September 8, 2026 • 16 mins
Willie talks with Ohio Republican Party Chairman Alex Triantifillou about the attack on Dr Amy Acton over the weekend, and why she refuses to debate Vivek Ramaswamy.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi, Billy Cunningham, The Great American. You may not know it,
but a midterm big time convention is taking place almost
as we speak in Dallas, Texas. And the goal is
to fire up the Republican base with appearances by all
the bigwigs in Washington from Donald Trump down. And one
(00:24):
of our representatives in Dallas, the home of the Cowboys,
is Alex Gerontofilou. who's the chair of the Republican Party
in the state of Ohio. And Alex, welcome again to
the Bill Cunningham Show. And first of all, Alex T.,
why are you Republicans having a convention at this point?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Well, Billy, good to be with you as always. And
I come from you live.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Here actually in Dallas, Texas.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
We're 55 days away from an historic midterm election here.
And look, this is the president's idea. The president is
tired of hearing the same old thing, Billy, and that
is that The midterm is a cycle that's bad for
the party in power in the White House. And traditionally, historically,
that's been true. So the president said, what can we
(01:06):
do differently? What's different? Well, the president knows that conventions, rallies.
I mean, the man won the presidency on bringing people
together at these gigantic rallies and firing up the base.
So that's why we're here. We're here in Dallas to
tout the president's record, to tout the conservative record that
we can win on across America. And that's why we're
(01:28):
having a midterm convention. The president's leading us to change
the dynamic, Bill. Accepting defeat has never been in this
president's vocabulary. So we're here fighting for every last vote
for the midterm election so we can win.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Alex T., as far as some of the issues here
in Ohio, you may be 1,000 miles away, but your
mind's always focused on Ohio.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Dr.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Amy Acton, it appears, is at least holding her own
against Vivek Ramaswamy. It's going to be a tight race.
In fact, Kalshi, whatever the hell that is, I think
Segmen Denizen knows what it is, you can bet. And
according to the betting cycle on Kalshi, you have Amy
Acton actually winning the the race over Vivek Ramaswamy. Is
(02:15):
that how you see things at this point in the
state of Ohio? It's a close race with Amy a
little bit ahead?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Absolutely not.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
That's not.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
And first of all, Cal, she's a betting site. By
the way, those very same betting sites had Thomas Massey
winning big. And I like Thomas Massey. But listen, let
me tell you that they had him winning big, Billy.
And that's not where we ended up. So, look, we
feel very, very good about Vivek Ramaswamy. Ohioans are going
to have a stark choice. It's going to be a
choice between communism and common sense. It really is that stark.
(02:47):
Amy Acton, the Democratic Party, is outside of the mainstream
of Ohio politics. outside of the mainstream of American politics.
So if you like the lockdowns, if you like a
porous southern border, if you like the mayhem that you
see in crime in our big cities in Cleveland and
Cincinnati and Columbus, then you're going to vote for a
Democrat in Amy Acton, someone who I think made about...
(03:10):
65 cents last year. I mean, this is a person
who's unemployed largely, has had no real history other than
just being kind of an activist and a bureaucrat. And
the other side of it, you have a very accomplished
business person with an incredible record of success. Bill, you
know this, but Vegas are right there in Cincinnati, Ohio,
born and raised right in Cincinnati. He went to Princeton
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schools there, public schools, and he went to I know
he didn't go to Mueller, Billy, but that's okay. He
didn't go to Deer Park.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
He tried to get in.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Well, it's much like myself.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
I went to Oak Hills because they wouldn't let me
come across down to Deer Park. But that being the case, Billy,
we really like our chances in that race. Vivek is
exciting our party right now. We see huge crowds everywhere
he goes. And again, it's just a stark choice. I mean,
do you want somebody qualified to be the CEO of
this state to run the day-to-day operations? consistent with the
principles that have carried this state for a long time
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for someone who's kind of on the far left of
the Democratic Party.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
So I like our chances and those betting.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Sites, those are gimmicks and have really nothing to do
with the ultimate outcome of these elections.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Now, this so-called assassination attempt of Amy Acton's got a
lot of news the last three or four days. And
I'll share with you a headline. May I share with
you the headline? You're in Dallas. Quote, Amy Acton's assassination
attempt narrative is falling apart. And that doesn't come from
me or you. It comes from The New York Times.
New York Times seems to indicate that he was in
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possession of two holstered guns, never, of course, pulled them out.
He had his camera up walking toward the stage where
there are like 25 people there. And he ran into
the back of a woman who was on a walker.
She fell. Then he fell. Then another woman fell. then
everybody jumped on top of this guy. And let's face it,
if he actually planned an assassination attempt, it needs to
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be attempted murder at a minimum, maybe even worse than that.
He needs to spend the rest of his life in jail.
On the other hand, this Patrick Havis character, H-A-V-A-S, Patrick
Havis said he was there. His lawyers said he was
taping on his phone the speech And then he ran
into the back of a woman on a walker. She fell.
(05:24):
And that was the extent of it. And this morning
or this afternoon, he's going to appear in court. And
right now he starts with two misdemeanors, a simple assault
for running into the back of a woman on a
walker and also disorderly conduct. If this was an assassination attempt,
don't you think he would be charged with felonies?
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Well, you covered a lot of ground. First of all,
there's no place for any of this kind of violence
and this kind of rhetoric and all this kind of
garbage that's going on. And look, I followed those events. Listen,
I know what an assassination attempt looks like. Two years ago,
we were at the Republican Convention. We were at the
Republican Convention in Milwaukee when they tried to.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Kill President Trump.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
And we watched an actual bullet strike the man in
his bloodied head as he went down to the ground.
So I know what that looks like.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
That's awful.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
That what happened there in Youngstown, you know, we'll let
the facts come out. I did not see that New
York Times article. If the New York Times is turning
on Amy Acton's story, though, that tells you a lot.
That's all I can say. That's not an entity that's
always supportive of Republicans. So that's an interesting headline. I'll
take a look. Here's what Amy Acton needs to do.
Let's set aside all this rhetoric. She needs to debate
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Vivek Ramaswamy. She needs to settle up and have a debate. Now,
Vivek agreed to debates, Billy. You probably know this. On
CNN and on NBC affiliate, WLWT in town. Look, we
got some great friends over at WLWT. But the NBC
part of that, they're not particularly right-leaning. So Vivek was
willing to go into two venues that are not friendly
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to conservatives and actually debate Amy Acton on issues. Issues
facing Ohio, Bill, like healthcare, like education, like crime, the
various issues that Vivek is consistently talking about. He's been
eloquent on education, eloquent on crime prevention, strong on property taxes,
something he cares a lot about that regular people are
worried about every single day, making Ohio.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
The most competitive state. in the Union.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
So he's been very good on those issues. He should
debate one-on-one with Amy Askin. Set aside all the noise
that you're seeing and hearing. Let's have a debate. We
have 55 days left in this campaign. Billy, she has
refused to debate. She has publicly refused to debate and
have an honest conversation in front of Ohioans about the
future of the state. That's what we ought to be
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talking about.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
You know, one of the worst things Dr. Amy Fauci said,
this is going back a few years, was that the
fatality rate on COVID-19 is 50%. That 50% of us
are gonna die. If we go back to March, April,
and May of 2020, when yours truly was the designated
survivor to go to the transmitter, we thought bubonic plague, Ebola,
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we got the Black Death is coming. And now we
know from Dr. Fauci's own journal, his own diary, that
he knew it was a lie when he said it.
And so at some point, Dr. Amy Acton is going
to have to answer the question. What did you know?
And when did you know it relative to the fatality
rate of, uh, of COVID-19? Why did you lock down
(08:30):
Ohio first? How come private schools kept themselves open, uh,
educating kids like an elder and Mueller and dare park
high school was closed for like six weeks, but you
ordered urban school districts to be closed for one and
a half to two years. And she doesn't answer those questions.
And I had on, uh, from the Ohio Press Network,
Jack Windsor, the other day. And he pointed out that
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Ohio had the largest lockdowns of any Midwestern state because Dr.
Amy Acton had the power. And so I said to
Jack Windsor, well, where was Governor Mike DeWine during this time?
And politically, I know the governor wanted Acton to be
the face because if things went wrong, he could blame her.
If things went right, he would take credit. But in reality...
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The governor of Ohio did not have the power to
shut down Ohio schools. That was up to the so-called
medical director. And so I was corrected by Jack Windsor
that Mike DeWine didn't have the power to do it
if he wanted to. And so isn't the record, the
public record, Dr. Amy Fauci in play because she's the
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one who directed the shutdown in Ohio that wasn't necessary.
It wasn't the governor. By law, only Amy Acton could
do it. Isn't her record publicly a matter of debate
and knowledge? Shouldn't she stand up with a fake and
justify what she did?
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Yes, Billy, she should. That's why we should have a debate.
She should defend her on these issues in front of
Ohioans in a fair and open debate. And again, Vivek
has offered to do it on some left-leaning networks, CNN
and an NBC affiliate, the boot.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
So yes, she should do that.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Billy, here's another point, though, that's very important for Ohioans.
When Republicans in the state legislature here in Ohio began
to push back and try to reopen things like the
county fairs.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
Bill, you and I are in Cincinnati, the county fair.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Not what it used to be. If you go around
in rural Ohio, the county fair is the biggest thing happening.
in small towns all across this great state. And she
wanted to keep those fairs shut down. And when the
Republicans said, we're not gonna stand for this, we're not
gonna allow you to continue to lock people inside when spring.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Turns to summer.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
You know what Amy Acton did, Billy? She quit on Ohio.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
She's a quitter.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
She quit. So when she's faced her greatest leadership challenge,
She quit. And that's who she is. Again, this is
not a person equipped to be the CEO and to
run our state. She has no record to run on,
nothing of significance that she's really ever done other than
lock us down. I mean, the question is, could Anthony
Fauci win a race for governor of Ohio? The answer
(11:12):
is no, no. And the same is true for Amy Acton.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Is she a doctor? I had Jack Windsor on. seemingly
a pediatrician without a practice, without patients, having quit three
jobs in the last six years. Alex T., chairman of
the Republican Party, is she a doctor?
Speaker 2 (11:33):
You know, I haven't reviewed Anna yet, Billy. Here's what
I know. I know she self-reported less than one United
States dollar in income on her financial disclosure form. How much?
I don't know, Billy. I grew up in an era
where doctors made money. Amy Acton hasn't been able to
do that. She's made less than one dollar in her
recent filings and her financial disclosures. So I don't know
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what that's all about. I have no idea what her
educational background is. I'll let investigative journalists like Jack... sort
that out. But as far as I'm concerned, she ought
to stand up and she ought to debate Vivek on
the issues that matter to Ohioans. And then we get
to the bottom of who's the best candidate. I already
know who it is. And everyone else will come to
that same conclusion. And that is that our Cincinnati, born
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and raised success story, Vivek Ramaswamy is our next governor.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
You're saying she makes less than, what, 50 cents a year?
Speaker 2 (12:27):
I mean, her recent financial disclosure showed like income of
about like less than a dollar. The number escapes me,
but it's, you know, that was her financial disclosure. She said, look,
she's been an activist and a volunteer, et cetera, et cetera,
et cetera. But, you know, I don't know. I'd like
to see somebody coming out of the private sector where
they've been successful like Vivek. You know, Billy, our system
was designed to have people. successful private sector existence and
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then coming into the public sector and bringing that skill
set for management and leadership and bringing those skills into government.
Vivek's the absolute perfect person for that. He comes at
this in the same way that the president did, really,
which is to come at this from the outside private
sector world where you bring fresh ideas. You're not owned
by lobbyists and corporate interests and the swaps, so to speak.
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You can actually come in and do what's right by
the people. And that's the messaging for us, and that's
what's winning right now in Ohio.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Lastly, we have about a minute remaining. Alex T., the
chair of the Republican Party, you have Sherrod Brown against
John Husted, beating him about the face and head about
these data centers. I kind of want Senator John Usta
to come out and defend and explain why data centers
are good. He should say the Usta plan, number one,
away from residential areas. Number two, they must supply their
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own energy. Number three, there's no tax breaks given to
these data centers. And number four, it's going to create
thousands of jobs. And if you want your cell phone
to work, if you want the lights to come on,
if you don't want to have a Florida State University
problem with electricity, We have to have data centers to
fuel the economy of the 21st century when done correctly,
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away from residences, providing their own power, and giving extra
power for free to the residents, which is Vivek's plan.
Why doesn't Senator Ustad respond to these ridiculous charges of
Senator Brown when he himself supported data centers?
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Well, they are ridiculous. And again, Sherrod Brown's being a
hypocrite on this. I've only got a minute to share
with you the actual truth on this question. First of all,
Republicans are not going to allow data centers to overrun Ohio.
I promise you that. That's not what's happening one bit.
Republicans are looking out for the counties, the 85, 86,
87 counties around this state that we consistently win elections.
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We're looking out for everybody. That's not going to happen
on our watch.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
The second part of this is.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Sherrod Brown is yesterday's news. We beat him two years
ago with Bernie Marino. Every prescription that he offers, Billy,
he had more than 35 years in government to implement
his solutions. He's done none of them. You know, Bill,
our country is $ 40 trillion in debt. Do you know
that Sherrod Brown was in office- While $ 34 trillion of
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that $ 40 trillion in debt was racked up, this is
a person who had every opportunity to avoid the globalist
destruction of manufacturing jobs in Ohio, to avoid the insider
trading schemes that made our politicians rich. He was there
for all of it, attending the cocktail receptions with Kamala
Harris and Joe Biden. He's not fit for Ohio. You
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watch his numbers. He's yet to creep over 50 percent
in the polling. And that is going to be a
big win for us on election night when John Husted
delivers yet a second crushing blow to career politician Sherrod
Brown's future.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Well, Alex, see you there in Dallas with the rich
and the famous. The convention starts when tomorrow? The midterm?
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Is it? I'm here with the schlubs, Billy. I'm here
with the working class Republicans of Ohio. We came down here.
We drove down here. Caravans were down here doing the
people's work.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
And the convention, when? Is it tonight or tomorrow?
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Convention is Wednesday night, Thursday night. Follow me on X
at Chairman Alex for up-to-the-minute updates. And watch us on
Fox News and everywhere else that's willing to cover it.
You're going to hear about the tremendous success of this
presidency and sealing our border and creating this incredible growing
economy of ours. So tune in.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Well, I'm glad you're down there. Have a meatball for me.
And Alex Trent of FILU, thanks for coming on the
Bill Cunningham Show. The truth will set us all free. Alex,
thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
Always a privilege, Billy.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
God bless America. Let's continue with more news coming up.
It's your home of the Reds playing tonight in L.A.
on NewsRadio 700.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
WLW.
Hi, Billy Cunningham, The Great American. You may not know it,
but a midterm big time convention is taking place almost
as we speak in Dallas, Texas. And the goal is
to fire up the Republican base with appearances by all
the bigwigs in Washington from Donald Trump down. And one
(00:24):
of our representatives in Dallas, the home of the Cowboys,
is Alex Gerontofilou. who's the chair of the Republican Party
in the state of Ohio. And Alex, welcome again to
the Bill Cunningham Show. And first of all, Alex T.,
why are you Republicans having a convention at this point?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Well, Billy, good to be with you as always. And
I come from you live.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Here actually in Dallas, Texas.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
We're 55 days away from an historic midterm election here.
And look, this is the president's idea. The president is
tired of hearing the same old thing, Billy, and that
is that The midterm is a cycle that's bad for
the party in power in the White House. And traditionally, historically,
that's been true. So the president said, what can we
(01:06):
do differently? What's different? Well, the president knows that conventions, rallies.
I mean, the man won the presidency on bringing people
together at these gigantic rallies and firing up the base.
So that's why we're here. We're here in Dallas to
tout the president's record, to tout the conservative record that
we can win on across America. And that's why we're
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having a midterm convention. The president's leading us to change
the dynamic, Bill. Accepting defeat has never been in this
president's vocabulary. So we're here fighting for every last vote
for the midterm election so we can win.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Alex T., as far as some of the issues here
in Ohio, you may be 1,000 miles away, but your
mind's always focused on Ohio.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Dr.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Amy Acton, it appears, is at least holding her own
against Vivek Ramaswamy. It's going to be a tight race.
In fact, Kalshi, whatever the hell that is, I think
Segmen Denizen knows what it is, you can bet. And
according to the betting cycle on Kalshi, you have Amy
Acton actually winning the the race over Vivek Ramaswamy. Is
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that how you see things at this point in the
state of Ohio? It's a close race with Amy a
little bit ahead?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Absolutely not.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
That's not.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
And first of all, Cal, she's a betting site. By
the way, those very same betting sites had Thomas Massey
winning big. And I like Thomas Massey. But listen, let
me tell you that they had him winning big, Billy.
And that's not where we ended up. So, look, we
feel very, very good about Vivek Ramaswamy. Ohioans are going
to have a stark choice. It's going to be a
choice between communism and common sense. It really is that stark.
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Amy Acton, the Democratic Party, is outside of the mainstream
of Ohio politics. outside of the mainstream of American politics.
So if you like the lockdowns, if you like a
porous southern border, if you like the mayhem that you
see in crime in our big cities in Cleveland and
Cincinnati and Columbus, then you're going to vote for a
Democrat in Amy Acton, someone who I think made about...
(03:10):
65 cents last year. I mean, this is a person
who's unemployed largely, has had no real history other than
just being kind of an activist and a bureaucrat. And
the other side of it, you have a very accomplished
business person with an incredible record of success. Bill, you
know this, but Vegas are right there in Cincinnati, Ohio,
born and raised right in Cincinnati. He went to Princeton
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schools there, public schools, and he went to I know
he didn't go to Mueller, Billy, but that's okay. He
didn't go to Deer Park.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
He tried to get in.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Well, it's much like myself.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
I went to Oak Hills because they wouldn't let me
come across down to Deer Park. But that being the case, Billy,
we really like our chances in that race. Vivek is
exciting our party right now. We see huge crowds everywhere
he goes. And again, it's just a stark choice. I mean,
do you want somebody qualified to be the CEO of
this state to run the day-to-day operations? consistent with the
principles that have carried this state for a long time
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for someone who's kind of on the far left of
the Democratic Party.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
So I like our chances and those betting.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Sites, those are gimmicks and have really nothing to do
with the ultimate outcome of these elections.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Now, this so-called assassination attempt of Amy Acton's got a
lot of news the last three or four days. And
I'll share with you a headline. May I share with
you the headline? You're in Dallas. Quote, Amy Acton's assassination
attempt narrative is falling apart. And that doesn't come from
me or you. It comes from The New York Times.
New York Times seems to indicate that he was in
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possession of two holstered guns, never, of course, pulled them out.
He had his camera up walking toward the stage where
there are like 25 people there. And he ran into
the back of a woman who was on a walker.
She fell. Then he fell. Then another woman fell. then
everybody jumped on top of this guy. And let's face it,
if he actually planned an assassination attempt, it needs to
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be attempted murder at a minimum, maybe even worse than that.
He needs to spend the rest of his life in jail.
On the other hand, this Patrick Havis character, H-A-V-A-S, Patrick
Havis said he was there. His lawyers said he was
taping on his phone the speech And then he ran
into the back of a woman on a walker. She fell.
(05:24):
And that was the extent of it. And this morning
or this afternoon, he's going to appear in court. And
right now he starts with two misdemeanors, a simple assault
for running into the back of a woman on a
walker and also disorderly conduct. If this was an assassination attempt,
don't you think he would be charged with felonies?
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Well, you covered a lot of ground. First of all,
there's no place for any of this kind of violence
and this kind of rhetoric and all this kind of
garbage that's going on. And look, I followed those events. Listen,
I know what an assassination attempt looks like. Two years ago,
we were at the Republican Convention. We were at the
Republican Convention in Milwaukee when they tried to.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Kill President Trump.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
And we watched an actual bullet strike the man in
his bloodied head as he went down to the ground.
So I know what that looks like.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
That's awful.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
That what happened there in Youngstown, you know, we'll let
the facts come out. I did not see that New
York Times article. If the New York Times is turning
on Amy Acton's story, though, that tells you a lot.
That's all I can say. That's not an entity that's
always supportive of Republicans. So that's an interesting headline. I'll
take a look. Here's what Amy Acton needs to do.
Let's set aside all this rhetoric. She needs to debate
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Vivek Ramaswamy. She needs to settle up and have a debate. Now,
Vivek agreed to debates, Billy. You probably know this. On
CNN and on NBC affiliate, WLWT in town. Look, we
got some great friends over at WLWT. But the NBC
part of that, they're not particularly right-leaning. So Vivek was
willing to go into two venues that are not friendly
(07:00):
to conservatives and actually debate Amy Acton on issues. Issues
facing Ohio, Bill, like healthcare, like education, like crime, the
various issues that Vivek is consistently talking about. He's been
eloquent on education, eloquent on crime prevention, strong on property taxes,
something he cares a lot about that regular people are
worried about every single day, making Ohio.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
The most competitive state. in the Union.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
So he's been very good on those issues. He should
debate one-on-one with Amy Askin. Set aside all the noise
that you're seeing and hearing. Let's have a debate. We
have 55 days left in this campaign. Billy, she has
refused to debate. She has publicly refused to debate and
have an honest conversation in front of Ohioans about the
future of the state. That's what we ought to be
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talking about.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
You know, one of the worst things Dr. Amy Fauci said,
this is going back a few years, was that the
fatality rate on COVID-19 is 50%. That 50% of us
are gonna die. If we go back to March, April,
and May of 2020, when yours truly was the designated
survivor to go to the transmitter, we thought bubonic plague, Ebola,
(08:08):
we got the Black Death is coming. And now we
know from Dr. Fauci's own journal, his own diary, that
he knew it was a lie when he said it.
And so at some point, Dr. Amy Acton is going
to have to answer the question. What did you know?
And when did you know it relative to the fatality
rate of, uh, of COVID-19? Why did you lock down
(08:30):
Ohio first? How come private schools kept themselves open, uh,
educating kids like an elder and Mueller and dare park
high school was closed for like six weeks, but you
ordered urban school districts to be closed for one and
a half to two years. And she doesn't answer those questions.
And I had on, uh, from the Ohio Press Network,
Jack Windsor, the other day. And he pointed out that
(08:54):
Ohio had the largest lockdowns of any Midwestern state because Dr.
Amy Acton had the power. And so I said to
Jack Windsor, well, where was Governor Mike DeWine during this time?
And politically, I know the governor wanted Acton to be
the face because if things went wrong, he could blame her.
If things went right, he would take credit. But in reality...
(09:17):
The governor of Ohio did not have the power to
shut down Ohio schools. That was up to the so-called
medical director. And so I was corrected by Jack Windsor
that Mike DeWine didn't have the power to do it
if he wanted to. And so isn't the record, the
public record, Dr. Amy Fauci in play because she's the
(09:38):
one who directed the shutdown in Ohio that wasn't necessary.
It wasn't the governor. By law, only Amy Acton could
do it. Isn't her record publicly a matter of debate
and knowledge? Shouldn't she stand up with a fake and
justify what she did?
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Yes, Billy, she should. That's why we should have a debate.
She should defend her on these issues in front of
Ohioans in a fair and open debate. And again, Vivek
has offered to do it on some left-leaning networks, CNN
and an NBC affiliate, the boot.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
So yes, she should do that.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Billy, here's another point, though, that's very important for Ohioans.
When Republicans in the state legislature here in Ohio began
to push back and try to reopen things like the
county fairs.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
Bill, you and I are in Cincinnati, the county fair.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Not what it used to be. If you go around
in rural Ohio, the county fair is the biggest thing happening.
in small towns all across this great state. And she
wanted to keep those fairs shut down. And when the
Republicans said, we're not gonna stand for this, we're not
gonna allow you to continue to lock people inside when spring.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Turns to summer.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
You know what Amy Acton did, Billy? She quit on Ohio.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
She's a quitter.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
She quit. So when she's faced her greatest leadership challenge,
She quit. And that's who she is. Again, this is
not a person equipped to be the CEO and to
run our state. She has no record to run on,
nothing of significance that she's really ever done other than
lock us down. I mean, the question is, could Anthony
Fauci win a race for governor of Ohio? The answer
(11:12):
is no, no. And the same is true for Amy Acton.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Is she a doctor? I had Jack Windsor on. seemingly
a pediatrician without a practice, without patients, having quit three
jobs in the last six years. Alex T., chairman of
the Republican Party, is she a doctor?
Speaker 2 (11:33):
You know, I haven't reviewed Anna yet, Billy. Here's what
I know. I know she self-reported less than one United
States dollar in income on her financial disclosure form. How much?
I don't know, Billy. I grew up in an era
where doctors made money. Amy Acton hasn't been able to
do that. She's made less than one dollar in her
recent filings and her financial disclosures. So I don't know
(11:56):
what that's all about. I have no idea what her
educational background is. I'll let investigative journalists like Jack... sort
that out. But as far as I'm concerned, she ought
to stand up and she ought to debate Vivek on
the issues that matter to Ohioans. And then we get
to the bottom of who's the best candidate. I already
know who it is. And everyone else will come to
that same conclusion. And that is that our Cincinnati, born
(12:17):
and raised success story, Vivek Ramaswamy is our next governor.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
You're saying she makes less than, what, 50 cents a year?
Speaker 2 (12:27):
I mean, her recent financial disclosure showed like income of
about like less than a dollar. The number escapes me,
but it's, you know, that was her financial disclosure. She said, look,
she's been an activist and a volunteer, et cetera, et cetera,
et cetera. But, you know, I don't know. I'd like
to see somebody coming out of the private sector where
they've been successful like Vivek. You know, Billy, our system
was designed to have people. successful private sector existence and
(12:55):
then coming into the public sector and bringing that skill
set for management and leadership and bringing those skills into government.
Vivek's the absolute perfect person for that. He comes at
this in the same way that the president did, really,
which is to come at this from the outside private
sector world where you bring fresh ideas. You're not owned
by lobbyists and corporate interests and the swaps, so to speak.
(13:19):
You can actually come in and do what's right by
the people. And that's the messaging for us, and that's
what's winning right now in Ohio.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Lastly, we have about a minute remaining. Alex T., the
chair of the Republican Party, you have Sherrod Brown against
John Husted, beating him about the face and head about
these data centers. I kind of want Senator John Usta
to come out and defend and explain why data centers
are good. He should say the Usta plan, number one,
away from residential areas. Number two, they must supply their
(13:47):
own energy. Number three, there's no tax breaks given to
these data centers. And number four, it's going to create
thousands of jobs. And if you want your cell phone
to work, if you want the lights to come on,
if you don't want to have a Florida State University
problem with electricity, We have to have data centers to
fuel the economy of the 21st century when done correctly,
(14:08):
away from residences, providing their own power, and giving extra
power for free to the residents, which is Vivek's plan.
Why doesn't Senator Ustad respond to these ridiculous charges of
Senator Brown when he himself supported data centers?
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Well, they are ridiculous. And again, Sherrod Brown's being a
hypocrite on this. I've only got a minute to share
with you the actual truth on this question. First of all,
Republicans are not going to allow data centers to overrun Ohio.
I promise you that. That's not what's happening one bit.
Republicans are looking out for the counties, the 85, 86,
87 counties around this state that we consistently win elections.
(14:47):
We're looking out for everybody. That's not going to happen
on our watch.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
The second part of this is.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Sherrod Brown is yesterday's news. We beat him two years
ago with Bernie Marino. Every prescription that he offers, Billy,
he had more than 35 years in government to implement
his solutions. He's done none of them. You know, Bill,
our country is $ 40 trillion in debt. Do you know
that Sherrod Brown was in office- While $ 34 trillion of
(15:12):
that $ 40 trillion in debt was racked up, this is
a person who had every opportunity to avoid the globalist
destruction of manufacturing jobs in Ohio, to avoid the insider
trading schemes that made our politicians rich. He was there
for all of it, attending the cocktail receptions with Kamala
Harris and Joe Biden. He's not fit for Ohio. You
(15:35):
watch his numbers. He's yet to creep over 50 percent
in the polling. And that is going to be a
big win for us on election night when John Husted
delivers yet a second crushing blow to career politician Sherrod
Brown's future.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Well, Alex, see you there in Dallas with the rich
and the famous. The convention starts when tomorrow? The midterm?
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Is it? I'm here with the schlubs, Billy. I'm here
with the working class Republicans of Ohio. We came down here.
We drove down here. Caravans were down here doing the
people's work.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
And the convention, when? Is it tonight or tomorrow?
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Convention is Wednesday night, Thursday night. Follow me on X
at Chairman Alex for up-to-the-minute updates. And watch us on
Fox News and everywhere else that's willing to cover it.
You're going to hear about the tremendous success of this
presidency and sealing our border and creating this incredible growing
economy of ours. So tune in.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Well, I'm glad you're down there. Have a meatball for me.
And Alex Trent of FILU, thanks for coming on the
Bill Cunningham Show. The truth will set us all free. Alex,
thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
Always a privilege, Billy.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
God bless America. Let's continue with more news coming up.
It's your home of the Reds playing tonight in L.A.
on NewsRadio 700.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
WLW.
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