00:00We're all in to make sure that both Tom Swasey and Laura Gillen are reelected to Congress.
00:07They've both done a tremendous job representing the people of Nassau County,
00:11Long Island, as well as New York State, and fighting to address the issues that matter,
00:17which include aggressively confronting the high cost of living, driving down taxes,
00:23and making sure that people can afford to live a comfortable life.
00:30The Republicans are desperately spending money in places all across the country,
00:37including in Long Island, in a fruitless effort to try to defeat Democratic incumbents,
00:46while at the same time leaving Republican-held seats increasingly vulnerable,
00:53including in the North Country of New York State.
00:58The mismanagement that we're seeing unfold on the other side of the aisle,
01:04particularly as it relates to MAGA, Inc., perhaps should no longer surprise us,
01:12given the fact that Donald Trump's top political operatives seem more concerned with enriching
01:18themselves based on recent revelations and campaigning in Eastern Europe,
01:26as opposed to actually doing what they were at least hired to do, which is to try to hold off
01:35massive Democratic victories, which are coming on November 3rd.
01:41Do you think Blakeman Long Hill wins on Long Island?
01:44Bruce Blakeman is a right-wing political hack who is a Trump sycophant,
01:54and the people of New York State, including the people of Nassau County, I believe,
02:01will reject that because they know that Donald Trump and Republican policies in this Congress have failed them.
02:08They failed the people of New York City, they failed the people of Long Island,
02:12they failed the people of the New York City suburbs in the Hudson Valley,
02:16and they certainly have failed the people of New York State, which is one of the reasons
02:19why a rural-based, farm country-based seat in the North Country of New York is on the verge of
02:29being flipped by Blake Genderbone.
02:39Do you think that there's a potential pickup on the eastern end of Long Island in the seat where Chris
02:44Gallant is running?
02:47And then I have a question about the GOP map in Texas and Florida.
02:50Our focus right now on Long Island is to defend Tom Swasey and Laura Gillan.
02:57Do you still, on the, you had talked like at some point earlier this year about the redistricting that Republicans
03:08are trying to do,
03:08but do you think that Republican efforts to redistrict and redraw the maps in Texas and Florida are,
03:14or do you still think they're going to backfire?
03:15Yeah, the Republican efforts to redraw maps in Texas and Florida as part of their extreme scheme to rig the
03:24midterm elections have failed.
03:27Under no circumstances are Republicans going to defeat Representative Henry Cuellar and Representative Vincente Gonzalez,
03:37and under no circumstances in Texas are they going to win five seats.
03:43They'd be fortunate if they get to three, and at this point, based on what's happening in the Rio Grande
03:49Valley, that appears increasingly unlikely.
03:53At the same period of time, Democrats will pick up, thanks to Governor Newsom and members of the California delegation
03:59and the leaders throughout the state of California,
04:02and we will pick up five seats in California to offset what Republicans intended to happen in both Texas and
04:13in Florida.
04:14I will be down in Florida in a week or so, spending time with some of our incumbent members and
04:19perhaps some of our challenges.
04:22We have multiple opportunities in Florida, and the governor's race is now even close.
04:30Because even the people of Florida have now apparently concluded, notwithstanding the presence of both Donald Trump and their so
04:38-called governor,
04:41that Republican policies have failed them.
04:43Life is way too expensive in Florida in the same way that it's way too expensive all across the country
04:50as a direct result of toxic Republican policies.
04:53We're going to do much better than expected in Texas, and we're going to do much better than expected in
04:59Florida.
05:00And as a result of that, and a whole host of other things that will take place all across the
05:04country,
05:05we're going to take back control of the United States House on November 3rd.
05:09Last question.
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