WEBVTT - One EXPLOSIVE Answer Changed EVERYTHING for This UNKNOWN Senate Candidate! 0:00:10.430 --> 0:00:12.530 I think it's fair to say that nobody had heard 0:00:12.690 --> 0:00:19.110 of Justin Murphy up until this week. New Jersey Republican 0:00:19.270 --> 0:00:23.040 Senate candidate. This is the moment that put him on 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:24.800 the global stage. 0:00:25.239 --> 0:00:25.560 Go. 0:00:25.579 --> 0:00:29.320 That's right. President Trump calls you and says... I'll do 0:00:29.340 --> 0:00:30.020 whatever you want. 0:00:30.260 --> 0:00:31.300 What do I do in Iran? 0:00:31.340 --> 0:00:35.180 What's your answer? Finish it. Finish that war in a 0:00:35.260 --> 0:00:37.949 positive manner. We can't wait halfway through and decide we 0:00:37.970 --> 0:00:41.650 don't want to do this anymore. The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary 0:00:41.690 --> 0:00:45.070 Guard Corps is a radical terrorist organization that has deprived 0:00:45.090 --> 0:00:48.270 the Iranian people and the Persian people of their history 0:00:48.770 --> 0:00:52.620 and of a decent life. They have murdered, raped, tortured, assassinated, 0:00:52.700 --> 0:00:55.840 promoted and promoted terrorism all throughout the world, especially in 0:00:55.860 --> 0:00:58.430 the region of the Middle East. They are a cancer 0:00:58.510 --> 0:01:00.790 on human existence. I remember as a young boy watching 0:01:00.810 --> 0:01:05.250 those walls of our November of 1979, watching the radical 0:01:05.310 --> 0:01:08.089 Islamic terrorists storm over the walls of our embassy and 0:01:08.090 --> 0:01:12.150 52 Americans held for 444 days. And ever since November 0:01:12.170 --> 0:01:15.830 of 79, the IRGC in Iran has done nothing but 0:01:15.950 --> 0:01:20.030 export terror, murder, rape, oppression and assassination to the region 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.740 and to the world. And it's time it stops. Four 0:01:22.780 --> 0:01:25.870 decades is enough. The Iranian people have suffered enough. And 0:01:25.890 --> 0:01:28.410 I would say, Mr. President, put your cowboy hat on 0:01:28.430 --> 0:01:29.730 and get out there and kick some ass and get 0:01:29.770 --> 0:01:30.670 this done and done right. 0:01:35.870 --> 0:01:39.470 Justin Murphy, it is such a pleasure to welcome you here. 0:01:39.590 --> 0:01:42.539 And I thank you very profusely for your service. 0:01:42.660 --> 0:01:43.400 Welcome, welcome. 0:01:43.780 --> 0:01:48.320 That was the moment that made you go viral, essentially 0:01:48.340 --> 0:01:49.500 a household name. 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:51.080 Did you expect that reaction? 0:01:51.860 --> 0:01:54.720 Hello, Aaron. First, thank you for having us. Our campaign 0:01:54.820 --> 0:01:58.650 is very appreciative of time to spend with you. And no, 0:01:59.210 --> 0:02:03.010 we certainly enjoy the viral nature of it. We love 0:02:03.030 --> 0:02:05.710 the splash that it's given us. The expanded social media 0:02:05.750 --> 0:02:10.350 footprint is very welcome for our campaign. But, you know, 0:02:10.530 --> 0:02:14.500 when I speak, it's always from the heart. There's nothing scripted, 0:02:14.570 --> 0:02:17.650 no speech writing, no teleprompter. you know, that was in 0:02:17.690 --> 0:02:20.280 my heart. So that's what came out as far for 0:02:20.290 --> 0:02:22.620 that issue. And I always speak that way. I really, 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:25.800 I just like to be viewed by people as genuine 0:02:25.820 --> 0:02:29.959 and authentic and sincere. And, you know, it just was 0:02:30.020 --> 0:02:32.360 a moment that caught fire. So we're happy for it, 0:02:32.380 --> 0:02:33.440 but we did not script it. 0:02:33.490 --> 0:02:33.690 No. 0:02:33.710 --> 0:02:36.290 So we're a little surprised, but pleasantly surprised. 0:02:38.310 --> 0:02:39.890 I love that. I'm exactly the same. 0:02:39.910 --> 0:02:42.190 I traveled the world and speak at a lot of 0:02:42.250 --> 0:02:44.270 events and I'll get up there and I'll say to people, 0:02:44.940 --> 0:02:46.280 I haven't prepared a speech. 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:47.460 I haven't written a note. 0:02:47.500 --> 0:02:49.919 And it's not because I don't take this very seriously 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:53.540 or I'm not grateful for the opportunity. It's because I 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:56.220 want you to know that what I say now comes 0:02:56.280 --> 0:02:58.910 from the heart. It is genuinely what I think, feel, 0:02:59.710 --> 0:03:01.910 and the way I express it is authentic and genuine. 0:03:01.930 --> 0:03:04.710 And I think it's so much more powerful. So all 0:03:04.770 --> 0:03:08.450 power to you. Can you tell me what you mean 0:03:08.550 --> 0:03:10.090 by finish the job? 0:03:11.500 --> 0:03:13.580 Yeah, finish it was, I mean, that was the first 0:03:13.620 --> 0:03:15.560 thing that came out was, you know, that the moderator 0:03:15.620 --> 0:03:18.310 asked me, what advice would you give President Trump? And 0:03:18.330 --> 0:03:22.030 I said, finish it. You know, we cannot get into 0:03:22.130 --> 0:03:25.010 a murky ending where we're kicking the can down the road. 0:03:25.090 --> 0:03:27.530 If we're going to undertake a policy position, as we 0:03:27.570 --> 0:03:30.769 have under President Trump, where we are no longer going 0:03:30.810 --> 0:03:32.470 to kick the can down the road. And this is 0:03:32.490 --> 0:03:35.110 the president spoke about this to the UN General Assembly, 0:03:35.230 --> 0:03:37.660 if you recall his speech there. He said, you know, 0:03:37.690 --> 0:03:40.160 we're going to think about the next generation of Americans, 0:03:40.540 --> 0:03:42.760 not the next election. And we're going to do what 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:45.040 we have to do to solve this problem long term 0:03:45.460 --> 0:03:48.500 so that young Americans do not know what the words 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:51.320 Straits of Hormuz mean. They will not have to. Now, 0:03:51.580 --> 0:03:54.000 it's not easy. It's very difficult. But doing the right 0:03:54.060 --> 0:03:57.460 thing usually is the difficult thing to do. But the 0:03:57.500 --> 0:03:59.840 Republican Party, we're the adults in the room. We are 0:03:59.880 --> 0:04:02.520 showing leadership and vision. We're worried about the next generation 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:05.320 of Americans. Kicking the can down the road just makes 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:07.880 the problem more difficult to solve later, and it's an 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:10.660 irresponsible thing to do. So what we really have to 0:04:10.700 --> 0:04:13.020 look at, and I hate to say this, it's the 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:15.780 regime change. That's kind of a dirty word that nobody 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:18.480 wants to utter. Yes, you can do what our military 0:04:18.500 --> 0:04:21.539 has done, keep the Strait open, abolish their air force, 0:04:21.580 --> 0:04:25.980 destroy their navy, destroy their nuclear weapons, destroy their nuclear program, 0:04:26.300 --> 0:04:29.380 destroy their facilities for defense and ballistic missile production, cut 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:32.890 off their aid. to their proxies throughout the region that 0:04:32.950 --> 0:04:37.470 promote and foment terror and destability. But, you know, we 0:04:37.550 --> 0:04:41.230 can't leave the IRGC in charge. We can't leave radical 0:04:41.270 --> 0:04:45.150 mullahs in charge. As Americans, we do not have common 0:04:45.190 --> 0:04:48.290 ground with them. There was no common ground with radical 0:04:48.330 --> 0:04:51.410 Islamic terrorists. There's no common ground with IRGC. You cannot 0:04:51.490 --> 0:04:55.590 trust them. You cannot trust anything they sign. So you 0:04:55.650 --> 0:05:00.030 really have to get something in place as a transition 0:05:00.089 --> 0:05:03.890 from a tyrannical, authoritarian, murderous regime so that the Persian 0:05:03.990 --> 0:05:06.890 and the Iranian people can self-determine. And that's really the 0:05:06.930 --> 0:05:10.790 ultimate goal here. That would bring a stability and a 0:05:10.850 --> 0:05:13.190 peace that we haven't seen in that part of the 0:05:13.250 --> 0:05:16.360 world in decades. And the people of Iran deserve this. 0:05:16.810 --> 0:05:23.260 They have suffered enough. They've been murdered, manslaughtered, raped, tortured, imprisoned, suppressed, oppressed. 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:28.900 The mullahs have only exported war, assassination, terror, destabilizing any 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:31.990 peace chance in the Middle East. So it's time. Like 0:05:32.110 --> 0:05:34.170 I said in my answer, four decades is long enough. 0:05:34.230 --> 0:05:37.170 It's time the civilized world, along with a majority of 0:05:37.210 --> 0:05:40.350 those Sunni Muslim nations in the Gulf, the literal Gulf 0:05:40.390 --> 0:05:42.870 countries who are on our side in this matter, we 0:05:42.890 --> 0:05:46.280 do something for the Iranian people for long-term stability and peace. 0:05:46.339 --> 0:05:48.540 And that has to be the IRGC needs to go. 0:05:50.100 --> 0:05:52.520 Justin, have you been watching my show over the past year? 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:55.740 Because what you're saying is exactly what I have been 0:05:55.800 --> 0:06:00.050 saying over and over. And it So how many times 0:06:00.089 --> 0:06:03.830 have we seen the polls get it spectacularly wrong, especially 0:06:03.850 --> 0:06:07.330 when it comes to the Republicans? They underestimate them all 0:06:07.390 --> 0:06:10.100 the time, completely write them off, and then magically, as 0:06:10.180 --> 0:06:13.640 Election Day approaches, the numbers start tightening, almost as though 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:15.659 the pollsters are covering their backs. 0:06:16.100 --> 0:06:16.760 Who would have thought? 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:20.980 And that's what makes these midterms so fascinating. Take my guest, 0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:24.060 Justin Murphy. He's running against Cory Booker in New Jersey, 0:06:24.170 --> 0:06:28.240 a massive underdog. People had barely heard of him before. Until, 0:06:28.260 --> 0:06:29.880 of course, this happened. 0:06:29.940 --> 0:06:31.940 So suddenly he's everywhere. 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And in a similar position to, 0:07:38.980 --> 0:07:42.000 you know, President Trump shared a portion of my show 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:44.530 last week that was saying exactly what you're saying now. 0:07:45.070 --> 0:07:46.670 And that's essentially, it was off the back of a 0:07:46.710 --> 0:07:50.970 poll saying only 4% of Americans see this war as 0:07:51.050 --> 0:07:53.270 kind of, you know, the top issue. And I was 0:07:53.330 --> 0:07:56.230 making the point, well, that's the whole point. That's why, 0:07:56.250 --> 0:07:58.270 you know, the fact that the president is acting to 0:07:58.330 --> 0:08:00.670 take care of it. You don't want a population of 0:08:00.730 --> 0:08:04.020 people that are terrified of an imminent nuclear attack. That's 0:08:04.060 --> 0:08:06.180 why you need to act, not just for you now, 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:08.980 but for your children down the track. I want to 0:08:09.100 --> 0:08:11.640 ask if you've heard from President Trump and what kind 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:14.640 of reaction you've gotten from him and his people. 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:20.160 Well, my campaign is strenuously reaching out to the White 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:23.640 House and Washington to get some notice for our campaign 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:27.050 here in New Jersey and for all of our Republican candidates. 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:29.510 If you're not familiar, New Jersey is a pretty tough 0:08:29.550 --> 0:08:33.859 state for Republicans, unfortunately. So we, you know, we try 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:37.160 we're trying to make ourselves as viable as possible. We're 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:40.920 hopeful that we can still garner some attention from the 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:44.520 White House. J.D. Vance, our vice president, he tweeted on 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:47.700 my on my response, which was great to see. Caroline Leavitt, 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:50.660 the former White House press secretary. So we got a 0:08:50.660 --> 0:08:53.319 little bit of stew there and it's good. It's good 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:55.520 to see. And it's helping. We seem to be growing 0:08:55.580 --> 0:08:57.459 every day with it. I mean, the number of people 0:08:57.500 --> 0:09:00.600 that are following us now is like exploded. And we're 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:04.800 happy to see General Michael Flynn also retweeted. So we've 0:09:04.820 --> 0:09:06.819 got a couple of big shots up there helping us. 0:09:06.860 --> 0:09:09.430 But we're hoping to get some attention from President Trump. 0:09:09.450 --> 0:09:10.910 We hope to do that in the next couple of weeks. 0:09:12.390 --> 0:09:15.490 Would his endorsement help you or hinder what you're trying 0:09:15.510 --> 0:09:15.770 to do? 0:09:16.230 --> 0:09:19.429 Oh, it would be an enormous help. Enormous. I mean, 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:22.840 the people that don't like Donald Trump, and that's basically 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.520 the Democrat Party, the base of the Democrat Party, they're 0:09:25.540 --> 0:09:29.110 coming out to vote no matter what. The Republican Party 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:33.310 has an interesting dynamic. Donald Trump has run for president 0:09:33.330 --> 0:09:38.990 three times, and we have a very large block of 0:09:39.030 --> 0:09:42.469 what we call Trump presidential voters that vote for him 0:09:42.570 --> 0:09:45.710 every four years, 2016, 2020, 2024. They vote for him 0:09:45.730 --> 0:09:50.849 in the primaries, but they're not necessarily diehard Republican Party 0:09:50.910 --> 0:09:54.050 voters that would come out during a midterm election like 0:09:54.070 --> 0:09:56.050 we're having now. So there's a pretty big gap there 0:09:56.090 --> 0:09:59.030 that we're trying to bridge. And President Trump can help 0:09:59.070 --> 0:10:01.790 fill that by telling his supporters, look, you know, you 0:10:01.809 --> 0:10:04.740 might not like the moderate Republican establishment in your state 0:10:04.750 --> 0:10:07.460 or whatever the case may be. But, you know, my 0:10:07.500 --> 0:10:09.839 agenda is on the ballot. And, you know, obviously, if 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:12.500 the Democrats win a majority in the House, that's a 0:10:12.580 --> 0:10:15.480 third Trump impeachment, a total division for the country and 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:18.839 waste of time and resources. But they'll do it. So 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:22.740 his endorsement would help enormously. It really would help enormously. 0:10:22.780 --> 0:10:27.350 Donald Trump took out of New Jersey almost 2 million 0:10:27.380 --> 0:10:28.450 votes in November of 2024. 0:10:28.450 --> 0:10:32.150 Yeah, closed the gap significantly, didn't he? I think, you know, 0:10:32.210 --> 0:10:34.550 it came within five to six points of Harris. Biden 0:10:34.610 --> 0:10:36.010 won by 16 points. 0:10:36.410 --> 0:10:38.630 Yes, that's correct. And that 2 million, that's like 1.9, 1,968,000. 0:10:38.610 --> 0:10:44.800 That almost 2 million are in is the most a 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:47.840 Republican presidential candidate has taken out of New Jersey in 0:10:47.860 --> 0:10:51.050 the history of America. So if that group is still 0:10:51.130 --> 0:10:54.150 out there and they step into this midterm race, Republicans 0:10:54.190 --> 0:10:56.810 will do very well in November in New Jersey. 0:10:58.750 --> 0:11:01.559 So you're up against Cory Booker, also known as the 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:02.740 Temu Obama. 0:11:04.050 --> 0:11:07.730 Why is he a dangerous option? And by the way, I. 0:11:07.690 --> 0:11:11.590 Do have some Timu outfits, so I'm not necessarily against Timu, 0:11:12.050 --> 0:11:14.130 but I know who I want in positions of power. 0:11:15.090 --> 0:11:18.630 Okay. Well, look, New Jersey is a tough state. There 0:11:18.710 --> 0:11:23.490 are 900,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans here. Corey has amassed, 0:11:23.910 --> 0:11:28.030 I think, $ 30 to $ 35 million in his campaign war chest. 0:11:28.470 --> 0:11:32.880 He's run for Senate three times, He has won three 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:36.000 times and he's won by double digits every time he's run. So, 0:11:36.020 --> 0:11:38.630 you know, we're under no illusion. This is an uphill battle. 0:11:38.670 --> 0:11:40.910 It's quite a slug. But there are enough of us 0:11:41.750 --> 0:11:45.949 in the Republican column and the independent, unaffiliated voters where 0:11:45.990 --> 0:11:50.620 we can win. I think Corey has become the voice 0:11:50.700 --> 0:11:53.330 of the political class in Washington that he's now part of. 0:11:54.380 --> 0:11:56.740 I believe the working and middle classes in New Jersey 0:11:56.820 --> 0:11:58.840 don't have a voice in the U.S. Senate. So that's 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:01.589 one of the points of my campaign. We have a 0:12:01.630 --> 0:12:04.630 guy down there that you paid him almost $ 2 million 0:12:04.670 --> 0:12:06.860 to be a U.S. senator for the past 13 years, 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:09.620 and he's the voice for the political class in Washington. 0:12:09.660 --> 0:12:11.520 He's not the voice of the middle class back here 0:12:11.540 --> 0:12:15.559 in New Jersey. If enough people are inspired to come 0:12:15.580 --> 0:12:19.330 out to vote, we absolutely can win this race in November. 0:12:19.370 --> 0:12:21.930 But if we have a high level of apathy and disengagement, 0:12:22.130 --> 0:12:23.030 it's not going to end well. 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:29.800 What do the people in New Jersey want most right now? 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:31.720 What matters to them more than anything else? 0:12:32.420 --> 0:12:36.380 Well, it's nationwide earn, the issue of affordability. And then, 0:12:36.420 --> 0:12:38.780 you know, when you talk about the economy, it's affordability, 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:42.680 economic security. You know, safe streets is a big one, 0:12:42.740 --> 0:12:45.260 crime and illegal immigration. Immigration is a big winning issue 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:48.000 for Republicans. So we have to expound our accomplishments on that. 0:12:48.380 --> 0:12:52.790 But affordability is what really is the first entree when 0:12:52.809 --> 0:12:55.439 you have a dialogue with a voter. And, you know, 0:12:55.480 --> 0:13:01.020 there's a number– we've done a remarkable job on this economy. Yes, 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:04.700 we have a pesky inflation rate right now that's 3.7 percent, 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:07.960 just jumped up to 3.7. But we had a 9 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:10.980 percent rate under Joe Biden a few years ago. It 0:13:11.260 --> 0:13:13.020 was over 9 percent. It was 9.1 or 9.2 percent. 0:13:13.040 --> 0:13:14.490 Today it's down to 3.5, 3.7. We had 8 percent 0:13:14.500 --> 0:13:22.270 interest rates under Joe Biden. Now they're down to between 0:13:22.330 --> 0:13:24.689 six and seven. We had an open border with Joe Biden. 0:13:24.710 --> 0:13:27.550 It's now secure. We had declining wages for the middle 0:13:27.570 --> 0:13:31.040 class under Joe Biden. Today, wages are rising for our 0:13:31.059 --> 0:13:33.500 middle class. You know, we've got more Americans working today 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:35.760 than any time in our country's history. We have the 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:38.360 lowest poverty rate in American history. We have the lowest 0:13:38.460 --> 0:13:41.709 child poverty rate in American history. Our stock market has 0:13:41.780 --> 0:13:45.990 set record highs on 82 separate days, raising the 401k 0:13:46.030 --> 0:13:48.330 value of millions of Americans. So they have a more 0:13:48.429 --> 0:13:53.210 financially secure retirement. We've got a manufacturing resurgence sweeping our country, 0:13:53.230 --> 0:13:57.300 an investment boom, a productivity boom. We had $ 5 a 0:13:57.340 --> 0:14:03.920 gallon gas under Joe Biden. Today, it's down to about $ 4. 20, $ 4. 30. 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:05.460 So by any measure, we're better off, but people don't 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:10.270 feel it. The intervening event there was that gas had 0:14:10.309 --> 0:14:14.230 dropped down to about $ 3 a gallon when Donald Trump 0:14:14.270 --> 0:14:16.910 first took office, and we increased energy production, and that 0:14:16.929 --> 0:14:19.900 was very good. And then, you know, the issue with Iran– 0:14:20.540 --> 0:14:23.070 it spikes the oil price because of global oil markets, 0:14:23.210 --> 0:14:25.710 the supply. Anytime there's instability in the Middle East, you 0:14:25.730 --> 0:14:28.030 know it affects the global oil markets, and the price 0:14:28.070 --> 0:14:30.609 goes up. But we have to make the point that 0:14:31.390 --> 0:14:33.410 it's still not as bad as what the Democrat Party 0:14:33.430 --> 0:14:36.150 did to you. We are doing everything possible to bring 0:14:36.190 --> 0:14:38.170 it down, and it will come down. We're working on 0:14:38.230 --> 0:14:40.750 both sides of the equation for the solution. The solution 0:14:40.860 --> 0:14:43.580 is resolve the Iranian war positively, keep the oil flow 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:45.920 out of the Straits of Hormuz, and reroute the oil 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:47.940 flow coming out of that region of the world, which 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:50.580 is now taking place. The other is we have to, 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:53.930 as a country, increase our refining capacity. We've put that 0:14:54.010 --> 0:14:55.930 off for too long. That's another can we've been kicking 0:14:55.970 --> 0:14:57.970 down the road. We pay a price for it now. 0:14:58.030 --> 0:15:01.710 We have to increase our refining capacity so there's parity 0:15:01.750 --> 0:15:05.090 with what we're producing energy-wise and that we can refine 0:15:05.130 --> 0:15:08.090 it here on our American soil without having to send 0:15:08.130 --> 0:15:10.210 it to another country like we do sometimes and bring 0:15:10.250 --> 0:15:12.570 it back to us. So we're doing the right things, 0:15:12.930 --> 0:15:15.820 and we're the adults in the room. We're making difficult 0:15:15.860 --> 0:15:19.200 decisions where we are incorporating the next generation of Americans, 0:15:19.280 --> 0:15:22.120 not the next election. It's easy to kick the can 0:15:22.140 --> 0:15:24.160 down the road. But, you know, I'm glad to see 0:15:24.180 --> 0:15:26.859 the Republican Party has the backbone and the vision to 0:15:26.900 --> 0:15:28.000 be the adult in the room. 0:15:29.900 --> 0:15:32.360 There's clearly a lot you agree with Donald Trump on. 0:15:32.620 --> 0:15:34.800 You do strike me, though, as the kind of man who, 0:15:34.980 --> 0:15:36.580 if you don't, you will say so. 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:38.540 Are you willing to stand up to Donald Trump? 0:15:40.100 --> 0:15:41.760 I am my own man. I will paint my own 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:45.010 picture that that's I've made that promise to myself and 0:15:45.050 --> 0:15:47.410 to my supporters, and I've been involved in New Jersey 0:15:47.450 --> 0:15:50.720 politics since 1988, and it's always been that way. Yes, 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.660 I will call it the way I see it. If 0:15:53.740 --> 0:15:56.060 I agree with you, I agree with you. If I 0:15:56.100 --> 0:15:58.220 have a difference of opinion, you'll hear that also. 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.560 Were you nervous when I was watching your response, just 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:05.100 going back to the debate, when you first said about 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:07.040 finish the job and then there was a pause and 0:16:07.140 --> 0:16:08.130 silence and I was like. 0:16:08.430 --> 0:16:11.310 Oh, gosh, the crowd. And then you kept going. 0:16:11.330 --> 0:16:15.710 And I'm thinking, I hope he doesn't lose confidence because 0:16:15.750 --> 0:16:16.930 the crowd are not cheering. 0:16:16.970 --> 0:16:19.410 And then at the end you stopped and they erupted. 0:16:19.510 --> 0:16:21.090 And I was like, oh, thank goodness. 0:16:21.650 --> 0:16:24.150 Did you take me through that moment when you first 0:16:24.230 --> 0:16:26.350 said it and there was silence and you were. 0:16:26.190 --> 0:16:26.650 Like, oh, Lord. 0:16:26.710 --> 0:16:26.850 Yeah. 0:16:27.540 --> 0:16:29.960 That was, you know, that wound up being the loudest 0:16:30.140 --> 0:16:33.860 applause of the night. Yes. And for something that supposedly 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:38.080 people don't support Donald Trump on. See, you can take it. Erin, 0:16:38.100 --> 0:16:40.200 you can take a snapshot of the country and say, wait, 0:16:40.220 --> 0:16:41.820 a lot of Americans don't like the war. Look, nobody 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:47.040 likes the war. The issue is, is who are we 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:49.660 doing the right thing about the war? Is it the 0:16:49.700 --> 0:16:51.570 right thing to do? And are we willing to have 0:16:51.610 --> 0:16:54.369 the vision and backbone to see it through? And if 0:16:54.410 --> 0:16:56.530 you look at midterm elections, it's a battle of the 0:16:56.570 --> 0:16:59.010 base of each party because we have a huge in 0:16:59.050 --> 0:17:02.610 the middle that don't vote. So the vast majority of 0:17:02.650 --> 0:17:06.290 Republicans that do support the president. So the shock of, oh, 0:17:06.330 --> 0:17:09.350 Americans don't like the war is really mitigated, I think, 0:17:09.369 --> 0:17:12.190 for the Republican ticket this November. When I was given 0:17:12.210 --> 0:17:14.810 the answer, I don't really gauge off what the audience 0:17:14.830 --> 0:17:16.670 was doing. I just was going to put out there 0:17:16.710 --> 0:17:19.230 what was what was in my heart and mind. as 0:17:19.310 --> 0:17:23.270 I always do. And look, I'm prepared for the jeers, 0:17:23.369 --> 0:17:26.100 if that's what comes. But it worked out well. And then, 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.310 of course, we got the social media splurge from it. 0:17:28.380 --> 0:17:29.500 So we're happy with that. 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:31.440 You make a great point. 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:33.679 I remember even prior to this, when there was so 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:36.179 much deliberation as to whether the U.S. was going to 0:17:36.260 --> 0:17:38.919 strike or not against the Islamic regime of Iran. And 0:17:38.940 --> 0:17:42.180 there were these people, you know, oh, you're pro-war. No 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:44.929 one is pro, unless you're an Islamic terrorist, no one 0:17:44.970 --> 0:17:49.570 is pro-war. But sometimes it's not a choice that you 0:17:49.630 --> 0:17:52.190 make because you just feel like creating a little chaos. 0:17:52.460 --> 0:17:55.699 War is a necessary part of peace and keeping, you know, 0:17:55.780 --> 0:17:56.520 your enemy. 0:17:56.300 --> 0:17:58.310 Doesn't see it the same way. So it's such a 0:17:58.330 --> 0:17:58.770 great point. 0:17:58.970 --> 0:18:01.010 I want to finish by asking you, Justin, to tell 0:18:01.070 --> 0:18:03.730 us a little bit about you served in the Navy, 0:18:04.109 --> 0:18:05.030 your family. 0:18:05.170 --> 0:18:09.149 What drives you? What is your why in all of this? 0:18:09.170 --> 0:18:12.470 You've obviously dedicated your life to service in different ways. 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:13.620 What drives you? 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:18.380 Erin, as far as what drives me, I feel I've 0:18:18.420 --> 0:18:21.580 been blessed to live in this country. I've been blessed 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:26.439 by a dream. and passion to pursue service to this 0:18:26.500 --> 0:18:32.470 country and pursue public office. It's an opportunity that probably 0:18:32.530 --> 0:18:37.050 almost every person, 8 billion people live on this planet. 0:18:37.090 --> 0:18:39.610 Very few have the blessings and opportunities that I do. 0:18:40.230 --> 0:18:42.250 And I just feel that God has instilled this dream 0:18:42.290 --> 0:18:43.770 in me for a reason. So I've always had the 0:18:43.810 --> 0:18:46.869 passion to pursue politics and government and some public service, 0:18:46.890 --> 0:18:49.770 and I've had the opportunity to do that. So we'll 0:18:49.810 --> 0:18:53.740 continue to do it. This seemed to be a step 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:56.719 I should take running for Senate. And so far it's 0:18:56.760 --> 0:18:59.270 worked out. We've, we've got ourselves the nomination. We'll see 0:18:59.310 --> 0:19:01.930 what happens this November. You know, you just, you run 0:19:01.990 --> 0:19:04.470 because you love the country. That's the only reason to 0:19:04.510 --> 0:19:06.889 step into a political arena. There is no other reason. 0:19:07.230 --> 0:19:09.310 If you don't have the fire, you don't have a 0:19:09.369 --> 0:19:13.400 fire and the burning to, for the country. Don't, don't 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:15.640 do it. It's not for you then. So, you know, my, 0:19:15.920 --> 0:19:19.000 me and my family, you know, I'm 60 years old. 0:19:19.320 --> 0:19:23.250 I've never been married. Yeah, hopefully someday we'll find Miss 0:19:23.290 --> 0:19:26.070 Ray out there. So we want to do that. Maybe 0:19:26.130 --> 0:19:28.460 if I win this race, we'll be able to get married. 0:19:30.460 --> 0:19:33.280 You know, I've served in the Navy because, again, as 0:19:33.340 --> 0:19:36.260 a young man, I was fortunate as a very, very 0:19:36.300 --> 0:19:41.680 young teenager to know the direction of my life. Military service, education, 0:19:41.810 --> 0:19:45.530 public service, small business and self-employment. I just always, it's 0:19:45.570 --> 0:19:48.090 not easy to do those things, but I always was 0:19:48.150 --> 0:19:50.159 fortunate that I always had direction in my life. I 0:19:50.180 --> 0:19:52.760 knew what I wanted to do. So you put it 0:19:52.780 --> 0:19:55.580 all together and you live your life. You ask God 0:19:55.600 --> 0:19:58.619 for guidance. And when the opportunity comes up and it 0:19:58.660 --> 0:20:01.189 looks good, you know, we get the break. We got 0:20:01.210 --> 0:20:03.889 the break for the primary and we'll see what happens. 0:20:04.050 --> 0:20:07.189 But you run because you care. You run because you 0:20:07.230 --> 0:20:07.830 love the country. 0:20:09.570 --> 0:20:12.909 I can't think of a better argument. And I mentioned 0:20:12.930 --> 0:20:15.030 to you about my father, who was a major general 0:20:15.050 --> 0:20:18.180 in the army. He then ran for the Senate in Australia. 0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:21.820 Bless you. After that, after he retired, he, like you, 0:20:21.859 --> 0:20:25.139 dedicated his whole life to service. And he was the 0:20:25.330 --> 0:20:29.820