WEBVTT - Brian Shortsleeve, Candidate For Massachusetts Governor Talks  Joining The Race

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a Republican candidate for the Commonwealth. Brian Shortsleeve, always

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<v Speaker 2>associated with the MBTA, is with us this morning, Brian

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<v Speaker 2>short Sleeve, how do you rebottl William Weld for two

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<v Speaker 2>thousand and twenty five, I'll.

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<v Speaker 3>Be with you. I'm a surveillance listener every morning at

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<v Speaker 3>seven am.

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<v Speaker 1>Now Here's what I can tell you is you.

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<v Speaker 3>Know this state of Massachusetts a state I love, I've

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<v Speaker 3>been in all my life. We have a history of

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<v Speaker 3>electing Republican governors, you know, Bill Weld, Charlie Baker, Mitt Romney.

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<v Speaker 3>I think Massachusetts works better with balance. It works better

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<v Speaker 3>when you have a businessman in the corner office. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>a businessman. I spent most of my life building businesses.

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<v Speaker 3>I run a venture capital firm. We help small businesses.

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<v Speaker 1>Grow in scale. And you know, businessmen have to balance

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<v Speaker 1>a budget.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, they live in the real world, and I

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<v Speaker 3>think we need some in the corner office now.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, who knows how to how to create jobs?

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<v Speaker 2>Is mister Trump? It it vanded for you within Elizabeth

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<v Speaker 2>warrens Massachusetts or do you run away from the president.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, this race is going to be about local issues.

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<v Speaker 3>It's going to be about more Heally's failed records. Governor,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, let me tell you some about Massachusetts. We

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<v Speaker 3>haven't created a single private sector job in this state

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<v Speaker 3>since January of twenty three.

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<v Speaker 1>Think about that, Not a single private sector job. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a stunning number.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a state that between twenty ten and twenty

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<v Speaker 3>twenty was the fastest growing state in the Northeast and

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<v Speaker 3>was always at.

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<v Speaker 1>The top around job creation. But there's been a huge

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<v Speaker 1>change here. It is due to packs and spend policies.

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<v Speaker 3>Governor Heally ran on the largest tax sit in state

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<v Speaker 3>history in twenty two and we're now seeing the effects

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<v Speaker 3>of that.

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<v Speaker 2>Is ourn oldest Chapman pitching for the Red Sox a

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<v Speaker 2>private sector job?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, Bryan, Brian, what's for you?

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<v Speaker 4>Kind of heading into this ratio, what's the top talking

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<v Speaker 4>point for you? What's the number one itle on your agenda?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, look, I'm a marine officer, spent four years in

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<v Speaker 3>the more after college.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a businessman.

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<v Speaker 3>I know how to create jobs, i know how to

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<v Speaker 3>balance budgets. So my focus is getting the state and

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<v Speaker 3>moving again from a private sector standpoint.

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<v Speaker 1>What that means. It means cutting taxes.

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<v Speaker 3>It means cutting fees, including all those state mandated fees

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<v Speaker 3>that are now running through people's electricity bills and making

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<v Speaker 3>the state.

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<v Speaker 1>Too expensive to live in.

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<v Speaker 3>We've got five hundred people a week leaving Massachusetts. We've

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<v Speaker 3>got businesses and students leaving Massachusetts. We got to turn

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<v Speaker 3>all that around, and it starts with cutting taxes, cutting fees,

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<v Speaker 3>and then getting our state spending under control.

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<v Speaker 4>So we think about one of the big items in

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<v Speaker 4>the news here has been in your town of Boston.

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<v Speaker 4>Harvard getting a lot of challenges from the Trump administration

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<v Speaker 4>as it relates to funding of some of the research

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<v Speaker 4>they do at Harvard. What's your view on that.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you know, I go back a long way at Harvard.

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<v Speaker 3>I went to Harvard as an undergrad and I went

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<v Speaker 3>on an ROTC scholarship. So when I was at Harvard

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<v Speaker 3>in the mid nineties, the faculty was trying to run

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<v Speaker 3>that campus, run that program, that ROTZI program off campus,

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<v Speaker 3>and terminate relations with it. So that was one of

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<v Speaker 3>my early political fights in life, was the fight to

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<v Speaker 3>protect ROTC at Harvard. So as we look at Harvard,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, you look at Harvard today you know, Harvard's

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<v Speaker 3>a critical part of our local economy, as is BU

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<v Speaker 3>and MIT. What I would tell you is, I think

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<v Speaker 3>we need a governor that can have a seat at

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<v Speaker 3>the table and can sit down with this administration and

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<v Speaker 3>get to a good outcome for Harvard and MIT and

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<v Speaker 3>be you here, and I'll tell you what's not helpful.

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<v Speaker 3>What's not helpful As a governor who is grand standing,

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<v Speaker 3>who's going on CNN and the New York Times and

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<v Speaker 3>poking the president in the eye. I don't think that's

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<v Speaker 3>good for Harvard. I don't think that's good for Massachusetts.

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<v Speaker 2>Across this nation. Bloomberg Surveillance who welcome all of you

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<v Speaker 2>today special good morning to ninety two nine FM in Boston.

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<v Speaker 2>Joining us Short Sleeve of the MBTA, Brian short Sleeve.

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<v Speaker 2>He's the latest candidate for governor, a Republican from the

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<v Speaker 2>Commonwealth of Massachusetts. What are the skill sets that the

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<v Speaker 2>MBTA you have? It will make Democrats and independence vote

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<v Speaker 2>for you that the present governor doesn't have. What's the

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<v Speaker 2>process skills step you learned trying to keep the traffic

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<v Speaker 2>straight at ken Moore Square.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I stepped into the NBTA.

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<v Speaker 3>It was after the snow Mageddon of twenty fifteen, there

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<v Speaker 3>were one hundred inches of snow on the ground and

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<v Speaker 3>that system had failed. Governor Baker asked me to take

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<v Speaker 3>a couple of years of my life away from the

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<v Speaker 3>business world and step in.

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<v Speaker 1>It gave me a mission.

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<v Speaker 3>His mission was balance the budget, get the capital spending moving,

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<v Speaker 3>and rescue the Green Line Extension project.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think what I.

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<v Speaker 3>Demonstrated in those two years was the toughness of a marine.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a fighter.

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<v Speaker 3>I know how hard it is to drive change in

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<v Speaker 3>big public agencies like the TEA, and.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm very proud of our record there.

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<v Speaker 3>We developed, We delivered the first balanced budget the TEA

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<v Speaker 3>in more than a decade. We delivered record low operating

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<v Speaker 3>expenses in that green Line Extension project, which today Tom

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<v Speaker 3>will take you from downtown crossing right out to Tufts University.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a great project that was dead in the water

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<v Speaker 3>back in twenty fifteen. The FEDS had funding, it was

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<v Speaker 3>a billion dollars overdue, and we got it done and

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<v Speaker 3>turned around.

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<v Speaker 2>I cut to the Chase Bill Well, didn't have to

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<v Speaker 2>deal with woke Boston. You have to deal with woke Boston.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the people's republic in Nantucket. You know the

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<v Speaker 2>drill better than I do. Brian short sleeve. How are

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<v Speaker 2>you going to get woke Massachusetts to vote for a

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<v Speaker 2>Republican this time around?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, Massachusetts does better with balance, and I'll tell you

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<v Speaker 3>historically having a Republican governor in the corner office has

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<v Speaker 3>been a good thing for the state.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm traveling everywhere, I'm talking to voters.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm getting a great response from donors, and what they're

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<v Speaker 3>telling me is, we got to cut taxes. We got

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<v Speaker 3>to cut spending, we got to cut fees, we got

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<v Speaker 3>to get the fiscal house in order here because it's

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<v Speaker 3>become too expensive to do business in Massachusetts and that's

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<v Speaker 3>what's driving people and businesses out of the state.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think people want change. We want to go

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<v Speaker 1>back to being a growth state.

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<v Speaker 3>We don't want to be tied with Illinois for the

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<v Speaker 3>lowest private sector job growth in the country, and unfortunately

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<v Speaker 3>that's where we sit today.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody cares. We just head you on for one question.

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<v Speaker 2>Should Devers play first?

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<v Speaker 1>I would say yes, but that's a very controversial question.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why we're asking. We're trying to make news here, Brian,

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<v Speaker 2>I say yes, there we go.

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<v Speaker 3>They're pain enough.

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<v Speaker 2>He's killing it. What comeback?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, Brice short sleeve, thank you so much, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>with the MBTA forever in Boston and now candidate Republican

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<v Speaker 2>candidate for governor the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.