Charlie Hurt: This is the WORST case scenario
. >> THE FUTURE OF THE UNITED. STATES, THE FUTURE OF OUR HOMES. AND COMMUNITIES IS GOING TO BE. BUILT RIGHT HERE IN MIDDLETOWN, OHIO. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]. MY PAPAW HATED THE POLITICIANS. WHO IGNORED THIS PLACE. HE HATED THE PEOPLE WHO SAW THIS. AS PLACE OF THE PAST. HE HATED THE PEOPLE WHO FORGOT. ABOUT THIS TOWN WHEN THEY SHOULD. HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS. TOWN. I WANT YOU TO HAVE SECURITY, AND.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE THE FEMALE --. REAL FREEDOM THAT COMES ALONG. WITH KNOWING THAT YOU ARE THE. LORD OF YOUR OWN MANOR. GRIFF: VICE PRESIDENT VANCE. TAKING A DEEPLY PERSONAL MESSAGE. TO HIS HOME TATE OF OHIO THIS. WEEK, DRAWING ON HIS RUST BELT. ROOTS TO FIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN. WORKER UNDER THE EMERGENCE OF. DATA CENTERS POWERING THE A.I. BOOM. RACHEL: THAT'S RIGHT. DATA CENTERS BECOMING A SLEEPER. ISSUE IN THE BUCKEYE STATE WITH. REPUBLICANS WARNING THAT. CONCERNS OVER DATA CENTERS COULD.
PUT SENATOR JOHN HUGHES. STEAD'S -- JOHN HUSTED'S SEAT AT. RISK. CHARLIE: WITH THAT, LET'S BRING. IN HIS FELLOW OHIO SENATOR, BERNIE MORENO. SO GREAT TO SEE YOU. >> OH, GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS. LET ME JUST GET THIS OUT OF THE. WAY, WE'RE THE HEARTLAND, NOT. THE RUST BELT. GRIFF: AH, THERE WE GO. CHARLIE: SO IT IS INTERESTING. HOW MUCH THESE DATA CERTAINS. HAVE HAVE BECOME A HOT BUTTON. ISSUE -- DATA CENTERS. IT'S NOT JUST DEMOCRAT VOTERS,
IT'S REPUBLICAN VOTERS WHO ARE. VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. THESE. >> LOOK, I UNDERSTAND IT. FIRST OF ALL, IN OHIO, THE. REASON WE HAVE HIGH ELECTRICITY. PRICES IS BECAUSE MY PREDECESSOR. WHO'S RUNNING AGAIN, SHIVER ROD3. COAL-FIRED PLANTS. WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE. WITH SENATOR HUSTED IS WE'VE. MADE IT SO THESE DATA CENTERS. PRODUCE THEIR OWN POWER AND IN. MANY CASES PUT POWER BACK ON THE. GRID. SO WHEN A DATA CENTER GOES INTO. THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE GOING TO.
SEE LOWER ELECTRICITY PRICES. THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE POSITIVE. FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL. PERSPECTIVE AND NO TAX. INCENTIVES AT ALL SHOULD BE. PROVIDED. RACHEL: SO THERE'S CONCERN OVER. WATER IF RISING COSTS, BUT. THERE'S ALSO THIS EYESORE. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LOVE THE. AMERICAN LANDSCAPE. THEY LOVE THEIR BACKYARDS, AND. THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THESE. UGLY THINGS. I SPOKE TO A YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR, I'M HOPING TO GET HIM ON "FOX &. friends" SOON, WHO SAYS WE CAN. SHOOT THESE DATA CENTERS UP INTO. SPACE. LET'S GET THEM OUT OF OUR.
LANDSCAPE. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. IDEA? >> YEAH. CERTAINLY, IT SOLVES A LOT OF. PROBLEMS, COOLING BEING ONE TO. OF THEM. WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IS PUT. DATA CENTERS ON PRIME FARMLAND. RACHEL: NO. >> FOR EXAMPLE, IN OHIO WE'RE. PUTTING THEM IN A PLACE THAT. USED TO BE A URANIUM ENRICHMENT. SITE, CERTAINLY NOBODY'S. BUILDING HOUSING THERE. RACHEL: FAIR MUST HAVE. >> PLACES WHERE THEY DON'T. IMPEDE WITH THE COMMUNITY. GRIFF: YOU'RE LOOKING AT -- I. THINK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IT. CHARLIE: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT.
I THINK HAS MADE THIS SUCH A HOT. BUTTON IS ISSUE IS A LOT OF. THESE PLACES ARE PLACES THAT. HAVE ENDURED THESE SOLAR PANEL. FARMS, I PUT THAT IN QUOTES, WHERE HAY COME IN AND THEY. DESTROY FARMLAND. THEY WILL CUT DOWN A FOREST, PUT. UP A BUNCH OF PLASTIC JUNK FROM. CHINA, AND A LOT OF THE LOCAL. COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE AS MUCH. SAY IN WHERE THEY GO. AND, OF COURSE, IT ALL COMES. WITH GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES WITH. THIS WEIRD GREEN AGEGENDA.
AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY, REALLY. SCARRED BY THAT. >> YEAH. NO, IT'S HORRIBLE. TOTALLY AGREE. WE GOT RID OF THAT, WORKING. FAMILIES TAX CUTS. WE GOT RID OF THESE OBSCENE. GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES. THESE DATA CENTERS SHOULD NOT. GET ANY TAXPAYER MONEY AT ALL. MY POINT OF VIEW IS AS A FORMER. BUSINESS GUY, IF YOU NEED A. GOVERNMENT INCENTIVE, YOU HAVE A. PRETTY BAD MODEL. CHARLIE: EXACTLY. GRIFF: RACHEL MENTIONED THE. BACKYARD, THE ANYMORE MY, NOT IN.
MY BACKYARD -- NIMBY. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CONCERN THAT. AREAS THAT CHOOSE TO NOT HAVE. DATA CENTERS GET LEFT BEHIND IN. THIS RACE? THIS TRAIN HAS LEFT THE STATION. DO YOU WORE ROY -- WORRY THAT IF. SOME COMMUNITIES DON'T LEAN IN, THEY'RE GOING TO GET LITERALLY. LEFT BEHIND? >> THAT GOES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT. ZONING. THERE'S PLACES WHERE THERE'S. SHOP ISING MALLS, MANUFACTURING. FACILITIES, TEAL MILLS IN A --. STEEL MILLS. SO THERE'S PLACES IN THE. COMMUNITY WHERE YOU CAN PUT IT. YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT IT IN A. RESIDENTIAL AREA.
RACHEL: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WHERE THEY GO, I'M CONCERNED. ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. LIKE A.I., I GET IT, AS GRIFF. SAID, THE TRAIN HAS LEFT. DOUG BURGUM AND I SPOKE EVEN. AFTER THE SHOW AND HE WAS LIKE, RACHEL, YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND. CHINA IS IN THIS RACE. HE FEELS LIKE THEY'RE USING. PROPAGANDA HERE TO CONVINCE US. NOT TO GET THEM. WHAT ARE THEY ALL -- I'M TO. CONCERNED ABOUT SURVEILLANCE. I'M CONCERNED THTHAT BEYOND, YOU. KNOW, THE USE IN TECHNOLOGY THAT. ALL OF THESE DATA CENTERS ARE. GOING TO BE USED AT SOME POINT.
TO INCREASE GOVERNMENT. SURVEILLANCE ON THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE. AND AND I, I KNOW THAT OTHER. PEOPLE FEEL THAT WAY. >> WELL, RACHEL, I'D SAY TO YOU. AND YOUR VIEWERS, MAKE SURE YOU. VOTE FOR REPUBLICANS, NOT. DEMOCRATS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT. THEY WOULD DO. THEIR DREAM IS TO CONTROL OUR. LIVES. THIS ELECTION COMES DOWN TO A. PARTY THAT WANTS TO GIVE US MORE. FREEDOM AND LIBERTY VERSUS A. PARTY THAT WANTS TO CONTROL US. THAT'S WHY THEY STILL LOVE. FAUCI. CHARLIE: YEAH.
AND I THINK YOU PUT YOUR FINGER. ON IT IN TERMS OF THE SUBSIDIES. REPUBLICANS NEED TO HAVE REAL. CREDIBILITY ON THIS ISSUE. BECAUSE YOU HAVE CHINA, THIS. A.I. RACE. WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THIS RACE. WI.
