Ad of the bone the b All right, now, let's continue. As you may know, there's three Republicans running against Shared Brown, the most liberal member of the US Senate and Akolaidea Bernie Sanders, Senator Matt Dolan, State Senator Matt Dolan, and the Frank Lerosa, the Secretary of State. But also Bernie Marino. Bernie Marino, welcome to the Bill Cunningham Show. And Bernie, let's get right into it right now in Washington. All hell's breaking
loose because of this border deal. If a year from now or so, Senator Bernie Marino is in the US Senate and you head to vote on a deal to give money to Ukraine and Israel and I support one and not necessarily the other, and in exchange for minor adjustments on the border, would you make that deal? Well, I wouldn't because we shouldn't be conflating three completely different things. The reality is Ukraine, we're going to get to peace.
I believe we're going to win this election. Bill. I think we're going to get the Senate back, we're going to keep the House. President Trump's going to get re elected. We will have a peaceful settlement in Ukraine within the first thirty days of the new administration is amazing Israel. Talk to me about Israel. Israel. We're going to give them the money they need to defend themselves, because if they're not just defending themselves, they're defending us.
They're at the tip of this battle against Western civilization. They know how to process our money, and they also really take that money and give it back to us in space with research and development for our weaponry. So if you look at an F thirty five and F thirty five I, that I is the Israeli version that they give us that advanced technology. So we have to make certain that we preserve that relationship and unequivocal, no question about it,
support for Israel. In fact, my first trip foreign trip will be to go to Israel as a United States Senator. And in our border, we don't need more mind there. What we need is more better policies. We either reform our asylum laws. You currently can cross into America illegally, raise your hand and claim asylum, and it's like you won a game show.
We have to make it so if you cross illegally, you're immediately returned, not detained, that arrested, immediately returned and you forfeit your right for asylum, and if you come in the right way, you stay in Mexico or in Canada until your claim is heard. Bernie Marino, if you were the governor, would you have signed or not signed the Protecting Youth Bill, which
is called killing trans kids by the left wing activists. If you were Mike Dwine, would you have signed the bill or vetoed it like he did. I would have signed it one millisecond after a pass then holist, I would have walked across the street and told them to save the time to sign that if we can't agree that men shouldn't play women's sports, that we can't mutilate children, and that we can't give children life altering experimental drugs, then we
have a major problem in our society. That was the easiest yes that any governor could possibly have faced. You have the Donald Trump endorsement for this Senate sat Did you have to promise him anything to get that endorsement from Donald Trump. I had to promise that that was going to work really hard. I was going to make certain that we advanced the America First Agenda, that I was going to stand up for the things that I'm campaigning on that I'm not
going to cave to the left. I'm not going to cave to the media that are going to be a fierce warrior to make certain that we get the things down, the secure border, energy dominance, peace of the world, parents back in charge of public schools, Criminals punished and not rewarded. That's the agenda. Bring it industry back to the US, make certain that we grow our middle class, that we were thriving middle class. That's what he
knows I'll do, which is why he endorsed me. Jd Vance's endorse me, Jim Jordan's endorse me, with a bak Ramaswami Christy nom we have thirty five prominent national endorsements, including over a dozen city Republican senators that are serving now for them to weigh in in a primaries very unusual. Let me just point out my two opponents have zero national endorsements, and we have dramatically more
endorsements in Ohio than they do, even though they're the career politicians. Now, if you would be elected, I think would be the only state in the country with two US senators, neither of whomever ever been in public office. Before. So some consider that an advantage, some consider it not so
much so. But Jade Vance came to the position horizontally, didn't come up vertically, and you would come horizontally a respond to the argument that we need someone who's been in government for a while to know how it works, and that Bernie Marino doesn't know where the bodies are buried in government and politics. He's new to the game, doesn't know what he's doing. Respond to that criticism, Oh, you mean compliment. That's a compliment. I look at
that as a complete compliment. Bill. Here's the thing. It's very simple. If you think Washington d works well and the country is heading in a great direction with the way these career politicians are taking this country, and I'm probably not for you if you think that place needs to be reimagined, blown up, completely upended. That's what jad and I are going to do there as partners, and that's why I'm going I would never have imagined doing this.
This is not something I aspire to. You know, these other guys that are career politicians, they dream about this since they were twelve. This is not what I imagined I would do with my life at this point. But it's exactly career politicians, exactly people who think they know better than we do that are going to Washington, DC and destroying this country and taking it off a cliff. Let me read to you the opening line on an AP
story. The Associated Press used to be objective. They're not anymore. They're bought and paid for by the left. But that's a different issue. Let me read you the sentence Bernie Marino, a Trump back candidate for Ohio's crucial US Senate see who touts his success in business, facing allmultiple lawsuits alleging discrimination against employees in the run up to the sale of his high end Cleveland car dealerships. An Associated Press review has found explain what happened. So, by
the way, that's three lawsuits, thousands of employees over fifteen years. I would compare that record any business that you would know. Two of the people in that lawsuit, the two women involved in that lawsuit are great personal friends of mine. Now they are supporting my campaign. And the reporter couldn't get them off the phone because they were so so saying such nice things about the things that a reporter didn't want to hear. She wanted. Of course,
the stories she had already written before she called them. The third case was a misunderstanding between a very nice team member of mine at one of my dealerships and the manager. I found out about it resolved it immediately, as anybody who's in business knows, lawsuits are part of business, unfortunately, but I would take my record of how we've treated our people versus anybody else any day of the week. When did you become a US citizen? I know from
our previous discussions you were born in Bogata, Columbia. You're about fifty two years old, explained to the American people your history and how you made it out of Bogatal. Sure, so, my five brothers, my sister, my mom and dad. We left Columbia December fifteenth of nineteen seventy one, just before my fifth birthday. I'm about to become fifty seven on February fourteenth.
I became a citizen on February fourteenth, when I turned eighteen years old nineteen eighty five, I had The first thing I did that morning was head on down. I took the tests, swore the oath, and know that this is the greatest gift my parents gave me was bringing me to this great country. I could never have achieved anywhere else on Earth what I was able to achieve here in America. It's why I'm fighting for this country, for
our kids and our grandkids, and your kids and your grandkids. You probably came here a little, not too much in your pocket. Explain your process from like twenty five now, how'd you make your money? Where did it come from? What businesses did you operate? Did you sell them all? Explain financially where you are? Yeah. So when I was when I was thirty eight years old, I had an opportunity to buy a tiny, little
car dealership. Usually car dealerships are inherited from generation to generation. I had the opportunity to buy a car dealership. Put every cent I had into buying that dealership, backed up my credit card, sold every possession I had, took out the biggest loan I could even imagine in my life. And with that little tiny dealership that sold four cars a month and created fifteen dealerships over the next twelve years, sold about twenty thousand cars a year and did about
a billion in sales in the Cincinnati market. I built Mercedes Benz to Fort Mitchell. I subsiqutely have sold all my dealerships. I then started a technology company that uses what's called blockchain to make the car titling process digital. We're in West Virginia, Kentucky, New Jersey, Illinois, soon to be other states. I've sold my shares in that company build because I believe when people vote for me and count on me to be in Washington, DC, I've
got to be free and clear of any conflicts, perceived or real. So you're a rich guy who came here poor. Well, I came to Ohio and put every cent I had into that business. So as as I tell the story off of Bill is, every day was a struggle and the decision between survival and living one more day or in a complete failure. So I know what it's like to sweat it out. You know, my parents left a very good life in Columbia for a very different life here. But I
saw them succeed. Didn't change my life. My parents gave me a loving household and a great education, and of course the gift of coming here. But I worked for the moment I was twelve years old, whether it was delivery newspapers, bagging groceries, being a bus boy working in landscaping, to bookkeeping, whatever it happened to be, because if I wanted to go to the movies or go out to dinner at lunch with my friends, that money
came from my pocket, not my parents' pocket. On the state's representative the other day from Warren County, who wants to eliminate the state income tax, but from now in twenty thirty, I think the state income taxes like three or four percent. Are you in favor encouraging Ohio to get rid of the state income tax? Absolutely, we are way too high of a tax burden in Ohio. It's why a lot of people move to Florida while they moved to Texas. Why they move south, it's because the tax environment is much
more favorable. The government is taking too much of our money. They're confiscating too much of our money. And the reality is government will continue to grow until we stop it. That includes property taxes. I think our property taxes are continued to spire out of control. Now these are not federal issues. I will work. I'm making certain that our tax burden federally is lowered. But you got to do it because you got to cut but you got to
do it by cutting spending. This is what makes me mental is you look at these politicians. They've never cut costs, They've always only raised it. You can't keep doing that. We have to cut spending make government more efficient. Now the other two you're running against, Frank Lrose and Matt Dolan. What do you find? What do you bring to the table different than Frank LaRose, for example, that's led to state and balloting the last two cycles
when he's run. He's a soldier, been on the Southern border, a wife's got three kids. Why would you be better than Frank LaRose or Matt Dolan. Well, they're both US guys, and certainly with Frank honor his military service, our country's better as a result of people like Frank who put on the uniform and we honor that service. But the reality is after leaving the military, he's done nothing other than run for public office. You know,
he was running for Secretary of State. Well at the same time thinking about running to the US Senate. And that's what's wrong with DC. These guys are thinking about a career. Our founders never envisioned a career. It was about service. It was about people who did something their lives that are willing to go to DC to serve and build is the key part, and then come home home, not be there forever. We don't need people there forever. That's not what our founders had in mind. Would you commit to
a two term limit? If elected? Would you only serve two terms? As you said you got to come back home? Would you agree to a two term limit? Well, I'm the chair of US term Limits for Ohio and we're trying to get a constitutional amendment around that. And not only will I commit to a two term limit. If you interview my wife, Bill, she will tell you third term, second wife. So that's it. That's it, two terms. I'm going to go there for two terms.
Can't be president United States because I wasn't born here. There's about going there to serve, not worrying about who gets credit, and then coming home and living under the very rules and laws that we passed. Of what value is to Trump endorsement in Ohio? I understand the other two sought it but did not receive it. What benefit is to Trump endorsement in Ohio to the Bernie
Morino campaign. Well, in the words of Franklin Rose, it's decisive I mean, the reality is he's the leader of our party, he's the head of the America First movement in this country, and honored to have his endorsement because he knows I'm going to have his back, and obviously did not give that endorsement to Frank because he doesn't believe Frank would have actually have his back.
And in terms of Matt, he's actually unindorsed Matt. He's saying, Matt the guy you should never vote for, because Matt doesn't just disagree with him on process, he disagrees with him on policy. Both of those guys want to give amnesty to legal migrants. Both of them are against term limits. Both of them are for funding Ukraine for another endless war. This is a big policy difference. It's not just oh, I don't like this guy's style, which is what Matt tries to say. Matt raised the gas stacks.
He's terrible in the Second Amendment. You know, at our debate though he said it's okay for the government to decide that you shouldn't have a weapon. Now he packaged it and says, well, the judge, et cetera, there is no scenario which the government should be disarming our citizens. We've had it embedded in our fundamental rights. Well, I say on that front that I don't blame a car. If someone commits a dui, I don't blame the car. And if someone wrongfully uses a gun, I don't blame
some inanimate metal object. I blame the person that's doing it. But the media loves to blame the gun, but they never would blame the tire or the car if the car is driven on a dui, it's not the same thing. And last thing, on the issue of abortion. If you're in charge of abortion, Ohio just passed the state issue on it, and you know, I think we got problems there. Would you have any limits on abortion at all from the moment of conception till natural birth? What limits would
Bernie Reno put on abortion if any? Well, I think the states obviously are the ones who have been making these balls, but there is a federal role. In my mind, I think we should look around consensus around maybe
taking a look at you know, abortion being after fifteen weeks restricted. Obviously there's exceptions for rape, insects, life for the mother, but make certain that we're not allowing late term abortions that we're not using federal funding for abortion, making certain we have access to contraception and healthcare, making sure that we lower the costs of having a child and raising a child, making sure that there's good jobs, because a lot of abortions are economic issues, and we
have to make sure we talk about this issue, that we understand the empathy that we need to deal with this issue. This is a tough issue for the women involved. We shouldn't be judging them. We should be making certain that we're there to support them. Fund these pregnancy centers, make certain that adoption is available to them in an easier way, and we can build consensus around eliminating elective late term abortions. The reality Sharon Brown has no limits on
abortion. He thinks abortions should be allowed right up to them over the birth for any reason any time. Voted against the Infant Borner Live Protection Act, which said that in a busched abortion that Bavy's going left to diet a cold metal table. He is an absolute extremist on this issue, no question. Bernie Marine, If you have any questions for me, the Great American about sports, politics, world capitals, something that's confused you over the years.
Absolutely, I want to know, because you would have the actual answer. Are the Lions going to make it? You know, this is I remember the Lions the days of Milk Plumb and Dick Knight train Lane, and it would be one of the great stories in sports history if the Lions, who three years ago didn't win a game, could arise and win the Super Bowl.
They get seven points in San Francisco. I'm taking the Lions to go all the way to beat out the forty nine Ers without the seven points, to march into the Super Bowl, probably against Baltimore and beat quote the Raven nevermore in Las Vegas. I predict the Lions from march for glory and for some the judgment seat of God. Oh my, well, this is this is now national news bill that you just made. I'm with you one hundred that no scenario which anybody should be rooting for the Raven or the forty nine
Ers. I'm all in. Let's get the lines across the finish line. Bernie, you are you going to invite Donald Trump to campaign with you? In Ohio? I was had a great fundraiser here mar A Lago. We broke a record for mari A Lago for a GOP non incumbent candidate at three hundred and fifty people here at mar A Lago. I'm going to be a president Trump tonight. He was supposed to be here last night, but the judge in persecuting him up. There's a complete lunatic. Yeah, he's in
a great mood. He's going to be our next president. He's our nominee already, and I look forward to shaking his hand and thanking him for everything that he's doing for this country. Bernie Marino, you're a great American, and thank you for coming on the Bill Cunningham Show. Thank you, Bernie, Thank you. God bless America. Let's continue with more line becomes available seven four nine, seven thousand, after two o'clock today will be Julie Gunlock
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