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Randy Fine U.S. Representative from Florida

The Stakes of Election Day and the Fight Against the Left

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In this interview

Randy Fine

U.S. Representative Randy Fine of Florida tells John Catsimatidis that his take for Tuesday comes down to who votes, not persuading people, and that the side that wants it more is going to win. He thinks Republicans are going to win Texas, and says the question is whether Republicans are angry and afraid enough to vote. He says you have to vote like your life depends on it.

Key takeaways

  • Fine said less than 40 percent of eligible voters voted in his special election for Congress last year.
  • He said Democrats are angry because they hate President Trump’s policies of the last two years.
  • He said he tells people that if they don’t vote, America is going to end up like France.
  • He said he doesn’t know whether people will vote on Tuesday, but it is up to each American.
  • He said he thinks people are ready to vote, and that the contrast is clear.

In their words

“my take for Tuesday comes down to this. Who votes? It’s not about persuading people.”

— Randy Fine, at

“The question is whether Republicans are angry and afraid enough to go out and vote.”

— Randy Fine, at

“You’ve got to vote like your life depends on it because it does.”

— Randy Fine, at

Quotes are word for word from the automated transcript, uncorrected; the summary and takeaways are editorial.

Transcript

Automated transcript · uncorrected

Speaker 1 Sunday morning. Well, what’s going on? Two days, three days until the election. Again, joining us again today is Congressman Fine from the great state of Florida. And Congressman, you get a pretty good pulse of things. You’ve lived all over the country. And give us the pulse of the national election. Democratic, Republican, Democrat. Texas, tell us what’s going

on in Texas, what’s going on in Florida, etc.

Speaker 2 Well, I think people are ready to vote, and that’s where we are now. The election’s on Tuesday. It’s time for folks to vote. And the contrast is clear. You asked about Texas. You’ve got a guy who says there are six genders in the world that’s running, that says we should mutilate children in the name of fake transgender science.

President Trump calls them Talifrico, and I think that’s real. So I think we’re going to win Texas because I think people understand that we can’t elect some of these lunatics. And we’ve got lunatics... running all over the country, and those folks cannot be allowed to be given the reins of power. We’ve got a couple in Florida, too, that

we’re going to have to beat on Tuesday, and we’re just really focused on making sure people go to the polls and vote.

Speaker 1 I just don’t understand it. Some of these people are really, how do you say it, nuts? I mean, how can anybody really accept them, even in the Democratic Party?

Speaker 2 Well, I think there’s two reasons. I think you’ve got some people who hate America. We have to accept that we’re not one giant human family. We don’t all share the same values. We don’t look at the world. You’ve got some people who hate this country. They think the country is evil. And by the way, there’s a woman

running for Senate in Florida named Angie Nixon. who just said it a couple days ago. She thinks America is an evil place. That’s number one. Number two, there are certain people who are just really, really dumb, and so they believe the most ridiculous things that make no sense in reality. When you add up evil and dumb, it

explains a lot.

Speaker 1 Well, I mean, I’m just shocked. Now, let me tell you, your gut feeling, you’re a smart guy. We met in New York last week. Your gut feeling, a lot of these people are people that came in the last 10 years through migration or invasion or whatever you want to call it?

Speaker 2 Well, look, immigration is the root of most of the problems that face our country. They’re what have driven up prices. They’ve changed the complexion of the country. They are bad. But my take for Tuesday comes down to this. Who votes?

It’s not about persuading people. It’s who’s willing to get off their couch and get out of their bedroom and go to the polling place and push those buttons or pull those levers or fill in those bubbles. And the side that wants it more is going to be the side that wins. That’s what I know because not everyone’s

going to vote. And I certainly hope it’s our side that takes advantage of it. There’s no excuse. People got to go out and vote. When I ran for Congress last year in my special election, less than 40 percent of people who were eligible to vote voted. Most people didn’t vote. That’s a mistake. People got to go and vote.

Speaker 1 What’s your pulse? Are people anxious to vote, or do they realize that there’s big stakes involved in this election? Well, what I know is this.

Speaker 2 Democrats are angry because they hate the policies that President Trump has put in place over the last two years. They want crazy socialism. They want unfettered migration. They want men playing women’s sports. They want all these lunatic things.

The question is whether Republicans are angry and afraid enough to go out and vote. That’s why I talk about what’s at stake. I tell people, if you don’t vote, we’re going to end up like France. And if you don’t want that, you’ve got to get off your couch and you’ve got to go and vote. And I don’t

know whether people are going to vote on Tuesday, but it’s up to each American to go to the polling place and vote. You’ve got to vote like your life depends on it because it does.

Speaker 1 I think you said it very well, and let’s end on that note. You’ve got to vote like your life depends on it because it’s not only your life, it’s the life of your kids and your grandkids. Absolutely. Thank you so much for coming on Sunday morning, and we’ll catch up with you again real soon. And good luck on Tuesday.

Speaker 2 Thanks, Tom.

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