Lai Ruilong counterattacks Ke Zhien: All eight Kaohsiung legislators of the Democratic Progressive Party are better than her

Ke Zhien, the Kuomintang's candidate for mayor of Kaohsiung, complained that his opponent Lai Ruilong was not strong enough. Lai Ruilong retorted in an exclusive interview on a radio program, "All eight legislators of the Democratic Progressive Party in Kaohsiung are better than you!"

Lai Ruilong accepted an exclusive interview with media person Huang Weihan yesterday (2nd). Regarding the current election situation, he revealed that it is "relatively stable" and maintains a certain lead. Of course, there are some variables every time the mayor is changed. For example, Hsieh Chang-ting only won more than 4,000 votes when he was elected for the first time, Chen Ju only won more than 1,000 votes when he was elected for the first time, and Chen Qimai had trouble the first time. He faced it very cautiously. During this period, he has been reminding supporters to come out to vote and canvass votes to increase the turnout rate.

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Was he confident about winning the election? Lai Ruilong emphasized that "of course there is", especially since Mayor Chen Qimai has an 80% satisfaction rate, and these approval votes must be mobilized so that he can continue his crucial fourth victory.

Huang Weihan asked, "The Democratic Progressive Party's primaries are fierce, but will they be truly united in the general election?" Lai replied, "Of course." The eight legislators in Kaohsiung all know that they will be elected because of the support of Kaohsiung people. If Kaohsiung does not move forward, it will have a great impact on Kaohsiung. Ke Zhien sometimes said, "Lai Ruilong is not very strong," but he must say, "All eight Kaohsiung legislators of the Democratic Progressive Party are stronger than you." Everyone strives for a lot of construction for Kaohsiung. He asked, "What major constructions has Ke Zhien fought for for Kaohsiung?"

Huang Weihan asked again, "You just mentioned Zheng Liwen, Weng Xiaoling, and Fu Kunqi. Do you think these three people are the negative factors of Ke Zhien in the Kaohsiung election?" Lai Ruilong said, now everyone is asking when Ke Zhien invites Zheng Liwen to come? When will Weng Xiaoling be invited? When will Fu Kunqi be invited? In the past two years, Fu Kunqi has taken control of the Kuomintang group and led Ke Zhien and other Kuomintang legislators to vote together and suppress many bills in the Legislative Yuan. When Weng Xiaoling deleted the budget and cut state secrets, she did not see Ke Zhien's opposition and continued to support it. When Cheng Liwen talked about many policies, she did not see any objection from Ke Zhien.

Lai Ruilong emphasized that these are issues that Ke Zhien cannot dodge. "You are part of the Kuomintang." That's why Chen Qimai said, "A vote for Ke Zhien means a vote for Cheng Liwen." It means a vote for the entire Kuomintang behind it.

Regarding Ke Zhien's claim that he is not strong enough, Lai Ruilong further retorted that he had exceeded 100,000 votes in three legislative elections. In 2020 and 2024, he had the highest number of votes in Kaohsiung, and in 2020 he even had the third highest number of votes in the country. During the 10 years of his tenure as a legislator, the Public Governor League has won the best legislator in all 20 evaluations, ranking first in the Legislative Yuan. Ke Zhien did not win that much. "In the past 10 years, he has taken the high-speed train to the Taipei Legislative Yuan at 6 o'clock every day for meetings, and returned to Kaohsiung in the evening to serve, helping Kaohsiung win a budget of more than 600 billion."