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00:08:52.000There were some shots fired in both directions.
00:08:56.000I think it was my father who held up Lindsey Graham's cell phone number at a public event, which Needless to say, he was clipped and went viral.
00:09:04.000I think he had to change his number within a few minutes.
00:09:08.000But he came, one of my father's closest allies in Washington, the golf course, the late night phone calls, the fights they took on together.
00:09:18.000And it's moments like this that really mattered.
00:09:22.000When a moment counted, he actually showed up.
00:09:25.000Perhaps his finest hour was his defense of Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
00:09:30.000If you wanted an FBI investigation, you could have come to us.
00:09:34.000What you want to do is destroy this guy's life, hold this seat open, and hope you win in 2020.
00:12:22.000And one thing I can tell you, you should be proud of, Ashley, you should be proud of this, that you raised a daughter who had the good character to pray for Dr. Ford.
00:12:34.000To my Republican colleagues, if you vote no, you're legitimizing the most despicable thing I have seen in my time in politics.
00:12:46.000You want this seat, I hope you never get it.
00:14:45.000And guys, keep his family and the people of South Carolina in your prayers.
00:14:49.000And Lindsay spent his final hours pushing to secure American elections with the Save America Act, because everything we talk about flows downstream from secure elections, including how the swamp spends your money.
00:15:02.000So the rest of the Senate needs to think about that for a minute, okay?
00:15:05.000And do something that is basically a 90 10 issue across the board.
00:15:10.000Everyone, which is actually hard to believe.
00:15:12.000There are no 90 10 issues in this world other than maybe like.
00:17:07.000This business entity, this social adult daycare center, which I'm pretty sure none of your listeners have ever heard of, right?
00:17:15.000Generated $2.5 billion over the last three years in New York State, of which almost all, $2.1 billion, was right here in Bushing, Queens, and Brooklyn next door, and the surrounding areas.
00:17:26.000You go 10 miles to Long Island from here.
00:19:17.000And they want to defund the Department of War.
00:19:20.000This is according to a source inside the DSA.
00:19:23.000Yeah, but the main point is that there was this massive talking point that this is just liberal states and, you know, liberal districts where this has happened.
00:19:35.000This is happening all across the country.
00:19:37.000And they have some platforms that a lot of young people and a lot of people that have grievances with the rich are going with.
00:19:46.000It's anti American, it's anti Jew, it's anti Israel, it's anti the foundation of how this country was built.
00:19:53.000They believe that our country is deeply flawed, and they're winning.
00:19:58.000So you got to have a Republican Party that speaks truth to power on all of the.
00:20:03.000They don't even want the police, they don't want any boys.
00:20:06.000One candidate said, I don't care if they committed a crime and they're a legal immigrant.
00:20:11.000You still should not be able to deport them.
00:20:14.000So we're not talking about reasonable people, but you got to make the case because these young people are showing up to vote.
00:20:20.000And the college educated, I know there were some headlines about us talking about the other day, but these college educated people have been indoctrinated.
00:21:21.000And this is not some fringe weekly book club group.
00:21:24.000This is the organization behind the mayor of New York City and a growing block of Democrats in Congress and congressional primaries that they've won.
00:21:36.000Open the borders, disarm the military, and concentrate all the power in one body that they control.
00:21:44.000So the next time the left tells you socialism is just social justice, Pull up this document and show it to them.
00:21:51.000And it's why elections matter, and supporting candidates who support you matters.
00:22:25.000Friend of the show, friend of my family, congressman from Southwest Florida.
00:22:30.000And in February of last year, my father gave him the complete and total endorsement to be the next governor of Florida.
00:22:36.000And since then, the sheriffs are with him, the police chiefs are with him, most of the Republicans in the state legislature are with him.
00:22:45.000And the primary is coming up on August 18th, ahead of the general election on November 3rd.
00:22:51.000Well, guys, joining me now, Florida gubernatorial candidate, Congressman Byron Donald, obviously of Florida, the Trump endorsed candidate for governor, and obviously just a great friend.
00:23:02.000Byron, great to have you back on the show.
00:23:06.000Okay, so we're getting into the season.
00:23:09.000You got primaries coming up, you got a big election season this fall.
00:23:12.000So let's talk about this campaign of yours because you've been everywhere Hialeah, one day Orlando, the next, burger joints, churches, county fairs.
00:23:23.000I mean, I know you woke up at about 3 a.m. just last week to do the inaugural landing of Trump Force One at the new DJT airport, formerly PBI, Palm Beach International.
00:23:58.000We've done a good job of that, kind of watched it.
00:24:01.000The truth is, we go to these events and there's a lot of food, but I barely get a chance to eat any of it because you're shaking hands, you're talking to people, people got questions.
00:25:05.000It's a moment in time, it's a season in time.
00:25:08.000And, you know, really, I'm just in a blessed position because to be this far along in the race is going really well.
00:25:14.000Yeah, you're burning the candles at both ends, but it's worth it, man, because.
00:25:18.000When you have an opportunity to take on a large responsibility, a very important responsibility, you can't be complaining about how many hours you're having to leave the lights on.
00:25:30.000Well, especially as you go from congressman to governor, God willing, a lot changes, especially in a place like Florida where you have a lot of natural disasters, you have hurricane seasons.
00:26:02.000And then you have all of the economic opportunities that are going to go along with that commercial space around Cape Canaveral, the fact that so much of the finance world is actually moving to Florida.
00:26:11.000I believe we're going to be a major financial hub in the Western Hemisphere in a decade.
00:26:16.000And then you have to balance all of that.
00:26:18.000We still have agriculture, which is critical to our state, obviously, our conservation areas.
00:26:28.000We want to make sure we preserve that for the future of our state while having to figure out how we build new roads and new housing that's going to be built and new infrastructure around industry that's going to be built.
00:26:38.000So it's a great job, a lot of stuff to balance, manage, and work through, but I'm ready for the challenge.
00:26:45.000You know, with all the people, you know, migrating over here, you know, I was one of them like five or six years ago.
00:26:50.000And, you know, while I came here my whole life, it was like, you know, like a second home, but now that it's my primary home, I'm like, Hey, all those New Yorkers are like, no, no, winter's awesome up there.
00:27:25.000You know, if you live in Palm Beach County, you might have a business meeting in Broward, a dinner in Miami Dade.
00:27:32.000You know, your kids are in school during the day.
00:27:34.000You want to meet up with a buddy down in Los Solos and Fort Lauderdale.
00:27:38.000And so it's really about how do people commute between the Tri County area through that region of Florida so people can get to work, get home, get their kids, see their friends, enjoy the environment, and really have that quality of life that everybody loves and enjoys in Florida.
00:27:55.000So, you know, we're going to have to work through those growing pains.
00:27:58.000There's some road systems that got to be built out, some new innovations that we got to work through.
00:28:03.000But it's about maintaining that quality of life that people have come to know and love in Florida.
00:28:07.000Yeah, because I live just 15 miles north of Palm Beach, just up in Jupiter.
00:28:10.000And sometimes it's a 20 minute drive, and sometimes it's an hour and 20 minute drive.
00:28:15.000And just to get to Palm Beach, which is, you never would have even thought that, even in the summers, everyone usually fled, and people are just here year round now.
00:28:23.000So, yeah, it's a big puzzle, but I imagine you guys will be all over that one.
00:28:31.000So, Byron, let's rewind the tape a little bit for those of you who are watching and don't necessarily know, because you actually have this sort of incredible childhood story.
00:28:40.000Frankly, it's an incredible American dream story.
00:28:44.000Was there a moment growing up that you thought, yeah, I could be running for governor of Florida someday?
00:28:48.000I mean, you're a New York boy, Brooklyn, I guess, right?
00:28:55.000I guess everyone down here is from Brooklyn at this point.
00:29:00.000I think I married the one girl who was actually born in Florida, uh, in all of Florida.
00:30:29.000I always say, like, thank God we didn't have cell phone video cameras in our pockets when we're going through those years, right?
00:30:34.000Because it's a conversation I have to have with my kids all the time because it's like, hey, guys, like, there's no second chances anymore.
00:31:34.000And so the conversations I try to have with them are much more about them and what's going on in their lives.
00:31:39.000I mean, the campaign comes up, it's all encompassing.
00:31:42.000So it comes up, or they'll see something on social media and they'll ask me about it and we'll have a laugh about it.
00:31:47.000But I really try to just find out what's going on in their lives because, you know, I signed up for politics, they didn't, you know, and I still want to make sure that they're on the right track to accomplish their dreams.
00:31:57.000Yeah, I know a little bit about that one, son, but it is all encompassing, right?
00:32:00.000It's like, You know, when family's in a fight, all of us and everyone's in a fight, whether they chose to or not.
00:32:05.000And so that can always be an interesting one.
00:32:09.000So if you ever need, if they ever need to speak to someone who's been there and done that at this point, have them call me because I'm a decent sounding board because it can be frustrating as hell, I can tell you that.
00:32:21.000I know my oldest son, he'll definitely want to talk to you.
00:32:24.000So, you know, take me back, you know, February last year.
00:32:27.000You know, my father gives you the complete and total endorsement sort of right out of the gate because you've just been, you know, such a great supporter of ours.
00:32:38.000And even during the four year period of time, where a lot of people that were friends during the first term, they read the articles, oh, but it's never coming back.
00:32:53.000What's the best piece of advice, though, in all that process that perhaps he's given you before or since throwing your hat in the ring in this ring?
00:34:27.000And then as you start stacking weeks, you can look back and be like, oh, man, look how much we accomplished.
00:34:32.000So we really have a no nonsense approach internally in the campaign.
00:34:35.000And I got to tell you, a lot of that was really picked up watching the president's campaign, being a top surrogate on that campaign.
00:34:41.000And even though, even in the primaries where there were a ton of advantages, it was as if internally, it was as if you were fighting and clawing for every inch.
00:34:50.000Yeah, I ran every day like we're 10 points back.
00:35:01.000So, you know, you've got the, I guess, the sheriffs, you've got the police chiefs behind you, Florida Republican and independent voters are supporting you more and more every day.
00:35:12.000Obviously, still out grounding there literally every second of the time.
00:35:16.000What are you not taking for granted in all of this?
00:35:31.000No matter how much money we raise, you know, I'm on the phone with people who choose to support, just thanking them, sometimes overthinking them on the phone.
00:36:28.000So, you know, I guess the primary, you know, Democratic opponent, David Jolly, his resume is basically being, you know, washed up by, you know, MSN, DNC analysts and, you know, all of this stuff.
00:36:39.000You see this stuff, you know, what's actually there, and then you have what's actually shown to the public.
00:36:44.000You know, if it was a Republican resume, every one of the negatives, you know, would be out there.
00:36:49.000So, you know, what else should voters know about, I guess, this, you know, very likely opponent of yours in the general?
00:36:58.000He's going to be running the same campaign that Abigail Spamberger ran in Virginia, the same one Katie Hobbs ran in Arizona, you know, where it's going to sound milquetoast.
00:37:13.000They want to lull the people of Florida into sleep.
00:37:16.000And I think it's important for people to understand that, yeah, he might sound nice on the trail, but if he wins, he's going to govern like a radical.
00:38:20.000And I think it's important for the people of Florida to know that.
00:38:22.000Yeah, I think that's so critical because, you know, obviously, hey, Florida's got beautiful, you know, wildlife and beaches and stuff like that.
00:38:30.000As a guy that was a lifelong Northeastern boy, you know, I actually missed some of those things.
00:38:35.000I mean, Florida has been so great because of the opportunity, the political climate, the, you know, lack of sort of excessive regulation to everything, the freedoms that we enjoy as Americans that are being, you know, really stripped away.
00:38:48.000From us by all these Democrats all over the place.
00:38:50.000I mean, it is so fundamentally important that these people never have an opportunity to strip that away because you're right.
00:39:45.000And so I don't think people can get complacent in that because this is something the media has done a very good job of trying to create these people, make them seem like they're independent minded individuals.
00:41:09.000And yet they got here, they stayed here.
00:41:13.000And in the last election, Florida actually was significantly more red than before, even though I imagine a lot of that influx would have been at least neutral, if not probably Democrat leaning from where these people were escaping.
00:41:26.000So they got here, they bought into it, they went further red.
00:41:32.000We actually have to maintain that mentality and can never, never hold up because we, again, we've seen how far they will push it if they ever regain power here.
00:41:41.000And I think, you know, one of the reasons we've seen that occur, let's just be clear about it.
00:41:47.000When people come to Florida, they buy into a way of life.
00:41:50.000It's not just moving for a job or I'm just going to go retire now.
00:41:54.000I think what you've seen, especially since COVID several years ago, you see a lot of people come here for that way of life in Florida and then they want to protect it.
00:42:02.000And people, especially those who are coming from the Northeast, they're comparing to what they left.
00:42:07.000And they're saying, I don't want to see New Jersey.
00:42:16.000And so I think that's why we've been able to see people come down and understand that they have a responsibility to keep the place that they chose the way that it's been.
00:42:24.000It's why they went there in the first place.
00:42:26.000And by the way, it's sort of an interesting one because watching the World Cup for the last month, you see exactly what we're sort of talking about here, but on a grander scale, as it relates to America in general, all these people from other countries around the world there to celebrate their teams and their countries.
00:42:54.000And these people come to America, they experience American culture, they experience American food, and they're all amazed.
00:43:01.000And it seems to be driving the left absolutely crazy because they spent such a long time creating this marketing campaign of America is this terrible oppressor nation, yada, yada, all the BS.
00:43:11.000And yet, when foreigners actually got there, despite what they've been told for years, they're like, this place is awesome.
00:45:04.000Yeah, and the best one I think I saw was it was like a Japanese family, and they go to like, I think it was maybe in Florida or somewhere, but they go to like a gun store that has a range built in, and they're like, they're playing with guns, and they were like, this is the greatest thing in the world.
00:45:16.000I thought these things were weapons of mass destruction.
00:45:18.000And they're, yeah, I think it's been a great campaign for America because people have finally realized what, you know, what actually is, and frankly, you know, how much they've been lied to over the last few years.
00:45:32.000I think for us, as a nation, as people, we really have to lock in and help our young kids, our young men in particular, but also help even some of those moderate Democrats who they're registered Democrats, they're moderate people.
00:45:46.000They love this country, but they're not quite sure where to go.
00:45:49.000I think we have to make sure that they understand that there's a home for them with common sense Americans who, quite frankly, all live in the Republican Party today.
00:46:16.000Like in our party, on our side, you can actually have a conversation where you disagree about nuance of things and disagree about even major topics, sometimes party platform things.
00:46:29.000The other side, you could be 99.9% there, but if you disagree on one little aspect, usually some of the craziest aspects, And you're fully ostracized.
00:46:38.000So, you know, the party of tolerance is anything but tolerant.
00:46:41.000The Republican Party turns out they're the ones that are actually tolerant of different ideas and different people coming together and actually formulating the best concept from all of those opinions, not just taking a blind approach to, you know, this is the narrative and we must stick to it at all costs or you're out.
00:47:27.000And when I did that, what I realized is that there are people who are just really thoughtful about this country, thoughtful about public policy, wanting to do the right thing, really just want to live in harmony and peace.
00:47:38.000And that spoke to me and resonated to me.
00:47:41.000And so, through all my years, first as a political activist and now as an elected official, you know, I've always found that people in our party, for the most part, still have that same core about them.
00:47:51.000You know, they're intellectually curious, they're willing to have long debates, they're willing to read about these subject matter, but they just want the country to operate.
00:47:59.000They just want it to be free, they want it to flourish, they want other people to flourish.
00:48:04.000I mean, people in our party, like we don't have problems if people in other parties flourish.
00:48:08.000All we're saying is just don't impose your crazy ideas on everybody and give us no option, give us no way out, don't give us our freedoms.
00:48:14.000I think that's really the biggest holdup.
00:48:17.000If you have a crazy idea and you want to do that in your home, okay, that's in your home.
00:48:21.000But just don't make everybody else have to do it so that way you feel comfortable about the decisions you've made in your life.
00:48:27.000And that's really what the core of our party and our movement is about.
00:48:30.000And so, you know, I think it's a special time in the country's history.
00:48:39.000So, Byron, when a family in Florida asks you, you know, why you want this job, you know, what's the first thing you tell them maybe that you're going to fix?
00:48:45.000You know, obviously nothing's perfect, everything can use some improvement.
00:48:50.000Is it insurance, housing, cost of living, healthcare?
00:48:53.000What should Floridians know about either your top priority or the top few priorities of things that could use a little bit of work?
00:49:02.000The top priority for what impacts every Floridian is insurance rates.
00:49:06.000We got to get our insurance costs down.
00:49:11.000Even if you don't own your home and you're a renter, you're dealing with it through your rental payment because your landlord's dealing with it.
00:49:17.000And so that's going to be a priority number one.
00:49:20.000I chaired insurance and banking when I was in the state house.
00:49:23.000So, and I spent 17 years in the finance industry.
00:49:25.000So, this is an area where I know a lot about it.
00:49:28.000We want to make sure that we're changing up some of the regulatory tools to make costs go down for the people of Florida.
00:49:35.000And there's a bunch of adjustments that we can make.
00:49:37.000We've not changed the regulations in Florida in about 25 years.
00:49:41.000And so I think there's definite room for improvement that'll push down costs.
00:49:45.000The big thing that's an internal government thing that's got to happen modernization.
00:49:49.000We want to modernize all these agencies.
00:49:53.000We want to make sure that they're able to track fraud and get fraud out of the system on a daily basis, not having to wait till something blows up and then everybody's scrambling trying to do.
00:50:06.000So, we're going to be doing audits in the first couple of weeks of every agency and come up with a plan about how we modernize them, save taxpayer money, make sure dollars are going exactly where they're supposed to go.
00:50:18.000So, Florida can be the most efficient state in all of America.
00:50:22.000You know, Byron, you've been very open about your faith, about being a young guy who got a second chance and, you know, clearly made the most of it.
00:50:30.000How does that shape the kind of governor you think you'd be?
00:50:34.000What I realized, you know, being a born again Christian is it's not about me.
00:51:34.000So, I'm looking 30 years into the future.
00:51:36.000And with my time as Florida's governor, just making all the decisions necessary.
00:51:40.000So, that in 30 years, when I'm retired and I'm long gone and somebody else is running for office or running government, that I get to look back and just be like, man, Florida is still the best state in the country.
00:51:52.000So, Byron, where can voters go to learn more, to get involved, to find out, make sure they're voting, A, not just in a general, but also in a primary?
00:52:01.000Where's the best place for those people to get that information?
00:52:04.000Well, to get the voting information, you definitely want to go.
00:52:08.000Every county in Florida has a supervisor of elections.
00:52:11.000Go to their website and call your county.
00:52:18.000I would say go to your supervisor of elections website, find that, Google it, AI it, whatever, and you'll be able to get that information.
00:52:26.000If you want to know more about the campaign, volunteer, find events, or even help us out along the way, just go to ByronDonald's.com and all my social media.