November 5, 2024 • 5 mins
Crucial battleground states are flip-flopping between blue and red as ballots pile up.
Former US ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown believes Donald Trump will turn the key states red.
Brown tells Heather du Plessis-Allan that what is different in this election is Trump’s rise amongst Latino, Hispanic, and Black Americans. Kamala Harris’ late entrance to the race and avoidance of hard-pressing interviews has affected the voter turnout.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
International correspondence with ends and eye Insurance peace of mind
for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Right, Well, Donald Trump's been pretty confident, hasn't he That
he's got the selection in the bag in the last
few days, and it looks like it might be panning
out that way for him today. Scott Brown was the
US Ambassador to New Zealand. He was appointed by Donald
trumpet he's with US now.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Scott Hello, Well, hello stranger. How are you.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
I'm very well, thank you. It's very good to talk
to you. Is this an evening that you were enjoying
so far?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Well, yeah, it's been good, certainly, something that I'm used to.
It seems very similar to twenty sixteen. I've been obviously
doing the analyzing and making calls like everybody else. And
the thing that's different about this one is that he
has brought a broad base, the pop the Latino votes,
(00:50):
Hispanic votes, Black American male votes, female votes, Black American
female votes. They're all up dramatic, and she's underperforming in
a lot of those so called blue wall states. And
Iowa was just called and you know, the Iowa newspaper
had him down like thirteen. They just called it. So
(01:13):
I believe he's going to win North Carolina soon and
then Georgia, and I believe he'll win Pennsylvania too, and
then it's really it's pretty much over. Then she would
have to just go and win everything. And it doesn't
look at presidents up in Wisconsin as well, and I
it's even close in New Mexico.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Do you think, I mean, do they call Pennsylvania tonight
or is that a tomorrow thing?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
You know, they learned from last time that people aren't
going to wait weeks. I think it'll be earlier in
the morning. But things seem to be moving along pretty well.
There's been very few problems because everyone is getting a
little bit fed up. You have, for example, here in Florida.
I'm actually at our place here in Florida. I mean
they have they've processed the votes, was but three or
(02:00):
four million votes in an hour and a half. And
yet you have other states that, oh, it's going to
you know, Arizona and others, Oh, it's going to take
you know, at least a week. Why why hire more people?
Just that's where the confidence in the vote with people
is really a problem. They don't trust the process. If
they could just do it right, it would be great Scott.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
So what's gone his way? Why is it explain to
me how it is that everybody appears to have been like, well,
this race is really tight, when actually right now it
doesn't look tight at all.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Well, if you go to the if you're a better
you go to the betting site, sees that he started
out of fifty two percent, he's up at ninety one percent.
Even the New York Times has him winning it as well.
Bottom line is, you know she came in late. People
don't like what they did to Joe Biden, whether you
like them or not, you know, they forced them out.
And she didn't any vote. She was one of the
(02:54):
She didn't even get to two percent when she was
running for president. And I think her biggest problem, and
I've said for months now, is that she didn't take
a tough interview except for Brett Bher and I thought
she did fairly well there, and she wasn't She wasn't
ready for prime time when it came to actually answering questions,
you know, what are you going to do about the economy? Well,
(03:14):
let me just stop by this. You know, I'm from
the middle class. A big deal that doesn't that's not
that's not how you're going to do it, And so
avoiding interviews really not having any answers. I'm not doing
a thing on the border, letting fifteen million people into
our country who don't belong here, giving them free stuff
all over the place, over our bed.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Explain to me how, once again, people, and talking specifically
about commentites in the media, how did they not see this.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Coming because they're blind. They don't listen to the people.
They're in their high towers and they don't come down
and actually go to the local diners or or you know,
speak to people who had under President Trump, you know,
a couple of thousand dollars of savings in their pocket
and the event of emergency. Now they don't have any
Their credit card are over leveraged, their mortgages are underwater,
(04:03):
they're a stack of bills on there on their table.
That some of our cities are unsafe. We have gangs
taking over housing complexes in Colorado? Are you kidding me?
Is just upside down, And that's why, quite frankly, she's
not going to win.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Hey, Scott, So if your man wins, do you get
another cool job?
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Yeah? Listen, you know it's up to him. I'm always
willing to serve. It was an honor, I mean meeting you,
not Barry, but meeting you and actually, you know, really
getting to know New Zealand and really.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Scott, you're gonna love this. It is ripping berries ninety
that Trump is winning today. He just is so beside himself.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
I wish I was there, man, I wish I was there.
I could just like torture him, which I can still do.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Well, you are, but just by existing as one of
Trump's guys, you are torturing him. Scott, It's so good
to talk to you, mate. Look out yourself and enjoy
the rest of the evening. That Scott Brown, former US
Ambassador to New Zealand. For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive,
listen live to news Talks It'd be from four pm weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
International correspondence with ends and eye Insurance peace of mind
for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Right, Well, Donald Trump's been pretty confident, hasn't he That
he's got the selection in the bag in the last
few days, and it looks like it might be panning
out that way for him today. Scott Brown was the
US Ambassador to New Zealand. He was appointed by Donald
trumpet he's with US now.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Scott Hello, Well, hello stranger. How are you.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
I'm very well, thank you. It's very good to talk
to you. Is this an evening that you were enjoying
so far?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Well, yeah, it's been good, certainly, something that I'm used to.
It seems very similar to twenty sixteen. I've been obviously
doing the analyzing and making calls like everybody else. And
the thing that's different about this one is that he
has brought a broad base, the pop the Latino votes,
(00:50):
Hispanic votes, Black American male votes, female votes, Black American
female votes. They're all up dramatic, and she's underperforming in
a lot of those so called blue wall states. And
Iowa was just called and you know, the Iowa newspaper
had him down like thirteen. They just called it. So
(01:13):
I believe he's going to win North Carolina soon and
then Georgia, and I believe he'll win Pennsylvania too, and
then it's really it's pretty much over. Then she would
have to just go and win everything. And it doesn't
look at presidents up in Wisconsin as well, and I
it's even close in New Mexico.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Do you think, I mean, do they call Pennsylvania tonight
or is that a tomorrow thing?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
You know, they learned from last time that people aren't
going to wait weeks. I think it'll be earlier in
the morning. But things seem to be moving along pretty well.
There's been very few problems because everyone is getting a
little bit fed up. You have, for example, here in Florida.
I'm actually at our place here in Florida. I mean
they have they've processed the votes, was but three or
(02:00):
four million votes in an hour and a half. And
yet you have other states that, oh, it's going to
you know, Arizona and others, Oh, it's going to take
you know, at least a week. Why why hire more people?
Just that's where the confidence in the vote with people
is really a problem. They don't trust the process. If
they could just do it right, it would be great Scott.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
So what's gone his way? Why is it explain to
me how it is that everybody appears to have been like, well,
this race is really tight, when actually right now it
doesn't look tight at all.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Well, if you go to the if you're a better
you go to the betting site, sees that he started
out of fifty two percent, he's up at ninety one percent.
Even the New York Times has him winning it as well.
Bottom line is, you know she came in late. People
don't like what they did to Joe Biden, whether you
like them or not, you know, they forced them out.
And she didn't any vote. She was one of the
(02:54):
She didn't even get to two percent when she was
running for president. And I think her biggest problem, and
I've said for months now, is that she didn't take
a tough interview except for Brett Bher and I thought
she did fairly well there, and she wasn't She wasn't
ready for prime time when it came to actually answering questions,
you know, what are you going to do about the economy? Well,
(03:14):
let me just stop by this. You know, I'm from
the middle class. A big deal that doesn't that's not
that's not how you're going to do it, And so
avoiding interviews really not having any answers. I'm not doing
a thing on the border, letting fifteen million people into
our country who don't belong here, giving them free stuff
all over the place, over our bed.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Explain to me how, once again, people, and talking specifically
about commentites in the media, how did they not see this.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Coming because they're blind. They don't listen to the people.
They're in their high towers and they don't come down
and actually go to the local diners or or you know,
speak to people who had under President Trump, you know,
a couple of thousand dollars of savings in their pocket
and the event of emergency. Now they don't have any
Their credit card are over leveraged, their mortgages are underwater,
(04:03):
they're a stack of bills on there on their table.
That some of our cities are unsafe. We have gangs
taking over housing complexes in Colorado? Are you kidding me?
Is just upside down, And that's why, quite frankly, she's
not going to win.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Hey, Scott, So if your man wins, do you get
another cool job?
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Yeah? Listen, you know it's up to him. I'm always
willing to serve. It was an honor, I mean meeting you,
not Barry, but meeting you and actually, you know, really
getting to know New Zealand and really.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Scott, you're gonna love this. It is ripping berries ninety
that Trump is winning today. He just is so beside himself.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
I wish I was there, man, I wish I was there.
I could just like torture him, which I can still do.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Well, you are, but just by existing as one of
Trump's guys, you are torturing him. Scott, It's so good
to talk to you, mate. Look out yourself and enjoy
the rest of the evening. That Scott Brown, former US
Ambassador to New Zealand. For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive,
listen live to news Talks It'd be from four pm weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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