Why are we not pinning the tail of the donkey and saying every Democrat needs to answer for the associations that these guys are are sort of covering up with Hassan Piker?

well you're right that it's a complete double standard and i think this ad points out in this particular case why that needs to be there and i think it needs to be more expanded if i go back to rebecca's point earlier you know we we do have not that ad is really poignant because 9 11 was one of the worst days of my life i was in dc as well four blocks from the capitol when they announced that a plane was probably headed there and the gas was audible um and in the days afterwards there was a unity there was a strength that we haven't seen And I think this whole generation who don't remember it, anyone under 30 doesn't remember it.

And people even 35 and younger really have a small sense of it.

That's lost.

We haven't had that galvanizing, uniting moment in the time of tragedy.

And I think that compounding with the social media is making it harder for younger people.

And that's something we have to educate.

And there's zero penalty for killing three children.

How does that normally

go? Well, sure, except that he's not as moderate as he would tell you.

He votes 90% of the time with the squad.

He voted for the biggest tax hike in American history.

When Ilhan Omar had a chance to get kicked off the Foreign Affairs Committee, he defended her being there.

That's the type of person he would have, put Ilhan Omar on the Foreign Affairs Committee.

On Israel, he voted against the NDAA, which included a provision for Israel's cooperation with the United States.

Make the case as though you were talking to one of the voters you're running into in the district.

Some would argue, well, shouldn't you put your arms around a Democrat who is trying to fight off the crazies in his own party? I'm sure you had these conversations with voters out there in the

district.

How does that normally go? Well, sure, except that he's not as moderate as he would tell you.

He votes 90% of the time with the squad.

He voted for the biggest tax hike in American history.

When Ilhan Omar had a chance to get kicked off the Foreign Affairs Committee, he defended her being there.

That's the type of person he would have, put Ilhan Omar on the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Make the case as though you were talking to one of the voters you're running into in the district.

And we, and we also have some recent examples of companies covering things up until they couldn't anymore.

I think, look, it's not to say the state in the US is ideal.

I think that there's clearly a lot more that needs to be done in the US.

But what I would say is that for whatever you think of as the baseline of safety work in the US is, China does not have any type of regulation here.

And so it's not to say that the state of the game in the US is good.

It's to say that there is a mutual problem here, that in an ideal world, both the US and China would be having a very serious conversation about risk management.

And I think that is optimistically where the conversation will go.

And so it just-- it, it's, uh-- you know, you-you've got your arms around a really important area, but, but I'm just wondering if you feel like the rest of DC does.

You go on, you win in November and head up to Washington, D.C. What are your priorities in Congress? And are you at all concerned that whatever you and your colleagues ultimately decide in Congress, when it goes over to the Senate, it goes there to die and nothing really comes of it?

Well, we need fighters in the House and in the Senate, frankly, who are going to push this America First agenda.

I'm so disappointed as an American and as a Republican that we have not passed the Save America Act.

The concept of photo ID to vote is commonplace.

We have it here in Florida, and there's no legitimate reason not to.

The Senate has to find a way to get that done.

If not, we've got to push harder from the House side.

What percentage of those generally break down Republican and Democrat?

I'm your person at, you know, the public works department, the police, the science," to say this, you listen to them, right?

Absolutely, and I'm angry at Anthony Fauci.

I'm angry for all the people who misled us with false information.

They didn't know everything six years ago, but I'm thinking back of 2020 when we had to make the hard decisions, and we had put in less onerous restrictions than a lot of other places.

The governor gave us permission to follow what other cities were doing before he put in his order about a week or 10 days later.

We were taking our cues from the county health authorities who were taking them from Dr. Fauci and his whole team, and, a lot of misinformation then.

We didn't know it at the time.

Um, and, and I just feel like s- maybe sometimes we, we need to highlight the good instead of shaming the bad, right? To say, "Wow, look at how great Florida has done and reformed itself," 'cause that, to me, is the, the, the model of how to run an election well and how to prevent voter fraud.

I mean, w-where are we in that race? Where, where are we in terms of Chinese investment in AI, Chinese development AI, and then also Chinese adoption of AI just among the, the general populace?

The numbers in China in terms of investment are not what they are or close to it, uh, in the US, but we do see a very powerful fast-following strategy where China's not really trying to be at the frontier of capabilities or the most prominent of where, or the most elite of where US model providers are.

But they wanna stay a few months behind it.

If they can be maybe three, six, or nine months behind, then perhaps that's not really gonna make or break their competitiveness, especially if they continue to have access to US models through distillation.

And so wh- what does this mean for China? Um, it means that they have to operate and get the best they can within a environment where they don't have that many financial resources compared to the US companies, where they have far less access to hardware to train on.

You know, they're making the best of a strategy that has been sort of forced on them.

And so I, I would bet on the US position overall.

This seems to be one of the biggest concerns in the AI world right now is, is China gonna beat us? Do you think that investors are too concerned about China, more concerned than they should be?

Uh, is there anything kinda unique in, in the district that, that sets you apart?

Well, there are a lot of things that set apart this beautiful district.

You mentioned infrastructure.

I was proud in Boca Raton to make sure we continued to invest in infrastructure.

There were four members of Congress, all Democrats, who used to represent what is now combined into this current district, different parts of it.

Uh, and a lot of the people I've been talking to from the small communities along Miami-Dade's coastline, Miami Beach and all the way up, uh, felt neglected by lack of, uh, federal investment in infrastructure there.

There's the Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees the bridges that are, uh, that travel the Intracoastal Waterway.

Pretty good.

Your thoughts on how this is, Bernie Sanders, he's Jewish.

Well, he doesn't really identify that way.

He identifies as a socialist and a communist, and I don't think it matters.

And I think- Yeah, you can be socialist or communist, but you're still Jewish, right? Well, I don't think he identifies so much.

It bothers me more a lot of voters in New York who have, you know, continue to just, you know, oust a member of Congress over Israel.

And then that same member was, you know, told he wasn't welcome at a store because he's Jewish.

Like that's era of Nazi Germany.

Are we wasting time, treasure, and now blood because we've lost yet two, maybe three service members in the last 72 hours? Are we risking too much to try and get more change in Iran that's maybe never going to happen?

And so, Scott, can you unpack kind of the announcement as a whole and give us kind of the high-level points of what all was included in that, including the waiver removal?

Sure, so the phase two requirement for CMMC level two C3PAO third party assessments and level three DPCAC assessments to be included in contracts after November 10th, that's been paused for 60 days.

So that's kind of was the main point line of the memo, right? So the level one self assessments and the level two self assessments will go into effect And as Jacob kind of pointed out, right? You need to score, get a score of 88 or better of specific controls, right? To be able to even post your score in Spurs, right? It won't even let you post it if you don't get there.

And as we're going to talk about later, right, is that if you do go ahead and post a perfect score in there and you're not there, it's false claims, right? So, yeah, and there's no waiver to that, right? It's just level one and level two itself are going into effect in November 10th.

So, yeah, it's a big deal.

All phase one requirements stay in effect, okay? So C3PAOs can still do voluntary level two assessments.

And phase three and four is suspended for the next 60 days too, but that's sort of irrelevant, right? Because that's years out.

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... "What's our city doing?" So I went to a city council meeting, and the mayor then was talking about some efforts to bring younger people here and bring jobs.

Went to a few more meetings and thought, "Maybe I can contribute." So did a lot of diligence, talked to lots of people, decided to run, ran, won.

And again, decided to run for mayor, and here I am five elections later looking at concluding my term.

But it was really just an opportunity to create better opportunities for our children, and now I have two.

Mm-hmm

... as Palm Beach County has had more communities pop up.

The challenge for us is that we have more traffic on our roads, and we don't have any of the tax revenue.

Lauderdale.

I lost seven straight student council elections from third grade to ninth grade, finally got elected, and I've had more success since there.

But I started my career as a lawyer in New York, commercial litigator at a big firm, wasn't involved in governmental law.

Thought maybe one day I would approach governmental law, lawyering for the government.

Didn't end up doing that.

Had some governmental clients in my private practice.

But what really motivated me is when I moved back to South Florida to Boca Raton, my son was only then a year old.

Could be about Boca, could be about the country, music, art, whatever you want.

I can't, I can't, I can't, you know? How about you?

Actually, the loosest deal ever was the one that Obama pushed, which allowed Iran to invade uranium, gave them billions and billions of dollars and sunset our oversight and any protections that got us into the state.

President Trump has been the first president to take decisive action against an enemy who for 47 years has been saying death to America.

Actions last June and actions now.

So the administration has said it's either going to be a good deal or no deal.

They're still working, but Iran is dramatically weakened and we have to understand the existential threat that a nuclear Iran would have.

We've seen how indiscriminately they were showering weapons and attacking other nations who were noncombatants.

Where do you think we're going to be, and how does that look for Republicans going forward?

Tell us, uh, the state of play in Florida, particularly related to redistricting and how it affects you and your race.

Certainly.

Redistricting, the governor l- signed into law this week a map that should add four more competitive seats that Republicans can go vie for.

They're not a slam dunk by any stretch of the imagination, but my district, where I was already running, happened to have a few more Republicans put into it.

The state did this in response to two maps that were drawn on the basis of race, which the Supreme Court of the state and the United States Supreme Court has now disfavored, and I'm comfortable these maps are going to stand up.

We think the governor, obviously the governor and the legislature know what they're doing.

In terms of the state of my race, it, things only improved.

What do they talk about? When you're out, you're door-knocking, what do they tell you is their most concern?

Tell us the state of play in Florida, particularly related to redistricting and how it affects you and your race.

Certainly, redistricting, the governor signed into law this week a map that should add four more competitive seats that Republicans can go by for.

They're not a slam dunk by any stretch of the imagination, but my district, where I was already running, happened to have a few more Republicans put into it.

The state did this in response to two maps that were drawn on the basis of race, which the Supreme Court of the state and the United States Supreme Court has now disfavored.

And I'm comfortable these maps are going to stand up.

We think the governor, obviously the governor and the legislature know what they're doing.

In terms of the state of my race, things only improved.

What do they talk about? When you're out, you're door knocking, what do they tell you is their most concern?

What do you make of what's going on down in Florida and elsewhere? Good morning.

Good morning.

There were changes in the map.

For my campaign, it changed nothing.

I was already running in what was two-thirds of the district, Boca Raton, where I live and served for 12 years, through Fort Lauderdale, where I grew up for 12 years.

18 years.

The district now runs all the way down to Miami Beach, where I was born and lived for five years.

And it changes our demographics every time that happens.

I would imagine that this is going to push more New Yorkers out of the Big Apple and perhaps down here to Florida.

Mamdani's America Last policies are the exact opposite of what mayors should be doing, and it's staggering to see how much he's doubling down on terrible ideas.

This is a wealth tax, an unconstitutional one, just dressed up differently.

And as a mayor, he should be happy that people are investing in a city, paying huge property taxes, which he's already looking to raise, while they're not using the services.

It's just going to drive more capital away from New York into places like Florida that are attracting businesses, have low taxes, and don't punish people for investment.

It's a ridiculous proposal.

On tax day, I'm not running for Congress.

Well, this is just a milestone.

But how are you able to kind of supplement those efforts locally in your own city there in Boca Raton?

Well, we, like many other cities and many other mayors who are part of the America First Policy Institute Mayors Council, are cooperating with federal authorities.

The federal government has a 287G agreement, which provides for cooperation, funding for local law enforcement, and better training to deal with issues like immigration.

And you're seeing much better safety records in those cities.

You're not seeing the sort of chaos, harm and destruction.

And unfortunately, injuries, significant injuries in places like Minneapolis, where you have outward hostility toward cooperation on simple law enforcement matters.

And it's that different approach that I think is drawing a contrast where people are flocking to Florida.

Because otherwise, especially in some of the real purple states, they're losing ground every day because they don't have ideas.

Are you getting a lot of calls from New York?

We have, and we've continued our outreach even before the June primary.

We've had consistent outreach to New York, San Francisco, Chicago, other markets over the years.

Seen success.

It's hard to quantify that, but we're still having conversations.

Got a, got another feedback yesterday from a email I sent about someone interested in moving here maybe a little later than I want.

But we're gonna try to get people there as soon, quickly as we can to harness the talent we have here and provide more opportunities for our young students and our people here already.

Could be about Boca, could be about the country, music, art, whatever you want.

Right.

Made me think, "What's our city doing?" So I went to the city council meeting, and the mayor then was talking about some efforts to bring younger people here and bring jobs.

Went to a few more meetings and thought, "Maybe I can contribute." So did a lot of diligence, talked to lots of people, decided to run, ran, won, and again, decided to run for mayor, and here I am, five elections later, looking at concluding our term.

But it was really just an opportunity to create better opportunities for our children, and now I have two.

Yeah.

That's gonna continue to provide opportunities for students here, attract more talent, and fuel our innovation and job creation.

Innovation's been in the core of Boca Raton's DNA.

The IBM personal computer was invented in Boca Raton 1981.

That's great

...

I think, yes.

Uh, and we were, you know, I think pretty good to begin with.

We're trying to get better.

I think the federal government has a real approach under President Trump to really cut burdensome regulations that add, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars of cost to housing, um, in the high five figures on each unit, and that is making housing unaffordable.

It's the bu- built-up regulations that are really compounding this problem, disincentivizing private growth.

Leave me alone."

So what is it that you've done to get the City of Boca Raton to have the lowest property tax rate of any full-service city in Florida? That's an amazing achievement.

I think it's three things, Mr.

Speaker.

First, we have a very strong business base, and that's where I come back to it.

Because we have a strong business presence, we've got a lot more businesses who are paying taxes.

Florida has a homestead cap where if you're a homesteaded resident, your property taxes only increase 3% per year.

Businesses don't have that cap, so it helps add a robustness to our budget.

What will you be doing in Boca this year to celebrate the centennial for the city?

What do you make of that?

Well, let's start with a couple things.

First, yesterday was incredibly disappointing, um, but I take heart that a year ago today, we elected Donald Trump to be the 47th President of the United States.

And that election may be the most critical in the history of our nation because I can take heart of, like, what we have been able to see the president and his team accomplish over nine months compared to what we would've had.

And while we're worried about New York and the other states that went the wrong way yesterday, in my s- opinion and many others', um, we can take heart that we've got a good chart, a good path charted at the h- head of the federal government.

In terms of Mamdani, his comments are incredibly offensive, and y- you omitted one, which is the boot of the NYPD that is on your neck is laced by the IDF.

Anyone who wants to run a city, and I'm a mayor, if you wanna run a city, you shouldn't be demonizing your police.

(laughs)

I mean, if you really want to see how bad government can get, this is a case study.

Oh, absolutely.

But that's why I'm proud to focus on how good government is in Boca Raton and in Florida generally.

First, agree with you, we've got no state income tax, no local income tax.

Boca Raton is proud to have the lowest property tax rate of any full-service city, A-rated schools, and that's why companies have been coming here for years, more so in recent years, more so in recent months.

And that's why we've been targeted in attracting businesses.

We don't expect everyone who wants to leave New York to be able to come here.

And when they would lay out the facts, the regulation, the regulatory environment, the tax consequences of the policies that are in place, it wasn't really that hard a math equation for most companies to make that switch and make that move.

Can you speak to them?

Uh, sure.

We don't have this high a Cuban population in Boca Raton.

We're about 30 miles north of Miami.

But we have a broad base of people who fled communism and fled socialism, whether it was Eastern Europe, Cuba, or other South American nations.

And they understand.

We are here to cri- to create a vibrant microcosm of what America should be.

Uh, what's your advisement, uh, to the governor, uh, a- in keeping Florida red and prosperous and populated?