So what is the update on Florida corruption?

Mind-blowingly.

Okay, so the biggest political crime we've seen in modern times here in Florida is a scheme orchestrated through the DeSantis administration, but my opponent was his chief of staff at the time.

They stole $10 million that was supposed to come back to the Medicaid program, routed it through nonprofits and political committees that my opponent, James Uthmeyer, he controlled in order to use in political campaigns, specifically to campaign against popular ballot initiatives here in Florida in 2024.

So just to wrap your head around the fact that they did that, it gets worse.

So there's been bipartisan outrage about that.

A House committee in the state house did a criminal referral to a local prosecutor there in Tallahassee.

What can Democrats who have a majority, who have real power do? Because not only does so much need to be undone, we need to start reimagining how we do things all together.

You know, something I think that Americans can be lazy about is voting all the way down the ballot and, And thinking about offices that aren't just state lawmakers or members of Congress or the president, talk a little bit about what AGs do and why it's so incredibly important that we pick the right one in every state, obviously Florida, but everywhere.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

So, you know, one of the things that's interesting when you look at federal government, we vote for a single executive.

In the overwhelming majority of states, if not, I think all of the states, we don't have a unitary executive, meaning you vote for you know, a governor and then other offices.

And in this case, we vote here in Florida for a governor and then three other constitutional offices, a CFO, the head of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and then the attorney general.

And so when you go to the ballot, you're going to vote for U.S. Senate, you're going to vote for Congress, you're going to vote for governor, and then you're going to vote for attorney general.

Talk a little bit about what an AG can do on gun violence prevention that a governor or legislature cannot do.

So what is your internal polling telling you that we're not seeing publicly?

We're a point up.

I mean I think there's – the thing is at this stage of the race, there are so many polls.

A lot of them I've not seen.

They're just reported on.

And frankly, you know, obviously as a candidate, I've got my nose to the grindstone trying to talk to every single voter in every forum I can.

Some polls have us up.

If you win, are you prepared to take Trump's administration to court, particularly over immigration enforcement?

Yeah.

But two other quick examples.

Many of your listeners are gonna be aware of the mass detention center in the Everglades, Alligator Alcatraz.

This was my opponent's baby.

He came up with the idea, he promoted the idea, all of this sort of architecture that bends all the state rules and abuses power in order to be able to do this.

He's the one that did it.

And all of this was to get a pat on the head from the president.

What would be the first thing you would do if you are elected? What would be your first agenda item or your first issue?

Just before we got on, the Department of Homeland Security Officer of, Office of Inspector General released a report showing that they put detainees in small cages, calling them, quote, "calming areas." Uh, what can be done to remedy some of the horrors we've seen, especially as it relates to the migrant community in Florida?

Yeah.

That, that, that's a great question.

So when this, uh, mass detention center was opened, uh, I was out there within days of the announcement.

Um, and as you said, thankfully, they, they finally shut it down.

I have not seen the full inspector general's report.

I, you know, I just l- uh, learned about it actually about 40 minutes [laughs] ago.

Do gotta ask you, if you were elected attorney general today, what's your first order of business tomorrow?