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  1. “Something has changed. You know, when I ran as governor, it was a winning message as a conservative. And governing that way was a winning strategy. And we, you know, I got a majority of the Hispanic vote. I won a majority of the Democratic Hispanic vote. I mean, it's something along the way. People feel so deeply disaffected and threatened by the changing nature of our country. And I don't think we're, as Republicans or conservatives better stated, We've become more reactionary rather than hopeful and optimistic. We're not going to win over the long haul by just stoking people's fears. Well fandled or not, I'm not casting aspersions on anybody who thinks the way they do. But I think public leaders and candidates should be vigorous about than that.”

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  2. “I feel strongly about it. Well, I mean, around here it's like if you were born in America and your grandparents were American, you're like 5% of the population. So this is a good example. The old Texas expression, we let the big dog eat. Just let people pursue their dreams in a dynamic, chaotic way. Great things happen.”

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  3. “You know, Kansas City ought to be a place we focus on, or Fort Lauderdale or whatever. But this isn't about policy. This is about wedge issues on both sides now. And sadly, it's a missed opportunity because this is such a unique American attribute to be able to absorb people that have a burning desire to succeed for themselves and their families.”

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  4. “There are places where a wall is appropriate, there's places where it's not. I went to Brownsville three weeks ago and met a guy who has a wall, actually under the Obama administration by eminent domain, put a wall through his property and his house got burned down because they couldn't get through the gate to on the south side of his property. But it's effective in some places, but technology could be applied, more border patrol, dealing with the number one issue for illegal immigrants are visa overstayers.”

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  5. “Yeah, it's sad and it was painful and hurtful for a lot of people. You know, my wife is an immigrant. My children are Mexican-American. It was offensive beyond belief to hear our president talk that way and others mimic him because they saw that somehow they think that that wins over folks. Rather than play that game, maybe we ought to fix our immigration system and control the border in the appropriate way and create a guest worker program and do the things necessary to lessen people's fears.”

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  6. “Yeah, I mean, when I ran, it was hard for me to, I had no interest or just, it was so foreign to hear the things that were being said in a Republican primary, because this is my home, and this place has got 60% of its population was born in another country. And my experience is that once they're established here, they love this country. They embrace the American experience, the shared values that we need to keep going forward are all here as well. No one feels like they're a victim in Miami. They're not playing that game. They're striving for success. And I love it.”

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  7. “It's just this has happened in the last 10 years. So art galleries, restaurants, all of this, and this is not the only part of Miami that's in transformation like that. Constant renewal really is the description of Miami at its best as new people come in, they make their contribution, and it's just always moving forward.”

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  8. “It's just dramatically changed. Right after we got here, the Mariel boat lift happened and there was a big period of transition. And something happened in the mid-80s. There was a spark and there's just constant renewing now. This is a place that was full of a lot of crime. We're the Wynne Wood neighborhood. Yeah, and this is now the place where Art Basel comes. It's like one of the most phenomenal art districts in the country. You've got these murals.”

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  9. “Yeah, I have to admit it. I'm a geek on this stuff. And what frustrates me is the politics overwhelms policy right now. You can be successful politically and then at the end of the year look at your scorecard of what you've done and it can have nothing on it. And yet you're popular or you're standing for whatever you're pushing down somebody, pushing back the evildoers or whatever. And the country kind of needs people that are driven by policy and solving problems right now, I think.”

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  10. “We're having a hard time recognizing that 2019 is different than 1999 or 1989. We're stuck with policies that may have been relevant 30 years ago, but are not relevant now. So changing your policies to reflect the world we're in now is more than appropriate. And I think giving people a second chance is really important. So banning the box, so when employers look at the, you know, they shouldn't use a screen that says you committed a crime, you no longer even have a chance. We have full employment. We need to give everybody a chance to achieve earned success. They need the capacity to do it. They have the drive by and large. So we're in a totally different world than we were back then. And I think it's more than appropriate to change the policies.”

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  11. “I did I voted for it. In a perfect world, we'd have a system that was efficiently dealing with this, the restoration of civil rights, but we have a million people. We never caught up. When I was governor, I don't think it got any better after I left. So I think that's a signal of moving towards a restorative justice approach. There was an initiative that started in Texas that I embraced maybe I was one of the first people to embrace it outside of Texas called Ride on Crime. Governor Perry embraced it and many other conservatives, the Koch brothers and others have been working hard. There's a center, you know, there's a left center, right coalition now to look at these things. And I think that's okay. I think part of our problem in the country right now is that”

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  12. “All those things we applied in the legislature was generous with money that they never had done before, and it worked. And so Noel's challenges kind of heightened awareness. It connected us to the communities that were suffering with this for sure.”

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  13. “Yeah, there are very few people in prison for drug offenses that relate to their addiction. There are some that are dealers, maybe the level of dealing is too low or whatever. But we created not so much because of it wasn't informed necessarily by Noel struggles, but it added an element to it. We created a drug strategy to deal with this. It was actually the first thing I did. So before Noyle had her problems, it became a high priority for the legislature and the incoming governor to create this forefront strategy that could be applied today in states to deal with the opioid epidemic. It's more treatment, get law enforcement involved in a more compassionate way, create prevention coalitions to bring awareness to the challenges, benchmark it to measure how all this stuff works.”

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  14. “You add on top of it, it's just, it was really difficult. And, you know, look, the prosecutor and the whole system were put in a position where they couldn't show any compassion because they did, they'd be accused of favoritism. So it was like, it made it a little more difficult. But thankfully in Florida, we have drug courts all across every jurisdiction in the state, and it's a way for people to have the challenges that they face, the adjudication waived if they go stay drug-free. And she went through this in a very public way incredible amount of courage. And kind of lonely by herself, except for her mom and dad that were there to help her”

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  15. “Well, for both Clum and I, it was very painful to see your daughter kind of spin out of control. She's now, thankfully, healthy, drug-free, working in Orlando. But for her, you know, to see her struggles, irrespective of whether it was a public spectacle or not is any parent going through this is horrible.”

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  16. “Yeah, I mean, it's hugely important, and a lot of people, based on legitimate, sincere ambition to want to serve, forget that the first priority has always got to be family. But if you lose that, then you're not going to be a good public servant. You're going to have gnawing away at your inability to be a loving husband or a loving father. So I'm glad I called him because I probably would have run and I probably would have lost. But had I won, it's a little late in the game to ask the question after the fact.”

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  17. “Yeah, exactly. So we're not a family that sits around on a couch and meditates our navel and says, oh, woe was me. I remember the day of the election, after the election, I'm taking my kids back in our minivan, you know, back to all three kids back to our home way south of here. And I see Governor Childs waving a sign thanking voters. And for whatever reason, I stopped or just instinctively stopped and went to congratulate him. And that was kind of, I didn't need a lot of therapy. I mean, I lost, I took time to realize, you know, people were telling me all the time, you lost because he did something wrong and violated campaign rules or whatever. But it didn't take me long to realize why I lost. And so once you figure out what you can do better, the learning experience happens when you... You lose, not when you win.”

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  18. “And so I call my dad coincident, sadly I called my timing was perfect. I call to say it's not going to work. I'm going to lose while they're going down the elevator. It's like... So when you love your family and someone that you love doesn't win, it's harder than yourself losing. So I think he suffered more about that temporarily, at least, than I did. I was really proud of the fact that he won.”

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  19. “I think George felt worse than I did just because I'll tell you a story. They were going down the hotel in Austin. My dad, mom, George, to celebrate, which was a big victory to beat Anne Richards.”

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  20. “I think so, but it's kind of a part of the reason that I left I wanted to get out for my dead shadow. Let me think about it. The shadow doesn't end in the Houston City limits. It was kind of a stupid idea at the time. I think there's a natural, in my mind at least, I always thought like it would be more fulfilling and purposeful if I did it my own way and probably if people felt like I was doing it my own way. I mean that there was I'm not a psychologist but I'm sure there was some deep motivation to do it that way and so 94 was a real challenge because he had just been president I was running against iconic guy I'd never lost.”

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  21. “So I called my dad up and said, you know, I can become a congressman. I think I can beat Claude Pepper. Here are the reasons. And he goes, what happens if you lose? Or what happens if you win? Not if you lose. What happens if you win? I'm going, what do you mean? Well, what are you going to do with your children? Are you going to move to Washington? How are you going to take care of them? Have you thought about winning? And for the life of me, I hadn't thought about winning. I thought about the campaign. So that was probably the single, it was the shortest life lesson I ever had. And it was like... Do it when you're ready to do it. And so for me, it was after my dad was president. It's always the challenge down here was showing your heart, showing who you were, rather than being the son of somebody else. And that's not easy.”

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  22. “So I looked at the numbers and I said, I can win. I was chairman of the Republican Party. I called the Congress. Today Pepper was a veteran member.”

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  23. “Yeah, yeah. So we're in the district that Claude Pepper served in 1985. The district had changed dramatically as Cuban Americans were registering to vote or switching from Democrat to Republican, principally in response to the Reagan-Bush policy towards Cuba.”

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  24. “For an introvert? Well, it's hard for normal people to step up and do that stuff, but over time you kind of overcome your fears.”

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  25. “Well, it's not normal to the whole thing of having to, you do a lot of weird things. In 1964, I remember getting on an elephant with George and Marvin and Neil and Darvin. In the middle of Texas, for crying out loud, there's not an elephant in 500 miles. Somehow they found one.”

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  26. “Yeah, so I kind of slowly got sucked into the vortex of campaigns and things, but the idea of running started with seeing up close the power of being governor and the power to set the agenda really was stimulating and exciting.”

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  27. “Well, the AD campaign, basically 70, a year and a half to two years full-time as a volunteer, kind of to pay back my dad for being the greatest father alive. Gave me over time, I'm introverted, I've overcome all that, but at the time I saw all the stuff that looks so weird in politics. I did it and I kind of overcame any trepidation. But my motivation to run for office really happened when I was Secretary of Commerce and saw the potential of what governments here in Florida.”

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  28. “I actually won the, sadly I won the bet in the 1970 race against Lloyd Benson, the pool for what the percentage vote would be because I got the lowest winning percentage and I threw the money away.”

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  29. “Well, I was in high school at Andover, so I was away, but I vaguely remember the 64 campaign that he lost. I worked in the 70 campaign that he lost and worked in the congressional races.”

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  30. “You know, the weird part is, and there are people that have written about this in the 50s and 60s, the prominent families weren't isolated from everybody else. I mean, we grew up with middle-class values. Our friends were, some were wealthy, some were not so wealthy. No one really knew. No one really cared. And we didn't talk about the things that I think wealthy families talk about now. We talked about the Astros and Little League Baseball. So I never really felt like I was from a prominent family. And my dad didn't get involved in politics till he was 40. So as I was growing up, it just never dawned on me that there was anything unique about our existence other than that we were blessed to have a mom and dad that loved us unconditionally.”

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  31. “Yeah, so they look at this guy. What the hell happened? And so I think they gave her credit for that, which was legitimate. And I've always been independent and kind of in this, I mean, I love my family, but I've always felt compelled to kind of do it in my own way. So they were used to that too.”

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  32. “My wife that my dad was the director of the CIA or any of that stuff. I just didn't seem relevant really. And unfortunately, I did something I would never hope my children did to me, which was I told my parents we were going to get married. Weeks or a month later, and they had never met her. Bad mistake, 15-yard penalty, lost it down, man. My mom handled it better than I would have. But she said, well, you're not going to marry. This woman until I meet her and say, Yes, ma'am, that's okay. So she came the week before, the weekend before. And then my dad met Kolumba on the rehearsal dinner.”

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  33. “It was transformative for sure. I mean, it would be a blessing if everybody had that chance to have everything aligned the right way at an early age. And for me, it's not, you know, I tell this story in front of crowds and the women go, oh, and the men go, yeah, right But it was love at first sight, and it just motivated me to get on with life. I skipped over a bunch of stuff that people think are really rewarding, like going to college. I got out of college in two years. But it was phenomenal”

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  34. “In Mexico, and I tell people my life can be defined between BC and AC before Columba and after Columba. And after Columba, I got married right when I turned 21. I got a school in two years. We had children. We moved to Venezuela. So our families, bilingual, bicultural, and Miami at 1980 was different than it is now, not as vibrant, but I felt like it was a place where my children could grow up and be proud of their heritage and still be part of our country. And it turned out pretty good.”

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  35. “They take pictures of their donuts, they sit outside, and they... Talk about their donuts and they have coffee and they spend an enormous amount of time spending a lot of enjoyable experiences with this. And so this family-owned business, they're my friends and my son and I have a chance to invest in it and we're going to expand it and I think they're going to do well.”

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  36. “What I hope is that he has a chance to serve as governor. If not, he's got he's really talented, both he and his wife. They'll be successful in everything they do.”

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  37. “Well, this will get him all upset, but I hope there's an opportunity down the road where he can run for governor. It's the best job in the world There's nothing better to create the agenda and to act on it and to lead people towards it. And Texas is a phenomenal state to do something like that.”

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  38. “No, but I'll probably do it after this interview. He'll give me a call. I've done some things in retrospect. I said, well, you know what? It's great. You're the old guy. You shouldn't. I believe in these things, but there is time to let him be the, he doesn't need to be having my baggage on top of his.”

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  39. “Pound him. It's uncalled for. When people think they're being big shots when they shout out anti-immigrant slurs, call them out. You don't have to do everything in the world. You don't have to be the arbiter of what's good and what's right. But there are times when I think too many elected officials particularly are silent and it enables the kind of behavior for the next person. And he's done it. And there's a risk associated with that. And I admire him for the courage of doing it. in a kind of a difficult environment.”

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  40. “So his political environment is, it has to be navigated because you have, it's a microcosm of the Republican Party nationally. And my advice is, A, do your, you know, you're there to do your job and the job's interesting. Be really good at your job. And you can tell a story about what you did. And be true to her who you are. So when an executive committee member of the Texas Republican Party spouts out white supremacy,”

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  41. “No, I think it's actually, I actually think we talked about this a little bit. I think it's time for a new generation to take hold here. There are a lot of people just clawing, holding on. Good people, but I'm 66, and for the field of presidential candidates, I actually be a youngin in the Democratic primary. Yeah, I think that's what we'll likely happen is that from here forward you're going to find talented people in their 30s and 40s that will be the next leaders. And I would encourage that, actually. I think we need a whole new We need to think differently about the role of government, how government works, what are the values that we share, all those things I think it's much, it'll be much easier to get to that consensus with younger people and with the old guys holding one of the”

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  42. “That's common. Isn't that a natural thing? People kind of forget the reasons why they dislike someone and they see them anew. And, you know, George He's so comfortable with himself. He's hilarious, he's respectful of the office. He doesn't get out there and opine on everything. And he's just a good man. And so people see that now and kind of forget about other stuff they didn't like. I mean, I've had that experience too.”

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  43. “Katrina or eight hurricanes in four tropical storms that we had. So it's easy to blame Washington when you're supposed to be doing a job and it's not working out as well. I never did that because I wanted to be loyal to him.”

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  44. “Yeah, he gave me a lifeline, but it was a little too late. It was interesting being governor for six of those years. There were times where the state of Florida's interests weren't front and center and damage was being done in some ways. And I always like the hurricane responses I never blamed FEMA for anything. FEMA didn't do a great job, but when their job, my job was to do with that. We were grateful for the support. I never felt like a 2,000-person agency in the bowels of some department in Washington, D.C. was going to take care of 19 or 18 million people in the state that I love.”

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  45. “It didn't impact me, but as a loyal brother who loved him, it hurt. And I always felt like the last two years particularly, they gave up fighting for George to a certain extent, but the team, they were getting pounded so hard. They just kind of started to say, okay, we can just take the incoming. And I always thought that was wrong. The surge was successful. There were elements of other elements of life. The whole world wasn't just about the war on terror. And the war on terror was successful in some ways, and they stopped defending it. I think you just get beefed so hard, you kind of stop, you know.”

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  46. “Yeah And then it happened pretty quick that the numbers started changing. In the midst of this, Gore calls back. So they were seeing the same numbers. You can't make it up. I mean You couldn't, you know, there are some things that Hollywood producers don't have the creativity to come up with that reality sometimes can be even more interesting.”

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  47. “And then as we were like, I was trying to convince him, which, you know, imagine he just has been, his opponent has conceded the race, there's 20,000 people outside. It's three in the morning or two in the morning. He wants to go, and I'm telling him, like, you better be, I'm not sure you should do this. And he handled it as probably better than I would have. Didn't handle it great, but he handled it pretty good.”

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  48. “Yeah, I was taking the day off. So I started making calls to say it's not over, fight the fight, you know, whatever. And I spent two hours doing that. And then Carl called me and said, you can come back down. It looks like it's not, it was premature. We went over to the governor's mansion much later in the evening and Gore calls to concede. And I said, George, I don't know. I mean, back then there was no, the internet was just totally blocked because there are so many people going into the little tiny broadband of the 2000. The State Department's Department of State's website was just blown up. So I called friends in Miami who were giving me precinct by precinct what was left. And it was predominantly Democratic precincts. And I said,”

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  49. “So we were having dinner prior to the results, so six o'clock in Houston, they call Florida at 7, and it stunned me. I was the chairman of the campaign. I knew it was going to be close. I thought we were going to win. And it just like, I went and hugged my brother, told him I loved him, and I was going to go upstairs and start making calls. So Carl Rode gave me a list of radio talk shows in Sacramento and Phoenix. You're sitting in the sitting.”

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  50. “In many cases, yeah, for sure. And here's one thing that could be added. If you're clearly mentally unstable, there needs to be a much better way to share that information so that when you do the background checks, it's clear that this person shouldn't get a gun. And our systems, we have three levels of government. It's complicated. I'm sure it's complicated, but this is a national priority, and I think making sure that people Look, he spiraled out of control, and there was clear evidence that that was the case. He shouldn't have been able to access a gun for sure. But the answer typically ends up being let's take away the rights of all sorts of people that have nothing to do with this. And I think there ought to be a more laser-like focus on the mental health issues. And when you identify it, you don't just say, well, it's not my job.”

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