE TO WATCH.
CHARLIE CRIST WILL FACE RON
DeSANTIS THIS NOVEMBER.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT KRIS CAN99
HAD TO SAY ABOUT -- CRIST HAD TO
SAY ABOUT THOSE WHO VOTE FOR
DeSANTIS THE.
>> THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE
GOVERNOR SHOULD STAY WITH HIM
AND VOTE FOR HIM, AND I DON’T
WANT YOUR VOTE.
IF YOU HAVE THAT HATE IN YOUR
HEART, KEEP IT THERE.
I WANT THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE OF
FLORIDA WHO CARE ABOUT OUR
STATE, GOOD DEMOCRATS, GOOD
INDEPENDENT, GOOD REPUBLICANS.
UNIFY WITH THIS TICKET.
UNIFY WITH VAL DEMINGS AND
CHARLIE CRIST.
UNIFY WITH US.
THOSE WHO ARE HATERS, YOU’RE
GOING TO GO OFF MANY YOUR OWN
WORLD.
BRIAN: WHOA, WHOA.
HATE IN YOUR HEART, KARL.
I’M KIND OF THINKING MAYBE
DeSANTIS’ CHALLENGER WANTS TO
GO TO THE MIDDLE A LITTLE BIT.
THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT’S GOING TO
BE A VERY POLARIZED ELECTION.
>> IT WAS A VERY NASTY COMMENT
INSULTING EVERYBODY TODAY, AND
THE POLLS SHOW A MAJORITY OF THE
PEOPLE OF FLORIDA ARE
SUPPORTING, ARE SUPPORTING ABOVE
DeSANTIS TODAY.
INSULTING THEM ISN’T EXACTLY A
GOOD WAY TO START THE GENERAL
ELECTION.
AND THEN TO SAY THAT YOU WANT TO
UNIFY THEM AFTER YOU BASICALLY
HAVE INSULTED EVERYBODY WHO
MIGHT BE THINKING ABOUT OR MIGHT
HAVE SUPPORTED GOVERNOR
DeSANTIS IN THE PAST?
I THINK CHARLIE CHARLIE CRIST IS
MAYBE PAST HIS PRIME.
HE RAN AS A REPUBLICAN, DECLARED
HIMSELF AN INDEPENDENT, NOW HE’S
A DEMOCRAT.
MAYBE HE HASN’T YET LEARNED THAT
THE BEST WAY TO WIN IS BY BEING
AUTHENTIC AND HAVING A MESSAGE
THAT IS POSITIVE AND OPTIMISTIC,
NOT STARTING OUT BY INSULTING
THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF
YOUR STATE.
BRIAN: WOW.
REAL QUICK, WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT THIS STUDENT DEBT CAN
TRANSFER?
I’M NOT GOING TO CALL IT
FORGIVENESS, I’M GOING TO CALL
IT TRANSFER.
IS IT AS BIG A POLITICAL WINNER
AS DEMOCRATS SEEM TO THINK IT
IS?
>> NO, I DON’T THINK SO.
THINK ABOUT THIS, THEY MADE SUCH
A BIG DEAL -- WE PASSED THE
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, AND
WE’RE THE NEXT DECADE ARE GOING
TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT BY $300
BILLION.
AND THIS ONE EXECUTIVE ACTION,
JUST ONE PART OF IT, GIVING DEBT
FORGIVENESS OF UP TO $10,000 FOR
EVERYBODY WHO MAKES LESS THAN
$125,000 A PERSON OR $250,000 A
COUPLE, THE COST OF THAT IS $30
BILLION.
WE DON’T -- 300 BILLION.
WE DON’T YET KNOW THE COST OF
THE ADDITIONAL FORGIVENESS HE
HAD WHICH WAS AN ADDITIONAL $10
IS HORKZ FOR PELL GRANTS.
WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO NEVER
WENT TO COLLEGE AND THOSE WHO
ARE YET TO GRADUATE FROM SCHOOL?
ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS A
HABIT OF EVERY FEW YEARS GIVING
PEOPLE FORGIVENESS ON THEIR
COLLEGE DEBT?
THIS IS A DISASTER, AND I THINK
IT LOOKS SO POLITICAL.
IT IS -- THE OBJECT HERE IS BUY
SOME VOTES BY TAKING $300
BILLION OF THE TAXPAYERS’ MONEY
AND MAYBE $100-150 BILLION MORE
AND GIVING IT OUT.
BRIAN: WOW.
>> THAT REALLY IS A SAD
COMMENTARY ON AMERICA.
BRIAN: THERE IS NOT A STUDENT
THINKING ABOUT COLLEGE IN THE
TOUR WHO’S NOT GOING TO SAY --
IF THE -- IN THE TOUR WHO’S NOT