November 5, 2025 • 38 mins
Democrats across the nation came out on top in Tuesday’s election. The Democratic Party had major wins in New York City with the newly elected mayor Zohran Mamdani, in the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races, and on Proposition 50, the California redistricting vote. What does this mean for the Democratic Party as well as the Republican Party (as they were Tuesday’s big losers)?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's Night Side with Dan Ray w BZY, Boston's new radio.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
All Right, it is now after ten o'clock, ten o seven.
My name is Dan Ray, and we are basically doing
our post mortem on a very tough night for the
Republican Party. I know my good friend Scott Brown called
in last night and thought that the results in Virginia
and New Jersey and New York were of little relevance.
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And he may be right in terms of New Hampshire,
but I do think that there is relevance from all
of these elections. Last night, and we're going to talk
about the national elections. We talked about Massachusetts, where everything
happened as you would expect. All the Democrats who people
complained about for years were returned to office. But that's
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the way it works in Massachusetts. The results in Virginia
and New Jersey are the ones that I'm sure the
Republicans are looking at tonight, and they just took They
just took a whooping last night. It's as simple as that.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
I know.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
The President today had a meeting with Senators and there
were some remarks that he made about last night, which
I will share with you, but I want to prefer
to get to phone callers. So the more callers get,
the happier. I am always on a topic like this,
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I'd like to know what you think. I mean. A
year ago, Donald Trump swept to victory. It wasn't, as
he said, a mandate, but he did win all of
the seven toss up states, the Pennsylvania's and the Michigans
and the Arizonas of the states that really matter because
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those are the states that decide the elections. Everybody knows
that Texas will vote Republican, in California will vote Democratic.
We understand that. But these other states, and and they
change every year, but the states. Georgia was one of
the states last year. So what I want to do
is let's let's roll with some callers and then I
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want want to hear from some of the victorious Democrats.
I also want to hear from the president. Uh. And
as a matter of fact, I let me go to
the calls. I don't want to I don't want to
wait too long of the callers. And when you see
some of the numbers that I have looked at, I've
done some research on for you today, Donald Trump a
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year ago had two million, seventy five thousand voters in
UH in Virginia, Okay, that was a big number.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
UH.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
The the Virginia candidate for governor win some Earl Sears
only had one million, four hundred and thirty three thousand.
So there were six hundred and forty one thousand, five
hundred and twenty three Gians who found a way to
vote for Donald Trump in twenty twenty four but couldn't
bring themselves to vote for the Republican candidate for governor.
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That's a big number. That's a big number. She was
down from Donald Trump six hundred and forty one thousand votes.
That's a lot. The guy in New Jersey who many
thought had the best chance to actually pick up a win.
In New Jersey, Donald Trump had nearly two million votes.
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He had one million, nine hundred and sixty eight two
hundred and fifteen. Jack sight A Rally had one million,
three hundred eighty four thousand. He was down five hundred
and eighty three thousand votes. So there was six hundred well,
there were in total, over twelve over one point two
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million people in Virginia and New Jersey who voted for
Donald Trump who didn't vote for the Republican A year later.
Now that's kind of what Donald Trump says. We'll get
to that later. Let's go to the calls. Let me
go to David New Hampshire first, Dave, welcome, Next on
my chef.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Hey, how you doing Dan?
Speaker 2 (04:15):
I'm doing fine, shirt. What's what's your take on all
of this? Let's talk national election?
Speaker 4 (04:20):
Okay? The only thing that comes to my mind is
that the economy stupid.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Well that's not bad. But I don't think the economy
is that bad. Tell me how bad it is in
New Hampshire today that it was under Biden? Your in
your opinion?
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Uh, I couldn't say. I've been retired. I don't have
to taste it, you have or anything, So it doesn't
it doesn't affect me.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Well, it affects you will to go to the gas.
It affects you when you fill up your car with gas.
It affects you when.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
You I pay Yeah, I know, yeah it does. I
paid two fifty six for gas?
Speaker 2 (04:58):
How much when Biden was president?
Speaker 4 (05:03):
I don't know. I was in Florida. It was three
to h something in Florida.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Yeah, yeah, not bad. Two fifty six in New Hampshire.
That's not bad.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
You have.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Okay, so when you go to grocery stores now, look,
prices fluctuate. There were some things that price will go
up a little bit, some things they go down. What
is killing you at the grocery stores or are you
not having that experience?
Speaker 4 (05:28):
I don't have that experience. I don't buy expensive stuff anyways.
I watch what I I try to watch my weight
like you do and stuff like that. So yeah, no,
I'm pretty go ahead.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
No, I say, yeah, I think that's a smart way
to do it. I I had tomato soup for dinner tonight.
I was a little bit tight on time, and the
only time thing I could do is I had tomato
soup tonight, tomato soup and some rich crackers, and I
was fine, you know, I mean that's the way, that's
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the way, that's the way you roll.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Yeah, exactly. They had a thing on today on bed
because that's what I listened.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
To all day.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
I don't have TV. I cut out the cable bill
because it got so expensive to save a little money.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
What were you paying for cable up in New Hampshire.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
If I could ask you, when you got one hundred
and seventy five.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
It's more expensive in Massachusetts.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Be yeah, I'm sure it is. No, I can't handle too.
So one had to go. I got a house in Florida,
and I got one in New Hampshire. So I cut
my hand out, hey before I do it.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Okay, If if you've got a place in Florida, you
spend some time down there in the winter time, I
bet you.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
Yeah, I do. I just haven't gone down yet.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Good for you.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
I enjoyed this time of year.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
This is a beautiful time of year, there's no question.
But unfortunately this time of year comes up and ends abruptly,
and that's all.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
Yeah it does. Yeah, Well, I got a quick question
for you. What happened with ment night?
Speaker 2 (07:01):
I unfortunately think that the Our Revolution people hung on
by the skin of their teeth, and really if Yeah,
the folks who we had interviewed here did very well.
But the incumbents, as often happens, a lot of people
go to the polls and they'll vote for the incumbent.
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But I suspect that there was a pretty strong message
sent in Medford last night, and right now there's a
lot of people who have been they're now aware of
what the Our Revolution people want to do. They want
to change the character of Medford, and I suspect they're
going to have a tougher time accomplishing what they wanted
to accomplish because now it's out there in the public
for all to see.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
Yeah. I know my parents had a house and met that.
I grew up in Metie, so that's why I was curious.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Yep, absolutely absolutely, Well, look enjoy your time when you're
in Florida. I hope you'll take a time some night
or many nights to listen to us and give us
a call from Florida.
Speaker 4 (08:01):
Okay, take thanks, Dave, Yeah, bye bye, all.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Right, talk to you soon. Good night. Six one seven, two, five,
four ten thirty triple eight nine two nine ten thirty
or six one seven, nine three one ten thirty. We're
going to take a break when we have some lines
open field, free to join the conversation. I do want
to talk about national elections. The Republicans took a thumping
last night, and the question is this an anomaly, is
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this an aberration? Or or has Donald Trump's charm used
air quote with that worn off? Uh? And will he'll
never be in the ballot again, He will not run
for re election for a third term. Uh. And he
obviously was able to pull a lot of people to
the polls. As I just explained in Virginia and New
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Jersey that were no shows yesterday. If those folks had
gone to the polls, they might have won two Republican races.
But no, they might have had two Republicans governors. It
will not work out that way for sure. Matter As
a matter of fact, all of the the folks who
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voted for Donald Trump would have had to have gone
to the polls to get Cindarelli across the finish line,
and the same number would have been almost They all
would have had to have voted to get Winsome Earl
Sears across the finish line. So again, every election is
a little different. But yesterday, including the Prop fifty which
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passed in California, that's going to allow a lot of
redistricting gerrymandering going on in California. So we're gonna have
lots to talk about in the next year. Stay with us.
Give us a call six seven night, six thirty. If
you are a Republican and you're looking your wounds tonight,
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feel free to call. If you're a Democrat you want
to take a victory lap, feel free to free to
call as well. All points of view will than to
welcome here on Nightside.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
It's Night Side with Dan Ray on w Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Voter turnout in Boston, by the way, just to a
point to pick up from last hour of thirteen percent.
That is abysmal. In twenty twenty one. In the days
following well, in the days when COVID was still a concern,
it was nineteen percent. So Boston does not vote as
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it used to vote. Let me keep rolling him. Let
me get real quickly, Rachel from Lexington and hit the
wrong number there. I gotta do that. I got that one, Rachel,
I hit the wrong button. Hi, Rachel, how are you? Dan?
Speaker 5 (10:44):
I'm fine, I feel great. I'm going to gloat. Damn it.
It's about time the Democrats have a gigantic win.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
They deserve it.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Well, they had a gigantic win in twenty twenty. It's
it's not been they haven't been, you know, in the
desert for decades. But no, they had a great day yesterday.
So take a victory lap, Rachel.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
Absolutely, And you know what, Dan, it makes uh. I
hope Democrats take a lesson from this wonderful man. This
lovely man in New York that just won of the
mayor's pays Zoha. I think he is brilliant, I really do.
And I want all Democrats, or at least most of them,
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to emulate what his game plan is. He's not afraid,
he's not afraid to speak up. And I'm sick of timid,
cautious Democrats. I've had it with them, this old stupid
neutral crowd. That hell with them neutral neds, That's what
I call them.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Let me ask you this, do you think at it?
Speaker 5 (11:44):
That hell with them? All of them?
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Do you.
Speaker 5 (11:49):
All of them?
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Who is going to be I wanted to take a
victory lap, but I'd like to ask her a question.
Take a breath for se Do you think Joron Mundami
is an anti SEMITI?
Speaker 5 (11:59):
Oh god, oh please, it's just no, absolutely not. This man.
He is about everyone.
Speaker 6 (12:06):
He just wants peace.
Speaker 5 (12:07):
You know I have Jewish people in my family. Are
you kidding me? No way?
Speaker 3 (12:12):
Have you read reads? He wants to help everybody.
Speaker 7 (12:18):
You know that.
Speaker 5 (12:19):
That's aside from that. I think he's brilliant. I'm looking
at the way he conducted his campaign.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Why let me ask you this. If I could Rachel
Why did hundreds of rabbis in uh in New York
warn people not to vote for this guy.
Speaker 5 (12:36):
Is that that that's a very very different fraction and
that they're not starving. Believe me, they have plenty of money. Okay,
that group right there.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Jewish people money? Is that what you said?
Speaker 5 (12:49):
But the thing is, I feel that, Rachel. I'm sure
they have money. I'm sure they do, just they're just
not like living off of snap benefits. And I feel
very verdly for people. But you know, it also was
a wonderful wake up call to everybody to make them
appreciate government and government services. I don't mind paying my taxes.
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I'm happily to pay them, and I donate to charvities
as well, because that's what we were supposed to do.
We're supposed to help a fellow human being as decent people.
You know, I believe in God. I always raised Catholic.
I'm married to a Jewish man and he's very liberal.
I could never marry anyone conservative, forget that.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
So I don't think any conservative probably would want to
marry you, Rachel, either, which is good. I mean, you
don't want to marry somebody who.
Speaker 5 (13:45):
Was always probably Oh my god. I mean, come on,
to be honest, we have to be on the same page.
It doesn't make sense. People don't even date people, but
it makes people really Let me just say this aside
from that, let people realize the importance of god government
and what Democrat states do. We pay more money into
the federal government the East and the West coast. Okay,
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we get criticized the most, but yet we're supporting everybody
in between, which includes those Red states and everybody that's
you know, crying and they love Trump.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Well, a lot of a lot of the people in
the Red States.
Speaker 5 (14:24):
If we go always more into the tax revenue, then
we people don't understand that.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
So I want I want you to know that. Just
I'm giving you your first warning. Okay, you're not wearing
a bathing suit, right, I don't want to plank you
unless they have to.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
You have done that before.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
And there's a lot of surprise. There's a lot of
people in the flyover country who don't make a lot
of money. They're called farmers, uh, and they're people who
work with their hands, who feed the United States and
feed the world. And those of us in the east
to the West coast, we tend to look down on
them a little bit. A lot of us have great
jobs here on the East Coast and the West Coast,
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and we should pay more money because we make more money.
I very much believe in a graduated income tax, but
I don't look down on people who work with their
hands and provide me and my family with the food
that we eat at our table every ding.
Speaker 5 (15:22):
Got I am making assumptions. I'm not saying anything like that.
I've never said that about anybody for at their presision.
But the reason I was bringing up how much money
that the Democrat states pay into the system is that
when Trump says that he wants to cut federal dollars
to our states, all the Democrat governors should say, do
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not give any more federal money to the US treasury.
If he wants to pull back in, we can too,
and they should start doing that. That's what my point was.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
Okay, well, well, I think that's a really dumb point, Rachel.
I think that's one of the dumbest points I've heard
in a while, because if if Blue states were to
withhold money from the federal government and what you call,
in effect the start of a civil war, but beyond
that by withholding money from the federal government, the federal
government would not be able to help people with on
SNAP and other programs like that they couldn't provide for
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the military.
Speaker 5 (16:18):
It makes people realize how important Democrat states are and
how important like the university, they how much people like
a Hobbit. They're brilliant, but they're not shrewd, and they're
not clover, and they're not outspoken like me. And I
wrote a letter to the president of Hobbit, and I said,
do not do any more interviews, please. You're too passive.
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You're too damn passive.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
I think Rachel, the president of Harvard, probably could learn
a lot from you.
Speaker 5 (16:47):
Uh you know, I said, I load a lot more
than that, But I don't want him to do anymore.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
And Rachel, what sort of work did you do? Were
you some sort of a nuclear scientist or something? What
sort of work did you do?
Speaker 5 (17:00):
And I don't be condescending, What do you do in
your career?
Speaker 2 (17:03):
I'm wondering, because obviously you're a smart person. What did
you do?
Speaker 5 (17:07):
What do I do for a living?
Speaker 4 (17:09):
No, what I'm working?
Speaker 5 (17:10):
What you're working? I work in management?
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Work in management, like for the Red sox you mean
or no, I'm just what's the business that you win?
I mean, you're criticizing the people at Harvard, which is fine.
I'm just kind of defending the people at Harvard.
Speaker 5 (17:30):
I'm criticizing his manner. I love Hobbard and all the
contributed to the world, all the brilliant research and you know, invention, everything,
everything they contributed. I'm just saying that the president of
Hobbit and a lot of Democrats act like that too.
They're just trying to be too damn polite. We don't
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live in a polite right now.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Yeah, that's one thing in this world, that's for sure. Rachel,
I'll tell you. But h I appreciated your call. Uh
your it was a very interesting call. And I'm going
to give you the plank just for old time's sake. Okay,
So have it goes. We'll take a break if you'd
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like to respond to Rachel, that's fine. Six what's seven
two five four thirty six seven nine? Coming up right
after the news, we will have a defender of all
things Harvard. My good friend Harvey Soverglate will join us tarmy.
She's going to be a tough act to follow. Uh,
I want to hear from you on the national elections.
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If you're a Republican, please be small enough to acknowledge
you guys got skunk last night. If you're a Democrat
and you want to take a victory lap without insulting,
you know, the middle of the country, that's fine too.
We back at Nightside right after this.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
Night Side with Dan Ray on Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Next up is my friend Harvey Silverglade. Harvey, Rachel's a
tough act to follow, but I'm sure you can handle it. Hi, Harvey,
how are you tonize?
Speaker 3 (19:06):
Brian? Let me take on both of his hobbarts.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Sure.
Speaker 3 (19:12):
Trump. The reason the Republicans are such a drubbing is
because the American people thought that they elected a president.
They have learned that they have elected an emperor. They
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don't like it. It's that simple.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
Well, I think that's a little hyperbolic, and I normally
would not accuse you of being hyperbolic. But he is
somebody who is a different breeder president, and I agree
with you that he needs to and I don't think
he will change his act. Look, you've you have been
involved in a legal dispute with him, Uh, and you've
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sat across the table from him many years ago, and
he hasn't changed much, and I don't think he's going
to change much between now and three years from now,
whenever he leaves the White House. He he has trolled people.
He has engaged in offensive memes which are totally unnecessary
and beneath the dignity of the office, you know, putting
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a sombreros on the leaders of the Democrats in Congress.
So there's there's no question that.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
Dan, Yeah, Dan, despite the emroument's clothes of the Constitution,
he is profited by the estimates of between four and
seven billion dollars from the presidency.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Well, I don't know how people arrive at that number, Harvey,
if you've looked at it, I respect you immensely, But
I don't know. I know that there was some suggestions
that that because there were people lodged at some of
his hotels in Washington, or he've got a couple of
hotels in Washington, I guess. But and I know that
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he's selling stuff on the internet. I know that he's
selling Trump watches and all of that. I don't know
that that is covered by the emoluments Clause.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
And his sons haven't done badly either.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
No, that's correct. But also his son in law probably
was instrumental as anyone in the Abraham Accords, which I
truly do have believed have led to the possibility I
emphasized the possibility of peace in the Middle East, which
for many years none of us ever believed was even
remotely possible.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Well, I agree about Jared Kushner, but we're not talking
about Jared Kushner. We're talking about what I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
He's married to one, he's married to a daughter, so
he's a son in law. Give me that, give me
that that ability. I don't know that the sons of
any have done anything illegal to profit.
Speaker 3 (22:00):
I didn't. No, No, I think it's I think it's
unconstitutional for the president who have gotten so much money. Ever,
his son's is something else. But it does stink, and
he has made a fortune off of the presidency.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
Okay, But my question is that I.
Speaker 3 (22:18):
Think I think people don't like it.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
I think there's a lot about his character and his
demeanor that people don't like. I'm with you there, But
my question is, when you say four to six billion
dollars or whatever you said, I don't know how that
anyone arrives at that figure. I know that he's been
selling Trump watches, and I know that he had some
uh he's got some crypto site out there, but I
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don't know that that's what the emoluments clause directs. I
believe that the emoluments Clause is directed at a president
receiving gifts from foreign foreign governments.
Speaker 3 (22:59):
Well, he's done that as well.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
I don't know. Well, again, the argument, for example would
be the airplane from the United Arab Emirates. Okay, but
I don't know that he has taken possession of that plane.
Understand that's going to the Defense Department. Am I incorrect
on that?
Speaker 3 (23:20):
Yeah, you're correct on that.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
I'm trying to figure out where someone comes up with
with the figure. My understanding is that he donates his salary.
And again I'm not defending him, Harvey. I agree with you.
His style and his demeanor is it's not He's not
Ronald Reagan, you know, I mean, And that's where where
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I think his greatest failing Ronald Reagan could could turn
a phrase and make people smile. This guy is always
seems to be angry.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
Well, you've got an explanation for why you know, people
have lived with him for long enough, and that's the
reason the Democrats and the Democrats are nothing to write
home about either.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
Yeah, well you might. I mean, I guess you could argue,
and I'd be interested in your reaction to this. Is
that the doge cuts as well as now the government shutdown,
has an adversely a greater impact negative impact on people
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who live in Virginia because many of them worked for
the federal government than in any other state. But that
would not explain the drubbing that the Republicans received in
both New Jersey and in Virginia. The thing that's interesting
is that he actually won about six hundred thousand more
votes in both Virginia and New Jersey than than the
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Republicans won last night. So there's a significant number of
Americans who vote for Donald Trump and choose to stay
home when he's not on the ballot, and that's a
real problem for the Republican Party.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
Well, you're assuming that Donald Trump is popp doing.
Speaker 2 (25:11):
Now, Well, I think he's popular with his base and
he's never going to stand for re election in that
the whole thing he was trolling, and I think people
were upset about that. No one wants to see someone
running for well being elected twice to the presidency. He's
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not going to do that, in my opinion. He can't
do it constitutionally. And he's admitted on the plane the
other day, so he will never be on the ballot again.
And the Republicans better worry about that because they I
don't know who else they have that can turn out
a vote like he could.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Now, can I take many, yes?
Speaker 2 (25:51):
Please please do.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
First of all, I do think he's an entire time
things that he said previously, and he was elected mayor
in the most Jewish city in the country.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
Well now, but let me ask you that I don't
know what is the Jewish percentage in New York City.
I don't know what that number is, but it's not fifty.
He got fifty percent of the vote, so he got
a lot of non Jewish votes as well.
Speaker 3 (26:23):
Right, I think that people are in for a big
shock he is now. He wants to have free bus
fairs and free this and free that.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
He's a socialist, no doubt, self admitted socialist.
Speaker 3 (26:41):
What right self v playing socialist. What he is going
to do is drive all of the high owners and
there are many in New York City, all of those
high owners places like Florida, and there's going to be
a financial crisis in New York. He is not going
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to have the money for all of this.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
Well, the other thing to Harvey that's interesting is that
at his rally last night, apparently normally when people are
excited about someone being elected in America, they'll yell USA,
or you know, they'll chant USA. The group last night
was chanting d Essay, Democratic Socialists of America, Yeah, and
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the other. And I know that you're not a huge
sports fan, because I think in all the times we've
been together, we never talk sports. But there's a lot
of sports fans and great sports teams in New York
with great histories in all four major sports. A lot
of the professional athletes who would go to New York
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because of the salaries that could be paid are now
going to look at what they'll be paying in taxes.
And I think that a lot of the New York
sports teams are going to be behind the eight ball
in attracting the top talent in football, basketball, baseball, and hockey.
Speaker 3 (28:11):
Yep, this is going to be a disaster.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
Well, that him being elected last night might have been
the one silver lining for the Republicans, I guess is
what I'm hearing you say.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
But let me tell you what the problem was in
New York. Look at his opposition, the sexual harasser who
got driven out of the governorship of New York. It
was his main opposition. Well, his other opposition was the
perennial candidate Turwis Sliwar.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Yeah, whose fame, whose game? Whose name? He gained his
fame as a member of the Guardian Angels when they
used to patrol the subways. Now Adams has had fallen
completely out of favor. He was the incumbent mayor. Well
he he had some issues, but compared to Cuomo's issues
(29:10):
some issues corruption, No, no, I get that. I get that.
It was like, you know, getting a couple of upgrades
on his airplane and all of that, and maybe there
was there were other things that I was unaware of.
But was Cuomo the answer. I don't know there was
an answer, and I think that it was just this
(29:31):
guy's time and place. Gonna remember New York colected Deblasio,
you know a few years ago. So this is the
first alliance with progressive Democrats.
Speaker 3 (29:42):
Yep, just a thought.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Harvey is always you'd be well. Thank you so much
for adding perspective to my program. As always, my friend.
We'll talk soon. Okay, good right, thanks Harvey. All right,
to take a break. I got John and denn and
Tom in Dorchester, Bill and pencil, and you got room
for people at six one seven, nine three one ten
thirty six one seven, nine three one ten thirty. I
(30:07):
have some sound bites which i'd like to play, and
I will play some of the sound bites, but I
want to hear from you. You can agree, disagree, whatever
your point of view is. Tonight, let's just have a conversation.
Rachel and I had a little bit of a communication issue,
and that's why she ended up on moving off the plank.
(30:28):
We do that for fun. Larry Glig used to shoot
people off the air. We can't do that, so we
plank people. But I hope I don't have to plank
anyone else to see a thing coming back on Night's side.
If you're a Republican, tell me what happened, And if
you're an honest Republican, you'll tell me you got whooped
last night. If you're a Democrat and you'd like to
take some credit or take a victory lap. Look, the
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Democratic Party a week ago was in tough shape. Their
stock has risen in the last twenty four hours immensely,
forty eight hours, immensely. Coming back on Nightside.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
You're on night Side with Dan Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
Let's keep rolling and gonna go to John and Denim. John,
you're next to night Side.
Speaker 6 (31:12):
Welcome, Hey, how you've been planting throughout right ten seconds?
I just could not take listening to her shy. Yeah,
you asked her a simple question about anti semitical mark.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
No, yep, that's it.
Speaker 6 (31:25):
Yeah, okay, And did she answer your question?
Speaker 2 (31:27):
No, of course not.
Speaker 3 (31:29):
No.
Speaker 6 (31:29):
Typical Democrats talk talk talk talk talk would not give
you a chance to say when you wanted. And she
she talks about the Democrats have plenty of money in
your answer to your president, this is your typical Democrat. Great,
right there, Well, I want to know what you think.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
Let's let's leave it well, Rachel, and she's swimming. She's
swimming home to Lexington right now. So that's I don't think.
Speaker 6 (31:53):
I wasn't surprised by anything. I was hoping a little different,
but I wasn't surprised by any of it. I think
is you might have touched on. I think a lot
of voters stayed home, and you know, throughout throughout the country,
and uh that I don't john that.
Speaker 2 (32:08):
I don't understand. I don't understand unless people just don't
care and will allow government. I mean in Boston the
turnout was thirteen percent.
Speaker 6 (32:20):
Yes, I think people just got to a point where
they think their votes don't matter anymore. That's all I
could come up with. I think you're not going to
make a difficult I think.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
I think I think you're right.
Speaker 6 (32:32):
I mean in this state, you know, if you I mean,
why do you're voting this state for a governor? I
mean when you know? Because when we don't, we don't,
we don't get the truth out. I think I said
this before that the Democrats have to allow the ignorance
and stupidity of the voter. Otherwise, if you talk about
(32:52):
facts straight fact, I saw it rick about all the
place You're talking about Trump, like when people criticize Trump
and prices, Yeah, do everything he was voted to do,
and he said he was gonna do. I don't think
anybody surprised by what he's doing.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
No, I mean I think that people probably are surprised
by the activity in the Caribbean against Venezuelan drug dealers.
But I think that's that is great if you can
blow up those boats and save the lives of hundreds
of Americans who were crazy enough at this point to
deal with any drug they could be laced with ventanyl Absolutely, yeah.
Speaker 6 (33:32):
You just beat me to it. Just what to say?
Where would the outcry when we you know, our kids
were being killed by the drugs coming over here? Why
do the Democrats want to not believe in, you know, uh,
the rights of people? And I say, how do you
know there are the ones? Maybe they're intelligence perfect, they
know exactly who are they going after.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
I don't know how many Venezuelans have a running around
in speed boats. I've looked at all of those those
boats that have been hit their high speedcraft, okay, and
they're not out for for an afternoon on the.
Speaker 6 (34:07):
Water where we use Before Trump took over, when you
saw some of these stories about these kids who you know,
you know, granted, they think they're ordering something online and
next thing you know, they're dead, But there was never
an outcry because the Democrats were in charge and they
knew they were at fall for this and now Trump
(34:28):
is doing something about it, and why why why is
it so bad? I don't understand that. And again, not
to jump all over the place. I hear that Governor
California Newscum whatever his name is, talked about when he's
fort the lower prices and it didn't happen. It's like California,
of all places, you're gonna criticize somebody else five right now.
Speaker 2 (34:50):
Yeah, there's that's that. That's fraught with irony, that's for sure. John.
I appreciate you your listening. I appreciate your calling, and
I appreciate your passion. And I'm want to hear more
people like you calling the program. I really mean that, Okay,
we want people. I want people to get out and vote.
I don't I do you know, I know who I
might want to vote for. But it particularly in local elections,
(35:12):
your vote has a has a bigger value, a bigger
weight in a local election because there are fewer people
in your community than there are across the United States
of America. So people who chose not to vote yesterday
in local elections made a huge mistake, in my opinion,
huge mistake. John. Appreciate you, Carl, Thank you much talk soon. Okay,
thank you. Let me go next to Tom and Dorchester. Tom,
(35:36):
if this is the Tom, I think it is had
to be a disappointing night for you.
Speaker 7 (35:42):
Little disappointing. But yeah, I don't know these elections and
I can't figure a lot. And heways, there's nors what
Hobby was talking about? Trump and Green. Trump's not popular.
I think he's the most popular human being on the planet,
and he's the most thought we learn this, kety, but
he's at least popular with the elite.
Speaker 2 (36:04):
Well with Tom. His popularity rating in legitimate polls is down. Okay,
Now I don't know necessarily what it is. But he
he won an election a year ago. He won what
with like fifty one or a little less than fifty
(36:25):
one percent of the vote, And you know he talks
about it being a mandate. That's not a mandate. He
won a close election, and now he's he's alienating people
with his style. He's a little off putting, wouldn't you
say so?
Speaker 7 (36:41):
No, not really parting with the elite. The elite had
this plan. I'm telling you that all.
Speaker 2 (36:48):
Those people who voted in Virginia and New Jersey yesterday,
I'm sure are not elites.
Speaker 7 (36:53):
Tom, Well, they probably were on the vict somewhere. Well
what but they were probably had ad and there was
a lot of a lot of government workers want to
get my work.
Speaker 2 (37:10):
There may have been an influence. There may have been
an influence. But what happened to all the Trump voters
in each of those elections? Donald Trump got six hundred
thousand more voters. Weren't those voters want enough to say, Okay,
if I voted for Trump and I think he's done
a good job, I now have to get a Republican. Uh.
They had a Republican governor, he had a great rating,
fifty popularity rating, and now it's going to have a Democrat.
(37:33):
They voted in Virginia for the attorney general who said
he wanted to put a bullet into the head of
the Republican House speaker. They you know, I mean, it's
it's insane.
Speaker 7 (37:44):
You know, you're the word I love Donald Trump. These
are all lunatics.
Speaker 2 (37:50):
I know. But you're calling people names if they ain't
gonna win anybody over with that. His his voter stayed
home yesterday. His voted were, m I a shame on
that you would have voted if you were in Virginia,
you would have voted if you were in New Jersey.
Speaker 3 (38:06):
Yeah, and I know that.
Speaker 2 (38:08):
Thanks Tom. I'm up against my time.
Speaker 3 (38:09):
I gotta let you, I gotta let you look.
Speaker 7 (38:11):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 2 (38:12):
Talk to you soon. Here comes the eleven couple of
lines six point seven, two, five, four, ten thirty. Let's
keep it rolling.
It's Night Side with Dan Ray w BZY, Boston's new radio.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
All Right, it is now after ten o'clock, ten o seven.
My name is Dan Ray, and we are basically doing
our post mortem on a very tough night for the
Republican Party. I know my good friend Scott Brown called
in last night and thought that the results in Virginia
and New Jersey and New York were of little relevance.
(00:29):
And he may be right in terms of New Hampshire,
but I do think that there is relevance from all
of these elections. Last night, and we're going to talk
about the national elections. We talked about Massachusetts, where everything
happened as you would expect. All the Democrats who people
complained about for years were returned to office. But that's
(00:50):
the way it works in Massachusetts. The results in Virginia
and New Jersey are the ones that I'm sure the
Republicans are looking at tonight, and they just took They
just took a whooping last night. It's as simple as that.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
I know.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
The President today had a meeting with Senators and there
were some remarks that he made about last night, which
I will share with you, but I want to prefer
to get to phone callers. So the more callers get,
the happier. I am always on a topic like this,
(01:28):
I'd like to know what you think. I mean. A
year ago, Donald Trump swept to victory. It wasn't, as
he said, a mandate, but he did win all of
the seven toss up states, the Pennsylvania's and the Michigans
and the Arizonas of the states that really matter because
(01:50):
those are the states that decide the elections. Everybody knows
that Texas will vote Republican, in California will vote Democratic.
We understand that. But these other states, and and they
change every year, but the states. Georgia was one of
the states last year. So what I want to do
is let's let's roll with some callers and then I
(02:10):
want want to hear from some of the victorious Democrats.
I also want to hear from the president. Uh. And
as a matter of fact, I let me go to
the calls. I don't want to I don't want to
wait too long of the callers. And when you see
some of the numbers that I have looked at, I've
done some research on for you today, Donald Trump a
(02:34):
year ago had two million, seventy five thousand voters in
UH in Virginia, Okay, that was a big number.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
UH.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
The the Virginia candidate for governor win some Earl Sears
only had one million, four hundred and thirty three thousand.
So there were six hundred and forty one thousand, five
hundred and twenty three Gians who found a way to
vote for Donald Trump in twenty twenty four but couldn't
bring themselves to vote for the Republican candidate for governor.
(03:08):
That's a big number. That's a big number. She was
down from Donald Trump six hundred and forty one thousand votes.
That's a lot. The guy in New Jersey who many
thought had the best chance to actually pick up a win.
In New Jersey, Donald Trump had nearly two million votes.
(03:34):
He had one million, nine hundred and sixty eight two
hundred and fifteen. Jack sight A Rally had one million,
three hundred eighty four thousand. He was down five hundred
and eighty three thousand votes. So there was six hundred well,
there were in total, over twelve over one point two
(03:55):
million people in Virginia and New Jersey who voted for
Donald Trump who didn't vote for the Republican A year later.
Now that's kind of what Donald Trump says. We'll get
to that later. Let's go to the calls. Let me
go to David New Hampshire first, Dave, welcome, Next on
my chef.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Hey, how you doing Dan?
Speaker 2 (04:15):
I'm doing fine, shirt. What's what's your take on all
of this? Let's talk national election?
Speaker 4 (04:20):
Okay? The only thing that comes to my mind is
that the economy stupid.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Well that's not bad. But I don't think the economy
is that bad. Tell me how bad it is in
New Hampshire today that it was under Biden? Your in
your opinion?
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Uh, I couldn't say. I've been retired. I don't have
to taste it, you have or anything, So it doesn't
it doesn't affect me.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Well, it affects you will to go to the gas.
It affects you when you fill up your car with gas.
It affects you when.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
You I pay Yeah, I know, yeah it does. I
paid two fifty six for gas?
Speaker 2 (04:58):
How much when Biden was president?
Speaker 4 (05:03):
I don't know. I was in Florida. It was three
to h something in Florida.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Yeah, yeah, not bad. Two fifty six in New Hampshire.
That's not bad.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
You have.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Okay, so when you go to grocery stores now, look,
prices fluctuate. There were some things that price will go
up a little bit, some things they go down. What
is killing you at the grocery stores or are you
not having that experience?
Speaker 4 (05:28):
I don't have that experience. I don't buy expensive stuff anyways.
I watch what I I try to watch my weight
like you do and stuff like that. So yeah, no,
I'm pretty go ahead.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
No, I say, yeah, I think that's a smart way
to do it. I I had tomato soup for dinner tonight.
I was a little bit tight on time, and the
only time thing I could do is I had tomato
soup tonight, tomato soup and some rich crackers, and I
was fine, you know, I mean that's the way, that's
(06:00):
the way, that's the way you roll.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Yeah, exactly. They had a thing on today on bed
because that's what I listened.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
To all day.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
I don't have TV. I cut out the cable bill
because it got so expensive to save a little money.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
What were you paying for cable up in New Hampshire.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
If I could ask you, when you got one hundred
and seventy five.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
It's more expensive in Massachusetts.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Be yeah, I'm sure it is. No, I can't handle too.
So one had to go. I got a house in Florida,
and I got one in New Hampshire. So I cut
my hand out, hey before I do it.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Okay, If if you've got a place in Florida, you
spend some time down there in the winter time, I
bet you.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
Yeah, I do. I just haven't gone down yet.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Good for you.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
I enjoyed this time of year.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
This is a beautiful time of year, there's no question.
But unfortunately this time of year comes up and ends abruptly,
and that's all.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
Yeah it does. Yeah, Well, I got a quick question
for you. What happened with ment night?
Speaker 2 (07:01):
I unfortunately think that the Our Revolution people hung on
by the skin of their teeth, and really if Yeah,
the folks who we had interviewed here did very well.
But the incumbents, as often happens, a lot of people
go to the polls and they'll vote for the incumbent.
(07:23):
But I suspect that there was a pretty strong message
sent in Medford last night, and right now there's a
lot of people who have been they're now aware of
what the Our Revolution people want to do. They want
to change the character of Medford, and I suspect they're
going to have a tougher time accomplishing what they wanted
to accomplish because now it's out there in the public
for all to see.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
Yeah. I know my parents had a house and met that.
I grew up in Metie, so that's why I was curious.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Yep, absolutely absolutely, Well, look enjoy your time when you're
in Florida. I hope you'll take a time some night
or many nights to listen to us and give us
a call from Florida.
Speaker 4 (08:01):
Okay, take thanks, Dave, Yeah, bye bye, all.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Right, talk to you soon. Good night. Six one seven, two, five,
four ten thirty triple eight nine two nine ten thirty
or six one seven, nine three one ten thirty. We're
going to take a break when we have some lines
open field, free to join the conversation. I do want
to talk about national elections. The Republicans took a thumping
last night, and the question is this an anomaly, is
(08:27):
this an aberration? Or or has Donald Trump's charm used
air quote with that worn off? Uh? And will he'll
never be in the ballot again, He will not run
for re election for a third term. Uh. And he
obviously was able to pull a lot of people to
the polls. As I just explained in Virginia and New
(08:50):
Jersey that were no shows yesterday. If those folks had
gone to the polls, they might have won two Republican races.
But no, they might have had two Republicans governors. It
will not work out that way for sure. Matter As
a matter of fact, all of the the folks who
(09:11):
voted for Donald Trump would have had to have gone
to the polls to get Cindarelli across the finish line,
and the same number would have been almost They all
would have had to have voted to get Winsome Earl
Sears across the finish line. So again, every election is
a little different. But yesterday, including the Prop fifty which
(09:32):
passed in California, that's going to allow a lot of
redistricting gerrymandering going on in California. So we're gonna have
lots to talk about in the next year. Stay with us.
Give us a call six seven night, six thirty. If
you are a Republican and you're looking your wounds tonight,
(09:53):
feel free to call. If you're a Democrat you want
to take a victory lap, feel free to free to
call as well. All points of view will than to
welcome here on Nightside.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
It's Night Side with Dan Ray on w Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Voter turnout in Boston, by the way, just to a
point to pick up from last hour of thirteen percent.
That is abysmal. In twenty twenty one. In the days
following well, in the days when COVID was still a concern,
it was nineteen percent. So Boston does not vote as
(10:29):
it used to vote. Let me keep rolling him. Let
me get real quickly, Rachel from Lexington and hit the
wrong number there. I gotta do that. I got that one, Rachel,
I hit the wrong button. Hi, Rachel, how are you? Dan?
Speaker 5 (10:44):
I'm fine, I feel great. I'm going to gloat. Damn it.
It's about time the Democrats have a gigantic win.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
They deserve it.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Well, they had a gigantic win in twenty twenty. It's
it's not been they haven't been, you know, in the
desert for decades. But no, they had a great day yesterday.
So take a victory lap, Rachel.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
Absolutely, And you know what, Dan, it makes uh. I
hope Democrats take a lesson from this wonderful man. This
lovely man in New York that just won of the
mayor's pays Zoha. I think he is brilliant, I really do.
And I want all Democrats, or at least most of them,
(11:24):
to emulate what his game plan is. He's not afraid,
he's not afraid to speak up. And I'm sick of timid,
cautious Democrats. I've had it with them, this old stupid
neutral crowd. That hell with them neutral neds, That's what
I call them.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Let me ask you this, do you think at it?
Speaker 5 (11:44):
That hell with them? All of them?
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Do you.
Speaker 5 (11:49):
All of them?
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Who is going to be I wanted to take a
victory lap, but I'd like to ask her a question.
Take a breath for se Do you think Joron Mundami
is an anti SEMITI?
Speaker 5 (11:59):
Oh god, oh please, it's just no, absolutely not. This man.
He is about everyone.
Speaker 6 (12:06):
He just wants peace.
Speaker 5 (12:07):
You know I have Jewish people in my family. Are
you kidding me? No way?
Speaker 3 (12:12):
Have you read reads? He wants to help everybody.
Speaker 7 (12:18):
You know that.
Speaker 5 (12:19):
That's aside from that. I think he's brilliant. I'm looking
at the way he conducted his campaign.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Why let me ask you this. If I could Rachel
Why did hundreds of rabbis in uh in New York
warn people not to vote for this guy.
Speaker 5 (12:36):
Is that that that's a very very different fraction and
that they're not starving. Believe me, they have plenty of money. Okay,
that group right there.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Jewish people money? Is that what you said?
Speaker 5 (12:49):
But the thing is, I feel that, Rachel. I'm sure
they have money. I'm sure they do, just they're just
not like living off of snap benefits. And I feel
very verdly for people. But you know, it also was
a wonderful wake up call to everybody to make them
appreciate government and government services. I don't mind paying my taxes.
(13:11):
I'm happily to pay them, and I donate to charvities
as well, because that's what we were supposed to do.
We're supposed to help a fellow human being as decent people.
You know, I believe in God. I always raised Catholic.
I'm married to a Jewish man and he's very liberal.
I could never marry anyone conservative, forget that.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
So I don't think any conservative probably would want to
marry you, Rachel, either, which is good. I mean, you
don't want to marry somebody who.
Speaker 5 (13:45):
Was always probably Oh my god. I mean, come on,
to be honest, we have to be on the same page.
It doesn't make sense. People don't even date people, but
it makes people really Let me just say this aside
from that, let people realize the importance of god government
and what Democrat states do. We pay more money into
the federal government the East and the West coast. Okay,
(14:08):
we get criticized the most, but yet we're supporting everybody
in between, which includes those Red states and everybody that's
you know, crying and they love Trump.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Well, a lot of a lot of the people in
the Red States.
Speaker 5 (14:24):
If we go always more into the tax revenue, then
we people don't understand that.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
So I want I want you to know that. Just
I'm giving you your first warning. Okay, you're not wearing
a bathing suit, right, I don't want to plank you
unless they have to.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
You have done that before.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
And there's a lot of surprise. There's a lot of
people in the flyover country who don't make a lot
of money. They're called farmers, uh, and they're people who
work with their hands, who feed the United States and
feed the world. And those of us in the east
to the West coast, we tend to look down on
them a little bit. A lot of us have great
jobs here on the East Coast and the West Coast,
(15:08):
and we should pay more money because we make more money.
I very much believe in a graduated income tax, but
I don't look down on people who work with their
hands and provide me and my family with the food
that we eat at our table every ding.
Speaker 5 (15:22):
Got I am making assumptions. I'm not saying anything like that.
I've never said that about anybody for at their presision.
But the reason I was bringing up how much money
that the Democrat states pay into the system is that
when Trump says that he wants to cut federal dollars
to our states, all the Democrat governors should say, do
(15:43):
not give any more federal money to the US treasury.
If he wants to pull back in, we can too,
and they should start doing that. That's what my point was.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
Okay, well, well, I think that's a really dumb point, Rachel.
I think that's one of the dumbest points I've heard
in a while, because if if Blue states were to
withhold money from the federal government and what you call,
in effect the start of a civil war, but beyond
that by withholding money from the federal government, the federal
government would not be able to help people with on
SNAP and other programs like that they couldn't provide for
(16:16):
the military.
Speaker 5 (16:18):
It makes people realize how important Democrat states are and
how important like the university, they how much people like
a Hobbit. They're brilliant, but they're not shrewd, and they're
not clover, and they're not outspoken like me. And I
wrote a letter to the president of Hobbit, and I said,
do not do any more interviews, please. You're too passive.
(16:40):
You're too damn passive.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
I think Rachel, the president of Harvard, probably could learn
a lot from you.
Speaker 5 (16:47):
Uh you know, I said, I load a lot more
than that, But I don't want him to do anymore.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
And Rachel, what sort of work did you do? Were
you some sort of a nuclear scientist or something? What
sort of work did you do?
Speaker 5 (17:00):
And I don't be condescending, What do you do in
your career?
Speaker 2 (17:03):
I'm wondering, because obviously you're a smart person. What did
you do?
Speaker 5 (17:07):
What do I do for a living?
Speaker 4 (17:09):
No, what I'm working?
Speaker 5 (17:10):
What you're working? I work in management?
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Work in management, like for the Red sox you mean
or no, I'm just what's the business that you win?
I mean, you're criticizing the people at Harvard, which is fine.
I'm just kind of defending the people at Harvard.
Speaker 5 (17:30):
I'm criticizing his manner. I love Hobbard and all the
contributed to the world, all the brilliant research and you know, invention, everything,
everything they contributed. I'm just saying that the president of
Hobbit and a lot of Democrats act like that too.
They're just trying to be too damn polite. We don't
(17:51):
live in a polite right now.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Yeah, that's one thing in this world, that's for sure. Rachel,
I'll tell you. But h I appreciated your call. Uh
your it was a very interesting call. And I'm going
to give you the plank just for old time's sake. Okay,
So have it goes. We'll take a break if you'd
(18:16):
like to respond to Rachel, that's fine. Six what's seven
two five four thirty six seven nine? Coming up right
after the news, we will have a defender of all
things Harvard. My good friend Harvey Soverglate will join us tarmy.
She's going to be a tough act to follow. Uh,
I want to hear from you on the national elections.
(18:37):
If you're a Republican, please be small enough to acknowledge
you guys got skunk last night. If you're a Democrat
and you want to take a victory lap without insulting,
you know, the middle of the country, that's fine too.
We back at Nightside right after this.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
Night Side with Dan Ray on Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Next up is my friend Harvey Silverglade. Harvey, Rachel's a
tough act to follow, but I'm sure you can handle it. Hi, Harvey,
how are you tonize?
Speaker 3 (19:06):
Brian? Let me take on both of his hobbarts.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Sure.
Speaker 3 (19:12):
Trump. The reason the Republicans are such a drubbing is
because the American people thought that they elected a president.
They have learned that they have elected an emperor. They
(19:33):
don't like it. It's that simple.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
Well, I think that's a little hyperbolic, and I normally
would not accuse you of being hyperbolic. But he is
somebody who is a different breeder president, and I agree
with you that he needs to and I don't think
he will change his act. Look, you've you have been
involved in a legal dispute with him, Uh, and you've
(19:59):
sat across the table from him many years ago, and
he hasn't changed much, and I don't think he's going
to change much between now and three years from now,
whenever he leaves the White House. He he has trolled people.
He has engaged in offensive memes which are totally unnecessary
and beneath the dignity of the office, you know, putting
(20:21):
a sombreros on the leaders of the Democrats in Congress.
So there's there's no question that.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
Dan, Yeah, Dan, despite the emroument's clothes of the Constitution,
he is profited by the estimates of between four and
seven billion dollars from the presidency.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Well, I don't know how people arrive at that number, Harvey,
if you've looked at it, I respect you immensely, But
I don't know. I know that there was some suggestions
that that because there were people lodged at some of
his hotels in Washington, or he've got a couple of
hotels in Washington, I guess. But and I know that
(21:05):
he's selling stuff on the internet. I know that he's
selling Trump watches and all of that. I don't know
that that is covered by the emoluments Clause.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
And his sons haven't done badly either.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
No, that's correct. But also his son in law probably
was instrumental as anyone in the Abraham Accords, which I
truly do have believed have led to the possibility I
emphasized the possibility of peace in the Middle East, which
for many years none of us ever believed was even
remotely possible.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Well, I agree about Jared Kushner, but we're not talking
about Jared Kushner. We're talking about what I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
He's married to one, he's married to a daughter, so
he's a son in law. Give me that, give me
that that ability. I don't know that the sons of
any have done anything illegal to profit.
Speaker 3 (22:00):
I didn't. No, No, I think it's I think it's
unconstitutional for the president who have gotten so much money. Ever,
his son's is something else. But it does stink, and
he has made a fortune off of the presidency.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
Okay, But my question is that I.
Speaker 3 (22:18):
Think I think people don't like it.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
I think there's a lot about his character and his
demeanor that people don't like. I'm with you there, But
my question is, when you say four to six billion
dollars or whatever you said, I don't know how that
anyone arrives at that figure. I know that he's been
selling Trump watches, and I know that he had some
uh he's got some crypto site out there, but I
(22:47):
don't know that that's what the emoluments clause directs. I
believe that the emoluments Clause is directed at a president
receiving gifts from foreign foreign governments.
Speaker 3 (22:59):
Well, he's done that as well.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
I don't know. Well, again, the argument, for example would
be the airplane from the United Arab Emirates. Okay, but
I don't know that he has taken possession of that plane.
Understand that's going to the Defense Department. Am I incorrect
on that?
Speaker 3 (23:20):
Yeah, you're correct on that.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
I'm trying to figure out where someone comes up with
with the figure. My understanding is that he donates his salary.
And again I'm not defending him, Harvey. I agree with you.
His style and his demeanor is it's not He's not
Ronald Reagan, you know, I mean, And that's where where
(23:43):
I think his greatest failing Ronald Reagan could could turn
a phrase and make people smile. This guy is always
seems to be angry.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
Well, you've got an explanation for why you know, people
have lived with him for long enough, and that's the
reason the Democrats and the Democrats are nothing to write
home about either.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
Yeah, well you might. I mean, I guess you could argue,
and I'd be interested in your reaction to this. Is
that the doge cuts as well as now the government shutdown,
has an adversely a greater impact negative impact on people
(24:29):
who live in Virginia because many of them worked for
the federal government than in any other state. But that
would not explain the drubbing that the Republicans received in
both New Jersey and in Virginia. The thing that's interesting
is that he actually won about six hundred thousand more
votes in both Virginia and New Jersey than than the
(24:53):
Republicans won last night. So there's a significant number of
Americans who vote for Donald Trump and choose to stay
home when he's not on the ballot, and that's a
real problem for the Republican Party.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
Well, you're assuming that Donald Trump is popp doing.
Speaker 2 (25:11):
Now, Well, I think he's popular with his base and
he's never going to stand for re election in that
the whole thing he was trolling, and I think people
were upset about that. No one wants to see someone
running for well being elected twice to the presidency. He's
(25:31):
not going to do that, in my opinion. He can't
do it constitutionally. And he's admitted on the plane the
other day, so he will never be on the ballot again.
And the Republicans better worry about that because they I
don't know who else they have that can turn out
a vote like he could.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Now, can I take many, yes?
Speaker 2 (25:51):
Please please do.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
First of all, I do think he's an entire time
things that he said previously, and he was elected mayor
in the most Jewish city in the country.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
Well now, but let me ask you that I don't
know what is the Jewish percentage in New York City.
I don't know what that number is, but it's not fifty.
He got fifty percent of the vote, so he got
a lot of non Jewish votes as well.
Speaker 3 (26:23):
Right, I think that people are in for a big
shock he is now. He wants to have free bus
fairs and free this and free that.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
He's a socialist, no doubt, self admitted socialist.
Speaker 3 (26:41):
What right self v playing socialist. What he is going
to do is drive all of the high owners and
there are many in New York City, all of those
high owners places like Florida, and there's going to be
a financial crisis in New York. He is not going
(27:04):
to have the money for all of this.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
Well, the other thing to Harvey that's interesting is that
at his rally last night, apparently normally when people are
excited about someone being elected in America, they'll yell USA,
or you know, they'll chant USA. The group last night
was chanting d Essay, Democratic Socialists of America, Yeah, and
(27:33):
the other. And I know that you're not a huge
sports fan, because I think in all the times we've
been together, we never talk sports. But there's a lot
of sports fans and great sports teams in New York
with great histories in all four major sports. A lot
of the professional athletes who would go to New York
(27:54):
because of the salaries that could be paid are now
going to look at what they'll be paying in taxes.
And I think that a lot of the New York
sports teams are going to be behind the eight ball
in attracting the top talent in football, basketball, baseball, and hockey.
Speaker 3 (28:11):
Yep, this is going to be a disaster.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
Well, that him being elected last night might have been
the one silver lining for the Republicans, I guess is
what I'm hearing you say.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
But let me tell you what the problem was in
New York. Look at his opposition, the sexual harasser who
got driven out of the governorship of New York. It
was his main opposition. Well, his other opposition was the
perennial candidate Turwis Sliwar.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Yeah, whose fame, whose game? Whose name? He gained his
fame as a member of the Guardian Angels when they
used to patrol the subways. Now Adams has had fallen
completely out of favor. He was the incumbent mayor. Well
he he had some issues, but compared to Cuomo's issues
(29:10):
some issues corruption, No, no, I get that. I get that.
It was like, you know, getting a couple of upgrades
on his airplane and all of that, and maybe there
was there were other things that I was unaware of.
But was Cuomo the answer. I don't know there was
an answer, and I think that it was just this
(29:31):
guy's time and place. Gonna remember New York colected Deblasio,
you know a few years ago. So this is the
first alliance with progressive Democrats.
Speaker 3 (29:42):
Yep, just a thought.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Harvey is always you'd be well. Thank you so much
for adding perspective to my program. As always, my friend.
We'll talk soon. Okay, good right, thanks Harvey. All right,
to take a break. I got John and denn and
Tom in Dorchester, Bill and pencil, and you got room
for people at six one seven, nine three one ten
thirty six one seven, nine three one ten thirty. I
(30:07):
have some sound bites which i'd like to play, and
I will play some of the sound bites, but I
want to hear from you. You can agree, disagree, whatever
your point of view is. Tonight, let's just have a conversation.
Rachel and I had a little bit of a communication issue,
and that's why she ended up on moving off the plank.
(30:28):
We do that for fun. Larry Glig used to shoot
people off the air. We can't do that, so we
plank people. But I hope I don't have to plank
anyone else to see a thing coming back on Night's side.
If you're a Republican, tell me what happened, And if
you're an honest Republican, you'll tell me you got whooped
last night. If you're a Democrat and you'd like to
take some credit or take a victory lap. Look, the
(30:51):
Democratic Party a week ago was in tough shape. Their
stock has risen in the last twenty four hours immensely,
forty eight hours, immensely. Coming back on Nightside.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
You're on night Side with Dan Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
Let's keep rolling and gonna go to John and Denim. John,
you're next to night Side.
Speaker 6 (31:12):
Welcome, Hey, how you've been planting throughout right ten seconds?
I just could not take listening to her shy. Yeah,
you asked her a simple question about anti semitical mark.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
No, yep, that's it.
Speaker 6 (31:25):
Yeah, okay, And did she answer your question?
Speaker 2 (31:27):
No, of course not.
Speaker 3 (31:29):
No.
Speaker 6 (31:29):
Typical Democrats talk talk talk talk talk would not give
you a chance to say when you wanted. And she
she talks about the Democrats have plenty of money in
your answer to your president, this is your typical Democrat. Great,
right there, Well, I want to know what you think.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
Let's let's leave it well, Rachel, and she's swimming. She's
swimming home to Lexington right now. So that's I don't think.
Speaker 6 (31:53):
I wasn't surprised by anything. I was hoping a little different,
but I wasn't surprised by any of it. I think
is you might have touched on. I think a lot
of voters stayed home, and you know, throughout throughout the country,
and uh that I don't john that.
Speaker 2 (32:08):
I don't understand. I don't understand unless people just don't
care and will allow government. I mean in Boston the
turnout was thirteen percent.
Speaker 6 (32:20):
Yes, I think people just got to a point where
they think their votes don't matter anymore. That's all I
could come up with. I think you're not going to
make a difficult I think.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
I think I think you're right.
Speaker 6 (32:32):
I mean in this state, you know, if you I mean,
why do you're voting this state for a governor? I
mean when you know? Because when we don't, we don't,
we don't get the truth out. I think I said
this before that the Democrats have to allow the ignorance
and stupidity of the voter. Otherwise, if you talk about
(32:52):
facts straight fact, I saw it rick about all the
place You're talking about Trump, like when people criticize Trump
and prices, Yeah, do everything he was voted to do,
and he said he was gonna do. I don't think
anybody surprised by what he's doing.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
No, I mean I think that people probably are surprised
by the activity in the Caribbean against Venezuelan drug dealers.
But I think that's that is great if you can
blow up those boats and save the lives of hundreds
of Americans who were crazy enough at this point to
deal with any drug they could be laced with ventanyl Absolutely, yeah.
Speaker 6 (33:32):
You just beat me to it. Just what to say?
Where would the outcry when we you know, our kids
were being killed by the drugs coming over here? Why
do the Democrats want to not believe in, you know, uh,
the rights of people? And I say, how do you
know there are the ones? Maybe they're intelligence perfect, they
know exactly who are they going after.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
I don't know how many Venezuelans have a running around
in speed boats. I've looked at all of those those
boats that have been hit their high speedcraft, okay, and
they're not out for for an afternoon on the.
Speaker 6 (34:07):
Water where we use Before Trump took over, when you
saw some of these stories about these kids who you know,
you know, granted, they think they're ordering something online and
next thing you know, they're dead, But there was never
an outcry because the Democrats were in charge and they
knew they were at fall for this and now Trump
(34:28):
is doing something about it, and why why why is
it so bad? I don't understand that. And again, not
to jump all over the place. I hear that Governor
California Newscum whatever his name is, talked about when he's
fort the lower prices and it didn't happen. It's like California,
of all places, you're gonna criticize somebody else five right now.
Speaker 2 (34:50):
Yeah, there's that's that. That's fraught with irony, that's for sure. John.
I appreciate you your listening. I appreciate your calling, and
I appreciate your passion. And I'm want to hear more
people like you calling the program. I really mean that, Okay,
we want people. I want people to get out and vote.
I don't I do you know, I know who I
might want to vote for. But it particularly in local elections,
(35:12):
your vote has a has a bigger value, a bigger
weight in a local election because there are fewer people
in your community than there are across the United States
of America. So people who chose not to vote yesterday
in local elections made a huge mistake, in my opinion,
huge mistake. John. Appreciate you, Carl, Thank you much talk soon. Okay,
thank you. Let me go next to Tom and Dorchester. Tom,
(35:36):
if this is the Tom, I think it is had
to be a disappointing night for you.
Speaker 7 (35:42):
Little disappointing. But yeah, I don't know these elections and
I can't figure a lot. And heways, there's nors what
Hobby was talking about? Trump and Green. Trump's not popular.
I think he's the most popular human being on the planet,
and he's the most thought we learn this, kety, but
he's at least popular with the elite.
Speaker 2 (36:04):
Well with Tom. His popularity rating in legitimate polls is down. Okay,
Now I don't know necessarily what it is. But he
he won an election a year ago. He won what
with like fifty one or a little less than fifty
(36:25):
one percent of the vote, And you know he talks
about it being a mandate. That's not a mandate. He
won a close election, and now he's he's alienating people
with his style. He's a little off putting, wouldn't you
say so?
Speaker 7 (36:41):
No, not really parting with the elite. The elite had
this plan. I'm telling you that all.
Speaker 2 (36:48):
Those people who voted in Virginia and New Jersey yesterday,
I'm sure are not elites.
Speaker 7 (36:53):
Tom, Well, they probably were on the vict somewhere. Well
what but they were probably had ad and there was
a lot of a lot of government workers want to
get my work.
Speaker 2 (37:10):
There may have been an influence. There may have been
an influence. But what happened to all the Trump voters
in each of those elections? Donald Trump got six hundred
thousand more voters. Weren't those voters want enough to say, Okay,
if I voted for Trump and I think he's done
a good job, I now have to get a Republican. Uh.
They had a Republican governor, he had a great rating,
fifty popularity rating, and now it's going to have a Democrat.
(37:33):
They voted in Virginia for the attorney general who said
he wanted to put a bullet into the head of
the Republican House speaker. They you know, I mean, it's
it's insane.
Speaker 7 (37:44):
You know, you're the word I love Donald Trump. These
are all lunatics.
Speaker 2 (37:50):
I know. But you're calling people names if they ain't
gonna win anybody over with that. His his voter stayed
home yesterday. His voted were, m I a shame on
that you would have voted if you were in Virginia,
you would have voted if you were in New Jersey.
Speaker 3 (38:06):
Yeah, and I know that.
Speaker 2 (38:08):
Thanks Tom. I'm up against my time.
Speaker 3 (38:09):
I gotta let you, I gotta let you look.
Speaker 7 (38:11):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 2 (38:12):
Talk to you soon. Here comes the eleven couple of
lines six point seven, two, five, four, ten thirty. Let's
keep it rolling.
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