C (3:43)

Hi, my name is Phil Airman, retired U.S. navy commander. I want to tell you about my friend Alex Vindman, a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Army. Alex is running for the Senate of the United States with a sense of integrity and duty to set conditions for all of us to thrive in freedom. It's so important to do that thinking of children. Children are our future, and Alex will be there for them.

B (4:07)

Should also note that, again, Alex Vindman, retired US army lieutenant colonel, was the Director of European affairs for the United States United security council. Served 21 years. He was wounded in Iraq, stood up when no one else would, as his brother Eugene Vindman writes. He also has an incredible video when he announced his run. I just want to show you, just to remind you about his background. Let's just play this.

D (4:32)

Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council official who testified against the president during the impeachment hearings, has been fired. Jim, the president has been fuming about Vindman apparently ever since he testified.

E (4:46)

The last time you saw me was here swearing an oath to tell the truth about a president who broke his. See, my family came to America as refugees to escape tyranny. And I sure as hell was not going to bow down to some wannabe tyrant. This president unleashed a reign of terror and retribution, not just against me and my family, but against all of us. Today, our country is in chaos. Thug militias attacking citizens, tariffs pushing prices sky high, health care premiums through the roof. And Florida homeowners are being absolutely screwed because Ashley Moody caved to the big insurance companies. They put Moody in the Senate to be a yes vote for Trump and the billionaires she's not Florida Center. She's theirs. I'm Alex Vimon, and I'm running to be your voice in the senate. I served 21 years in the army, was wounded in Iraq. I served presidents of both parties, and I've seen corruption in Washington up close. Over a million dollars in Moody's corporate stock was traded last year while she had access to insider information only Congress gets that should be outlawed. They gutted disaster assistance for people trying to rebuild their lives. But she's okay with $40 billion bailouts for Argentina.

F (5:57)

Where's the bailout for Florida's families?

E (6:00)

I stepped up when my country needed a soldier. I stood up when someone had to say, no one is above the law. I'm asking you, stand with me now.

F (6:10)

To put a check on Donald Trump.

E (6:11)

And the corrupt politicians who think your.

F (6:14)

Tax dollars are their personal piggy bank.

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The billionaires in the special interest will throw everything they've got to try to stop us. But in infantry, we didn't back down from a fight. In a democracy, you decide who's going to stand for you, the patriot or the politician.

F (6:28)

Join us now.

B (6:31)

Let's bring in Alex Vindman. Alex, it's great to see you. It's no surprise that, you know, people are going to say, but isn't Florida a red state? You know, isn't this a safe, solid, red state? You know, I think if anybody has the ability to flip that Senate seat, it's you. And that's why I think so many people are encouraged that you are running. But talk to us about, you know, the plan to flip the seat.

F (6:56)

Hey, thanks for having me back on, Ben. In different role this time. Look, I stepped in. I've been in Florida for more than three years. We came here as the first place we got a chance to choose to live. After the military sending me across different parts of the world and just telling me where to go. We planted our roots here. My daughter's thriving. I moved my dad down about six months after us. So this is where we're. This is home for us. And in the military, we have this expression, you go to someplace and you leave it better than you found it. This state is headed in the wrong direction. We have a economy that's unaffordable. We have the highest insurance rates in the country, and my opponent, Ashley Moody, is a part of the reason that we are here, because she came to the big insurance companies. We have insecurity in our streets. Large swaths of our community feel unsafe to go out, go out of their homes. That is a product of Trump's abuse of power. Setting in what looked like militias, the kinds of folks that we saw patrolling the street. In the military, when I was in combat, we had well trained troops that were respectful to the, the civilians. Even in combat zones, in war zones. That's not what Trump is doing. He's sending out a militia with a signal that they could do whatever they want, they could be heavy handed, they're armed to the teeth, they look like a military to be able to abuse a population. This kind of chaos that we're seeing here and overseas, Trump embracing our enemies and casting aside our allies. The corruption is gold plated toilets and planes from Qatar, all these types of, We've never seen this level of corruption before. And the costs being shifted from the billionaires, they're getting the tax breaks, we're losing health care, they're getting all sorts of benefits and the powerful that are in their pocket are getting the benefits and the burden shifting to ordinary Americans. That is not something I'm going to sit back and watch unfold. And we have a clear path. Trump's margins across the country and in the state have shrunk because people are rejecting his policies. That's why you see him increasingly thinking about how he's going to steal an election because he doesn't have any good ideas. And now Florida has a fighter in their corner and that's how we're going to win the seat. You know, if you're, you're with me for this fight, Please go to alexvinman.com and support me and support this effort. And we're going to take back the state in Trump's own backyard, regardless of what he throws at us.

B (9:28)

You know, people probably are saying, you know, Senator Ashley who, Ashley Moody, you know, she, she was appointed by DeSantis. So this was a relatively recent appointment after Rubio became Secretary of State or whatever his job is. And I think, you know, she does, she does two things. You know, she, she stock trades, you know, and she really loves, she really loves that. She's like a day trader. And then the other thing she does is, you know, whatever Trump orders her, she does. I mean, and that's why I showed, you know, I guess the confluence of those factors is her, you know, being like a keynote speaker at this World Liberty Financial Conference, you know, which is the Trump wit cough, you know, hey, United Arab Emirates, we need half a billion dollars. Just give it to us like you want our stablecoin? We're not even going to give you that. Just Give us half a billion and we'll give you the United States semiconductor chips. And then we give them the most highly classified semiconductor chip which no one would give them before because they're just going to give it to China. And they probably already have given it to China. So it's interesting because you are primed to take, you know, to take her on, just given your background also, as you were calling all of this out, you know, when he was threatening to withhold the military equipment to Ukraine, which he's doing right now, obviously, you know, again, whether it's the Patriot missiles and she's the kind of person who joins Trump in doing those things. And you're the kind of person who says, no, we're not going to do that. We focus on America.

F (11:04)

The reason we're going to win the seat is because the contrast between me as a non political somebody that's running for office for the first time, a career public servant, somebody that's reported corruption at the highest level regardless of the cost is, and my opponent who is a career politician, an automatic yes vote for all of the chaos, all of the corruption in the Trump regime. That couldn't be starker. And I think the fact is that Floridians know this. They know that they will for the first time in a long time, have a fighter in their corner. We're seeing wins in the special elections here. We've won consistently really since Trump took office. And we're going to be able to overcome some of the historical baggage with regards to the state. And it's not just going to be this my seat, we're going to win, we're going to win a whole slate of Democratic seats down the line and make sure that we take the state in a different direction. And when we do this, we will have one control of the Senate and we will be, we will offer America and the world a different future. One that's vastly different than the first year or the second year of his term. One that in which he's, he's constrained from taking on his, his absurd agenda for chaos, self enrichment and chaos.

B (12:16)

You know, it's interesting, I saw DeSantis recent post that he reflected that he was worried about some of these special election results. What we saw in Texas Senate District 9, where there was a massive flip, a 31 point swing to a Democratic candidate there. I also saw DeSantis saying that he disagrees with Donald Trump when it comes to putting data centers. You know, in, in Florida you have Byron Donalds who's running for governor of Florida talking about, you know, we, what, what do we. On the one hand, Donald Trump wants to put data centers everywhere. On the other hand, Byron Donald wants to please Trump and then maybe not in my backyard when it comes to, when it comes to Florida, you know, and so, you know, and even the alligator Alcatraz, which costs billions of dollars, you know, that's, that's not a, you know, it's from a human rights standpoint. I mean I believe it's a crime against humanity. And I think people in Flor just don't, just don't want that happening. And they see it happening out, they don't want it happening in Florida. So they don't want this stuff there. And then you add on top of it the energy costs rising, the insurance costs rising and just the, the day to day issues that are not being addressed in Florida. While you have this MAGA cheer, we have this Trump MAGA cheerleading without dealing with the day to day issues of Florida.

F (13:35)

You know, it's interesting. Yesterday I went out and I went to what, what for most folks in Florida and certainly in Miami is a well known spot. It's Freedom Tower. It's the portal for entry and processing for hundreds of thousands of Cubans that came to this country. Very similar to my own story coming as a refugee from the Soviet Union. And this is going to be, this building is going to be in the shadow of where Trump is planning to build his library. It's not going to be a typical library like the presidents build when they're out of office. This thing is going to be a hotel and a revenue generator form and it's going to tower over this iconic building that it's the Ellis island of Miami that's supposed to be sending the message that everybody could come to this idea, this country and you know, have this idea of fairness and access to the American dream. So that, and then I visited a college campus, the Miami Dade College campus there just a couple blocks away. Talking to students, the things that were on their mind were all costs. It was, was the fact that the tax burden is being shifted off the ultra wealthy and we're getting our services cut. With regards to health care, folks were talking about affordability for housing. They're concerned about the fact that the highest insurance rates in this country don't just affect homeowners, they affect the property owners that rent their properties. That's that was on their mind. Health insurance. You know, you don't usually expect a 20 something to or late teen to talk about health insurance, but they Recognize that, you know, one health crisis could, could crush somebody's life. And I talked to faculty there. It was a beautiful thing to do. You know, what wasn't on their mind. It wasn't self enrichment schemes. It wasn't, you know, private jets. It wasn't crypto scams. It wasn't embracing our adversaries and casting aside our allies. It wasn't any of the priorities that you see Trump talk about here. Certainly Ashley Moody, my opponent, you know, her, her focus is on bringing in the, the SAVE act or the Save America act, this newest version out of, out of the Senate, which is when you don't have any ideas of that could win and, and get you votes in election, what do you do? You try to steal it. So what is she trying to do? She's trying to make sure that we reduce the number of folks voting, that we make it harder for folks to vote by mail. Because now you can't just submit a ballot. You have to submit a scanned document. You know, imagine you're, you're parents or grandparents kind of trying to figure out how to do that. When they do their vote by mail. It's women that have been married that have changed their names are going to have a heart. They're going to have to provide additional documentation. American citizens that may still be struggling with the English language will have a harder time with regards to voting. That's what they're focused on, making sure that you lose your access to your right to vote. This fundamental right that every American citizen is granted. And I think that their priorities are completely wrong. And the Floridians and Americans know this. And we will see decisive outcomes both in this state and across the country.

B (16:41)

Alex, where can people learn more about the campaign?

F (16:44)

Look, you heard me, you heard me talk about this. I'm going to be the fighter in the corner of Americans like I have been. Like my track record says, I'm going to be the fighter for Floridians on ending the chaos, crushing corruption and cutting costs. And if you're with me in this fight, please join me@alexvittman.com we, we need to get your support in order to be able to get, allow me to get my message out to folks that are just mo mainly focused on their lives. They're not paying attention to the politics. So please sign up as a volunteer and contribute to this campaign and we're going to win this thing.

B (17:17)

Alex was on the Midas Touch network probably four or five years ago when this was just an idea, not a network. And so it's great to have you here five years later, watching you run for the United States Senate and for all you've done for our country. Thanks, Alex.

F (17:31)

Thanks, Ben.

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