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>>> NO MATTER THE CANDIDATE
THAT GETS THE NOMINATION,
GROSSMAN MARK VESEY DEMOCRATS
PREDICTS A DEMOCRATIC
LANDSLIDE.
LANDSLIDE. THAT'S ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT
WE COVERED.
WE COVERED. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
LET'S BEGIN WITH 2020.
YOU PREDICT A BLUE WAVE.
THEY HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN
NOMINATED YET, WHAT DO YOU
EXPECT WILL DRIVE DEMOCRATIC
VOTERS TO THE POLLS?
>> THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS ARE
HIGHLY MOTIVATED TO MAKE SURE
THAT TRUMP IS NO LONGER
PRESIDENT TRUMP COME JANUARY 20
OF 2021.
OF 2021.
OF 2021. I THINK WE WILL HAVE A VERY
ROBUST TURNOUT.
ROBUST TURNOUT. BETTER THAN WHAT YOU SAW IN
2018.
2018.
2018. I
2018. I THINK WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO
WELL WITH VOTERS THAT WE
TYPICALLY HAD TROUBLE WITH IN
PRYOR ELECTION.
PRYOR ELECTION. >> HOW SO?
>> BECAUSE YOU HEAR THE
FRUSTRATIONS COMPUTER THE
FRUSTRATIONS, THEY WANT TO GET
SOMETHING DONE WHEN IT COMES TO
BACKGROUND CHECKS IN SOMETHING
WHEN IT COMES TO CLOSING THE
GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE.
THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING WHEN
IT COMES TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG
PRICES.
PRICES.
PRICES. IT'S REALLY SOME SORT OF
NORMALCY TO RETURN BECAUSE
THEY'RE TIRED OF WHAT THEY SEE
OUT OF THE OVAL OFFICE EVERY
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. >>
DAY. >> THE ECONOMY DOES NOT FALTER
BEFORE NOVEMBER 2020, DOESN'T
THAT MAKE THE CASE HARDER?
>> YOU LOOK AT THE POLLS NOW,
WE HAD ONE POLE WHERE JOE BIDEN
WAS UP FIVE OR SIX POINTS IN
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS. 15
TEXAS. 15 POINTS HAVE BEEN OHIO.
THAT IS NO MISTAKE, THAT'S A
SIGN OF FRUSTRATION THAT
DESPITE THE ECONOMY DOING WELL,
PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THEY NO
LONGER WANT HIM TO BE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THEY DON'T WANT HIM LEADING OUR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> THE NRA ACCEPTED IN FORT
WORTH, IT'S BEEN THREE DAYS OF
GUNS, GUNS, GUNS.
YOU TALKED FAVORABLY ABOUT
TEXANS AND GUN OWNERSHIP.
WHAT ARE THE GUN LAWS THAT NEED
TO BE CHANGED IN TEXAS?
>> I THINK WE NEED TO OR I AM
DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF MAKING
SURE THAT WE DO ASSAULT WEAPONS
BAN, I KNOW THEY SAY THE 94 WAS
INEFFECTIVE BUT WHEN YOU GET A
LONG ENOUGH TIME TO SEE WHAT IT
WOULD BE EFFECTIVE I DEFINITELY
WOULD BE FOR THAT.
I ALSO THINK WE SHOULD CLOSE
THE GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE THAT YOU
NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO
BACKGROUND CHECKS BEFORE YOU GO
TO TO A GUN SHOW.
>> DOES THAT MEAN PERSON-TO-
PERSON SALE?
PERSON SALE? >> I WOULD INCLUDE PERSON-TO-
PERSON SALE AND I THINK THAT
THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION
, FROM PERSON-TO-PERSON SALE.
YOU CAN STILL DO IT, YOU JUST
HAVE TO GO TO SOMEONE THAT DOES
TRANSFERS, THAT HAS A FEDERAL
FIREARM LICENSE THAT DOES A
TRANSFER STRICTURE YOU CAN FIND
PEOPLE ON ANY CORNER IN DALLAS
OR FORT WORTH THAT DO THESE
TRANSFERS.
TRANSFERS. RANGING FROM FIVE DOLLARS TO
$25.
$25.
$25. IT
$25. IT DOES NOT PREVENT PEOPLE FROM
BEING ABLE TO SELL THEIR
FIREARMS TO SOMEONE ELSE, YOU
JUST NEEDED TO SOMEONE THAT HAS
THE PROPER LICENSE.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE SIZE OF
MAGAZINES, IS THE SIZE OF
MAGAZINES A PROBLEM?
THE 100 BULLET MAGAZINES?
>> EXACTLY, IF YOU DO THE 1994
LAW, THEY DEFINED THE HIGH-
CAPACITY MAGAZINE AS BEING 10
OR MORE OR MORE THAN 10 IN A
MAGAZINE.
MAGAZINE.
MAGAZINE. SO I THINK THAT GOING BACK TO
THAT DEFINITION OF 1994 WOULD
BE THE BEST WAY TO GO.
AGAIN, IT'S NOT GOING TO CURE
YOU KNOW OUR PROBLEMS WHEN IT
COMES TO GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS
COUNTRY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
MAJORITY OF KILLINGS THAT TAKE
PLACE, MANY OR A LOT OF THE
STREET VIOLENCE THAT YOU SEE
PARTICULARLY IN OUR LARGE
AMERICAN CITIES, MANY OF THOSE
MURDERS TAKE PLACE WITH FIREARMS
THAT ARE NOT HIGH-CAPACITY.
AND NOT ASSAULT STYLE WEAPONS.
BUT YOU KNOW FOR THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE BUYING THESE ASSAULT
STYLE WEAPONS AND GOING INTO
CHURCHES AND SHOPPING CENTERS
AND STORES WHERE PEOPLE ARE
SHOPPING FOR BACK TO SCHOOL, WE
NEED TO CLOSE AGAIN SOME OF
THOSE LOOPHOLES.
THOSE LOOPHOLES. STOP PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO
GET THOSE GUNS LEGALLY.
>> IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A MONTH
SINCE EL PASO MASSACRE, WHAT
PIECE OF LEGISLATION DO YOU
THINK NEEDS TO GET TO THE HOUSE
AND SENATE?
AND SENATE? >> YOU KNOW THE PRESIDENT
INITIALLY RIGHT AFTER EL PASO,
HE WAS A STRONG SUPPORT FOR
BACKGROUND CHECK STRICTURE THEN
HE HAS BEEN WAFFLING ON IT AND
OF COURSE THE PRESIDENT IS NOT
A VERY CONFRONTATIONAL PERSON.
YOU WOULD THINK HE WAS BUT HE'S
NOT.
NOT.
NOT. REPUBLICAN SENATORS HAVE GONE
TO HIS OFFICE AND SAID HEY,
WHAT ABOUT BIPARTISAN
BACKGROUND CHECKS.
BACKGROUND CHECKS. THEN HE WILL SAY YES BUT THEN
HE WILL COME ON TWITTER AND GO
ON TELEVISION AND SAY SOMETHING
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF
THE NRA.
THE NRA.
THE NRA. >> YOU THINK THEY HAVE A SHOT?
>> I THINK IF THE REPUBLICANS
ARE SMART, THEY WILL PASS THE
TWO BACKGROUND CHECK DEALS THAT
WE PASSED IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE
THEY ARE OVERWHELMINGLY
SUPPORTED BY THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC, 80% SUPPORTED.
NOT ONLY THAT, REPUBLICAN
SUPPORT IT, NOT AS HIGH AS OF A
NUMBER BUT OF COURSE BUT
REPUBLICAN SUPPORT IS THERE AND
I THINK IT WILL COST THEM
DEARLY IN ELECTIONS IN THE
STATE OF TEXAS, PARTICULAR IN
SUBURBAN AREAS.
SUBURBAN AREAS. AGAIN THEY HAVE DONE VERY WELL
BUT I DON'T THINK THEY WILL DO
THAT WILL AGAIN BECAUSE PEOPLE
ARE FRUSTRATED
ARE FRUSTRATED >> IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING AND
SOME SHIFT AND CHANGE AND MAYBE
IT WILL BE THIS LONG DISCUSSION
THAT'S INTENDED TO JUST BUILD
UP THE ELECTION.
>> I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT,
THAT IF WE DO AN IMPEACHMENT
INQUIRY, THAT WE HAVE FOLLOWED
ALL THE PROPER STEPS THAT WE
HAVE IN THE INVESTIGATION AND
THAT WE ARE GATHERING ALL THE
FACTS TO PRESENT THEM TO THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC. RIGHT NOW
DEMOCRATICS OVERWHELMINGLY
DEMOCRATICS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT THE IMPEACHMENT BUT THE
GENERAL PUBLIC DOES NOT.
>> IS THAT WISE GOING INTO THE
ELECTION?
ELECTION?
ELECTION? >> I BELIEVE THAT WE COULD
BROACH THE SUBJECT BUT AGAIN WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
FOLLOWING ALL THE PROPER
PROCEDURES THAT WERE PRESENTED
THE FACTS TO THE AMERICAN FOR
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC. IN IF THEY COULD SEE THE THINGS
THAT WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT, AND
HAVE IT PRESENTED TO THEM IN A
FORMAL SETTING, I THINK THEY
WOULD BE MUCH MORE SUPPORTIVE
OF HIM PEEPED IMPEACHED.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE VETERANS
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. THIS IS AN UNUSED FACILITY, IS
IT IN GARLAND?
>> YOU ARE TRYING TO GET IT
OVER THERE?
OVER THERE? >> THEY SENT A LETTER TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
>> YOU LOOK AT DALLAS VA AND
THE OUTPATIENT CENTER IN FORT
WORTH AND THEY STILL DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH CAPACITY, THERE'S NOT
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH. THERE CONSTANTLY BUSY, THEY
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO TREAT
ALL THE VETERANS.
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT WE
ARE ONE OF THE TOP THREE PLACES
FOR VETERANS IN THE COUNTRY.
>> IS A NEW HOSPITAL COMING?
>> I'M HOPEFUL WE WILL GET A
NEW HOSPITAL, WE NEED ONE
SORELY.
SORELY.
SORELY. PARTICULAR IF WE CONTINUE TO
SEEK GROWTH ABOUT THE SUBURBS,
WE WILL SEE GROWTH IN THESE
AREAS AND WE NEED MORE SPACE.
WE NEED MORE PERSONNEL.
SOME OF THE WAIT TIMES AT THE
OUTPATIENT CLINICS IN FORT WORTH
AND