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James Martin
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Ben
Real good story about Bronx and his dad, Ryan. Real United Airlines customers.
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Interviewer/Host
We were returning home and one of the flight attendants asked Bronx if he wanted to see the flight deck and meet Captain Andrew.
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Ben
I got to sit in the driver's seat.
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James Martin
I grew up in an aviation family, and seeing Bronx kind of reminded me of myself when I was that age.
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Ben
That's Andrew, a real United pilot.
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James Martin
These small interactions can shape a kid's future.
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Ben
It felt like I was the captain.
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Interviewer/Host
Allowing my son to see the flight deck will stick with us forever.
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James Martin
That's how good leads the way. Hi, I'm here to pick up my son, Milo. There's no Milo here who picked up.
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Interviewer/Host
My son from school. Streaming only on Peacock. Seven Devils on the I'm gonna need.
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James Martin
The name of everyone that could have a connection.
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Interviewer/Host
You don't understand. It was just the five of us. So this was all planned.
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Ben
What are you gonna do?
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Interviewer/Host
I will do whatever it takes to get my son back. I honestly didn't see this coming. These nice people killing each other. All her fault. A new series streaming now only on Peacock.
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Ben
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Interviewer/Host
Oh, hey. Welcome to gift wrapping. Whoa. So is Saldana.
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Ben
Hey, can you wrap these, please?
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Interviewer/Host
Wow. IPhone 17s.
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Ben
You splurged at T Mobile, you can get four iPhone 17s on them. The new Center Stage front camera is amazing for group selfies. It's the perfect gift for everyone.
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Interviewer/Host
I'm the worst. I only got my mom a robe.
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Ben
Well, it's better than socks.
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Interviewer/Host
So I have to trade in my old phone, right?
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Ben
No AT T Mobile. There's no trade ins needed when you switch. Keep your old phone or give it as a gift.
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Interviewer/Host
Incredible.
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Ben
In fact, wrap up my old phone too. For my Aunt Rosa. Forget that. Aunt Liz will be jealous.
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Interviewer/Host
Sounds like my family drama.
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Ben
Oh, I got it. I'll give it to my abuela. I'll take reindeer paper with. Hey, where are you going?
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James Martin
To T Mobile.
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Interviewer/Host
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Brian Mast
Here, play this clip Was purging of people throughout the State Department, other agencies where we're freezing aid. These are all very important and necessary steps to make sure that we secure America. And we're going to support that.
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Ben
I'm sorry, can I follow up on what you just said there? You want to authorize purging of State Department personnel. What does that mean exactly?
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Brian Mast
Well, if you want to take a look at the State Department where DEI has been a priority over, let's say, diplomacy in many accounts, I could give you hundreds of examples. Examples of where they were. Sure, let's list them off. Half a million dollars to expand atheism in Nepal, $50,000 to do. Let's see, a transgender opera in Colombia.
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Interviewer/Host
And everyone knows these culture war issues that are weaponized by MAGA people like masks are all BS and they've used it to absolutely destroy key functions of our government. And, you know, they don't care about the real issues. And again, imagine being the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee learning that you had a number of senior people in the Trump regime chatting on signal and giving their classified war plans to a reporter and then saying, whatever, we don't care about it. Some of the most highly sensitive information. This is what happened when Mass was asked about that. Play this clip. But you don't want.
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James Martin
I mean, you have jurisdiction.
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Interviewer/Host
Why don't you want to investigate?
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Brian Mast
I don't think this rises to the level of an investigation like that is my own personal opinion. And again, I'd give you the same point that I just made. If they start deleting 30,000 emails off a personal server kept in their basement, well, under investigation by the FBI.
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James Martin
And these are set to delete it.
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Brian Mast
Clean entirely, then these are conduct investigation.
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Ben
These are set to delete at one week.
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Brian Mast
They're not four weeks.
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James Martin
He's not.
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Brian Mast
You're trying to conflate something. That's not the reality. They're not going out there trying to delete something while under investigation. Investigation by the FBI.
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Interviewer/Host
They're not under investigation.
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Ben
You are not investigating.
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Brian Mast
That's exactly right.
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Ben
There is.
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Interviewer/Host
Yeah. You're not investigating. What are you doing? Like, what are you actually doing there other than trying to divide people? Also, you just may remember that Brian Mass, he's the guy who dresses up for whatever reason in the Israeli military uniform. You've seen him dressed up like that. I want to talk about, though, a guy by the name of James Martin, who is someone who may be able to flip that seat, that 21st congressional district seat blue. And James Martin, fourth generation Floridian, U.S. coast Guard veteran. He held the rank of Lieutenant commander of the U.S. coast Guard Reserve. Let's bring him in right now. Let's bring in James Martin, who's running for that congressional office. Good to see you, James. Fourth generation Floridian. Let's talk about what I just showed you right there. You think you can flip this seat blue?
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James Martin
Absolutely, Ben. I think, number one, talking to voters in the district, they're hungry for change. They've had enough of a lot of, you know, what we can plainly see is nonsense. And I think the more important thing is it's the nonsense and then not delivering on concrete results for the folks in this district. And even I'll take it one step further. You see a concrete pattern of Brian Mass not voting for the interests of this district. So taken all together with the right candidate. Absolutely. Well, we'll flip this district blue.
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Interviewer/Host
You know, your background being in the Coast Guard, you served overseas in combat zones. You were involved in interdictions from drug cartels who are actually trying to, you know, bring their drugs into the United States. So you were actually the front lines in doing that. So I'm sure you must have a perspective, perspective on what we're seeing here with instead of these kind of interdictions that the Coast Guard would do, we're now seeing, you know, people like Mast and the Trump regime just say, you know what? Why even do that? Let's just send in, you know, you know, drones or warplanes. It just. Just kill the people, like, and we won't have to ask questions. We won't show people anything. Just kill them. I think right now it's over 80, 82, 85, 90 people killed. And we have a lot of people, a lot of veterans saying, you know, there's real serious issues with that. What do you make of it?
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James Martin
Sure. Well, I think the first thing to know, Ben, is of course, they're. They're patently illegal, these, these extrajudicial airstrikes. But the second thing to know is not only are they illegal, they're not smart and What I mean by that is they're not smart for a number of reasons. First of all, of course, the justification we're being given is that these are narco terrorists who are trafficking fentanyl into this country. Of course, anyone who follows the issue even from a distance will know that these boats are not trafficking fentanyl, and finished fentanyl comes from Mexico. And the second thing to know is, of course, that when we do interdict these folks, as I have a lot of times, we get really good intelligence from them. So not only are we doing things illegally and we're not doing them under the proper justifications, we're throwing out great intelligence. And then the third, the last thing I would say is, of course, and this is for the talking point, maybe for your. Your uncle at Thanksgiving sort of a thing, who doesn't want to listen to any of that and thinks that we should be tough guys, is these are expensive. You know, these are expensive missiles where we're lobbying at these guys when we could be arresting them and getting good value from them. So that's. That's what I would say, and that's what I would want folks to know about those. Those airstrikes in particular, you know, and.
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Interviewer/Host
That'S why, speaking to you, someone who actually was involved in the water, in the interdictions, doing the questioning, seeing the people, seeing the drug seized, knowing the region, and for you to say, let me explain to you how we did it versus what's going on. I think that's a big deal. Also. I mean, your perspective right now, I'd love to hear about it. Coast Guard was in the news again because of potentially changing their policy, changing what was on their list of hate symbols to say that the swastika, the noose, the Confederate flag would no longer be hate symbols, but simply, you know, symbols of controversy or words to that, or words to those effects. What's. What's going on there? And then they did an about face. But what happened there?
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James Martin
Sure. So the thing that I would want folks to know here is a few things. One, so it's being characterized, I think, in many circles as fake news, which is, of course, patently not the case, because the thing is, the policy did change, and it changed, and it was simply set to take effect December 15th. And I think it's been characterized by a lot of folks as fake news. But really, the sad reality is, and, you know, it's deeply upsetting to me as a member of the Coast Guard. I was a member of the Coast Guard until I was from the time I was 18 years old until I separated in January. So, you know, this is deeply upsetting to me. The thing of it is is anytime you change a law or policy, there is a reason. So what I have called for and have asked, what was that reason? Why was it changed in the first place? How was it drafted in such a way, let's be charitable and say it was a mistake, as I of course hope it is. How was it drafted in a way that even approached downplaying hate symbols? Right. And then lastly, of course, what are the safeguards to ensure that something like this never happens again? Because of, I think the very straightforward implications of causing, causing upset in, in the ranks. I mean, what I think most people, of course, the part that's getting the most attention is the hate symbols. But sort of in the fine print of this policy is the change that members, Coast Guard members only have 45 days to report such an incident. If something were to happen where a swastika or a noose was displayed to them. That doesn't really work if you're on a six month patrol and you don't feel that your chain of command is going to be able to adjudicate the matter properly. And you just have to keep that to yourself. And you know, that's no way to treat, in my view, some of the most junior people or any member of the Coast Guard really. So I'll leave it there. But I think the biggest thing to come back to is that it was not fake news. It did change. And anytime law or policy changes, there's a reason. So what was the reason?
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Interviewer/Host
Yeah, and the fact that that is what they're focusing the changes on. Like that individuals are in a room saying, like what are we going to do today with all of the issues going on in our country? And that's what I want to talk about next. The issues going on in our country in the district. And there's so many things that need to be done. But the fact that in this current Trump regime, you've got people saying, you know what, that's what we're going to be focused on. I just want to give people a little bit more about your background so they know that you were selected to comm two Coast Guard cutters in Fort Pierce, that the Coast Guard teams that you were working with and responsible for seized more than 200 tons of illicit narcotics with a street value of more than $3.5 billion. The detainment and onward prosecution of more than 450 suspected drug traffickers and the interdiction of more than 250 migrants at sea. And so we think about the work that you've done, put it through in your career, and you contrast it with what the regime is doing now, just killing over 85 people and, you know, which patently, patently illegal and as you said, not smart. I just think that contrast is more clear when people know just the extent of your background, you know, leading these teams. Before we go, though, I want to talk about your district. You know, obviously, you know, people are suffering and struggling under this Trump regime. Whether it's the economy, inflation surging, people heading to Thanksgiving, Things are far more expensive right now. While Trump and Mast pretend that things are cheaper and go, we've made everything so much better. Everything's amazing. Everybody's rich. Obviously, insurance is through the roof in Florida. The cost of living there is, is virtually unaffordable for many people. So as, as you're traveling throughout your district, what are you hearing and, and what are you going to do for your people that Mast isn't doing for the people?
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James Martin
Well, thanks for that question, Ben. I think you highlighted a huge part of it, of course, affordability in the economy, which is something I'm going to be laser focused on and am very focused on whether it's property insurance. An issue that's a big thing for folks here is actually we have a major clean water crisis where without getting into all the details, the big lake that's in the center of the state of Florida, Lake Okeechobee, it's very polluted. Folks may have seen. It's the most polluted lake in America. The thing to know there is, we have, for complicated reasons, we have discharges that come from that lake into our local waterways and the estuary that we have in the district, the Indian River Lagoon is actually the most biodiverse lagoon in the, in North America, more biodiverse than the Everglades. And the reason, and this sounds very esoteric, but the reason that that's important is that is the lifeblood of this, of this district, of this place. If that doesn't work, people's property values go down, people can't fish, people. And that's both commercial fishermen, recreational fishermen. So folks are very seized with that. And the reason I mention is Brian Mast has sort of position himself as a champion on clean water while quietly, you know, you may have seen last week, hollowing out the epa, both the enforcement mechanisms that the EPA has and some of the definitions that, that really enable the federal government to enforce clean water rules. So Just want to make mention of that. But. But because it is a huge part of the affordability of this place of property insurance. You know, I think we heard it best. I heard a quote. Everything that Trump and Brian Mass is doing is making you either poorer or sicker. And that's what I come back to. And it's almost at the bottom of any issue. So that's what we're going to be laser focused on moving forward.
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Interviewer/Host
Yeah. And that's why, you know, to me, all these issues are connected, which is their priorities and their focus on, hey, let's bring the swastika back, let's do this. You know, or it's like, let's destroy the State Department. Or, you know, Mass, let's just start randomly talking about like, bathrooms in Peru. And it's like the American people, like, dude, I just want to be able to sit in my Thanksgiving table and be able to afford the turkey this year. Like, I just want to be able to than be in a place where I can afford my rent and afford insurance. Like, can you talk about that versus all of this kind of weird stuff? Anyway, before we go, James, where can people find out more about the campaign? Sure.
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James Martin
So we're at James Martin for florida.com and then we're on from there. We're on all social media except for substack. I did get admonished by by a lady last week that I was not on substack, but we'll get there. But. So that's James Martin for florida.com and we're on all social media channels. Thanks again, Ben.
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Interviewer/Host
Well, people will see this on our substack. So there you have it. James Martin is running for the 21st congressional district in Florida against MAGA Republican Congressmember Brian Mast. Thanks for joining us, James.
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James Martin
Thank you, Ben. Appreciate you.
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Interviewer/Host
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James Martin
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Ben
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James Martin
Cut the camera. They see us.
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Interviewer/Host
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James Martin
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Ben
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