Speaker 1: Jus and New Yorkers.
Speaker 2: Taxi.
Speaker 1: I'm oiling around.
Speaker 2: This is the seventy seven WABC Mini cast. Visiting us
Speaker 2: today is Vice President Prince and he's been very, very
Speaker 2: busy trying to save America. And mister Vice President, tell
Speaker 2: us about what you have been doing. And you have
Speaker 2: the new foundation that's been around for a while, and
Speaker 2: you have a new book.
Speaker 1: We do we do well, John cast Matitius, thank you
Speaker 1: so much for the warm welcome back to New York
Speaker 1: and to the station. It's great to see you. Grateful
Speaker 1: for all you do.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Look, I think this upcoming election couldn't be more important
Speaker 1: in the life of the nation. I'm traveling all over
Speaker 1: the country. I've been talking about a new book that
Speaker 1: I wrote entitled What Conservatives Believe, Rediscovering the Conservative Conscience.
Speaker 1: And our group Advancing American Freedom Foundation in Washington has
Speaker 1: been trying to carry forward that mainstream conservative agenda that
Speaker 1: to find the Republican Party for the last fifty years,
Speaker 1: commitment to American leadership, strong defense, free enterprise, traditional values.
Speaker 1: And we've gotten a great response around the country. But
Speaker 1: you know, I tell people I also think in some
Speaker 1: respects I argue a little bit with some of the
Speaker 1: direction of the Republican Party, nationalizing businesses, price controls, some
Speaker 1: people dallying with isolationism. But I tell people, in some respects,
Speaker 1: I think Republicans have lost their way, but Democrats have
Speaker 1: lost their minds, And absolutely now the more important for
Speaker 1: us to get back to the basics of that mainstream
Speaker 1: conservative agenda that the American people have gotten behind again
Speaker 1: and again.
Speaker 2: You're absolutely correct on that they have lost their minds,
Speaker 2: and I can't believe the extremism and that they have
Speaker 2: gone to. And I'm wondering. I call a lot of
Speaker 2: my Democratic friends and I have one rate you and
Speaker 2: ask him, is the common sense Democrats trying to put
Speaker 2: things together? And then I called my Republican friends and
Speaker 2: I said, get the common sense Democrats on your side,
Speaker 2: because you know, we've got to go to a Republican party. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Look, I honestly think we have a historic opportunity. I mean, look,
Speaker 1: I was proud to be vice president to President Donald
Speaker 1: Trump in his first term. It's proud of our record,
Speaker 1: as I often have said, and in the way I
Speaker 1: wanted it to. But I'll always believe I did my
Speaker 1: duty at the end. But this new Trump administration, John,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, ending the worst border crisis in
Speaker 1: American history, extending all those tax cuts, unleashing American energy,
Speaker 1: standing with Israel, taking the fight directly to Iran. There's
Speaker 1: much to be commended. And you compare that with the
Speaker 1: DSA's agenda that's overtaking the Democratic Party. I remember when
Speaker 1: I served in the House of Representatives. Bernie Sanders was
Speaker 1: actually in the House at that time, John, and he
Speaker 1: wasn't listed as a Democrat. He was listed as a
Speaker 1: independent because he was a socialist. And sometimes I tell people,
Speaker 1: you know, Joe Biden may have won the election in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty, but Bernie Sanders won the party. And that's
Speaker 1: never been more true than in twenty twenty six when
Speaker 1: you see all of the candidates, with all of the
Speaker 1: energy behind them, are all aligned with Bernie Sanders' brand
Speaker 1: of socialism. And that gives us an enormous opportunity as
Speaker 1: Republicans to put forward common sense candidates that are grounded
Speaker 1: in American national principles of free market economics, limited government,
Speaker 1: and values.
Speaker 2: And we have to gather all to everybody together that
Speaker 2: has common sense, and we should all move in one direction.
Speaker 2: And because kids and grandkids have to worry about the future,
Speaker 2: and I worry about the future.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Margaret Thatcher said it well when she was trying
Speaker 1: to turn Great Britain around decades ago. You and are
Speaker 1: old enough to remember. But Margaret Thatcher said, the problem
Speaker 1: with socialism is you have actually run out of other
Speaker 1: people's money.
Speaker 2: Correct. Now, I'll tell you the other thing I feel like,
Speaker 2: and I've said this on the air many many times,
Speaker 2: and I've told this to everybody that all the people
Speaker 2: that were accusing of giving money the sorrows of the
Speaker 2: world and that Chinese guy, I don't think it's their money.
Speaker 2: I think it's being funneled by the Chinese government, or
Speaker 2: the Iranian government, or Qataris, I don't know who. But
Speaker 2: I think they're not spending their own money. They're spending
Speaker 2: foreigners money.
Speaker 1: I think you're right to be suspicious. I think the
Speaker 1: impact and you're the president give the speech about Chinese
Speaker 1: efforts to influence our elections and other foreign countries.
Speaker 2: Social media has.
Speaker 1: Created a portal for people to enter into our public
Speaker 1: debate under the guise of being just one more American voice.
Speaker 1: And I think those are issues we need to contend with.
Speaker 1: There the adversaries of this country around the world would
Speaker 1: like to divide this country. But I really do believe, John,
Speaker 1: that there will always be more that unites us as
Speaker 1: Americans than could ever divide us. You put it so
Speaker 1: well when you say, let's get back to that common
Speaker 1: sense agenda that's really defined the Republican Party at double
Speaker 1: the size of the Republican Party during Ronald Reagan's years,
Speaker 1: we put that forward today. I think we're going to
Speaker 1: have a great year in twenty six, and even a
Speaker 1: greater year in twenty eight.
Speaker 2: I think we need that great year in twenty six
Speaker 2: because the common sense people of the United States of
Speaker 2: America cannot afford to lose the Senate or the Congress
Speaker 2: in November.
Speaker 1: You know, you always hear that phrase is the most
Speaker 1: important election of our lifetime. But while I, as I said,
Speaker 1: I have just like you, I have my arguments with
Speaker 1: some of the direction of the Trump administration, this new iteration,
Speaker 1: but the very idea that the Democrats would take you
Speaker 1: to the House of the Senate and literally we would
Speaker 1: see washing and DC devolve into probably the kind of
Speaker 1: melee of impeachment and socialist policies even beyond anything that
Speaker 1: we ever endured when we were in office. So I
Speaker 1: am encouraged, though I just I sense a great deal
Speaker 1: of energy. I feel encouraged about the Senate, and I
Speaker 1: have to tell you I think Speaker Mike Johnson and
Speaker 1: Republicans have done a phenomenal job staying in the fight.
Speaker 1: And if Republicans across the country people listen to listen
Speaker 1: to this great station all over America, I know we'll
Speaker 1: step up.
Speaker 2: Do the job.
Speaker 1: Get behind men and women that are running on the
Speaker 1: Republican line. I think we're going to hold the Congress
Speaker 1: w ABC.
Speaker 2: We took it from number twenty eight in the region
Speaker 2: to number one in the country. And thank you for
Speaker 2: your help, and thank you for President Trump's help, and
Speaker 2: we all work together for great America. And when are
Speaker 2: the Europeans going to realize that we're trying to save
Speaker 2: their behind again?
Speaker 1: You know, I honestly believe one of the great contributions
Speaker 1: of our four years in office alongside the President, is
Speaker 1: that Europe suddenly started to step up and provide for
Speaker 1: our common defense to meet their obligations after that Russian
Speaker 1: invasion of four years ago into Ukraine. The reason why
Speaker 1: Europe has been able to come alongside and to provide
Speaker 1: Ukraine the support they need to defeat and repel that
Speaker 1: invasion eventually, is because we demanded that they live up
Speaker 1: to their words. So I think continuing to provide leadership
Speaker 1: for the West. A lot of people don't remember this speech.
Speaker 1: I think the best speech President Trump gave in our
Speaker 1: four years was in Warsaw, where he said, the question
Speaker 1: of our time is does the West have the will
Speaker 1: to survive? And I know the American people.
Speaker 2: Have the will.
Speaker 1: I know my old running it has the will. But
Speaker 1: we've got to lead free nations around the world in
Speaker 1: that same regard.
Speaker 2: Mister Vice President, thank you for coming on today, and
Speaker 2: God bless you, God bless America. In Ny November, we
Speaker 2: have no choice. You have to wait. Thank you, John,
Speaker 2: Thank you,