Let's go. Mom! Donnie. Let's go. And I definitely can live with someone beating Andrew Cuomo, who has a very long track record in New York. It's true of complete corruption. There isn't a donor that he hasn't pleasured in the state of New York. You know, we have so many incredible candidates. [00:00:17] And yet, looking at all of the looking at all of them, they still decided to throw all of their weight behind Andrew Cuomo. The message that they send and what what the with the political establishment [00:00:33] sends to so many people is that it does not matter your positions, your content, your ideas, how how experienced you are. It doesn't matter how much you work with them, they will still choose their old friends and an old generation every single time. [00:00:54] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out the Democrats for shutting down people outside the party establishment while campaigning for Zoran Mamdani in New York over the weekend. She was condemning Democratic leadership for backing Andrew Cuomo, despite the credible accusations of sexual assault against him and his history of corruption. [00:01:14] Before we get to the latest on the New York mayoral race, Jenk initial thoughts on what AOC said. Yeah, so times are changing. AOC is changing. You guys have seen me say it publicly. I've said it privately, I've said it everywhere I can. [00:01:31] Corporate Democrats are not your friends. They're not your colleagues. Establishment Democrats are not going to look out for you. All that talk is garbage meant to trick progressives and populists into not fighting back. [00:01:48] And you guys saw me say on this show, what, hundreds of times, maybe thousands of times. The minute they get a chance, they're going to put a knife in your back, and they're going to try to eliminate every progressive from Congress. If you weren't sure about that, go ask Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman, Marie Newman, [00:02:05] all Justice Democrats who are betrayed by their so-called colleagues. They're not your friends at all. Their job is to get more corrupt Democrats elected. They are your political opponents. Wake up. [00:02:21] Okay. None of them are on your side. So, unfortunately, it took AOC a long time to wake up. But I love that speech. Good. Good. I'll always take yes for an answer. I hope she keeps it going. And I hope soon. She begins to name names because a lot of times, Bernie and AOC, while [00:02:38] they're going in the right direction. And beautiful, I love it. Well, their water's edge is names. Oh well, I mean our colleagues. But you know sh. Meanwhile, do they spare anyone know mom. Donny. Terrible, awful. Andrew Cuomo no. Cuomo. [00:02:55] Is corruption defined? Let's get to that story. Yeah. As we approach the June 24th primary, the polls are getting narrower and narrower. Most still show Cuomo winning. But a few days ago, a poll found that Mamdani was [00:03:11] in the lead for the first time. The survey, conducted by Public Policy Polling for Democrat Justin Brannan's city comptroller campaign, found Mamdani beating Cuomo 35% to 31%, a difference that is narrowly within the 4.1% margin of error. [00:03:28] And with a tightening race has come more attacks on Zoran. The Atlantic published a piece titled New York is Not a Democracy. Could ranked choice voting help Zoran Mamdani beat Andrew Cuomo? [00:03:44] In it, author Annie Lowrey makes this insane comparison. One thing the candidates share, I suppose, is that both get accused of being nepo babies. Mamdani's mother made the 1991 indie romance Mississippi Masala. [00:04:02] Cuomo's father was governor of New York. Yeah. Those those are the same. And and. That was today. I mean, it's just ridiculous. And and his dad might have been a teacher. [00:04:18] And you're saying he's not a nepo baby? The other one. I mean, the poor guy, his dad was governor. I mean, and he he was also governor. And, you know, it just kind of fell in his lap. But, you see, the real problem is mom, Donnie and his movie maker mother. [00:04:34] Yeah. It's just it's so desperate. We knew the attacks were going to, increase. And there's many more we're going to get into, one of the funniest heel turns. And this is from the The New York Times. Now, they had previously said they weren't going to do any more political [00:04:51] endorsements, but today they published a piece with their, quote, advice to New Yorkers voting in the mayoral race. And you won't be surprised to hear that they're no fans of Zoran. First, they write, 11 candidates are competing for the Democratic nomination, [00:05:08] and many New Yorkers are understandably disappointed by the feel. It lacks any candidate who seems likely to be the city's next great mayor. For that reason, we are not endorsing a candidate. Unfortunately, Mr. Mamdani is running on an agenda uniquely unsuited [00:05:25] to the city's challenges. He is a democratic socialist who too often ignores the unavoidable tradeoffs of governance. He favors rent freezes that could restrict housing supply and make it harder for younger New Yorkers and new arrivals to afford housing. [00:05:41] He wants the government to operate grocery stores as if customer service and retail sales were strengths of the public sector. He minimizes the importance of policing. They also claimed Mondaini would would also bring less relevant experience than [00:05:58] perhaps any mayor in New York history. While arguing that Mr. Cuomo has the strongest policy record of the candidates. We do not believe that Mr. Mamdani deserves a spot on New Yorkers ballots. His experience is too thin, and his agenda reads like a turbocharged version [00:06:16] of Mr. De Blasio's dismaying mayoralty. As for Mr. Cuomo, we have serious objections to his ethics and conduct, even if he would be better for New York's future than Mr. Mamdani. The no experience attack is one that Andrew Cuomo [00:06:34] hit Mamdani with at the debate. And here is how Zoran immediately hit back. Take a look. Experience matters. And I think inexperience is dangerous in this case. Mr. Mandani has had a staff of five people. [00:06:50] You're not going to run a staff of 300,000 employees to put a person in this seat at that, at this time with no experience, is reckless and dangerous. Mr. Cuomo, I have never had to resign in disgrace. [00:07:06] I have never cut Medicaid. I have never stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from the MTA. I have never hounded the 13 women who credibly accused me of sexual harassment. I have never sued for their gynecological records, and I have never done those things because I am not you, Mr. Cuomo. [00:07:23] And furthermore, the name is Mamdani. M a d I. You should learn how to say it. Learn how to say it. Because there's a good chance he could be the next mayor. God, what a what a closing line on that. What do you think, Jake? [00:07:40] Damn, that's what I think. Okay, so, look, some of the polls still have Cuomo with a good sized lead, but you can sense the panic in the air from Cuomo team. But. And it's not just Cuomo team. Well, all right, I should rephrase that. It is Cuomo team. [00:07:56] But when I say Cuomo team, I mean all of mainstream media and all of the establishment Democrats. There's a guy in trouble. He's oh, Cuomo. Cuomo. He's so good to the sponsors and the donors and the campaign. [00:08:11] - We got to Gotta. - Have his experience. We love his experience in corruption. We gotta have it. I love the smell of panic in the morning. And by the way, this is coming from a guy who doesn't actually agree with all of Mamdani's policies. I think housing prices are totally out of control. [00:08:26] I think there's a lot you could do in New York. I don't think rent freeze is the right way to go. Okay, but is that why they're all in a panic? I don't think so at all. Okay. That New York Times editorial. They're like, oh, we are not endorsing anyone. - But Cuomo has a. - Great. [00:08:43] - Record. - Oh, Cuomo is fantastic. Mamdani. - With all of his terrible policies. - And no experience at all. I mean, they did all but spit on him right now. Do you want me to show you why I think they have an issue with Mamdani? [00:08:59] Yeah, I'll say it. Well, I'll show you. Let's go to the next clip from another debate that they had. First visit, I would visit the Holy Land. Cuomo given the hostility in the anti-Semitism that has been shown in New York, I would go to Israel. [00:09:16] Mr. Tilson, where would you go? I'd make my fourth trip to Israel, followed by my fifth trip to Ukraine. Two of our greatest allies fighting on the front lines of the global war on terror. - Mr. Mamdani. - I would stay in New York City. My plans are to address New Yorkers across the five boroughs and focus on that. [00:09:35] You know, they asked the follow up, are you saying you wouldn't go to Israel? How dare you? Are you guys serious like the reporters seem? The moderators of that debate seem genuinely outraged. He's running for the mayor of New York, not of Tel Aviv. [00:09:55] So. And then after he gives that answer, and yes, he is Muslim, all of a sudden, all of mainstream media and New York Times. Mamdani. How dare he. [00:10:10] Well, okay, maybe I could live with the rent freeze. Let's go. Mamdani. Let's go. And I definitely can live with someone beating Andrew Cuomo, who's been who has a very long track record in New York. It's true of complete corruption. There isn't a donor that he hasn't pleasured in the state of New York. [00:10:28] Well, yeah, of course, this this question about where would you go and what basically they're leading, you have to say Israel for this because it's a, you know, center, right, even to some extent center left position. You have to do it. I think his answer is right. Yeah, I'm running for mayor, not Congress, not president. [00:10:47] I'm not working on international affairs here. I'm running for mayor of a massive city. That's what I'm going to focus on. Great answer, smart answer. And they couldn't handle it. But I also want to clarify some things. They were the times was misleading with their rent freeze. [00:11:02] That is for people who live in rent stabilized apartments. And there are many and many of them. That's the only way they can stay in the city. So to prevent them from being priced out, greedy developers and corporate landlords want to raise those rents. [00:11:19] He's going to fight for them. This is the working people, the working class, or maybe in some cases, the working poor. In New York, it's the only way they can stay in the city. Yes, I love that policy. He also does support new housing and new affordable housing. So it's not just going to be it's not going to prevent [00:11:36] new people from coming in. It's going to help lower prices. Overall, I think it's a smart policy. So I do want to dispel that, that myth that The New York Times is pushing, likely at the behest of the Cuomo campaign, because that's not that's not entirely accurate. But across the board, it seems like he's got a great set of policies [00:11:53] that are putting people first. I, I hope he gets elected. I mean, obviously it wouldn't affect me. I don't live there, but I see a lot of people who I do care about, who are hard workers, who sometimes struggle to make ends meet. They seem enthused by him. [00:12:09] They seem excited at the prospect of him coming in and hopefully enacting some of these policies. He would if he's elected, he will meet fierce resistance from corporate Democrats in the city government. But I'd love to see what he can do if he gets in there. [00:12:25] Yeah, so I'm really glad you said that, Jordan, because I'm against rent control, period. But Jordan is absolutely right that you have to clarify that it's a rent freeze on the apartments that already have rent control. So it's actually not like some giant bold policy either. [00:12:41] But that almost never gets clarified in mainstream media. They just call it a rent freeze, like everybody's rent is going to freeze. And so they do that trick all the time to smear people. So thank you for pointing that out and for pointing out his affordable housing policies. [00:12:56] And again, I would so look, I don't know that the free bus thing is going to work, etc., but I would rather have someone trying policies that I'm not positive about, but are actually trying to help the average person in New York than have a guy that we know is going to be lock, stock, and barrel for all the richest, [00:13:16] most powerful donors in the country. I've got 0% interest in that. So go, Mamdani. And lastly, my only hesitation about Mamdani is he's not going to visit Istanbul. Oh, I don't know if I could vote for a mayor of New York that doesn't promise [00:13:32] to go to a foreign capital of my choosing. I mean, just that that question and the response from the moderators, and then Cuomo jumping on him was so absurd because they from there, it wasn't just like, oh, okay, that's your answer. It was you didn't give the right answer, essentially, because then they were like, [00:13:50] do you think Israel has a right to exist? And he laid out, yeah, sure it does. As a country that protects the rights of everybody, which it currently does not do. And Cuomo was like, that's a no. That's a no. Like how they can't fathom the idea that Israel could exist [00:14:10] and everyone is equal right now. It's an apartheid state. He doesn't accept that. And it seems like the moderators wouldn't either. But you see the bias even from the media there who are facilitating that that debate. No one else got a question? No one. [00:14:26] The guy who said, Ukraine, you go to Ukraine, no question about the Donbas region, no question about NATO expansion, nothing like that because it doesn't, you know, that that fit into their prescribed worldview. But he says, I'm going to stay in the city. And that led to follow up questions, leading follow up questions. [00:14:44] That is, it's journalistic malpractice, honestly. - And you can see the bias there. - Yeah. Super last thing, Jordan, again, 100% right about that. The outrage from the moderators is hilarious and revealing about Israel's right to exist. [00:15:00] Wait, we're talking about the city of New York. He's running for mayor. What does that have to do with anything? Oh, yeah. What do you think about the Turkish presidential elections? What what what? Why are we having this? What about Viktor Orban in Hungary, Why are we having this conversation? [00:15:17] Israel is not inside New York. It's demanding loyalty to a different country. Even to be a mayor in this country is considered commonplace for mainstream media. They think, of course, if you want to be a mayor of a city in America, first [00:15:36] you have to say that you'll serve Israel. That is not normal. That is very, very abnormal. And by the way, one last thing. For all the people out there going, oh, well, you don't know, you know, New York's very Jewish. Yeah. We do know that there are Jewish Americans assuming that they want the mayor [00:15:56] of New York to serve Israel used to be an anti-Semitic position accusing Jews in America of having dual loyalty, but now the media just owns it, like. Yes, of course. I mean, I guess that's their excuse for why he has to serve Israel and visit [00:16:13] Israel and, and, and applaud Israel. And it's no excuse at all. Every time you ring the bell below, an angel gets its wings. Totally not true. But it does keep you updated on our live shows.