State of the Union: Interview With Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL)

Interview

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Well, I mean, look at the NRA Convention, all you heard, the solution to the problem is more guns. That's the only thing that they pivot to.

I mean, look, we have made a lot of progress in a lot of states. We haven't done enough. I was happy to see the governor of Tennessee actually come out and issue an executive order on background checks, tell his legislature that they should pass red flag laws. I mean, the fact that he was willing to do that is just another step forward. Look, in Florida, we passed red flag laws. We did that with a majority

of Republicans in the House, majority of Republicans in the Senate. Rick Scott, when he was governor, signed that bill. It's been used 9,000 times. People get due process.

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The red flag laws.

Police officers and judges have confiscated weapons 9,000 times. Jake, what if we were only right in 1 percent of those cases? We have prevented 90 events. It's supported by Republican sheriffs all across the state of Florida. I think it's something that Congress has to look at.

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Polk County, Grady Judd.

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Well, first of all, I was there for two-and-a-half years. I never saw pudding, period.

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Spoon or not spoon, never saw pudding, period.

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There is a -- something going on in the Republican Party, and I -- with all due respect to my Republican colleagues, that they're missing it.

I don't care if it's Florida or Texas or another state. They're trying to get to the right of Donald Trump on policy. And now we hear the governor of Texas wants to pardon a murderer. You know, it's -- somehow, he's going to the right.

This is not a race about policy. This is a race about personality. That ad about pudding has nothing to do about the Social Security part. No one's focusing on that. They're focusing on the pudding. It's a personal attack. And so Ron should be running an ad with Donald Trump sitting on the toilet at 3:00 a.m. in the morning sending out tweets.

I mean, that's -- look, that's what is -- what works on that side of the aisle.

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Listen, it's not -- it's not -- it isn't my primary. Look...

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Look, it's going to get -- it's going to get worse. I promise, it's going to get worse.

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No problem.

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