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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The ignorant hits on the campuses, talk about it. They're
just getting away with all this. We're rather than knowing facts.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Fifty five KRC eight O five because I have KRCD
talk station. A very happy Wednesday to you friend Thomas
inviting everyone to listen to Lunch at Price, so Chilli.
I'll do that a couple more times for the end
of the show today. Looking forward to seeing everyone, and
been looking forward to this moment in time all morning
when I saw him on the rundown. Welcome back to
the Morning show, Alex Chanceafilo, head of the Ohio Republican Party.
(00:30):
That's a pleasure to have you on the Morning show.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Brian, Good morning, sir, good to be with you.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Did you have a particularly thankful Thanksgiving this year, sir.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Well, you know, I certainly did. I, As I've told
a lot of friends, this is the most enjoyable post
election period of my career. We obviously had a very
good night here in Ohio, an excellent night actually, So yeah,
I'm thankful for good things. But you know, Brian, much
like yourself, I know I see you on social and
I know a little bit about you. I'm grateful to
have a wonderful family and a hugely supportive and solid,
(01:03):
loving family. That's that's all around me. And that's really, Brian,
what ultimately matters, my friend, You and I both know
and that that was great watch a little football. None
of it any good. You know, all the teams I
cared about went down, but uh, you know, Ohio State
loses the Michigan, the Bengals take another painful loss, the
Bearcats get beat, so I know that the hat trick
(01:26):
of bad.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
You know, it's tough being a football fan here in
Ohio of late, But anyway, the games have been enjoyable.
I've enjoyed watching football more this year, I think than
any year of my life, in spite of the fact
that most of the teams that I support are losers.
I'm just starting to enjoy the game. Maybe it's my
old age kicking in, but anyhow, Yes, and you're right,
I'll double down on your on your your noting thanks
(01:47):
for wonderful family. I mean without family, I don't know, well,
I wouldn't be I wouldn't be alive right now without
my wife and family. So, without further ado, one of
the reasons that Thanksgiving was so wonderful in addition to
making a break from a ridiculous diet and enjoying pecan
pie made by my wife. Nobody taught politics, and it
was a glorious thing. We all just sort of just
(02:09):
smiled and chatted and remembered and had stories to tell
and what we were doing in our lives. And that
was a refreshing experience. And I feel a little lighter
after the election is over, because I really and I
don't know how you felt, or those in your inner
circle felt, but I think most of my listeners, because
I've heard from so many of them, were really concerned
about the day after and that it was going to
(02:31):
some sort of riot in the street kind of thing.
Most notably, and I want to just get your reaction
on this point on that if Trump had not won
the popular vote, they would have been screaming in the
streets about getting rid of the electoral college.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Right. Oh, here it happens again.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
The popular vote went for you know, Kamala Harrison. Nonetheless,
the electoral college bubble burst nothing. The silence is deafening,
and it's beautiful, and it just it just it was
like a tremendous weight had been lifted off my shoulders.
Out about over the abundance of concerent learned that I
had been keeping internally.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Well, no, I agree, and you know the noise that
I experienced eight years ago actually, and I won't recount
the whole story, but I was. I was an elector
for President Trump even eight years ago, meaning I was
one of you know, at the time, seventeen or I
think it was seventeen people that went to the Electoral College,
and I was inundated with calls and emails and letters
(03:24):
sent to me saying ignore the will of Ohio voters
and do not, let you know, do not name Donald Trump.
That noise was overwhelming and really pushing back. And I've
heard none of that. I mean, I really think, Brian,
I really my observation of this election cycle was, especially now,
the nation got a major course correction, and you're seeing
and I mean you see things like AOC stripping her
(03:47):
bio of her chosen pronouns, right, I mean, I think
the Democrats are saying, gosh, we went too far, too fast,
something we've been saying forever. And you know, I said
for really a year, especially as the Ohio chairman, because
I would get these calls saying, well, you know, it's
not a swing state anymore. And I would say, listen,
it's not that the state has changed that dramatically. Our
(04:08):
populations haven't shifted. The Democrats shifted. They they left the
mainstream of American politics. And you're seeing it now, you know,
from some of the gray hairs in their party. James Carville.
I saw something with Ron mcmanuel saying, you know, we've
we've lost our way. We've been saying that. I mean,
I you know, the Democrats used to talk about kitchen
table issues as well, and we would have a healthy debate,
you know, Brian, about how to split up the American pie,
(04:30):
how to how to make the best use of this
this wonderful capitalist system of ours, and that stopped that
that the Democrats have walked away. They don't even believe
in the system anymore. It seems to me most Democrats,
you know, barely sort of support the Constitution and patriotism
in the Statue of Liberty. So you know, it's that's
that's where they are. And you know they've paid a
(04:51):
price for at the poll. So uh, you know, we've
seen we've seen a shift here over the last month
where I think even Democrats are chasened a bit, and
they know that, you know, they know that they have
to find themselves back to the center of American politics.
So this is going to continue to happen.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Amen, And I guess the mere fact that although I
know he is going to be sworn in as president,
he is the next president Donald Trump. They no longer
have that whipping boy that they would card out literally
every other word in any subject matter they were talking about.
You know, the Congress accent fails, the passive piece of legislation.
What's Trump's fault, Well, he's not in offense, A mean,
(05:27):
it's trumps fault. Trump tromp tump, tump t Trump. And
they tried to build it up so much and make
people feel so guilty for even uttering the man's name
with anything positive to say about him. People shut their mouths,
kept quiet and low, and behold, he got elected president,
and he got elected by the majority of the people
in the country. On top of it, so boom, the
whole argument is gone, and leaving them with what nothing
(05:49):
other than to recalibrate, readjust and realize that the majority
of American people are not woke, They're not in favor
of DEI they're not in favor of defunding police, not
in favor of decriminal the system. We've all witnessed the
aftermath of those ridiculous policies that have been embraced over
the past four to six years. Man, it's h it's
it's I'm sorry. I'm just really enjoying on a sort
(06:13):
of a Shodenfreude kind of level right now. Except for
Hamilton County. I can ask you about that one. Is
it too late? And I part of me wants to think,
you know, and we can talk about some of the
larger issues JD. Vans for example here Alex. But you know,
Hamilton County, I went to bed knowing that it was
all blue. We lost the prosecutor, we didn't get the
shareff we got. You know, we all knew what the
(06:33):
outcome of the other races was going to be, you know,
depending on where they were. But blue, blue, blue, blue,
blue all across. But as you look out over the landscape,
and you know, sort of like the discussion we're having
right now, people are rejecting, they are reversing, they are
going back on what used to work. The bluest cities
in the country are screaming their bloody heads off over
the resources being allocated to the illegal immigration flow. They're
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screaming about their neighborhoods being taken over by drug addicts
and drug dealers, all the stores being closed because no
one prosecutes a crime for stealing, stores are closing. It's
in the citizen rea. The Democrats who elected the woke
officials to put these pauses into place, are now seeing
(07:17):
the aftermath and demanding that they do a one eighty. Now,
with that said, can that happen in Hamilton County?
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Well, you know the answer is that I remained hopeful.
You know, I left being the chair there a couple
of years ago, and I you know, I waltked very
carefully what's happening here? I still live here half the time,
so you know, it's important that things go well in
Hamilton County. Look, the answer really is this, Brian. It's
an answer unfortunately I've given a long time. I mean,
big cities really across the America, that's not it's certainly
(07:47):
believed me having gotten around the state. It's the exact
same conversation is happening in Cleveland. The exact same conversation
is happening in Columbus. You know they have im I
can tell you in Columbus for instance, they've really the
Republican Party there, and they've got a great leader, much like
we have here. They just you know, they didn't even
field candidates because you know, you're picking your spots. I mean,
the future really for Hamilton County is I've got a
(08:08):
couple of prescriptions and they're not you know, none of
them arearticularly sexy. I mean, but one thing I want
Hamilton County residents to not forget is you are an
important voter to the messaging here in Ohio. I mean, look,
Hamilton County delivered one hundred and seventy thousand roughly votes
for Donald Trump. Just to give you a comparison, Butler County,
(08:29):
which is a very red county, delivered about one hundred
and fifteen thousand votes for Donald Trump. So we need
Hamilton County fully functioning, fully voting, And the same is
true for Bernie Marino and everybody else. So you know
the impact that big counties have on this statewide ticket.
It's not going away. So you know, these counties matter
(08:51):
very very much now, these county level races, I think.
So the first thing is you can't lose sight of
that as a Republican in Hamilton County. The second thing is,
you know, we can actually, you know, begin to feel
targeted races with candidates with crossover appeal, and sometimes, you know,
that's a hard message to hear, especially from you know,
some of my really conservative friends, and I count myself
(09:11):
among that group, but it's hard to say it, but
sometimes you have to find and I think most of
powers had that. I think she had ran a wonderful campaign,
but you know, you're just you're just in a blue
city and it just makes it harder and harder. But
you know, look, I mean, as I've as I've shared
with the local chairman here and the ones in Cleveland
and Columbus, you know, don't don't you know, you have
to celebrate what you were a part of, and that
(09:31):
is winning Ohio because, believe me, Ohio does not go
for Donald Trump without Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati showing up
in huge numbers. And make no mistake, Brian Republicans in
Hamilton County turned out. They did turn out. The problem
is there's just too many people in the cities continuing
to hear this left wing message from the Democratic Party,
and look, can we turn that around. I think we can.
(09:54):
You're seeing us make inroads, certainly with halfcan American males
for making inroads. You're seeing crime as a key issue
for our party. So yeah, there is hope ahead, but
you know it's going to take a slow, steady progression
and candidates who can speak to issues that Democrats care
about in the big cities.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Well, and you know, I like meless of Power. She
went literally everywhere in the county, all over the place,
much in the same way Donald Trump as a presidential candidate,
went into areas and neighborhoods and edit forums that no
other Republican president would have dare trod, and he proved
and got unable to was able to get his message out.
I mean, even just by running a candidate that may
(10:30):
have a very low likelihood of winning as a Republican,
you can get forced the other side to have to
address these key issues. And that's kind of where my
hope comes from, because those far left wing policies have
ruined cities, and even the Democrats who voted for the
people who enacted them realize that. And that's why I
think there's a positive direction opportunity here, So let's pause.
(10:53):
I'll bring Alex back because we want to talk about
Jade Vance's replacement and how things are looking in Columbus
as we look forward into the next period there. So
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Speaker 1 (12:14):
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Speaker 2 (12:17):
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Hey twenty On.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
A Wednesday, Brian Thomas with are the Ohio Republican Party
Chairman Alex Chirantifilo, going a little aftermath post election analysis
of the state and one of the things we got
to talk about now JD. Vance and what a wonderful
a choice he ended up turning out to be and
maybe future President of the United States of America. Hometown
(12:41):
hero JD. Who's going to replace JD?
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Vance?
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Alex any inside baseball on that you want to let
my listeners know about?
Speaker 1 (12:50):
Well, Brian no, I'm having some fun. Yeah, no, I
mean Lexa, the governor makes this appointment. For anyone listening today,
I'd understand that the governor of all Ohio, under our
state constitution makes this makes this appointment to the United
States Senate. And there are many good candidates. And really
the reason I'm being a little coy and having some
fun with you is there are some people that think
(13:11):
can quote Republican Party makes this call the Republican Party's antithy.
I run, we don't look we're we think there are
a slew of great candidates. You know, if I start
naming them, I probably miss some. But you know, certainly
Frank Larrose is interested. Who's our secretary of State? I
think that's been out there. Jane Timpkin, Who's you know,
a native of Cincinnati and actually now lives in Can't, Ohio.
(13:32):
And a name that's well known in Republican Party circles,
you know, Warren Davidson, I know is interviewed. Who's our
congress my congressman on the west side of Hamilton County.
I don't know that. I don't I think I've made news.
I'm even sure he interviewed. I just think he might
be interested. So you know, I just there are lots
of good people. Again I've left out other names people
that maybe in this part of the state do not
know might carry from Central Ohio. I think is one
(13:53):
of the names that's been bandied about. So you know,
there are other people that have shown an interest in this.
You know, lots of people have. I mean, being a
United States senator, you know, it's one of the one
hundred most powerful legislative jobs in the world, really, so
the governor has to make a call here, you know.
The timing of this, I just don't know. I mean,
I believe, and I don't have any you know, sort
of inside information here necessarily, but I believe that's going
(14:15):
to run right up until right around January to twenty.
It's only because Senator Vance's vote, you know, in a
Senate that's you know, only a couple votes of going
the wrong way there. So I think his vote will
be needed to confirm in many of the President Trump's nominees.
So you know, I think that you're going to see
that that run, you know, into January. I don't think
we're gonna have news on that front, you know, for
(14:36):
some time and listen. I mean, my job and the
job of the Ohio Republican Party is to elect Republicans.
That's the number one obligation of the organization. So we'll
we'll wait and you know, whoever the nominee of the
Republican Party is in twenty twenty six, that's who will run. Brian.
This one of an important point. Do I just again,
I know you've got some of the most educated listeners anywhere,
but people need to understand that whoever gets appointed will
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run two times in four years, and that is daunting task.
I want to tell you. On others, someone like Bernie
Marino had to raise four hundred million dollars. That's a
number that's hard to say for people who have to
raise money. And I'm one of those folks. So it
is a serious commitment. Bernie Marino is you know, he
is he He had to have broken records on the
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amount of miles that the man put on his on
his vehicle because he was all over the state. The
commitment to take on this challenge is a real one.
These are not just TV TV appearances and speeches. This
is a commitment that's a seven day a week commitment
for years and I you know again, Brian, Well, well,
I've got the floor on that point. I do want
to just make one additional point. I wish people sometimes
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could see behind the curtain what I've seen for a
long time, and that is the commitment that people make
to actually run for office. And I know there's a
cynicism Brian, around politics and about politicians, and you know,
some of that's the warranted, but you know, these people
work very very hard for the right to go and
represent you, and somebody like Bernie is a post to
child for that. Others, I mean, the powers work very
(16:01):
very hard. You know. Sharon Kennedy is notorious our chief
Justice here in Ohio for just having laid it out.
I mean, these people set aside their lives and I look,
I got a little taste of that myself. You know,
I went I probably went a month without you know,
a serious day where I didn't do anything political, so,
you know, yet not being a martyr, but people should
understand during this holiday season some level of gratitude towards
(16:22):
these people and the work they put out to go
and fight for us. I think is is you know,
I think is merited.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
So it is, and you know, the jaded and cynical
among us. Then say, well, there's a reason they work
that hard for us, because they're going to go off,
you know, not, you know, being of modest financial means,
and like every other human being that ends up getting
elected and going to d C. Somehow magically they come
back multi millionaires. Which is why I like guys like Moreno,
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I like Ramas Swimming, I like must because they seem
to be wanting to do the job for the good
of the people. They don't need the damn money, you
know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Well, there's no question. I mean, I you know, Bernie
marino Is has taken a pay cut for that. You
can be sure, as are lots of other people in
this business who I know personally. But you know, it's
it's it's a serious commitment. And and look, I mean
that citicism is healthy sometimes, Brian, because we should hold
these people to account. You know. The other point I
would quickly make, and I know you're not asked the question,
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but what we as Republicans need to do And I've
told this to everybody, and I've said it every time
I've been part of winning elections and losing ones. We
now got to go do the job. I mean, we
enjoyed this victory really for about two or three days.
But we must as Republicans go and do what we
said we're going to do. Under Donald Trump's leadership. We're
gonna have the House in the Senate federally, we must
do what we said. Deportations, we must steal the border.
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We've got to cut taxes. We've got to you know,
keep the cut the tax cuts that we're in place
to keep this economy growing, cut prices, drill for energy,
all the things. And I say, Donald Trump is a
guy who has a checklist. This guy's tireless too. He
works his tail off. We've got to do these things
so that the pendulum does not swing back, because ultimately,
in American politics, it tends to swing back. These wins
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can be fleeting, but we must do what we said
we are going to do. So people like me who
have to go out and sell the Republican Party and
talk about our accomplishments, not just you know, our aspirations. Amen.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
That chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, Alex Charantapila, Alex,
if you and I don't talk before the Christmas season
kicks in, I hope you have a very merry Christmas.
Best to health, to you and your entire family, and
again I share your true appreciation for family and the
importance of it. God bless you, my friend. I hope
we get to talk again real soon, be too.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Mary. Christmas to you, your family and all your listeners. Brian,
thanks so much, Thanks much.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
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The ignorant hits on the campuses, talk about it. They're
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Speaker 2 (00:06):
Fifty five KRC eight O five because I have KRCD
talk station. A very happy Wednesday to you friend Thomas
inviting everyone to listen to Lunch at Price, so Chilli.
I'll do that a couple more times for the end
of the show today. Looking forward to seeing everyone, and
been looking forward to this moment in time all morning
when I saw him on the rundown. Welcome back to
the Morning show, Alex Chanceafilo, head of the Ohio Republican Party.
(00:30):
That's a pleasure to have you on the Morning show.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Brian, Good morning, sir, good to be with you.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Did you have a particularly thankful Thanksgiving this year, sir.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Well, you know, I certainly did. I, As I've told
a lot of friends, this is the most enjoyable post
election period of my career. We obviously had a very
good night here in Ohio, an excellent night actually, So yeah,
I'm thankful for good things. But you know, Brian, much
like yourself, I know I see you on social and
I know a little bit about you. I'm grateful to
have a wonderful family and a hugely supportive and solid,
(01:03):
loving family. That's that's all around me. And that's really, Brian,
what ultimately matters, my friend, You and I both know
and that that was great watch a little football. None
of it any good. You know, all the teams I
cared about went down, but uh, you know, Ohio State
loses the Michigan, the Bengals take another painful loss, the
Bearcats get beat, so I know that the hat trick
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of bad.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
You know, it's tough being a football fan here in
Ohio of late, But anyway, the games have been enjoyable.
I've enjoyed watching football more this year, I think than
any year of my life, in spite of the fact
that most of the teams that I support are losers.
I'm just starting to enjoy the game. Maybe it's my
old age kicking in, but anyhow, Yes, and you're right,
I'll double down on your on your your noting thanks
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for wonderful family. I mean without family, I don't know, well,
I wouldn't be I wouldn't be alive right now without
my wife and family. So, without further ado, one of
the reasons that Thanksgiving was so wonderful in addition to
making a break from a ridiculous diet and enjoying pecan
pie made by my wife. Nobody taught politics, and it
was a glorious thing. We all just sort of just
(02:09):
smiled and chatted and remembered and had stories to tell
and what we were doing in our lives. And that
was a refreshing experience. And I feel a little lighter
after the election is over, because I really and I
don't know how you felt, or those in your inner
circle felt, but I think most of my listeners, because
I've heard from so many of them, were really concerned
about the day after and that it was going to
(02:31):
some sort of riot in the street kind of thing.
Most notably, and I want to just get your reaction
on this point on that if Trump had not won
the popular vote, they would have been screaming in the
streets about getting rid of the electoral college.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Right. Oh, here it happens again.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
The popular vote went for you know, Kamala Harrison. Nonetheless,
the electoral college bubble burst nothing. The silence is deafening,
and it's beautiful, and it just it just it was
like a tremendous weight had been lifted off my shoulders.
Out about over the abundance of concerent learned that I
had been keeping internally.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Well, no, I agree, and you know the noise that
I experienced eight years ago actually, and I won't recount
the whole story, but I was. I was an elector
for President Trump even eight years ago, meaning I was
one of you know, at the time, seventeen or I
think it was seventeen people that went to the Electoral College,
and I was inundated with calls and emails and letters
(03:24):
sent to me saying ignore the will of Ohio voters
and do not, let you know, do not name Donald Trump.
That noise was overwhelming and really pushing back. And I've
heard none of that. I mean, I really think, Brian,
I really my observation of this election cycle was, especially now,
the nation got a major course correction, and you're seeing
and I mean you see things like AOC stripping her
(03:47):
bio of her chosen pronouns, right, I mean, I think
the Democrats are saying, gosh, we went too far, too fast,
something we've been saying forever. And you know, I said
for really a year, especially as the Ohio chairman, because
I would get these calls saying, well, you know, it's
not a swing state anymore. And I would say, listen,
it's not that the state has changed that dramatically. Our
(04:08):
populations haven't shifted. The Democrats shifted. They they left the
mainstream of American politics. And you're seeing it now, you know,
from some of the gray hairs in their party. James Carville.
I saw something with Ron mcmanuel saying, you know, we've
we've lost our way. We've been saying that. I mean,
I you know, the Democrats used to talk about kitchen
table issues as well, and we would have a healthy debate,
you know, Brian, about how to split up the American pie,
(04:30):
how to how to make the best use of this
this wonderful capitalist system of ours, and that stopped that
that the Democrats have walked away. They don't even believe
in the system anymore. It seems to me most Democrats,
you know, barely sort of support the Constitution and patriotism
in the Statue of Liberty. So you know, it's that's
that's where they are. And you know they've paid a
(04:51):
price for at the poll. So uh, you know, we've
seen we've seen a shift here over the last month
where I think even Democrats are chasened a bit, and
they know that, you know, they know that they have
to find themselves back to the center of American politics.
So this is going to continue to happen.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Amen, And I guess the mere fact that although I
know he is going to be sworn in as president,
he is the next president Donald Trump. They no longer
have that whipping boy that they would card out literally
every other word in any subject matter they were talking about.
You know, the Congress accent fails, the passive piece of legislation.
What's Trump's fault, Well, he's not in offense, A mean,
(05:27):
it's trumps fault. Trump tromp tump, tump t Trump. And
they tried to build it up so much and make
people feel so guilty for even uttering the man's name
with anything positive to say about him. People shut their mouths,
kept quiet and low, and behold, he got elected president,
and he got elected by the majority of the people
in the country. On top of it, so boom, the
whole argument is gone, and leaving them with what nothing
(05:49):
other than to recalibrate, readjust and realize that the majority
of American people are not woke, They're not in favor
of DEI they're not in favor of defunding police, not
in favor of decriminal the system. We've all witnessed the
aftermath of those ridiculous policies that have been embraced over
the past four to six years. Man, it's h it's
it's I'm sorry. I'm just really enjoying on a sort
(06:13):
of a Shodenfreude kind of level right now. Except for
Hamilton County. I can ask you about that one. Is
it too late? And I part of me wants to think,
you know, and we can talk about some of the
larger issues JD. Vans for example here Alex. But you know,
Hamilton County, I went to bed knowing that it was
all blue. We lost the prosecutor, we didn't get the
shareff we got. You know, we all knew what the
(06:33):
outcome of the other races was going to be, you know,
depending on where they were. But blue, blue, blue, blue,
blue all across. But as you look out over the landscape,
and you know, sort of like the discussion we're having
right now, people are rejecting, they are reversing, they are
going back on what used to work. The bluest cities
in the country are screaming their bloody heads off over
the resources being allocated to the illegal immigration flow. They're
(06:56):
screaming about their neighborhoods being taken over by drug addicts
and drug dealers, all the stores being closed because no
one prosecutes a crime for stealing, stores are closing. It's
in the citizen rea. The Democrats who elected the woke
officials to put these pauses into place, are now seeing
(07:17):
the aftermath and demanding that they do a one eighty. Now,
with that said, can that happen in Hamilton County?
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Well, you know the answer is that I remained hopeful.
You know, I left being the chair there a couple
of years ago, and I you know, I waltked very
carefully what's happening here? I still live here half the time,
so you know, it's important that things go well in
Hamilton County. Look, the answer really is this, Brian. It's
an answer unfortunately I've given a long time. I mean,
big cities really across the America, that's not it's certainly
(07:47):
believed me having gotten around the state. It's the exact
same conversation is happening in Cleveland. The exact same conversation
is happening in Columbus. You know they have im I
can tell you in Columbus for instance, they've really the
Republican Party there, and they've got a great leader, much like
we have here. They just you know, they didn't even
field candidates because you know, you're picking your spots. I mean,
the future really for Hamilton County is I've got a
(08:08):
couple of prescriptions and they're not you know, none of
them arearticularly sexy. I mean, but one thing I want
Hamilton County residents to not forget is you are an
important voter to the messaging here in Ohio. I mean, look,
Hamilton County delivered one hundred and seventy thousand roughly votes
for Donald Trump. Just to give you a comparison, Butler County,
(08:29):
which is a very red county, delivered about one hundred
and fifteen thousand votes for Donald Trump. So we need
Hamilton County fully functioning, fully voting, And the same is
true for Bernie Marino and everybody else. So you know
the impact that big counties have on this statewide ticket.
It's not going away. So you know, these counties matter
(08:51):
very very much now, these county level races, I think.
So the first thing is you can't lose sight of
that as a Republican in Hamilton County. The second thing is,
you know, we can actually, you know, begin to feel
targeted races with candidates with crossover appeal, and sometimes, you know,
that's a hard message to hear, especially from you know,
some of my really conservative friends, and I count myself
(09:11):
among that group, but it's hard to say it, but
sometimes you have to find and I think most of
powers had that. I think she had ran a wonderful campaign,
but you know, you're just you're just in a blue
city and it just makes it harder and harder. But
you know, look, I mean, as I've as I've shared
with the local chairman here and the ones in Cleveland
and Columbus, you know, don't don't you know, you have
to celebrate what you were a part of, and that
(09:31):
is winning Ohio because, believe me, Ohio does not go
for Donald Trump without Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati showing up
in huge numbers. And make no mistake, Brian Republicans in
Hamilton County turned out. They did turn out. The problem
is there's just too many people in the cities continuing
to hear this left wing message from the Democratic Party,
and look, can we turn that around. I think we can.
(09:54):
You're seeing us make inroads, certainly with halfcan American males
for making inroads. You're seeing crime as a key issue
for our party. So yeah, there is hope ahead, but
you know it's going to take a slow, steady progression
and candidates who can speak to issues that Democrats care
about in the big cities.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Well, and you know, I like meless of Power. She
went literally everywhere in the county, all over the place,
much in the same way Donald Trump as a presidential candidate,
went into areas and neighborhoods and edit forums that no
other Republican president would have dare trod, and he proved
and got unable to was able to get his message out.
I mean, even just by running a candidate that may
(10:30):
have a very low likelihood of winning as a Republican,
you can get forced the other side to have to
address these key issues. And that's kind of where my
hope comes from, because those far left wing policies have
ruined cities, and even the Democrats who voted for the
people who enacted them realize that. And that's why I
think there's a positive direction opportunity here, So let's pause.
(10:53):
I'll bring Alex back because we want to talk about
Jade Vance's replacement and how things are looking in Columbus
as we look forward into the next period there. So
it's paused right now. It's eight sixteen. And let me
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(11:15):
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Speaker 1 (12:14):
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Speaker 2 (12:17):
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Speaker 1 (12:20):
Hey twenty On.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
A Wednesday, Brian Thomas with are the Ohio Republican Party
Chairman Alex Chirantifilo, going a little aftermath post election analysis
of the state and one of the things we got
to talk about now JD. Vance and what a wonderful
a choice he ended up turning out to be and
maybe future President of the United States of America. Hometown
(12:41):
hero JD. Who's going to replace JD?
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Vance?
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Alex any inside baseball on that you want to let
my listeners know about?
Speaker 1 (12:50):
Well, Brian no, I'm having some fun. Yeah, no, I
mean Lexa, the governor makes this appointment. For anyone listening today,
I'd understand that the governor of all Ohio, under our
state constitution makes this makes this appointment to the United
States Senate. And there are many good candidates. And really
the reason I'm being a little coy and having some
fun with you is there are some people that think
(13:11):
can quote Republican Party makes this call the Republican Party's antithy.
I run, we don't look we're we think there are
a slew of great candidates. You know, if I start
naming them, I probably miss some. But you know, certainly
Frank Larrose is interested. Who's our secretary of State? I
think that's been out there. Jane Timpkin, Who's you know,
a native of Cincinnati and actually now lives in Can't, Ohio.
(13:32):
And a name that's well known in Republican Party circles,
you know, Warren Davidson, I know is interviewed. Who's our
congress my congressman on the west side of Hamilton County.
I don't know that. I don't I think I've made news.
I'm even sure he interviewed. I just think he might
be interested. So you know, I just there are lots
of good people. Again I've left out other names people
that maybe in this part of the state do not
know might carry from Central Ohio. I think is one
(13:53):
of the names that's been bandied about. So you know,
there are other people that have shown an interest in this.
You know, lots of people have. I mean, being a
United States senator, you know, it's one of the one
hundred most powerful legislative jobs in the world, really, so
the governor has to make a call here, you know.
The timing of this, I just don't know. I mean,
I believe, and I don't have any you know, sort
of inside information here necessarily, but I believe that's going
(14:15):
to run right up until right around January to twenty.
It's only because Senator Vance's vote, you know, in a
Senate that's you know, only a couple votes of going
the wrong way there. So I think his vote will
be needed to confirm in many of the President Trump's nominees.
So you know, I think that you're going to see
that that run, you know, into January. I don't think
we're gonna have news on that front, you know, for
(14:36):
some time and listen. I mean, my job and the
job of the Ohio Republican Party is to elect Republicans.
That's the number one obligation of the organization. So we'll
we'll wait and you know, whoever the nominee of the
Republican Party is in twenty twenty six, that's who will run. Brian.
This one of an important point. Do I just again,
I know you've got some of the most educated listeners anywhere,
but people need to understand that whoever gets appointed will
(14:57):
run two times in four years, and that is daunting task.
I want to tell you. On others, someone like Bernie
Marino had to raise four hundred million dollars. That's a
number that's hard to say for people who have to
raise money. And I'm one of those folks. So it
is a serious commitment. Bernie Marino is you know, he
is he He had to have broken records on the
(15:17):
amount of miles that the man put on his on
his vehicle because he was all over the state. The
commitment to take on this challenge is a real one.
These are not just TV TV appearances and speeches. This
is a commitment that's a seven day a week commitment
for years and I you know again, Brian, Well, well,
I've got the floor on that point. I do want
to just make one additional point. I wish people sometimes
(15:39):
could see behind the curtain what I've seen for a
long time, and that is the commitment that people make
to actually run for office. And I know there's a
cynicism Brian, around politics and about politicians, and you know,
some of that's the warranted, but you know, these people
work very very hard for the right to go and
represent you, and somebody like Bernie is a post to
child for that. Others, I mean, the powers work very
(16:01):
very hard. You know. Sharon Kennedy is notorious our chief
Justice here in Ohio for just having laid it out.
I mean, these people set aside their lives and I look,
I got a little taste of that myself. You know,
I went I probably went a month without you know,
a serious day where I didn't do anything political, so,
you know, yet not being a martyr, but people should
understand during this holiday season some level of gratitude towards
(16:22):
these people and the work they put out to go
and fight for us. I think is is you know,
I think is merited.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
So it is, and you know, the jaded and cynical
among us. Then say, well, there's a reason they work
that hard for us, because they're going to go off,
you know, not, you know, being of modest financial means,
and like every other human being that ends up getting
elected and going to d C. Somehow magically they come
back multi millionaires. Which is why I like guys like Moreno,
(16:47):
I like Ramas Swimming, I like must because they seem
to be wanting to do the job for the good
of the people. They don't need the damn money, you
know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Well, there's no question. I mean, I you know, Bernie
marino Is has taken a pay cut for that. You
can be sure, as are lots of other people in
this business who I know personally. But you know, it's
it's it's a serious commitment. And and look, I mean
that citicism is healthy sometimes, Brian, because we should hold
these people to account. You know. The other point I
would quickly make, and I know you're not asked the question,
(17:16):
but what we as Republicans need to do And I've
told this to everybody, and I've said it every time
I've been part of winning elections and losing ones. We
now got to go do the job. I mean, we
enjoyed this victory really for about two or three days.
But we must as Republicans go and do what we
said we're going to do. Under Donald Trump's leadership. We're
gonna have the House in the Senate federally, we must
do what we said. Deportations, we must steal the border.
(17:39):
We've got to cut taxes. We've got to you know,
keep the cut the tax cuts that we're in place
to keep this economy growing, cut prices, drill for energy,
all the things. And I say, Donald Trump is a
guy who has a checklist. This guy's tireless too. He
works his tail off. We've got to do these things
so that the pendulum does not swing back, because ultimately,
in American politics, it tends to swing back. These wins
(18:01):
can be fleeting, but we must do what we said
we are going to do. So people like me who
have to go out and sell the Republican Party and
talk about our accomplishments, not just you know, our aspirations. Amen.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
That chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, Alex Charantapila, Alex,
if you and I don't talk before the Christmas season
kicks in, I hope you have a very merry Christmas.
Best to health, to you and your entire family, and
again I share your true appreciation for family and the
importance of it. God bless you, my friend. I hope
we get to talk again real soon, be too.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Mary. Christmas to you, your family and all your listeners. Brian,
thanks so much, Thanks much.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Eight twenty six Judge Annapolitano, We're going to law school
here in a minute or two. Hang around for that.
One Judge of Politano will be up next. I'll be
right back.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
Our newsrooms a lot like Santa's workshop. Well, don't you
all look very busy in here. I'm getting all the
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