September 18, 2025 • 18 mins
Florida's new Lt. Governor, Jay Collins, is a warrior. His bio explains it. His first visit on The Morning Show with Preston Scott touched on some delicate topics. This is worth a listen and, yes, the Lt. Gov. wants to come back on the show.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Five minutes past the hour This Morning Show with Preston Scott.
Great to be with you. Third hour of the program.
It is show five, four hundred and fifty five. That
is Jose in Studio one A. I'm here in Studio
one B, and I am thrilled to have with me.
First time i've had Jay Collins on the program. Served
as a state senator from District fourteen and then was
(00:30):
chosen by Governor Rond de Santas to be Lieutenant Governor
Jay Collins. Jay, but more than any of that, thank
you for your service to our country. I appreciate you
joining me this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
How are you man, I'm doing good this morning. How
are you guys doing well?
Speaker 1 (00:42):
I got to tell you, I originally told the staff
that you were going to come in studio, and I
want to thank you because you had a desired effect.
I've never seen the other side of our building so
cleaned and straightened up ever, and so I sent the
notice out. Sorry he's calling, but thank you for cleaning
up anyway. It was brilliant.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Well, I was looking forward to being in studio. I
truly was. That's very time. Tell them thank you. I
look forward to seeing it next time around, and.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I told him I might just announce that you're coming,
you know, every other month. It worked out great for me.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I'll be the god behind the shadows.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
That's it. That's exactly right. How big of a difference
is it to move from the state Senate to now
a position as lieutenant governor.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Well, honestly, more than anything, my focus, I want people
to know my focus is the same. It's about giving back,
making the biggest difference I can here in the state
of Florida. If you're gonna get dressed up and wear
a student tie every day, you better get something done right.
So in terms of job responsibility, you know, I have
a great opportunity to touch base with really anything and
everything that goes on in the state, to be a
(01:53):
part of that, to lead from the front to you know,
help influence or move them forward. It's been a blessing.
Now it's certainly busy, but on the other side of that,
I just have one job. I'm singularly focused on the
state of Florida, and honestly, that is an incredible blessing
to have that singularity of focus, the one you know,
no spare jobs. I'm taking care of my family, I'm
(02:15):
taking care of the state and that is where we're at,
and I love doing the job. I'm so blessed to
be the twenty first Lieutenant Governor of Florida.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Update us on the status of Alligator Alcatraz. We had
a judge say for a lot of really silly reasons,
now that's to shut down. We saw the cooperation with that,
but then all of a sudden that ruling was basically
put on hold. So is Alligator Alcatraz still operating? Is
it bringing people back in? Update us on the entire
(02:45):
illegal immigration enforcement model here what we're doing in Florida.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Yeah, you know, this is the same game, different day. Right.
The fact is Florida leads from the front. Our two
eighty seven g approach at the state level leads the
way across the name. I think you have to cobble
together the next three or four states together get even
close to what our output has been. So why is
that Governor Santis is an absolute bold conservative as is
(03:13):
I think I've heard the first lady say, is steely
eyed Missilman. Right, he knows what right is. He steps
into the breach and he does what does what's right.
And we're very blessed for that. Alligator Alcatraz is open.
We knew activist judges were going to attack us. We
knew that that would get overturned. Just as sure as
the suns are going to come up, activist judges are
going to do what they do. That just is the game,
(03:33):
the left tride. They're lost. We're going to move forward.
There's a complete stay and you know we are open
for business at Alligator Alcatraz Deportation Depot is up and
moving and does even talk of the Panhandle, Pokey. We
are committed to a legal immigration. I want to remind
people this isn't a Republican thing. It's not a Democrat thing.
This is an American thing. People across the nation, and
(03:54):
absolutely unequivocally across Florida has said, take care of a
legal immigration. This is a problem. It's costing lives, it's
costing dollars, and we believe it has to be fixed now.
President Trump listened. Governor de Santis listen. I would love
to see other governors step in, step up and do
what we do here in Florida.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins with me this morning. He's going
to join us for a couple more segments more to
come here on the Morning Show with Preston Scott bowing
you down.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
But you are going to see your regular congestion. There's
some roadwork to watch for a long it in eastbound
approaching Mayhean on the right shoulder at mile marker two
o six, So just be aware if you're traveling in
that area. Make sure to use caution on the approach.
See something on the Road's called the traffic tip line
of pound two fifty keywords. I'll as see traffic from
the traffic sentneri'me Shaye tab.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
It has been very dry so far this month and
we're running about three inches below average and rainfall just
for the month. No sign to rain through Saturday. Just
sunshine ninety two today, ninety two tomorrow. I've use radio
one hundred point seven WFLA Sterry Smith in the Weather
Channel Forecast Center.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
We tweet at WFLAFM.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
There's no better descriptions than to say, Saint You is
a place of hope. My name is Lindsay. I'm alive
today because of this incredible hospital and the generosity of
so many who wanted to support it.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Finding cures, saving children. Learn more at Stjude dot Org
The Morning Show with Preston Scott. Do you understand the
words that are coming out.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Of my mouth?
Speaker 1 (05:29):
I use Radio one hundred point seven Double UFLA Morning
Show with Preston Scott, Lieutenant Governor j Collins with us.
We chronicle on this program all of the time the
crimes that are being committed, the vicious crimes, violent crimes
(05:53):
being committed by illegal immigrants that are in this country.
We have we have pointed it out to you and
Lieutenant Governor, you were asked by the governor to go
to California to bring back the truck driver who killed
three Floridians on the Florida Turnpike. Did you have an
(06:14):
interaction with him?
Speaker 2 (06:16):
You know, Preston, thank you for that. You know, we
had a very limited interaction in terms of conversation. He's
very quiet, kept his head down.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Really.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
The one thing he talked about was Chick fil A
when we stopped and we needed to eat, right. That
was it. Other than that, again, no signs of concern, remorse,
nothing whatsoever. But in the end, you know, why do
we do that. It's important to lead from the front.
I think it's absolutely, unequivocally necessary to have your leader
(06:47):
step up and be there when things can go sideways,
to lead from the most difficult place. We didn't know
what Gavin was going to do. We had to step up.
We needed to have somebody there, and I'm grateful that
the Governor put his in me to go there, accomplish
a mission, and bring him home. And in the end,
three people will you know, have their killers day in court,
(07:08):
and it's heartbreaking. Three lives had to be ended early
because this guy couldn't read road signs because he didn't
know how to do what he's supposed to do safely,
and two states failed to take illegal immigration seriously, it's
just not going to happen.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
I have longed, I have long positive, Lieutenant Governor, that
many Democrats that support illegal immigration, they don't care about
the collateral damage. It is a means to an end
and they're, you know, sorry it happened, but it's okay
in the grander scheme of things. But at the same time,
I couldn't help but notice that our Attorney general wanted
(07:44):
the subpoena the company that had hired this truck driver,
suggesting why are we employing illegal immigrants? But yet here
in Florida. The Republican Party has stood in the way
and refuses to close loopholes and everify. Why are we
not going after employers of illegal immigrants that are knowingly
employing them here in this state.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Well, I'll tell you, Preston, that's a great question. And
the root issue is this, we need to put up.
It's about deeds, not words. Right, we got to put up.
We got to shut or, we got to shut up.
We've got to follow through with our our our what
we ran on. Frankly, the governor's left in the front
has been very clear on this. I have made my
points incredibly clear on where I stand that on legal immigration,
(08:29):
have been very clear what the expectations are, and now
we have to move those things forward. And the fact
is this. I am grateful that James Athmeyer, our Attorney General,
did that that he is holding these people accountable. But
we absolutely have to take this serious. We have to
understand that Floordans, American people, they want to see this fixed.
(08:50):
We have to understand that we do need to verify,
but we also have to make a decision. I believe
that our economy will be just fun. The jobs will rework,
they'll adjust and business will go about it. But we
have to be strong and bold in trying to solve
this problem. I think that's the next next phase of this.
We have to keep working together, take this thing seriously,
(09:13):
and take it to the next step.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
But do you understand, And I know you do in
great regard and respect to you, sir, but it rings
a little hollow because the Republicans are the ones that
stopped the efforts. It was political because Jason Pizzo was
advancing legislation. But Jason Pizzo, when he was a Democrat,
(09:34):
was only addressing half of the Everify loophole. There are
multiple loopholes in e Verify, and employers are using them,
and Republicans did not find it convenient to deal with it,
nor did they want to talk about it. I want
to just give you this little fact that you'll find interesting.
I've done this show for twenty three years. It's the
first time in twenty three years a Republican lawmaker would
(09:58):
not come on the show because I said I wanted
to talk about Everify. No one would come on the show.
No one.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
I would to come on the show. I didn't know
there was an opportunity. Preston but well.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Sadly, and I mean sadly and in all fairness, and
I told your staff I was going to bring this
up sadly when you were a state senator. I got
a call from your team wanting to talk about a
farm bill. I said, I'm happy to talk about it.
I just want to talk about Everify. They would not
book you. They refused to have you come on the program,
and so and I don't believe, and I believe for
(10:32):
I completely believe you knew nothing about that. But I'm
just telling you that's how deeply seated this protection is
by the GOP of Everify.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Well, Preston, I will tell you. I make it a
point to dig into my calendar to understand what's going
on and to make sure that I'm on the right
side of the issues. We'll dig into that, we'll figure
out what happened, hoping that and what I expect from
my team back there is that they did that calendar
is just in line for whatever we were trying to do.
(11:03):
But if there was something more, well we'll come to
grips with that. But the bottom line is this, We've
got to fix the problem. Yeah, and this isn't about politics.
It is about people. It's about solving these problems, absolutely
about moving forward, and it's about safety, security and our
economy and making sure this works. And no, I appreciate
you bringing.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
That up, though, Preston, all right, little miscommunication with the staff.
He had another interview book that started two minutes ago,
and I respect that they had reached out to me
yesterday and said, look, the calendar got pretty jammed. That's
why he's not going to be able to come in.
No problem, listens, he he is not afraid of the issue.
(11:45):
I am of the opinion that and I'm getting a
lot of response from people about him kind of sort
of not answering my question. He was blindsided. Now. I
warned his staff that I was going to bring up everify,
and they said, hey, no problem. Cool. But I also
(12:09):
am aware that staffs, and I just know this, sometimes
a staff does not want to expose a sitting elected
member of the legislature to a question or an uncomfortable topic.
So when he was a state senator and they called
and asked about a farm bill, I was all in
on the farm bill. He headed up the Agriculture Committee.
(12:32):
In fact, specifically, when he was a state senator, he
was the chairman of the Agriculture and Transportation committees. Happy
to advance, I said, I simply want to make sure
we carve out time to talk about Everify. At that point,
the request to have him on the show ended. Unlest
(12:55):
anybody think, well it could have been a scheduling thing. Yeah,
it could have been, and it could have been for
what every lawmaker in the state of Florida because none
of them would touch the issue, none of them. This
is a problem for the Florida Republicans and a problem
for the Florida Chamber of Commerce because they will not
(13:16):
publicly deal with the loopholes and you Verify. Look, there's
only so much you can do as an employer, but
you have to do what you can do. And the
only way you fix this problem is by holding employers accountable.
Well that's fine, Preston, but you don't know. Prices will
(13:38):
go up. Yeah, okay, why are they down because you're
paying under the table, because you're paying them less than
you would pay somebody else to do that job. Because
you know you've got them in a corner. They're here
legally and you know it. Now, there's another side of this,
(14:01):
the other side of This is the assumption that everybody
that you see that is uh Hispanic is here illegally.
That's just not true. They're not. Are there people here
legally that have refused to learn the language, Yes, shame
on them. They're living in the greatest country in the
(14:21):
world and they are hindering themselves. But we can't afford
to throw that blanket on everybody and say, oh, they're
they're they're not speaking the language, and there they look
like they're from Honduras or or they look like they're
from Guatemala, or they look like they're they're here from
Venezuela or Mexico. They must be here illegally. No, they
must not be. They might be, you could even say
(14:45):
likely could be, but we cannot say u a ah
unless we know. I know, and so do you know
that there are certain trades that employ illegal immigrants. And
(15:07):
I told you when this happened, I was not letting
go of this. I was not letting go of this issue.
Why because every dog one week I'm reading about illegal
immigrants killing people, and they have to be sustained somehow.
How are they being sustained. They're being sustained by people
(15:28):
employing them I am not letting go of this. My
wife will tell you if I grab hold of something,
I do not let go. This is deeply personal to me.
(15:53):
I apologize to no one. I hope the awareness of
the situation now and the fact that it has been
run from by the legislature and a key organization that
(16:15):
I love and respect dearly, but is just wrong on
this issue. They are wrong. They need to be calling
for their members, they need to be calling for change. Well,
you don't understand the complexity. Oh cry a river to
somebody else. Tell that to Lake and Riley's family. Tell
(16:40):
that to the family of the people that died on
that turnpike. Tell that to the family of the people
that are being murdered and raped in Florida. Yeah, the complainton, Yeah,
tell that to them. Spare me. I'm grateful Jay Collins
came on the program. He is a hero. I'm not
(17:02):
going to hold it against him. I don't know that
he knew anything about being being asked to come on
this show, no idea. I just know I've been doing
this for a while and I didn't have any state
lawmakers this year because I wanted to talk about eve Verify.
(17:23):
Now you tell me what that means. He offered on
the break to come back every week if I wanted him.
I don't need him to come on the show every week,
but i'd love to have him once a month. Absolutely,
he'd be welcome. You know why, because he's a hero,
and I believe he cares. I believe he cares about
(17:44):
this state. And I think he's actually liberated a little
bit being a lieutenant governor versus a member of the
state Senate. I think he's in a better position. That's
what I think. Twenty eight minutes after the hour, Sorry
about that. No, I'm not. I'm not sorry about it.
I'm sorry about that.
Five minutes past the hour This Morning Show with Preston Scott.
Great to be with you. Third hour of the program.
It is show five, four hundred and fifty five. That
is Jose in Studio one A. I'm here in Studio
one B, and I am thrilled to have with me.
First time i've had Jay Collins on the program. Served
as a state senator from District fourteen and then was
(00:30):
chosen by Governor Rond de Santas to be Lieutenant Governor
Jay Collins. Jay, but more than any of that, thank
you for your service to our country. I appreciate you
joining me this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
How are you man, I'm doing good this morning. How
are you guys doing well?
Speaker 1 (00:42):
I got to tell you, I originally told the staff
that you were going to come in studio, and I
want to thank you because you had a desired effect.
I've never seen the other side of our building so
cleaned and straightened up ever, and so I sent the
notice out. Sorry he's calling, but thank you for cleaning
up anyway. It was brilliant.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Well, I was looking forward to being in studio. I
truly was. That's very time. Tell them thank you. I
look forward to seeing it next time around, and.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I told him I might just announce that you're coming,
you know, every other month. It worked out great for me.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I'll be the god behind the shadows.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
That's it. That's exactly right. How big of a difference
is it to move from the state Senate to now
a position as lieutenant governor.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Well, honestly, more than anything, my focus, I want people
to know my focus is the same. It's about giving back,
making the biggest difference I can here in the state
of Florida. If you're gonna get dressed up and wear
a student tie every day, you better get something done right.
So in terms of job responsibility, you know, I have
a great opportunity to touch base with really anything and
everything that goes on in the state, to be a
(01:53):
part of that, to lead from the front to you know,
help influence or move them forward. It's been a blessing.
Now it's certainly busy, but on the other side of that,
I just have one job. I'm singularly focused on the
state of Florida, and honestly, that is an incredible blessing
to have that singularity of focus, the one you know,
no spare jobs. I'm taking care of my family, I'm
(02:15):
taking care of the state and that is where we're at,
and I love doing the job. I'm so blessed to
be the twenty first Lieutenant Governor of Florida.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Update us on the status of Alligator Alcatraz. We had
a judge say for a lot of really silly reasons,
now that's to shut down. We saw the cooperation with that,
but then all of a sudden that ruling was basically
put on hold. So is Alligator Alcatraz still operating? Is
it bringing people back in? Update us on the entire
(02:45):
illegal immigration enforcement model here what we're doing in Florida.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Yeah, you know, this is the same game, different day. Right.
The fact is Florida leads from the front. Our two
eighty seven g approach at the state level leads the
way across the name. I think you have to cobble
together the next three or four states together get even
close to what our output has been. So why is
that Governor Santis is an absolute bold conservative as is
(03:13):
I think I've heard the first lady say, is steely
eyed Missilman. Right, he knows what right is. He steps
into the breach and he does what does what's right.
And we're very blessed for that. Alligator Alcatraz is open.
We knew activist judges were going to attack us. We
knew that that would get overturned. Just as sure as
the suns are going to come up, activist judges are
going to do what they do. That just is the game,
(03:33):
the left tride. They're lost. We're going to move forward.
There's a complete stay and you know we are open
for business at Alligator Alcatraz Deportation Depot is up and
moving and does even talk of the Panhandle, Pokey. We
are committed to a legal immigration. I want to remind
people this isn't a Republican thing. It's not a Democrat thing.
This is an American thing. People across the nation, and
(03:54):
absolutely unequivocally across Florida has said, take care of a
legal immigration. This is a problem. It's costing lives, it's
costing dollars, and we believe it has to be fixed now.
President Trump listened. Governor de Santis listen. I would love
to see other governors step in, step up and do
what we do here in Florida.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins with me this morning. He's going
to join us for a couple more segments more to
come here on the Morning Show with Preston Scott bowing
you down.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
But you are going to see your regular congestion. There's
some roadwork to watch for a long it in eastbound
approaching Mayhean on the right shoulder at mile marker two
o six, So just be aware if you're traveling in
that area. Make sure to use caution on the approach.
See something on the Road's called the traffic tip line
of pound two fifty keywords. I'll as see traffic from
the traffic sentneri'me Shaye tab.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
It has been very dry so far this month and
we're running about three inches below average and rainfall just
for the month. No sign to rain through Saturday. Just
sunshine ninety two today, ninety two tomorrow. I've use radio
one hundred point seven WFLA Sterry Smith in the Weather
Channel Forecast Center.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
We tweet at WFLAFM.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
There's no better descriptions than to say, Saint You is
a place of hope. My name is Lindsay. I'm alive
today because of this incredible hospital and the generosity of
so many who wanted to support it.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Finding cures, saving children. Learn more at Stjude dot Org
The Morning Show with Preston Scott. Do you understand the
words that are coming out.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Of my mouth?
Speaker 1 (05:29):
I use Radio one hundred point seven Double UFLA Morning
Show with Preston Scott, Lieutenant Governor j Collins with us.
We chronicle on this program all of the time the
crimes that are being committed, the vicious crimes, violent crimes
(05:53):
being committed by illegal immigrants that are in this country.
We have we have pointed it out to you and
Lieutenant Governor, you were asked by the governor to go
to California to bring back the truck driver who killed
three Floridians on the Florida Turnpike. Did you have an
(06:14):
interaction with him?
Speaker 2 (06:16):
You know, Preston, thank you for that. You know, we
had a very limited interaction in terms of conversation. He's
very quiet, kept his head down.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Really.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
The one thing he talked about was Chick fil A
when we stopped and we needed to eat, right. That
was it. Other than that, again, no signs of concern, remorse,
nothing whatsoever. But in the end, you know, why do
we do that. It's important to lead from the front.
I think it's absolutely, unequivocally necessary to have your leader
(06:47):
step up and be there when things can go sideways,
to lead from the most difficult place. We didn't know
what Gavin was going to do. We had to step up.
We needed to have somebody there, and I'm grateful that
the Governor put his in me to go there, accomplish
a mission, and bring him home. And in the end,
three people will you know, have their killers day in court,
(07:08):
and it's heartbreaking. Three lives had to be ended early
because this guy couldn't read road signs because he didn't
know how to do what he's supposed to do safely,
and two states failed to take illegal immigration seriously, it's
just not going to happen.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
I have longed, I have long positive, Lieutenant Governor, that
many Democrats that support illegal immigration, they don't care about
the collateral damage. It is a means to an end
and they're, you know, sorry it happened, but it's okay
in the grander scheme of things. But at the same time,
I couldn't help but notice that our Attorney general wanted
(07:44):
the subpoena the company that had hired this truck driver,
suggesting why are we employing illegal immigrants? But yet here
in Florida. The Republican Party has stood in the way
and refuses to close loopholes and everify. Why are we
not going after employers of illegal immigrants that are knowingly
employing them here in this state.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Well, I'll tell you, Preston, that's a great question. And
the root issue is this, we need to put up.
It's about deeds, not words. Right, we got to put up.
We got to shut or, we got to shut up.
We've got to follow through with our our our what
we ran on. Frankly, the governor's left in the front
has been very clear on this. I have made my
points incredibly clear on where I stand that on legal immigration,
(08:29):
have been very clear what the expectations are, and now
we have to move those things forward. And the fact
is this. I am grateful that James Athmeyer, our Attorney General,
did that that he is holding these people accountable. But
we absolutely have to take this serious. We have to
understand that Floordans, American people, they want to see this fixed.
(08:50):
We have to understand that we do need to verify,
but we also have to make a decision. I believe
that our economy will be just fun. The jobs will rework,
they'll adjust and business will go about it. But we
have to be strong and bold in trying to solve
this problem. I think that's the next next phase of this.
We have to keep working together, take this thing seriously,
(09:13):
and take it to the next step.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
But do you understand, And I know you do in
great regard and respect to you, sir, but it rings
a little hollow because the Republicans are the ones that
stopped the efforts. It was political because Jason Pizzo was
advancing legislation. But Jason Pizzo, when he was a Democrat,
(09:34):
was only addressing half of the Everify loophole. There are
multiple loopholes in e Verify, and employers are using them,
and Republicans did not find it convenient to deal with it,
nor did they want to talk about it. I want
to just give you this little fact that you'll find interesting.
I've done this show for twenty three years. It's the
first time in twenty three years a Republican lawmaker would
(09:58):
not come on the show because I said I wanted
to talk about Everify. No one would come on the show.
No one.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
I would to come on the show. I didn't know
there was an opportunity. Preston but well.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Sadly, and I mean sadly and in all fairness, and
I told your staff I was going to bring this
up sadly when you were a state senator. I got
a call from your team wanting to talk about a
farm bill. I said, I'm happy to talk about it.
I just want to talk about Everify. They would not
book you. They refused to have you come on the program,
and so and I don't believe, and I believe for
(10:32):
I completely believe you knew nothing about that. But I'm
just telling you that's how deeply seated this protection is
by the GOP of Everify.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Well, Preston, I will tell you. I make it a
point to dig into my calendar to understand what's going
on and to make sure that I'm on the right
side of the issues. We'll dig into that, we'll figure
out what happened, hoping that and what I expect from
my team back there is that they did that calendar
is just in line for whatever we were trying to do.
(11:03):
But if there was something more, well we'll come to
grips with that. But the bottom line is this, We've
got to fix the problem. Yeah, and this isn't about politics.
It is about people. It's about solving these problems, absolutely
about moving forward, and it's about safety, security and our
economy and making sure this works. And no, I appreciate
you bringing.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
That up, though, Preston, all right, little miscommunication with the staff.
He had another interview book that started two minutes ago,
and I respect that they had reached out to me
yesterday and said, look, the calendar got pretty jammed. That's
why he's not going to be able to come in.
No problem, listens, he he is not afraid of the issue.
(11:45):
I am of the opinion that and I'm getting a
lot of response from people about him kind of sort
of not answering my question. He was blindsided. Now. I
warned his staff that I was going to bring up everify,
and they said, hey, no problem. Cool. But I also
(12:09):
am aware that staffs, and I just know this, sometimes
a staff does not want to expose a sitting elected
member of the legislature to a question or an uncomfortable topic.
So when he was a state senator and they called
and asked about a farm bill, I was all in
on the farm bill. He headed up the Agriculture Committee.
(12:32):
In fact, specifically, when he was a state senator, he
was the chairman of the Agriculture and Transportation committees. Happy
to advance, I said, I simply want to make sure
we carve out time to talk about Everify. At that point,
the request to have him on the show ended. Unlest
(12:55):
anybody think, well it could have been a scheduling thing. Yeah,
it could have been, and it could have been for
what every lawmaker in the state of Florida because none
of them would touch the issue, none of them. This
is a problem for the Florida Republicans and a problem
for the Florida Chamber of Commerce because they will not
(13:16):
publicly deal with the loopholes and you Verify. Look, there's
only so much you can do as an employer, but
you have to do what you can do. And the
only way you fix this problem is by holding employers accountable.
Well that's fine, Preston, but you don't know. Prices will
(13:38):
go up. Yeah, okay, why are they down because you're
paying under the table, because you're paying them less than
you would pay somebody else to do that job. Because
you know you've got them in a corner. They're here
legally and you know it. Now, there's another side of this,
(14:01):
the other side of This is the assumption that everybody
that you see that is uh Hispanic is here illegally.
That's just not true. They're not. Are there people here
legally that have refused to learn the language, Yes, shame
on them. They're living in the greatest country in the
(14:21):
world and they are hindering themselves. But we can't afford
to throw that blanket on everybody and say, oh, they're
they're they're not speaking the language, and there they look
like they're from Honduras or or they look like they're
from Guatemala, or they look like they're they're here from
Venezuela or Mexico. They must be here illegally. No, they
must not be. They might be, you could even say
(14:45):
likely could be, but we cannot say u a ah
unless we know. I know, and so do you know
that there are certain trades that employ illegal immigrants. And
(15:07):
I told you when this happened, I was not letting
go of this. I was not letting go of this issue.
Why because every dog one week I'm reading about illegal
immigrants killing people, and they have to be sustained somehow.
How are they being sustained. They're being sustained by people
(15:28):
employing them I am not letting go of this. My
wife will tell you if I grab hold of something,
I do not let go. This is deeply personal to me.
(15:53):
I apologize to no one. I hope the awareness of
the situation now and the fact that it has been
run from by the legislature and a key organization that
(16:15):
I love and respect dearly, but is just wrong on
this issue. They are wrong. They need to be calling
for their members, they need to be calling for change. Well,
you don't understand the complexity. Oh cry a river to
somebody else. Tell that to Lake and Riley's family. Tell
(16:40):
that to the family of the people that died on
that turnpike. Tell that to the family of the people
that are being murdered and raped in Florida. Yeah, the complainton, Yeah,
tell that to them. Spare me. I'm grateful Jay Collins
came on the program. He is a hero. I'm not
(17:02):
going to hold it against him. I don't know that
he knew anything about being being asked to come on
this show, no idea. I just know I've been doing
this for a while and I didn't have any state
lawmakers this year because I wanted to talk about eve Verify.
(17:23):
Now you tell me what that means. He offered on
the break to come back every week if I wanted him.
I don't need him to come on the show every week,
but i'd love to have him once a month. Absolutely,
he'd be welcome. You know why, because he's a hero,
and I believe he cares. I believe he cares about
(17:44):
this state. And I think he's actually liberated a little
bit being a lieutenant governor versus a member of the
state Senate. I think he's in a better position. That's
what I think. Twenty eight minutes after the hour, Sorry
about that. No, I'm not. I'm not sorry about it.
I'm sorry about that.
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