And it looks like as part of the trash revolution, we finally take out the trash. Despite all we've achieved, I cannot continue my reelection campaign. The constant media speculation about my future and the campaign finance board's [00:00:18] decision to withhold millions of dollars have undermined my ability to raise the funds needed for a serious campaign. This skit will play probably around 1140 on Saturday night. My guess? No, it was the real thing yesterday. [00:00:34] New York City Mayor Eric Adams ended his reelection campaign. It leaves just three candidates in the race, Zoran, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Silwa. As you heard in the cold open, Adam stated that he ended his campaign [00:00:52] because of media speculation and his inability to raise public matching funds. New York City offers qualifying candidates an eight for one match of small dollar donations, but New York City's campaign finance board has twice denied Adams those funds. [00:01:08] Why? Well, it's due to Adams federal indictment, as well as his campaign's failure to provide information on potential conflicts of interest. The board also stated that they believe the Adams campaign broke the law. [00:01:24] What a list. But did the board. They didn't explain how or why. They just kind of left that out there. Now that Adams is out of the race, it's unknown what his next move will be. It had been rumored, alleged, if you will, that the Trump administration discussed a federal position with Adams. [00:01:40] Some reports say that that job would be with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Others claimed Adams would serve as the ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Adams has denied those reports. Here is how Mamdani responded to the announcement today. [00:01:56] Eric Adams announced he won't be running for reelection. Four years ago, he ran on a promise to working class New Yorkers to deliver both safety and justice, to bring the voices of the outer boroughs into City Hall. Instead, he raised their rents, slowed their busses, and cut funding for [00:02:12] their schools, libraries and childcare. A city that was already hard has become nearly impossible for those who call it home. But a new day is coming. Over the past year, tens of thousands of you have built the biggest grassroots campaign our city has ever seen. [00:02:27] You have knocked on millions of doors, all to make the city affordable. In just over five weeks, we will turn the page on the politics of big money and small ideas and deliver a government every New Yorker can be proud of. And to Andrew Cuomo, you got your wish. You wanted Trump and your billionaire friends to help you clear the field. [00:02:45] But don't forget you wanted me as your opponent in the primary, too. And we beat you by 13 points. Looking forward to doing it again on November 4th. Hope you're well. I love how you ended with hope you're well. What a natural. Cuomo's tone was much different. Let's take a look at that. [00:03:03] The choice Eric Adams for New York City made today was not an easy one, but I believe he is sincere in putting the well-being of New York City ahead of personal ambition. We face destructive extremist forces that would devastate our city through incompetence or ignorance, but it is not too late to stop them. [00:03:23] Mayor Adams has much to be proud of in his accomplishments. Only in New York can a child raised in a tenement in Bushwick, who once worked as a squeegee boy in a mailroom clerk, rise to become mayor. Whatever differences we may have, Eric Adams story is undeniably [00:03:43] one of resilience, a testament to the spirit of this city. Brazilian Adams did not endorse Cuomo or Mondaini when he dropped out of the race. We are now five weeks out from the New York City mayoral election, and in fact, [00:04:01] we are so close to the election that Adams missed the deadline to remove his name, it will remain on the ballot. Cuomo believes he can potentially pick up votes from Black and Orthodox Jewish voters who had supported Adams, [00:04:17] and to unlock six and seven figure contributions from business leaders who have been hesitant to donate while the mayor was in the race. New York Times with the reporting. However, Adams polling consistently hovered around single digits, so his exit doesn't free up all that many voters. [00:04:33] President Donald Trump is pushing for to drop out of the race, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is still refusing to endorse. He took the time to thank Adams for his service. Here's what Jeffries had to say. [00:04:49] Adams has served courageously and authentically for decades as a New York City police officer, state senator, Brooklyn borough president and mayor. It is clear that meaningful progress has been made in several important areas [00:05:04] during the term of Mayor Adams. He continued, citing crime, affordable housing, Covid 19 as areas of accomplishment. So time will tell, Jake how the race shakes out. [00:05:19] But to me and listen, I can't read anyone's mind. We've all heard the rumors. This is just so disgusting. It is so scripted. It's such a setup. And the reason I think that is such a, a natural. I believed him, he sat there, he smiled. [00:05:36] He spoke his truth. He has things to smile about. While these other strange bedfellows, huddle up at a little sleepover and decide how they can impose their will on New Yorkers. That's just my opinion, but it just feels dirty. [00:05:52] Yeah. So, of course, this whole race is dirty. In fact, I'll make a prediction here. Eric Adams will coincidentally get a high paying job on Wall Street 2 to 6 months from now. So let's see how that turns out, because they tried the ambassador [00:06:09] to Saudi Arabia thing, but then it leaked and then it was awkward. And they don't want to seem like a quid pro quo, and they don't want to seem like the power brokers are giving people jobs to get them to leave so that Cuomo can win, and you can go back to the status quo. And the powerful can keep grinding you down and raising your rent and changing [00:06:29] nothing and being back in charge. Right. So, and it might be illegal, although that's never stopped Eric Adams before. So that's why I think, conveniently, a little while later, Eric Adams will suddenly be find himself as a very important consultant [00:06:45] to a Wall Street, firm whose CEO is very supportive of Israel. That's my guess. That's my guess. We'll see if that turns out to be right. 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And so and then they see that he had called Cuomo a snake and a liar. [00:08:59] But remember, you're not going to get the job cushy job on Wall Street unless you're kissing Cuomo's ass and trying to make sure that Mamdani loses. Right? So that's why all of a sudden that part of the speech was taken out. But. But I'm enjoying, Eric Adams incompetence that lets us know about that. [00:09:17] So I want to turn now for a second to AIPAC. Shakur. That's the name that, Charlamagne tha God gave Hakeem Jeffries that I love so much. So Jeffries says that that, Adams served, as you know, [00:09:35] we showed you served courageously. Well, to fair. You know, he was pretty courageous in how brazen he was and the bribes he took from the Turkish government, and other Turkish interests. I'm sorry. That was very anti-turkish of me. I should be canceled and fired. [00:09:51] And there's going to be congressional hearings about it soon. Because I've offended the feelings of all Turks. Oh, and that's not going to happen. That's only for one country, but not others. I got it anyways. Oh, look at me being unbiased about the country of my origin. I know revolutionary apparently possible. Anyways. [00:10:08] And then he added, not only did he serve courageously, but he said and authentically. Why? Why do you add that Hakeem like this is Eric Adams is one of the most inauthentic guys in politics. He seems to have taken bribes from a different government and then hidden it. [00:10:26] That would appear to be inauthentic, but Apex Shakur can't help himself. And why is he even on the side of Eric Adams? He's deeply unpopular, wouldn't run into Adams, wouldn't run in the Democratic primary because the Democratic voters hate him. So why is the so-called Democratic leader in the House backing the guy who's [00:10:44] dropping out and saying all these wonderful things, while not endorsing the guy who won the Democratic primary? That's because he's Apex Shakur. So do we have the picture or no, of of the fun getup that Eric Adams had? No, we don't have it. All right. [00:11:00] Well, you're going to have to look it up online. I mean, you remember when Nancy Pelosi and others at the cloth African cloth around him and they knelt and they did that goofy picture. Well, take that and multiply it by 20 for Eric Adams in his Sephardic Lebanese [00:11:16] outfit that he went the other day. I mean, it was just it was trippy, man. Okay. Like, we got it, Eric. We got it. You love Israel, you love turkey. You love all the other countries. Okay, well, you were supposed to love New York, Sharon. [00:11:33] Well, it feels like he hates New Yorkers. And it feels like Cuomo and especially Jeffries do, too. I don't know what it is, but I just had the giggles as you were going through this because it seems like a comedy. I'm so sick of Hakeem Jeffries, who's run off progressives and been underhanded. [00:11:50] And like the least, he's from Brooklyn, right? Is it Brooklyn? I think so, okay. He's like the least authentic guy who stands every chance he gets on the House floor and recites biggie lyrics, and this guy's selling out the people [00:12:06] who depend on him most. And I just think they're all so gross, but it really feels like it's worse than that. They're calling New Yorkers stupid. They're giving people the middle finger. That's how I take it. When you come out with these ridiculous statements that don't even talk about corruption. [00:12:22] I mean, he he shouldn't even be mentioned at all. And by the way, that letter or that whatever he gave the reporters ahead of time, his speech, his goodbye speech, he isn't combative, but he's also probably lazy. That was his do it or else. Here's what's coming. And he didn't even bother to, like, update it and print out new copies [00:12:39] and give those to the reporters, because that's probably what he faxed over to Cuomo's campaign, saying, I want the job on Wall Street or else. I mean, a snake, really, Jake? - Yeah. - It's just so you know. [00:12:55] By the way, Chacas district is Brooklyn. You were right. And then I just want to have a little bit of fun in sending off Eric Adams. So this is how we'll remember it. All I know is all my haters become my haters [00:13:11] when I sit down at the table of success. I'm Gandhi, like I think like Gandhi. I act like Gandhi. I want to be like Gandhi. I'm the broccoli mayor. You should always. When your child brings in his knapsack with many different locations, [00:13:28] look through it to see what exactly is your child carrying in addition to a book? Something as simple as a crack pipe. Something simple as a as a baby doll could be just a baby doll, but also it could be a place where you can secrete or hide drugs. [00:13:44] Everyone knows that New York City is the Athens of America is the Istanbul of America. It's the keys of America, the soul of America. We are the Tel Aviv of America. New York City is the Islamabad of America. [00:14:05] You know, welcome to our our trash revolution. Whenever I go to New York, I think this is the Islamabad of America. If I could just get something as simple as a crack pipe stuffed into a doll, I'd be in good shape. [00:14:20] But, Sharon, it looks like as part of the trash revolution, we finally take out the trash. I gotta tell you, I can I reverse myself. I want this guy to stick around. Not as mayor, but I think he has a real future. He's very entertaining. Criminal? Yes. [00:14:36] Criminal activity. But I think he's just so special and unique. And I would love to see him play himself. Saturday Night live, that should be how he bows out of this thing. Let him play himself on Saturday Night Live. I think he'd enjoy it. And then he can go off to Wall Street. [00:14:52] Jank. All right, well, I'm looking forward to going back to Kyiv of America a little bit later with a new mayor who's actually not going to be worried about Kyiv or Istanbul or Athens or Islamabad or Tel Aviv, [00:15:07] but going to be worried about New York City and serving the people of New York City. And that looks like it's Zoran Mamdani.