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<\/p>\nVictor Orlando brings tradesman\u2019s approach to NH-02 GOP race | CloseUp<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHAT\u2019S RIGHT, FREE GUTTERS, CALL TIME PROOF. USA TODAY. WELCOME BACK TO CLOSE UP. THERE\u2019S A NEW CANDIDATE RUNNING IN THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. VICTOR ORLANDO IS HERE THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS HIS CAMPAIGN AND HIS ISSUES. MR. ORLANDO, THANKS FOR COMING IN. THANKS FOR HAVING ME, ADAM. SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AND WHY YOU\u2019RE RUNNING FOR CONGRESS. SURE. YEAH. MY NAME IS VICTOR. I\u2019M A TRADESMAN. I\u2019VE BEEN WORKING IN THE TRADES SINCE I WAS IN SIXTH GRADE. I WORKED ALL THROUGHOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, I PAID MY WAY THROUGH COLLEGE WHILE WORKING FULL TIME. I HAVE MY OWN ROOFING COMPANY. THAT\u2019S WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING. THE REASON I\u2019M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IS, HONESTLY, I\u2019M TIRED OF SEEING US DO THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULTS. DEFINITION OF INSANITY. LET\u2019S GET SOMEONE WHO\u2019S ACTUALLY HAD TO WORK FOR A LIVING IN THERE. SOMEONE WHO\u2019S HAD TO DEAL WITH THE SAME ISSUES THAT OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS, AND OUR FAMILIES HAD AND SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT DOING SOMETHING. TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE TOP POLICY ISSUES YOU\u2019RE GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD IN THIS CAMPAIGN. YEAH. SO THE BIGGEST ONE FOR ME IS AFFORDABILITY. AND I MEAN, ANYONE WHO\u2019S ACTUALLY WORKS FOR A LIVING WHO\u2019S BOUGHT GROCERIES ANYTIME IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN. ANYONE WHO\u2019S EVER HAD TO BALANCE WHEN THEY ORDER THEIR HEATING OIL, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS IN THEIR ACCOUNT WHEN IT SHOWS UP, OR THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY GROCERIES THAT DAY KNOWS WHAT I MEAN. THAT\u2019S THE MAIN THING I\u2019M RUNNING ON. BUT I\u2019M ALSO RUNNING ON OUR FEDERAL DEFICIT STUFF. I MEAN, THE GOVERNMENT, WE DON\u2019T HAVE MONEY TO WASTE RIGHT NOW. WE DON\u2019T NEED THE GOVERNMENT WASTING IT FOR US. AND THE LAST BIG THING I\u2019M RUNNING ON IS A BUNCH OF STUFF. BUT IS IMMIGRATION. EVERY 4 TO 8 YEARS WE GET A NEW PRESIDENT. AND WITH THAT WE COMPLETE PENDULUM SWING OF WHAT\u2019S GOING ON FOR IMMIGRATION POLICY. THAT\u2019S NOT FAIR TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY. IT\u2019S NOT FAIR TO THE IMMIGRANTS. IT\u2019S NOT FAIR TO THE WORKING PEOPLE. AND WE NEED TO HAVE CONGRESS ACTUALLY DO THEIR JOB AND CRAFT AN IMMIGRATION POLICY THAT WORKS. I MEAN, WE\u2019VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE REAGAN AND CLINTON. THIS SHOULDN\u2019T BE ROCKET SCIENTISTS. WE\u2019RE A COUNTRY BUILT ON IMMIGRATION, YET SOMEHOW WE CAN\u2019T FIGURE THIS OUT. TELL US, YOU KNOW, YOU BRING UP THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE. OBVIOUSLY, THE ROOFING BUSINESS IS ONE THAT IS ASSOCIATED OFTENTIMES WITH UNDOCUMENTED LABOR FORCE. I\u2019M GUESSING YOU WOULDN\u2019T BE SITTING HERE TODAY IF THAT WAS SOMETHING YOU ENGAGED IN. BUT WHAT IS YOUR POLICY ON THAT? HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE THAT PART OF THE ROOFING BUSINESS? YEAH, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COME HERE WHO ARE WILLING TO WORK THEIR — OFF, WHO ARE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO, TO SURVIVE, TO BE PART OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. AND A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH, ACTUALLY HAVE GREEN CARDS. THEY\u2019VE COME HERE LEGALLY, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE CITIZENS. THEY HAVE CHILDREN WHO WERE BORN IN THIS COUNTRY NOW, AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT, THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WORK, WHO WANT TO BE PART OF THE AMERICAN CULTURE, WHO ARE GOOD, HARDWORKING PEOPLE. THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THERE\u2019S BAD APPLES. AND THAT\u2019S TRUE WITH EVERYTHING. THERE\u2019S BAD APPLES AND DOCTORS, THERE\u2019S BAD COPS, THERE\u2019S BAD EVERYTHING. BUT WE DON\u2019T FIRE THE POLICE FORCE. WE DON\u2019T CLOSE THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THERE\u2019S BAD APPLES. WE GET RID OF THE BAD APPLES, AND WE CAN\u2019T REALLY BLAME THE IMMIGRANTS TOO MUCH BECAUSE WE DID THIS TO OURSELVES. I\u2019D LOVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT\u2019S MEXICO OR CUBA OR HONDURAS FAULT THAT OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS BROKEN, BUT IT\u2019S NOT. WE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN FUNCTIONING SINCE CLINTON AND REAGAN, LIKE I SAID BEFORE. SO HERE\u2019S A CRAZY IDEA. THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, CONGRESS, THE BRANCH THAT MAKES THE RULES, LET\u2019S FIX IT. 90% OF THE STUFF WE AGREE ON, 90% OF THE STUFF WE AGREE NEEDS TO BE FIXED. SO LET\u2019S STOP BANGING OUR HEADS AGAINST THE WALL AND FIGHTING EACH OTHER AND GET TO WORK AND MAKE THIS STUFF FUNCTION. JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU CHECK YOUR EMPLOYEES FOR CITIZENSHIP. I DO. OKAY, AND WOULD YOU SUPPORT GREEN LEGAL STATUS? OKAY. SORRY. I\u2019M SORRY. LEGAL STATUS? WOULD YOU SUPPORT A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE ILLEGALLY? IT DEPENDS. SO IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND THAT. SO ARE THEY HERE LEGALLY BECAUSE THEY HAD AN EXPIRED VISA AND THEY COULDN\u2019T STAY? IT WOULD DEPEND A LOT ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES. IF YOU CAME HERE ILLEGALLY ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, THERE\u2019S NO AMNESTY FOR THAT. YOU HAVE TO LEAVE. YOU\u2019RE OBVIOUSLY HURTING OUR SOCIETY. BUT FOR SOMEONE WHO\u2019S CONTRIBUTING, SOMEONE WHO\u2019S BECOME PART OF SOCIETY, SOMEONE WHO HAS CHILDREN, WHO ARE CITIZENS OR ARE MARRIED TO A CITIZEN, A CITIZEN, WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE SOCIETY BECAUSE THEY ARE AT THIS POINT. LET\u2019S TALK ABOUT THIS PRIMARY THAT YOU\u2019RE IN NOW. LILY TANG WILLIAMS HAS BEEN RUN TWICE BEFORE. SHE\u2019S GOT A FORMIDABLE BASE OF SUPPORT, PROBABLY HAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWINGS OF ANYONE INVOLVED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE POLITICS. HOW DO YOU COMPETE AGAINST THAT IN THIS REPUBLICAN PRIMARY? A LOT OF IT STEMS FROM WORK, RIGHT? THE ONLY THING THAT WE KNOW THAT WORKS WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICAL STUFF OR MARKETING IS THE HARD WORK ASPECT, THE RETAIL POLITICS, DOOR KNOCKING, GOING TO DIFFERENT TOWNS, MEETING WITH PEOPLE, SPEAKING TO PEOPLE. I MEAN, I WAS UP IN ERROL LAST WEEK. I GO TO LANCASTER ALL THE TIME. I\u2019M DOWN IN KEENE AND JAFFREY. I\u2019M ALL OVER THE STATE FOR MY JOB ANYWAY. BUT WHEN YOU\u2019RE THERE, DO THE LEGWORK, WALK UP TO PEOPLE, TALK TO PEOPLE, AND ALSO, LET\u2019S BE HONEST, DON\u2019T BE AN ARROGANT POLITICIAN AND SAY, THIS IS HOW I\u2019M GOING TO HELP YOU. LET\u2019S SAY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND ASK THESE PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED? I KNOW I\u2019M WILLING TO MEET WITH ANYONE, WHETHER IT BE SOMEONE WHO WORKS AT THE POST OFFICE, WHETHER IT BE A POLICE OFFICER, AN EMT, A FIREFIGHTER, A NURSE, A TEACHER. COME TO ME WITH WHAT YOU THINK WE NEED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WE\u2019LL EVALUATE IT. WE\u2019LL TALK AND WE\u2019LL FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR YOU AND FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. LET\u2019S TALK ABOUT THE MILITARY CONFLICT IN IRAN. AND AS WE HAVE THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE\u2019LL NOTE THAT THINGS CAN CHANGE OVER THE WEEKEND, IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS BETWEEN WHEN WE\u2019RE SITTING HERE ON FRIDAY, WHEN THIS AIRS ON SUNDAY. BUT DO YOU SUPPORT THE CONCEPT OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN IRAN? SO, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, I\u2019M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT\u2019S GOING ON IN IRAN RIGHT NOW. THERE\u2019S A LOT OF NEWS COMING OUT FROM WHETHER IT BE THE RIGHT LEANING NEWS OR THE LEFT LEANING NEWS WHERE YOU\u2019RE GETTING DIFFERENT INFORMATION. I DON\u2019T REALLY HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE THAT CALL. BUT WHAT I WILL SAY THIS IS I SUPPORT OUR MILITARY. AND AS AN INDIVIDUAL, I\u2019M NOT GOING TO MAKE TOO MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE WHETHER I SUPPORT THEM OR NOT. BUT AS A GROUP, IF WE COLLECTIVELY ALL SAY, HEY, LOOK, WE DON\u2019T NONE OF US WANT THIS WAR. WE DON\u2019T WANT THIS WAR. BUT WE KNOW IF WE DON\u2019T SUPPORT OUR MILITARY, OUR SOLDIERS ARE GOING TO DIE AND THEY\u2019RE NOT GOING TO GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO I\u2019M CHOOSING TO SUPPORT WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE OUR SOLDIERS ARE SUCCESSFUL AND THEY\u2019RE SAFE. SO ESSENTIALLY, WHATEVER PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS TO DO, THAT\u2019S WHAT YOU SUPPORT RIGHT NOW. YES. AND TAKE US THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES WANT TO KNOW NOW WHAT KIND OF REPUBLICAN ARE YOU? RIGHT. YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A MAGA REPUBLICAN, A STRONG SUPPORTER OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. I SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP. NOW. I DON\u2019T ALWAYS SUPPORT HIS METHODS, BUT I SUPPORT MOST OF THE THINGS HE\u2019S TRYING TO DO. I CONSIDER MYSELF A CENTRIST WHERE, LET\u2019S BE HONEST, 99%, 90% OF WHATEVER NUMBER YOU WANT TO USE. DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY AGREE ON. SO LET\u2019S WORK TOGETHER AND FIGURE THEM OUT. NOW, YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH TRUMP\u2019S METHODS, BUT A LOT OF THE STUFF HE\u2019S TRYING TO DO, WE AGREE ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THINGS HE\u2019S TRYING TO DO. SO INSTEAD OF ARGUING WITH HIM OVER THE METHODS, LET\u2019S COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR HIM AND WORKS FOR CONGRESS AS WELL. LET\u2019S ENGAGE AND FIGURE THIS STUFF OUT. DO YOU HAVE ANY POLICY DISAGREEMENTS WITH TRUMP? AREAS WHERE VOTERS ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY, OKAY, WELL, WHERE DO YOU SPLIT? WHERE ARE YOU INDEPENDENT? YEAH. SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE TARIFFS BRINGING BACK AMERICAN MANUFACTURING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I JUST DON\u2019T LIKE THE IMPLEMENTATION. IF YOU\u2019RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT TARIFFS TO BRING BACK AMERICAN MANUFACTURING. I LIKE A MORE SLOW, METHODICAL INCREASE IN THE TARIFF AMOUNT. SO YOU HAVE TIME FOR SUPPLY CHAINS TO ADJUST. AND IT IMPACTS CONSUMERS LESS. IT SEEMS LIKE HE\u2019S DOING IT MORE TO BALANCE TRADE AND MAKE TRADE DEALS WITH IT RIGHT NOW THAN THAT. I DON\u2019T REALLY LIKE THE METHOD HE\u2019S DOING FOR THAT. HOW HAVE YOU SEEN IT IMPACT YOUR INDUSTRY IN ROOFING? WELL, ANYONE WHO\u2019S TRIED TO GET ANY CONSTRUCTION WORK DONE HAS SEEN THE PRICE INCREASES QUITE DRAMATIC. I MEAN, PRETTY MUCH EVERY SIX MONTHS WE GET A LETTER FROM OUR SUPPLY HOUSE OR MANUFACTURERS SAYING EXPECT A 6 TO 12% INCREASE IN PRICING. ALL RIGHT. WELL\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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