1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: Guess what. I'm back. This is the second season of 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: the Truth with Lisa Booth, and I have big news 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: for you guys. We're moving to twice per week, every 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: Monday every Thursday. Every week you can expect new episodes 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: of the Truth with Lisa Booth, and we are starting 6 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: with a banger. He's the most talked about governor in 7 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: America and he's also my governor. Governor run to Santi's. 8 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: He led Florida through COVID by rejecting Anthony Fauchery, rejecting 9 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: the CDC, showing the rest of the country that lockdowns 10 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: don't work. And I don't want to know what this 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: country would look like if it wasn't for Florida and 12 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 1: Governor Ron de Santa's leading the way for freedom, standing 13 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: against their totalitarians. And now he's taking on what culture. 14 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: He's fighting the left, fighting the media, and protecting children 15 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: from indoctrination. And for this episode, I wanted to get 16 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: into all those issues, and we do, but I also 17 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,319 Speaker 1: wanted to get into the governor's thought process. How does 18 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: he make decisions? Who is Governor Ron de Santis. We 19 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: talked about his family and his upbringing as well, and 20 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: if you haven't checked out his bio. It's insane. The 21 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: guy's a complete stud He went to Yale University, where 22 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: he graduated with honors from the captain of the varsity 23 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: baseball team. He graduated with honors from Harvard Law School. There, 24 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: he earned a commission in the U. S. Navy as 25 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: a JAG officer. Then, during active duty service, he deployed 26 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: to Iraq as an advisor to YOS Navy commander, and 27 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: his military decorations include the Bronze Star Medal for Meritorious 28 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: service in the Iraq Campaign Medal. This was also my 29 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: first in person interview, and I went to a press 30 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: conference he gave about the Stock Woke Act. We're gonna 31 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: get into that and so much more. I hope you 32 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 1: love this interview. I know I do. Here's my conversation 33 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: with Governor Ron de Santis. All right, this is the 34 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: first episode of my second season of The Truth with 35 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: Leaves and Booth, and I am sitting that to the 36 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: best governor in America who happens to me, my governor, 37 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: because I fled Communists New York to come here. Governor, 38 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: it's such an honor to have you on the show. Well, 39 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: thanks for having me, and I think you, how long 40 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: have you been in Florida now over a year? It's 41 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: like a year and a half. You should put me 42 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: on the board of tourism. There we go, there we go. 43 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: I'm constantly selling the state. So most people who have moved, 44 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: in fact, everyone that talks to me, none of them regretted. 45 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:23,799 Speaker 1: And I know you've really enjoyed it. So it means 46 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: a lot to us. It's like living in paradise. It's well, actually, 47 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: if you're conservative, come here. If you're not at stale, Well, 48 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: I think that's what's happening. I mean, I think we 49 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,519 Speaker 1: really because of what we've done. People are so sensitive, 50 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: particularly with COVID, about the type of state government they 51 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: live under, and they know it can affect everything from 52 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 1: their kids education to even being able to work and 53 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: doing all these things. Like we saw the crazy policies, 54 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 1: and so they are voting with their feet and we 55 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: have seen a huge shift towards Republicans since I've been governor. 56 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: Well and speaking of crazy policies, So you just held 57 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: a press conference for the Stop Woke Act? What is it? 58 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: Why was it needed? Told the audience about it? Whoa 59 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: in this context stands for Stop Wrongs against Our Kids 60 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: and Employees Act, and so part of it is giving 61 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: parents the ability to hold school districts accountable who do 62 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: critical race theory, which is not allowed in Florida's schools. 63 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: Part of it also is to give employees, particularly from 64 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 1: these big companies of civil rights protection against having this 65 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: oppressive woke ideology imposed on them for job trainings. People 66 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: are having to be told that they have to confess 67 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: their white privilege and all this other stuff, and honestly 68 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: it's asinine. And so we really, with this bill are 69 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: doing more to battle wokeness and CRT than any state 70 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: is done in the country. And stop woke at Did 71 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: you come up with that on your own? That's that's good. 72 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: That was my That's good. I like it. So I 73 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: wanted to sincerely thank you for providing me safe refuge, 74 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: because if it wasn't for you keeping Florida free, I 75 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: might be in a gulag somewhere for the unvaccinated. And 76 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: like I say that in jess but also in sincerity. 77 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw that Rasmussen poll from 78 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: not too long ago where you looked at Biden supporters 79 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: of UM favored the government putting the unvaccinated and designated 80 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: facilities of Democrats more broadly supported taking children away from 81 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: parents who weren't vaccinated. How far were we and how 82 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: far are we from those kinds of scenarios taking fold well. 83 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: I think if Florida had not stood up against that 84 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 1: and many other bad policies, I think that those would 85 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: have taken hold of the whole country. We'd look more 86 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: like Canada right now. We were the first state over 87 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: a year ago we banned vaccine passports. And when we 88 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: did it, the left had a connection. But even some 89 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: of these quote libertarians like, oh, you're banning passports with 90 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: a private business, and I'm like, yeah, I am, because 91 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: your rights should not be circumscribed in terms of just 92 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: participating in society based on this COVID shot. It's a 93 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: private matter, and if one business does it, then people 94 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: are gonna say, Florida has passports and we don't allow them. 95 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: The result of that was we had the biggest domestic 96 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: tourism yere in and we had in the history of 97 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: the state, and we had more foreign visitors to f 98 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: or the New York City did. New York City has 99 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: led for like the last twenty years. They wouldn't be 100 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: coming here if they had to show paperwork to go 101 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: get a hamburger. What we did was good for the individual, 102 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 1: but it was also good for our state. And I 103 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 1: think if you look at what we did to ban 104 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: school districts from forcing the kids to get the COVID 105 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: vacs very very early on, that gave so many parents 106 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: a good peace of mind. We have had families moved 107 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: to Florida just because of that issue. I don't know 108 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: how it went from make it available to people, particularly 109 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 1: senior citizens, to all of a sudden being you know, 110 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 1: you're not gonna even be able to leave your home. 111 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: Some people have said, if you don't get this COVID shot, 112 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: I know, by the way the COVID say what you 113 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 1: want about it, it does not prevent you from spreading 114 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: it or getting infected anyways. And so I thought it 115 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: was a huge, huge threat to freedom. I think we 116 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: held the line, and I think because we held the line, 117 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: I think other states in fall. In fact, it's been 118 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 1: reported in some of these liberal publications that Fauci and 119 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 1: some of these people in Biden's White House wanted him 120 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: to do more draconian restrictions particularly with interstate travel and 121 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 1: vax passes, and some of his political guy said, you know, 122 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: if you do that, Governor de Santis is going to 123 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: light you up, and I would have and good for 124 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 1: you for that. I mean, you know, I think that's 125 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: why conservatives are just loving hearing what you're doing, seeing 126 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: what you're doing here in Florida, really holding the line 127 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: and going on the offense. And right now we're sort 128 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: of seeing these diverging viewpoints in the Republican Party, like 129 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 1: particularly when you look at what's going on with Disney, 130 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: and there's one school of thought where, you know, Republicans 131 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: were based to sort of see those numbers that I 132 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: mentioned with Rasmussen and understand that there's some of the 133 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: left that would put you away or take your kids 134 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: away for your beliefs, right, And then there's this other 135 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: side of the Republican Party who thinks you can reason 136 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: with people who hold those thoughts. You know, for instance, 137 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,359 Speaker 1: on Disney, Charles Cook with the National Review, so that 138 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: there was no need for you in the Florida legislature, 139 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: Dessault the earth, take revenge or make Florida's policies worse. 140 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: You know, how should we approach today's left. Well, look, 141 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: all I would say is if you think one California 142 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: ace company having their own government and having separate rules 143 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 1: from everybody else in Florida is good policy, I'd like 144 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: to know how you're coming to that conclusion. I mean, 145 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: the fact of the matter is this was an aberration 146 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: when it was done in the sixties to draw them in, 147 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: and maybe it was the right thing then, I don't know, 148 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: but now, uh, it is just not justifiable at all. 149 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: And so the question is is not that, oh, you're 150 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: doing it to for quote revenge. The issue is is 151 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: Disney really damaged his political standing in Florida. The legislature 152 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: would never have considered doing this even six months ago. 153 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: But because Disney is coming out and supporting transgender ideology 154 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: and young kids, kids education. You saw the zoom calls 155 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: where these higher ups in Disney are talking about, we 156 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: have this agenda to really get in the kids programming. 157 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: There's not a lot of defenders of Disney right now, 158 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: so you're able to look at this with a fresh 159 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: set of eyes and say, you know, what, is this 160 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: really the partnership that the state of Florida once and 161 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: I didn't think it was. I would have. I would 162 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: have signed this bill if they had passed it two 163 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: years a just on on substance, but particularly now when 164 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: their corporate culture is dedicated to that. And they also 165 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: came out saying they're going to make an admission to 166 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: repeal parents rights in Florida. So yes, we signed the bill. 167 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: We quote quote one politically whatever that means. But they 168 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: said they're coming to really do damage in Florida, and 169 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,239 Speaker 1: so we've got to take that seriously. Why would corporations 170 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: need to be involved in the first place in Florida 171 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: politics or politics of a state. Well, I think what 172 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: I've always said is these businesses have every right. It's 173 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: a free country. You ever right, But if you get 174 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 1: into the political thicket, then just understand. You know, we're 175 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: gonna tussle, we're gonna fight back, and we're gonna expose 176 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,439 Speaker 1: what you do. When Disney criticizes Florida, they don't say 177 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: a word about the Communist Party in China. In China, 178 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: they don't say a word about the Weakers, they don't 179 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: say a word about a lot of the places they 180 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,680 Speaker 1: do business in who will actually execute homosexuals, and so 181 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: saying that there's somehow this big l v g q 182 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: uh not when it affects their bottom line. They're willing 183 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: to do business in a lot of very bad places. 184 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: And so to single Florida out just by saying that 185 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: you shouldn't have this transgender ideology and young kids classrooms 186 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 1: was was really weird. But I think that what's happening 187 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: in corporate America is some of the executives are woke 188 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: and they think that they have this um. I think 189 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 1: most of it, though, is there's cabals of employees who 190 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: are very radical, and I don't think they represent the 191 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: kind of the overall viewpoint of the employees. But I 192 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: think most of these other employees are scared to speak 193 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: out because if you speak out against this stuff, people 194 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: will attack you. They'll come after you. Mean, for example, 195 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: with the women's sports, you know we were very strong 196 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: and saying what they did in that five yard freestyle 197 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: to have a male swimmer who swam for three years 198 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: on the men's team then switched to women, and you 199 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: say that's the women's champion. You're depriving these other women 200 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 1: of fair opportunities and wanted the second place finisher quote 201 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: unquote should have won the Championshiship was from Florida. So 202 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,199 Speaker 1: we put out a proclamation and people would tell me, Governor, 203 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: thanks for standing up for this. We're too scared to 204 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 1: speak out because we're worried about the consequences. So I 205 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: think what's happened in these companies is they just have 206 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: a lot of momentum. There's really nobody that's pushing back 207 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: again in STEM and so they end up having an 208 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: outsized influence. But I do not think that woke impulse 209 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:10,559 Speaker 1: represents a majority of of employees, even in Disney in California, 210 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: certainly not Disney in Orlando. I mean they when they 211 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: did the big day of protest, they had one employee 212 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 1: protests in Orlando. I think most of those employee, Yeah, 213 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: I think most of those employees either supported the bill 214 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: or just didn't think Disney should get involved with it. 215 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: And so but but I do think this is going 216 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: to increasingly be an issue. And so what do we 217 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:32,320 Speaker 1: do as conservatives? Do we allow massive corporate power to 218 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 1: get behind a very pernicious ideology and impose that on 219 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: society and what we just say free market and don't 220 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: do anything while everything is getting steamrolled. I don't think 221 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 1: you can do that, So I think you get in 222 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: the arena and you fight back, and that's what we're doing. 223 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: Do you think corporations will think twice before weighing in 224 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 1: on some of the stuff now? Think they will? In Florida? Yeah? 225 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: I think so too. You know, I wanted to ask 226 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: you so that the Florida Department of Health has issued 227 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: guidelines for treating gender dysmorphia, recommending against gender transition, purity 228 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: block gers, and hormones. But would you support a state 229 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,599 Speaker 1: law banning any of those medical interventions for children? I 230 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: would ban the Yeah, I would ban the sex shade 231 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: of the operations. I think that it's something that you 232 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: can't get a tattoo if you're if you're twelve years old. 233 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: When they say gender firm and care me, what they 234 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: mean a lot of times is you are really you're 235 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: catstrating a young boy, you're sterilizing a young girl. You're 236 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,679 Speaker 1: you're doing missectomies for for these very young girls. And 237 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: here's the thing what our guidance pointed to in the 238 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: Surgeon General did a great job for these young kids. 239 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,559 Speaker 1: Eight percent of the cases resolve themselves as they grow up. 240 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:37,199 Speaker 1: And so you're doing things that are permanently altering them 241 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: and then they're not going to be able to reverse that, 242 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: and so I don't think it's appropriate for kids at all. 243 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: I think the guidance is right, but I think that 244 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,959 Speaker 1: there should be additional protections because you know, when you're 245 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: growing up, there are things that you know, it's an 246 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: awkward time, and it seems like there there's a concerted 247 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: effort ince society to push these kids in to do 248 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: some type of medical intervention. In our judgment, that's not healthy. 249 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: Well's gonna ask you, why do you think the left 250 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: is digging their heels in so hard on some of 251 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,679 Speaker 1: these issues. I mean, there's literally a Netflix series right 252 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 1: now called He's Expecting, which you know, I wasn't aware 253 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: that's possible, but you know, and obviously they have attacked 254 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: to you for the parental rights bill. You know, they've 255 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 1: stood behind men playing in women's sports. So why why 256 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: are they digging their heels in on this? I can't 257 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: explain it. I just think they're they have a very 258 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: militant left to ideology. I think their view is, you know, 259 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: they want to assault the earth of society and upend 260 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: all these different conventions. I mean, you know, the House 261 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: of representatives under Pelosi. At the beginning of this current Congress, 262 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: they voted to ban using the words on the house 263 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: floor mother, sister, daughter, things like that. They said it 264 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: was not inclusive enough. And I think most people see 265 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: that and they're like, this is nuts. When they see 266 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: that picture of the swim, you know, champion versus and 267 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: then you have the other three girls hugging off to 268 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: the side. They're looking at that. They're like, come on, 269 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: when you tell me that a man can get pregnant, 270 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 1: I'm not down with that. I know that that's not true. 271 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: So I think it's been very a damaging to them 272 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 1: politically because the more the left is, i mean fairly 273 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: tagged with those views, I think it's abhorrent to a 274 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 1: lot of folks. And I think that's part of the 275 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: reason why you see so many particularly working class constituencies 276 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: fleeing the left and gonna probably vote Republican this year. 277 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:21,239 Speaker 1: Quit commercial break and then back with Governor Rhnde Stantis. 278 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 1: I think if you're out there having to explain where 279 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: you're not a groomer like, you might be losing the debate. Yeah, 280 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:32,199 Speaker 1: And I think it's interesting because the parents rights in 281 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 1: education we did to stop woke AC was one of 282 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: my big initiatives, and we also did curriculum transparency. Every 283 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,839 Speaker 1: parent has the right to know what curriculum is being 284 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: used in the schools. You think that would be common sense. 285 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: The left fights you on that. They believe when your 286 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 1: kid goes to school, they get their hooks into the kids, 287 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 1: and you, as a parents should budd out. And that's 288 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 1: a that's a seminal battle that we're fighting parents rights 289 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 1: in education. When they were doing it, you know, it 290 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: wasn't necessarily something that that I was terribly involved with 291 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 1: because I didn't realize the extent to which this was 292 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: happening in these young grades. But you see the curriculum. 293 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,679 Speaker 1: They have the gender unicorn which says, oh, you know, 294 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 1: you can do this or that, the gender bread man 295 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: they have that clearly is all geared towards very very 296 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: young kids, these kids that are in first and second 297 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: third grade. And I was like, when the media started 298 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 1: making a big deal about it it was going through 299 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: the legislative process, I had my staff pull the language 300 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: and I read it. I'm like, are you kidding me? 301 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: Are they really going to fight this battle saying that 302 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: we need to have sexuality and transgender and grades K 303 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: through three. It's like, I can't believe that that would 304 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 1: be a winning issue, and so I started speaking out, 305 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: and we you know, we made sure it got across 306 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: the finish line, be signed the legislation. But I do 307 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: think that there's a school of thought that is, you 308 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: gotta get this ideology into them when they're young. If 309 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: you don't, the parents are going to raise them differently, 310 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: and then it's gonna be harder to kind of change 311 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: their due. So I think it's you know, I don't 312 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: think it's necessarily you know, from a sexual perspective. I 313 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: think what it is is an ideological perspective. They're trying 314 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: to grow people to be uh more ideological in their viewpoints, 315 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: and they think starting younger is going to get them there. 316 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: I mean, it's indoctrination, of course, and that's when Florida, 317 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: that's the bright line we draw. We want quality education. 318 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: We have no tolerance for indoctrination in our schools. That's 319 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: why we're doing the critical race theory. That's why we're 320 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: doing stuff with the curriculum transparency. That's why we're making 321 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: sure that all the textbooks meet state standards in Florida, 322 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: and we are going to be vigorous and enforcing that 323 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: distinction between education and indoctrination. It seems like people were 324 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: sort of very submissive and taking a lot with COVID, 325 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: and then once they started seeing some of the stuff 326 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: their kids were being taught with critical it's sort of 327 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: race theory. It's sort of woke a sleeping beast, right, 328 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: Like we saw with Virginia, parents really rising up, going 329 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: to school boards, getting more involved, and you really just 330 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: speaking out in a way that they weren't about some 331 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: of these COVID issues. I mean, where do you think 332 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: this goes with? You know, now they're pushing against parental 333 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: rights on this transgender stuff, and where does this all go. Well. 334 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: I think what they've done is they have really changed 335 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: the political landscape to where now some of the most 336 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: important elections for voters are these school board races. If 337 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 1: you go back even four years ago, no one really 338 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 1: cared about the school board I mean some did, but 339 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: they were not hot button issues. They were not high profile. 340 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: These are in Florida. They're gonna be some of the 341 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: most high profile races. Part of the reason is our 342 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: school boards races are nonpartisan, so you'll have these kind 343 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 1: of deep red counties that will elect somebody who is 344 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: running kind of as a fake conservative, but really back 345 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 1: by the Union and the Left. They get in and 346 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: they force mass kids. They have the the the indoctrination 347 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: and all that stuff. So now parents are on high 348 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: alert about this, and I think you're going to see, 349 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: particularly Republicans, they're gonna come out with a vengeance and 350 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: they are going to want to make sure they hold 351 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: some of these bad school board members accountable for what 352 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: they did over the last two years. But I think 353 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: it's a beautiful thing because that your parents should be 354 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: involved in their kid's life. They should be involved in 355 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 1: what their kids are being taught. Its parency is a 356 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: good thing. And you know, speaking of fatherhood, so you 357 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: recently signed a bill addressed the addressing the decline of fatherhood. 358 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,360 Speaker 1: You have three adorable children. Why do you think we've 359 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: had this decline of fatherhood and a decline in recognizing 360 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,640 Speaker 1: the importance of it. Well, I think if you look back, 361 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 1: you go back to the nineteen fifties, I mean, the 362 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: family was very strong across the board, and I think 363 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: you've seen increasingly fewer and fewer kids have fathers. In 364 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,160 Speaker 1: the home. You know, people will point to how that's 365 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,920 Speaker 1: happened in the black community, and it has, but it's 366 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: happened in all communities to a certain extent. And so 367 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: I think it's a problem, you know, that's not just 368 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: confined to the inner city. I think it's something that 369 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: is we've really seen society wide. The fact of the 370 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,439 Speaker 1: matter is, when you have a father in the home, uh, 371 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: the kids chance of dropping out of school declines, the 372 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,199 Speaker 1: kids chance to get trouble with the law declines, the 373 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: chances they will do drugs declines. And these are just 374 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 1: very very powerful metrics that are repeated across every community, 375 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 1: every state, UH, and every country. And so our view 376 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 1: is is we want to make sure that we're promoting 377 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: this is something that parents understand. Fathers understand this is 378 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: their responsibility they need to be involved, but also providing 379 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,360 Speaker 1: the type of resources that would help some of these 380 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: guys get back into their kids lives. So, for example, 381 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,880 Speaker 1: one of the things that bill does is it allows 382 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,159 Speaker 1: some of these nonprofit groups to apply for grants. So 383 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: we had Tony Dungee was the former coach of the 384 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: Colts and the Bucks. Great guy. He has on all 385 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: pro Dad's Group, and so we've worked with them since 386 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 1: I've been governor. They do a great job. And he 387 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,679 Speaker 1: told the story of why he founded that because he 388 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: went to a prison with one of the ministers in 389 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay area when who's the coach of the Bucks, 390 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 1: and he looked at all everybody who had gotten in 391 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 1: trouble and he noticed that and what in his words, 392 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: he's like, it wasn't because they were poor, or because 393 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 1: of their race, or because of their religion. The reason 394 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,199 Speaker 1: they ended up in prison was because they did not 395 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: have a father in the home. That was the one 396 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:52,439 Speaker 1: thing that was there. And so their organization really works 397 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: to help to help some of these dads play a 398 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:56,919 Speaker 1: more meaningful role in their life. And so there's a 399 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 1: lot we talked about in politics and public policy. If 400 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,880 Speaker 1: you could snap your fingers and just guarantee that every 401 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: kid had a loving father in the home, you would 402 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: see huge benefits and all these other metrics in societies. 403 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: It's not that simple to do. What we did is 404 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: not like what we did is going to wholly solve 405 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 1: the problem. But that basic reality about whether the father's 406 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 1: president involved or not is going to tell you a 407 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: lot about that kid's prospects in life. I mean I 408 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: was kind of a handful growing up, if people can 409 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: imagine sis. I was very fortunate to have, you know, 410 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: two parents who have supported me and kept steering me 411 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 1: in a better direction. Quick break back with my governor 412 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: and the governor of Florida, Governor Ron de Santis, what's 413 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: your favorite thing about being a father? You know, I 414 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: think it's just being able to to watch them have 415 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,159 Speaker 1: new experiences. I mean I think, like, you know, you 416 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: take them to to go to a baseball game and 417 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 1: their eyes light up. You take them to that. We 418 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 1: take them to like the fairs in Florida. So we 419 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: took them to Florida State Fair, the Strawberry Festival, playing City, 420 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: Clay County, you name it, and they get so happy. 421 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,400 Speaker 1: So we're fortunate. I mean, on the one hand, we 422 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: are unique family situation five four And to our kids, 423 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:12,439 Speaker 1: their whole real uh recollections are all since I've been governor. 424 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 1: I mean my daughter had just turned to right after 425 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,919 Speaker 1: I had gotten elected, and so this is kind of 426 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 1: their frame of reference. And you know, I also often 427 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 1: think about, like, you know, how is that going to 428 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: work as they grow up? I mean, we want to 429 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: make sure that they're grounded and know that that's kind 430 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 1: of not a normal experience. It certainly, and I was 431 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: a blue collar kid growing up, and it was the 432 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 1: farthest thing that I would have thought of, So we 433 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: think about that. So that's a challenge. But the good 434 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: thing is is we're able to do a lot of 435 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 1: different stuff just by going around the state and showing them. 436 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,679 Speaker 1: Offering my oldest daughter to press conferences. She will just 437 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 1: stand right next to the podium, behaves very well. I do. 438 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:46,959 Speaker 1: I do the questions other people, and then I'll take 439 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,679 Speaker 1: her to grab my scream or whatever, and then we 440 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 1: go back. And so they're able to get these experiences 441 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 1: and then to see how they react about it and 442 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: to see kind of what they really like and what 443 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: makes them happy. Is something that I that I just 444 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: get a lot of a lot of gratification about. But 445 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: it's a big responsibility and it's something that my wife 446 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: and I take serious. You know, we had our first 447 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,120 Speaker 1: daughter right before my third term in Congress, and so 448 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 1: the first two years, you go up three nights of 449 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: the week, you come back and whatever. You spend probably 450 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 1: more time in your home district, and not that that 451 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,480 Speaker 1: was ideal. But the minute we had Madison, I'm in 452 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 1: d C. And I'm like, what the hell am I 453 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: doing here? Like, honestly, it's like talking on zoom. Just 454 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,919 Speaker 1: that are talking on the FaceTime just doesn't work. And 455 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: so I was like, all right. That was one of 456 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 1: the quite frankly, the reasons I ran for governor. It's 457 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: more family friendly. I can go out and here we're 458 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 1: here in Miami together, in Miami area. I can be 459 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 1: back home and I have an engagement tonight. It just 460 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,440 Speaker 1: so happens. But normally i'm home. I mean it worked 461 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 1: for me. I mean I'm home doing a lot of 462 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 1: different stuff, even having a full day around the state, 463 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 1: And you could not do that in Congress. And so 464 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 1: but it's something that we're we really work hard to 465 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: make sure that we're spending time. You've mentioned you grew 466 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 1: up in a blue color family. Talk a little bit 467 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,159 Speaker 1: about that, Talk a little bit about your childhood. Yeah, so, 468 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: I mean we I grew up in Dunedin, Florida, which 469 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: is in Panellas County, that Ampa St. Pete area. I 470 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: was born in Jacksonville. My mother was a nurse. My 471 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: father worked for Nielsen TV ratings and so back then, 472 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: you know, the Nielsen families had to put a box 473 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 1: on their TV in any given area to be able 474 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: to rate what they were watching. So that was what 475 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:15,959 Speaker 1: he did, and so we That job took us from 476 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: Jacksonville to Orlando, and then when I was in first grade, 477 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 1: we ended up in Dunedin in the Tampa Bay area, 478 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 1: and so I grew up. There was great place to 479 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: grow up in the sense I love baseball and it 480 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 1: was a great baseball town. And we did well and 481 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 1: Little League go into the Little League World Series. I 482 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 1: had a good program in high school. It ended up 483 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,639 Speaker 1: sending me to play baseball at Yale. But you know, 484 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 1: I never had anything handed to me. I mean I 485 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: had to work hard. I never expected anything to be 486 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 1: handed to me. And I think I was able to 487 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 1: develop that work ethic as a young age and that 488 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 1: really propelled me as I got into college, beyond the military, 489 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: and then even as as a candidate for for office, 490 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: really uh having to earn it. The mentality has kind 491 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:56,719 Speaker 1: of changed, though. I Mean you look at a lot 492 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 1: of these younger generations, they sort of think that things 493 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: should be handed Tom And here's the thing too, and 494 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: it kind of plays in the CRT. So they will 495 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: tell certain kids, you know, based on your race, you're oppressed, 496 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 1: and they will say how bad the country is. Well, 497 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: if I'm a young kid and you're telling me I 498 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 1: have no chance, why would I want to work hard? Then? 499 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: The reason I worked hard is because I believed if 500 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 1: I worked hard, I would be able to make things happen, 501 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: I'd be able to open doors, I'd be able to 502 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,120 Speaker 1: have more opportunities. And so what we're doing here today, 503 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: what I said at the event is do not let 504 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: anybody tell you you can't succeed in Florida. You can succeed. 505 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,120 Speaker 1: And the most important thing to your success is what 506 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 1: you do as an individual. Are you gonna work hard? 507 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: Are you going to make sure you don't waste the 508 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: talent that God gave you? Are you gonna get everything 509 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 1: out of what you got? And if you do, and 510 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 1: if you make that decision and you follow through, you 511 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,199 Speaker 1: will find success. You may not find success immediately, you 512 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 1: may have some doors closed in your face, but eventually 513 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: you will get through the door. That has got to 514 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 1: be the message. You know, Look, if the kid honestly, 515 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: kids honestly don't believe they have a chance, that our 516 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: country is bad or all this other stuff. You know, 517 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,360 Speaker 1: then I can understand why they wouldn't want to put 518 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: in a lot of effort because it wasn't easy. I mean, 519 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: I did all kinds of low paying jobs as an 520 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: eight year old kid, and I had to do it 521 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 1: to make my way in the world. And I would 522 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 1: never have done that if I thought there was no 523 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 1: reason to do it. Yeah, I started off as a 524 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 1: staff assistant. I always like to say I was saving 525 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: the world one flag requested. You know, it's sort of 526 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: a bankleish job, but you know it got me to 527 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: where I am now, so you know it was fun. 528 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 1: So I that mentality is probably, as you said, prepared 529 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 1: you for the job that you have because you face 530 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 1: a lot of criticism. Right, So you've got some of 531 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,400 Speaker 1: your critics. Nicki Freed called you a dictator. The Democratic 532 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 1: governor of Colorado called you a socialist. How would you 533 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 1: define your governing philosophy? Well, first, I would just say 534 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 1: how ridiculous some of these criticisms are. And you can tell, like, 535 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 1: if you're over the target and they're lobbying these these 536 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: phony criticisms, then they must not have substance to critique you. On. 537 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 1: I mean the idea that taking away special rights for 538 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,119 Speaker 1: one favored corporation is socialist. That's the opposite of that. 539 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: It's making them live under the same laws as everybody else. 540 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 1: She'll say. You know, when you have people say like 541 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,400 Speaker 1: I'm dictating just because I'm leading and winning, because I'm 542 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: getting things through the legislature, I have a good relationship 543 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,119 Speaker 1: with them. We put big win after big win on 544 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,719 Speaker 1: the board, and they will say that I'm dictating the 545 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,199 Speaker 1: outcomes when no, I'm going through the constitutional process to 546 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 1: be able to enact really significant legislation. And that's what 547 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 1: you should want to do. So when I became governor, 548 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: I sat down in the in the desk the first 549 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 1: day and I said, I looked around. I said, you know, 550 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 1: whatever s ob succeeds me, they ain't going to have 551 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: very much to do because I'm gonna take every meat 552 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,639 Speaker 1: there is off the bone. I'm gonna get involved and 553 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: do all the issues I can. I'm going to make 554 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,359 Speaker 1: the most you know, in Florida you have at most 555 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: eight years to four year terms and there's a term limit. 556 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:42,919 Speaker 1: So I'm going to make sure we get all that 557 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,719 Speaker 1: we can get out of this and that means leading 558 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: on issues and not sitting around and waiting to see 559 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: how it develops politically. For example, I have never taken 560 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 1: a poll since I've been governor. I just don't. I 561 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,719 Speaker 1: believe what I believe. I have confidence that if you 562 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: set the vision and you execute that, people will support 563 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: that if it's the right thing to do. If I 564 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,640 Speaker 1: sat around and waited on poll results all day, I'd 565 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 1: be paralyzed. I wouldn't be able to go out when 566 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: I see things that need action. Yeah, we debate, and 567 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: we're deliberative about the type of policy we want. We 568 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 1: make sure we formulate good policy. But man, I'm out there, um, 569 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: and I'm leading. And that's the thing. When you're leading 570 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 1: and the left attacking you, that is good feedback because 571 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 1: it means you're over the target. I mean, if if 572 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: some of these left wing outlets like MSNBC, if they're 573 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: ignoring me, and then that must mean I'm not getting 574 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: very much done. If they're constantly attacking me, while they're 575 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: attacking me for a reason because they know I'm winning 576 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: and they know Florida's really setting the standard across the country. Well, 577 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 1: and what's hilarious, m you were called death Stantus and 578 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: then originally with COVID because you're taking positions that were 579 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: contrary that's the word to the group think narrative and 580 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 1: what other states were doing, particularly left wing states and 581 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,600 Speaker 1: this left wing administration. But then everyone sort of came 582 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,119 Speaker 1: around to where you were originally. Well, I think it 583 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:02,200 Speaker 1: became a cottage industry. Whether it was schools, whether it 584 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: was making sure businesses were open, whether it was making 585 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 1: sure that seniors were prioritized for medication, whether it was 586 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 1: banning vax mandates. We would do something, there'd be a 587 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: spasm in the media and amongst the left, and then 588 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:18,959 Speaker 1: six to twelve months later, everybody else would end up 589 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: doing what Florida was doing all along. And that was 590 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 1: something that was pretty much. Uh, they became a cottage 591 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,440 Speaker 1: industry throughout the last two years. Like how annoying was that? 592 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: Though seeing all the criticism and then knowing that Andrew 593 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:34,199 Speaker 1: Cuomo literally sent elderly people to their death, it doesn't 594 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 1: bother me because a lot of these legacy outlets, they're 595 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,159 Speaker 1: not trustworthy. I don't consume any of it, and that 596 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: would be true if I wasn't governor. Why would I 597 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: want to do that? When I know what they're doing 598 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 1: is trying to concoct narratives. They're not interested in telling 599 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,679 Speaker 1: the truth. So you knew what they were doing by 600 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 1: trying to elevate Cuomo. But if you think about the 601 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,399 Speaker 1: two people they tried to elevate the most, Cuomo and 602 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 1: Fauci not the best judge of who to try to 603 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 1: elevate during this because obviously quota well, you know, like 604 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: COVID is something you can't quote, just stop it. I mean, 605 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: it was a highly contagious respiratory virus. But if you 606 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: are taking somebody and you're sending a sick person into 607 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 1: the most vulnerable population nursing home residence, that's on the governor. 608 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,920 Speaker 1: When you have somebody like Fauci who's agitating for school closures, 609 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,959 Speaker 1: who's attacking me in Florida for having businesses open, knowing 610 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,399 Speaker 1: that if I followed him, we would add hundreds of 611 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,360 Speaker 1: thousands of people that would still be out of work today. 612 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: You know that is on him in the destruction that's 613 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: happened for people that have followed his policies. Now, he's 614 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 1: the worst. Um. Would you ever run for president? Would 615 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:36,959 Speaker 1: you ever want to be a president? I've never been 616 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 1: asked that question before. It's it's it's it's funny. So 617 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 1: you know the interesting thing is is, um, I'm running 618 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 1: for for twenty two, so you'll be a Florida voter. No, No, obviously, 619 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: I'm one of my last for that and so we 620 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 1: do it. Um. But you know the interesting thing is, 621 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 1: you know people will have paraphernalia about me in the future. 622 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 1: People always bring it up to me and stuff, But 623 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 1: you know, I have never done anything along those lines. 624 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: I've basically just done my job. And so I think 625 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 1: what it shows is is that people just want to 626 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 1: see people that are willing to lead and willing to 627 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 1: fight for the people. Knowing you're gonna face arrows, knowing 628 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: you're gonna be able to uh to to to have 629 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 1: to be in the in the in the kitchen when 630 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: it gets hot. But who's gonna stand there and lead 631 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 1: us out of this morass? And so we just do 632 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: what we can do to help Florida. But it really 633 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: has had implications beyond the country. And really I get 634 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 1: people that right into Florida from other countries saying we 635 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 1: look to Florida as kind of the beacon. And that's 636 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 1: not something that I've tried to do. I'm just trying 637 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: to do my job here. But it has had a 638 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: resonance and it's it's something, quite frankly, is surprising to 639 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 1: me because when I got elected governor, I wasn't even 640 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 1: that well known. And then as I was governor before COVID, 641 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,480 Speaker 1: I was known, but I was not known the way 642 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 1: the way I've become since COVID and all the other 643 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: issues that that we've taken on. So yeah, yeah, that's 644 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: a great answer to your club. Come on, give me 645 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 1: something that was a great you're avoiding it any I mean, 646 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 1: any desire at any point. So I've done nothing to 647 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 1: do anything other than just do do my job here. 648 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: This is a good job. I mean, I think if 649 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 1: you look at political jobs, I don't know that there'd 650 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: be very many that have been better, especially at this 651 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 1: point in time in the state's history, where we're really 652 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: doing things that this state has never done. There's a 653 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 1: lot of excitement. I think that after the election, my 654 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 1: goal would be, you know, if we if we win 655 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 1: the election, really big people like you who analyze these 656 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 1: things are going to say the days of Florida me 657 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,960 Speaker 1: and a swing state are over. Florida is a red state, 658 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 1: and I think that's because of a lot of what 659 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 1: we've done. I mean, I hope so because I moved 660 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 1: down here, so I'm now a Floridian, so I want 661 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: to keep living. Well, here's what I'll tell you. Since COVID, 662 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 1: we've led the nation and in state my in migration. 663 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: If you look at all forty nine other states and 664 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 1: who has come from those states to Florida, each one 665 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 1: of the forty nine states has had more Republicans moved 666 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:57,120 Speaker 1: to Florida than Democrats. New York, California, Illinois, you name it. 667 00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 1: The results since I've been governor. We were down through 668 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: inner thousand registrations to the Democrats when I got elected. 669 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,840 Speaker 1: Now we're up a hundred and twenty thousand registrations. That's 670 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:10,960 Speaker 1: a four hundred thousand registration shift in favor of Republicans 671 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 1: since I've been governor. At this pace, we're probably gonna 672 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 1: be over five hundred thousand by the election. So that 673 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 1: is a huge sea change. So that's telling me the 674 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 1: people like you who came for a reason are the norm. 675 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 1: And some of the people who would come from these 676 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 1: blue state dumpster fires and then still vote the same 677 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 1: way when they come here that they are indefinitely the 678 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: distinct minority, which is which is a good thing. It's 679 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: a very good thing. So I wanted to ask you, 680 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: how how is your wife doing? I know she recently 681 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,840 Speaker 1: had a cancer battle. Now she is cancer free. How 682 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,280 Speaker 1: how's she doing. So she's doing well. So she had 683 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 1: to go through a lot of the treatments and all 684 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 1: that she was declared cancer free, but they still do 685 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 1: the radiation stuff and so she's in the process of 686 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 1: finishing that. So basically at this time next week she's 687 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,120 Speaker 1: going to be done with with everything, and she'll still 688 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: have to go in and get periodic tests and scans. 689 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,160 Speaker 1: But uh, it's not an easy thing to go through. 690 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 1: But but from a prognosis perspective, I think it's gone 691 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: about as well as we could have hoped. But I 692 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 1: think you know, one thing I would just say to 693 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 1: women out there, having gone through this with her, is 694 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,200 Speaker 1: you know this is something that you can be you know, 695 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: you get that diagnosis, it's it changes your world. It's 696 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 1: something that's very scary for a lot of women, of course, 697 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 1: but just know that that they do very well with 698 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 1: this and it's not going to be easy to go through. 699 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 1: But but you're gonna get through it. And I think 700 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 1: my wife has really been an inspiration for a lot 701 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,320 Speaker 1: of people in this state. You know, the hospitals will 702 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 1: go to will say, some of the ladies that have 703 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,120 Speaker 1: come in since she went public with that have said, oh, 704 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 1: you know, the first lady's got it, she's battling it. 705 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 1: I got a battle it too, And so you know, 706 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:41,160 Speaker 1: I'm proud of her for the way she's handled it. Uh. 707 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 1: You know, it's a private matter, but at the same time, 708 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: she thought that she could help publicly to talk about 709 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,160 Speaker 1: kind of her her situation, and I think it's had 710 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,640 Speaker 1: a very positive impact throughout the state, said, I've had 711 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 1: the pleasure meeting. I mean, she's just an incredibly kind 712 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:55,880 Speaker 1: and lovely woman, which is obviously why you married her. 713 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:58,720 Speaker 1: Uh So I want to so I heard that she 714 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 1: is actually at your close is political advisor? Is that true? Well, 715 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 1: I mean here's the thing, Um, she's got a very 716 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 1: good nose for bs and she's kind of like you know, 717 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 1: Middle America, like you know, type of voter that we need. 718 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,800 Speaker 1: I mean, she's conservative, of course, but she really sees 719 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 1: through a lot of the BS. And so there'll be 720 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:20,280 Speaker 1: times when she'll something will happen. You're like, you gotta 721 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,280 Speaker 1: be kidding me that they're doing this, and she got good. 722 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 1: But it's I think people say that because you know, 723 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 1: I'm not a consultant driven governor. I mean, I'm a 724 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:32,080 Speaker 1: I'm a principal driven governor. Conviction driven. That's what's driving me. 725 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:35,000 Speaker 1: I'm not calling political consultants saying, hey, what do I 726 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:36,239 Speaker 1: need to do? What do I need to do? How 727 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:37,720 Speaker 1: do I need to handle this? I just handle it 728 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 1: and I make I do what I need to do. 729 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,240 Speaker 1: Um and so. But she is a great, uh kind 730 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,600 Speaker 1: of sounding board for what happens, and they'll be It's 731 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,280 Speaker 1: funny because there'll be times when we go out there 732 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 1: if we really do some good singers, you know, if 733 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,240 Speaker 1: I'll walk home and you know, she'll give me a 734 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,200 Speaker 1: high five. And she gets fired up at some of 735 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,200 Speaker 1: the stuff because she believes and a lot of the 736 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 1: stuff that we're doing, you know, she really believes in 737 00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 1: and she uh, you know, the Disney stuff really and 738 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: she's a huge, huge Disney fan or whole life. And 739 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,800 Speaker 1: then to see kind of them do all this, you know, 740 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,439 Speaker 1: it's like it stinks, But I know that's probably true. 741 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,959 Speaker 1: For a lot of families throughout throughout the country having 742 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:12,880 Speaker 1: to see this and just wondering, like, you know, what 743 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,279 Speaker 1: happened there? Well, And that's you know, sort of like 744 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:16,920 Speaker 1: a lot of things in the country, like again that 745 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,520 Speaker 1: Folix says a series called He's Expecting It. You know, 746 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:22,600 Speaker 1: we sort of live in this clown world a little bit. 747 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:25,680 Speaker 1: It's sometimes it's hard to imagine that you know, these 748 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 1: things are going on. The thing about it, though, and 749 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,400 Speaker 1: I think what we've done has shown this. There's a 750 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 1: desire for truth. People know something is off kilter. They 751 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,040 Speaker 1: know that they are allied to by a lot of 752 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:40,040 Speaker 1: the powers that be and the media and the bureaucracy 753 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,719 Speaker 1: and all this. They know that, and so when you 754 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:45,080 Speaker 1: come through and speak the truth, you can cut through 755 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:48,160 Speaker 1: the clutter, because it is powerful when you're living in 756 00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 1: an age where so much of what's true is they 757 00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:53,520 Speaker 1: try to suppress and they try to impose these fake 758 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:55,719 Speaker 1: narratives on us. And I think that's one of the 759 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,640 Speaker 1: reasons why we've been able to do good, just because 760 00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:01,080 Speaker 1: we're telling the truth and people are responding to it. 761 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:04,160 Speaker 1: I mean, Governor, I feel like you are on the truth. 762 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:07,359 Speaker 1: With Lisa Booth, that's literally the reason why I named 763 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 1: the podcast, and the whole purpose of this podcast is 764 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,400 Speaker 1: trying to get to that truth in this insane, environed 765 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,080 Speaker 1: me living. You know, one more question I want to 766 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,960 Speaker 1: I feel like conservative media should put more folk. Florida's 767 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,479 Speaker 1: really sort of the epicenter of the Republican Party right now, 768 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: and you know, less of an emphasis on DC or 769 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,759 Speaker 1: New York. And I mean, I think if you look 770 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:28,399 Speaker 1: at what's going on in the state, we've done more 771 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:34,000 Speaker 1: legislatively in Florida than almost all these other red states combined. 772 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,319 Speaker 1: I mean, some of them have done well. I mean, 773 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:37,880 Speaker 1: like you know, Tennessee, Georgia. You know, they've done some 774 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,000 Speaker 1: good stuff, But I mean we are leading on issue 775 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:44,400 Speaker 1: after issue here. What starts in Florida, usually other states 776 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,320 Speaker 1: will then follow the mantle. And it's not we didn't 777 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,319 Speaker 1: ask for that responsibility, but that's basically what's happened. And 778 00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,040 Speaker 1: so I think this is ground zero in terms of 779 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:57,319 Speaker 1: conservative political movements. Part of it was that built on 780 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,480 Speaker 1: it was when COVID was here, these political groups, this 781 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:02,120 Speaker 1: is the only place they could have meetings, and so 782 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:04,400 Speaker 1: like all these major groups, they're having their conferences in 783 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:07,799 Speaker 1: Florida one. We were happy to host those. But yes, 784 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,120 Speaker 1: I think Florida is where it's at and a lot 785 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:11,960 Speaker 1: of people have got a lot of people in your 786 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:16,560 Speaker 1: UH profession have gravitated here who were involved in politics 787 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,799 Speaker 1: and commentary, and we're proud of that, and so we 788 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,359 Speaker 1: we encourage more people to take an interest in what's 789 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,880 Speaker 1: going on in Tallahassee and throughout the state. Well, Virginian 790 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:28,279 Speaker 1: by birth, which has gotten better with Nan, but you know, 791 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,279 Speaker 1: Floridian by choice, sir, You know, I know you've got 792 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:31,839 Speaker 1: a really busy day, You've got a luck going on. 793 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,399 Speaker 1: Anything else you want to leave my listeners with before 794 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 1: we go, Well, look, I think we've got a lot 795 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:41,080 Speaker 1: of of of problems in the in the country. I 796 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,200 Speaker 1: think you look at some of these big institutions. We 797 00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:45,960 Speaker 1: see it with corporate America, big tech censorship. We see 798 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:49,040 Speaker 1: our bureaucracy totally out of control. Obviously, Brandon in the 799 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:52,400 Speaker 1: White House is a total disaster. Um, it's tough to 800 00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:54,719 Speaker 1: be on the side of truth right now because you've 801 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:56,600 Speaker 1: got a lot of people who will come down on you. 802 00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,720 Speaker 1: They'll attack you. You've gotta face smears and and flaming 803 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:03,200 Speaker 1: arrow and all this stuff. But we're really called upon 804 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:05,400 Speaker 1: right now to yes, stand for the right things, but 805 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:10,280 Speaker 1: show courage, show backbone, and not back down from these people. 806 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:12,839 Speaker 1: I mean, if we back down, they're going to steamroll us. 807 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:15,440 Speaker 1: So when I look for candidates, who are you know, 808 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:18,160 Speaker 1: could be promising, that's one of the things I look for. Yeah, 809 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:20,520 Speaker 1: you can tell me these things, but everyone says those things. 810 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:23,800 Speaker 1: Who's running as a Republican? When the cleg lights get hot? 811 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:26,200 Speaker 1: Are you gonna stand strong? Are you're gonna fold up 812 00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:28,440 Speaker 1: your tent? And we need people that will stand strong. 813 00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,120 Speaker 1: And I think in Florida we've been willing to stand 814 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,719 Speaker 1: time after time when it gets hot, you know, when 815 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:37,360 Speaker 1: we're facing the fire and we do not back down. 816 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:38,719 Speaker 1: I mean, I feel like we should end it with 817 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,760 Speaker 1: a let's go Brandon. You know, it's funny the media 818 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,080 Speaker 1: doesn't like that when you say Brandon. But what I 819 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,960 Speaker 1: tell him is as long as he's treating my state 820 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:51,160 Speaker 1: the way he is, stiffing seniors of relief from disasters, 821 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,120 Speaker 1: not doing anything to lower gas prices, allowing all these 822 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,560 Speaker 1: illegals across the border, as long as he's doing that, 823 00:37:56,680 --> 00:38:00,239 Speaker 1: he's Brandon to me, let's go Brandon, Governor, it's an honor, 824 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:02,839 Speaker 1: such a fan of yours, and thank you for being 825 00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:04,520 Speaker 1: such an amazing governor, and thank you for your time. 826 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,799 Speaker 1: It's an honor. And thanks for being a Floridian. Oh 827 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:18,680 Speaker 1: you're welcome. Thank you. M Hey, guys, I hope you 828 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:22,960 Speaker 1: enjoyed that interview. I found it fascinating. Governor Rohnda Santas 829 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,840 Speaker 1: is brilliant. I was so impressed by him, so engaged 830 00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,799 Speaker 1: during the interview. I hope you were too. And this 831 00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:33,600 Speaker 1: Thursday we have Steve Bannon, another amazing interview, another amazing 832 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:35,799 Speaker 1: conversation for you. I think you guys are going to 833 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,319 Speaker 1: love it. I wanted to thank you for listening at home. 834 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,480 Speaker 1: If you haven't already, please subscribe to the podcast. Anywhere 835 00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:44,000 Speaker 1: you find your podcast you can subscribe. I also want 836 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,360 Speaker 1: to thank John Castle, my producer, You're my boy Blue. 837 00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,400 Speaker 1: Thank you to everyone at home. Thanks again for listening 838 00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:54,200 Speaker 1: and tune into the Steve Banner interview coming up on Thursday.