For republicans, 202 7488001 and for independent voters, 202 7488002. Joining us now is the chair of the Florida Republican party. Thank you for being with us. Thanks so much for having me on. Steve the message from the president tonight, what was it . What was he telling his face, and he was and was he trying to band is based. Plex trying to expand his face . First of all, it was great to be out on the road. And i think his last line, the best is yet to come. What he can do with the economy, he is focused on having a strong resurgence in getting people back to work, because people want to be a good provider for their family. I think the president can deliver once again he talked about the forgotten man. I think that will be a central because at the end of the day, who is out there working for all those American Workers out there . Whether it be unfair trade deals, regulatory changes, the president has gone to bat over and over for the american worker. And i think that is going to lead him to victory once again. Rightly or wrongly, one of the storylines tomorrow is going to be crowd size. The chair of the Trump Campaign indicated there would be an overflow rally. That was canceled because only a few dozen people were on hand, and the campaigns that over one Million People signed up. As you saw tonight, the arena was full, but not sold out. What you saw tonight was a younger crowd than we see at some rallies. We still have to deal with the issue of the virus. Some people thought it was safer to stay home, but no worries. Part of the deal with these rallies is reaching the millions of people that are watching on tv at their homes. From the safety of their homes. The president is not going to stop these rallies. This is the first in three months. I expect him to have many more. And like some of the earlier speakers in the night, this is the trump train and how he gets his message across. There is nothing the president does better than communicating directly with american voters. Maybe it wasnt a completely packed crowd, but it is a lot better than what joe biden is talking to with no audience from his basement. About actually having this first kickoff event and getting things started to get. And the convention, moving it from jacksonville, florida, how are you dealing with that coming just two months from now . Joe we are so excited here in florida. 30 days ago, it wasnt even imaginable. And then all of a sudden the North Carolina governor was giving the rnc troubles. We are so fortunate, when it came down to was the local dealership. The local leadership. The rnc, credit goes to then, but the mayor of jacksonville aw, and of course florida is battleground state, must win, we have america is number one governor, probably the smartest governor in the country, and jacksonville, florida overall did extremely well with covid19. Because the governor is so smart, he used a datadriven, measured,proached, stepbystep approach as we went into the virus, the shutdown. And as we are pulling out, he is doing the same thing, relying on data on an hourbyhour basis. We are fortunate to have him. He is going to end up being the real winner here. But this is a crisis, not only the health but the economy as well. The governor knows that. A touristdriven economy, and this convention is going to be a huge shot in the arm for florida, specifically northeast florida. Room,erved 10,000 hotel got that done with statewide and local cooperation, working with the rnc. The governors committed to having a safe and secure event and we are firing on all cylinders. It normally takes two years to plan and we are planning it in 75 days, but we are going to make it count and make sure people know florida is open for business. And cspan will have live, gaveltogavel coverage of both thention, Business Convention in North Carolina and the proceedings in jacksonville, florida. As at to ask about Florida State that tim russert said up famously into thousands, it is florida, florida, florida. 2016, four point 6 million votes for donald trump, 4. 5 lien votes for hillary clinton. Why has this state consistently been so tight between democrats and republicans, such a battleground state . Joe florida is a melting pot of america. We have almost four or five different states, if you were to break us up. It is very expensive to run year. That is what florida should be first in voting, because we are so reflective of america. We cant win the white house without winning florida, but we are firing on all cylinders, even during the shutdown. First time you had the Republican National committee, the Republican National committee and the Republican Party all working in conjunction within 24 hours of shut down, we are charged with all digital operations, we have 130 staffers on the ground. Cochair of the Trump Campaign, we had 62 people at the very peak. Because we have had a captive audience at home, we went out and recruited tens of thousands of volunteers. That is why we are shattering records. We have millions of dollars in the bank, the leadership, resources, the manpower we need. Our home state candidate is donald trump. This is going to come down to the wire. We know that if the election was today, people would go out of their way, but this is not a persuasion election. This is about voter turnout, and that is how we really do well here in florida. We have a firstclass operation and are going to make sure we are here for the president here we deliver for the president here. Rs is a floridae state senator and chair of the Florida Republican party. Know what us from washington, d. C. How much of the rally did you watch . I watched most of the rally in the content of what the president was saying was not surprising for the most part. I have watched most of his rallies, but the larger thing to think about was that the president was getting out of the white house for the first time in eight while, getting out all the momentum he wanted to put on the campaign trail. But a lot of what i saw on twitter was talking about how the arena wasnt full. Area. S going to be a big i dont know how biden is following social distancing, and have any people trump can fit into this area regardless of safety. I think that is going to be the bidentrump back and forth, bigger than tulsa being the first rally trump has done in a while. Thank you for the call. Joe, how do you take that storyline and spin it differently. Was the Trump Campaign giving to High Expectations giving too High Expectations . Joe if you have ever been to a trump rally, this is a 68 hour type of event. You go there, park at mile away, walk up there, wait in line, go through security, wait a couple the president tonight spoke for almost two hours. You may not show up, but at the end of the day for us it was a win. The president for the first time in three months got out there. I think people have wanted to go see him, got into the arena, and people are fired up. Our base is fired up. The speakers before the president were great, the Vice President did well. The president does message of optimism, and this was not just for people within the arena. There are many at home, hundreds of thousands, i know specifically people like josh taylor, i know they sit there at their homes and they watch these over and over again, no matter where they are. And it is those means of people that they are targeting. And then they talk about it with their friends, and that is when the message spreads through social media and other platforms. So tulsa was a big win, and the maid . That, media may go with but the alternative is joe biden in his basement talking to no one. Steve cable news channels including cnn and m s nbc msnbc chose not to carry the speech live. Your reaction . Im surprised they have any journalistic integrity left. It is unfortunate. They dont want to cover it because they know this is out the president bypasses them to get his message to the American People. Our is about the vision president has, and what he is going to do for our future. Bidenternative is joe spending two and a half months in his basement and the first time he came out today, probably as a result of what is going to happen in oklahoma. But the big news today is it is the first time in three months the president had one of these events. And although it wasnt completely packed walltowall, there was enough people there to where, and enough people watching on tv, to make it a huge success. Steve steve joins us from national city, california, republican line. Go ahead, please. I think president bush, sorry, President Trump, hit it out of the park. He was just incredible. He nailed everything i needed to hear, and he really just was narrative,ture, with with his stories, the scen the sentiments of the average man. What i want to encourage people to do is to vote their voting is a because sacred, private act. And what is happening right now is that the democrat states are starting to do all this mailin ,oting for the general public as well as ballot harvesting. This makes it a social lacked in which people can be shamed social act in which people can be shamed into voting against the consciousness against the ience. And that is dangerous. That is my only concern. I think trump is going to win in a landslide. And my only concern is the fraudulent if they are willing to tear down statues and burned cities, who nipper o serra, thenipero founder of california, there are fascists attacking the country right now, and this is an International Marxist effort to tear down this country. And we need to protect our constitution. This is for all the marbles. Steve thanks for the call. We will get a response. S. Airman gruter deal d was a big tonight was a big deal. In florida, we have done a great job with the florida gop. Democrats yesterday tested their efforts and kind of outpaced us with mailin ballots, but we agree with the president on mailin ballots. Supervisors in florida at the county level, they came out with a statement saying florida could not do a vote by mail ballot overall. But we encourage people that feel more comfortable in florida, if they want to vote absentee, go ahead. The great thing about florida is that we want to make it as easy as possible to vote, but hard to cheat. Because ofan outlier the election controversy of 2000. Bush, theorn gore versus controversy of 2000 . We have had supertight races that let us to tighten some of these laws. We are going through a lawsuit right now, leftwing groups trying to throw out protections we have, because we want to make sure it is as easy as possible to vote and as hard as possible to cheat. One citizen, one vote. Believer in florida and having fair elections, and the integrity of the system will hold up and we will be ok in terms of vote by mail in florida. Steve mark is next, joining us from new jersey. Good evening, mark. Good evening. I watched the speech and think it is ironic that your guest tonight is talking about other states, and making it all seem they areyptic, when doing just fine there. Normally they always only talk about states rights and down they seem so concerned about all these other places we all know about the voting fraud in florida before, so we will be watching florida very carefully this time. Thent to ask your guest, president often mentions the stock market and it is no secret the main reason the market is up is because the fed is bailing everything out. National huge, growing debt, which we never hear republicans talking about paying down. And when obama was president , that is all we heard about. Why are these guys not concerned and not even mentioning the National Debt now, and touting the stock market as this great thing, when the only reason it is up is the fed bailouts backed by the Treasury Department . Steve thank you, mark. We will get a response. Feel sorry for you, because this crisis is not just a health crisis, it is an economic crisis as well. The president is doing everything to make sure the American People survive. This is not easy. We have businesses shutting down. We have high unemployment. You have to prop up the economy. But what we have seen from this he renegotiated unfair trade practices, he is bringing businesses to america, empowering the american worker, he has cut more regulations than any president in the history of america and a result and as a result, real wages grow, unemployment for hispanic americans is at the lowest went in 50 years, the economy was booming before this pandemic came into play. And we know that as a business the guy that signs the back of a paycheck, we know he can come through for us once again. I have been talking about florida all night. We are resilient, we have hurricanes and shutdowns all the time but floridians are going to come together, as will americans, and as soon as we escape this virus and the nightmare cast over this country, we are going to come back stronger than ever. And once we reelect the president once again, this is what the president said tonight, we will go back to the strongest economy this country has ever seen, and next year we may see the biggest boom. Criticize any federal bailout program, which a lot of the money is going to cities and Unemployed People out there, is preposterous. I am very happy with the job the president is doing and he needs to continue doing whatever he can to make sure americans survive this. Steve but there has been an uptick in coronavirus cases in florida. Does that concern you politically . Joe no. If you look at the numbers, the average age of people getting the virus now is 37. We know where most deaths occur, and this is where our governor hit a home run. , leftwingnning governors were pushing covid19 patients into Nursing Homes. Our governor shut Nursing Homes down, possibly saving thousands of lives. We know if you have underlying conditions and are a certain agent do get exposed to covid, you are much more likely to get it. To hittingme close our capacity of hospital beds and ventilators, and everybody that has needed one has received one. To get it,nt anybody but until we get a virus, people are going to continue to get the virus. The best thing you can do is protect yourself, where the mask , follow the guidelines, but we cant shut down the country and top our economy tank. We have to get this economy moving. The country needs it, the world needs it, this is the new normal uptickhink some of this is from the protesters that have been out there without masks on, completely disregarding the social guidelines, and you are seeing a direct result of that and that is probably why you are seeing such a younger age being tested and testing positive with this virus. Caller is from springdale, arkansas. Arthur, good evening. Did you watch all the rally tonight . I did. Steve go ahead with your question. Jeffrey, you are on the air from mississippi. Go ahead. I watched the whole rally. Steve you are on the year. I watched the whole rally. Job. Ught trump did a great i feel like he had a great message. We have toicans, stand up and cannot let lawlessness and these things take place with people rioting and we have to stand up. And history is history. It is not a metric of, you tear something down because you dont agree with it. I heard senator tim kaine say that the United States created slavery. Is a perfectaine example of people not understanding history. Toneed to do more educating understand whatever history is all about. But i think President Trump is doing a great job. We need to stand for him and we need to stand for america. Steve jeffrey, thanks. Joe, your response. Message, we, great do have to stand up for america. In a crisis, this is why we are resilient, because we come together as a country regardless of political affiliation. We can survive this end hopefully become stronger as a result. Have the smartest mind around the world working 24 7 to address this, either with some type of vaccine, there is a medication, we already saw that one medication proved last week that it cuts it down, the death rate by 13 . Tongs are going to continue get better. We are in a new normal, but america is the greatest country in the history of the world. Our economy, the American Dream is alive and well in the president is going to continue to be the one that helps people lift themselves up to go after that dream and really guarantee the equality of opportunity for everyone to get a fair shot in america. Steve our next caller is from fort worth, texas. David, good evening. Thank you. Is that, what we we are saying things are better at we are going to work on our economy harder. And i agree with all that, but what we are doing wrong is, instead of letting down our garden protecting ourselves against coronavirus, we need to wrap it up and get tougher, and show what we are doing. And hopefully, all the other people will do the same. Because what we are doing by Wearing Masks and other things we are doing in terms of social distancing and select that is that we are trying to protect the other people. That is mainly what we are doing with that. So they need to show us the same regard. And ie to be in happened to be in an area of higher risk, so i am very conscious of that. But i wear my mask every time i am in a public area, and i consistently try to stay six feet away. That is almost impossible most of the time, but i do everything i can to make that work. Steve david, thanks. R , do you think this really sent a mixed message, they did get about masks, but most people didnt wear them . And dr. Anthony Fauci Anthony fauci and dr. Deborah birx recommended not to do it tonight. Joe you cant have a double standard. This isnt the first time we have been out. Comfortable,l more like jeffrey does, wearing a mask and following social guidelines, that is what they should do. This is america. You have the freedom to do so. We should encourage people to follow those guidelines as much as possible and provide opportunities with mask and everything with mask send everything, but at this point of the virus, if you are a certain agent dont have certain cond