June 30, 2025 • 11 mins
Will New Yorkers finally say no to Mamdani the Commie? Buck dives into the dangerous rise of socialist radicals like Zohran Mamdani, whose far-left agenda threatens to turn New York into a case study in failure. From tax hikes and collapsing public services to soft-on-crime lunacy and anti-capitalist dogma, Buck breaks down why Mamdani’s vision spells disaster - not just for NYC, but for the country if it spreads.
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
Will in New Yorkers send Mom, Donnie the Kami back
to Mommy, Go home to mommy.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Go hug bye, Go home to mommy, Go home to Mommy.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
It's a question that we all should be thinking about
right now because it has to do with the trajectory
of the Democrat Party going forward, and it tells us
a lot about what we can expect for the left
going into these midterms. New York City as a harbinger
of things to come, I think for the national left
(00:53):
in this country. But let's just start with this one.
The notion that the great capitalist shrine that is the
City of New York would have somebody who is straight
up in favor of socialism is just madness to me.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
What the purpose is about this entire project. It's not
simply to raise class consciousness, but to win socialism, and
obviously raising class consciousness is a critical part of that.
But making sure that we have candidates that both understand
that and are willing to put that forward at every
which moment that they have at every which opportunity that
they are given. We have to continue to elect more
(01:32):
socialists and we have to ensure that we are unapologetic
about our socialism. There are also other issues that we
firmly believe in, whether it's BDS right or whether it's
the end goal of seizing the means of production, where
we do not have the same level of support at
this very moment. And what I want to say is
(01:54):
that it is critical the way that we organize, that
we set up our set up our work and our priorities,
that we do not leave any one issue for the other,
That we do not meet a moment and only look
at what people are reawenty four, but that we are
doing both of these things in tandem, because it is
critical for us to both meet people where they're at
(02:16):
and to also organize for what is correct and for
what is right, and to ensure that over time we
can bring people to that issue the ramifications of victory.
Here is the difference between life and death for so
many of our brothers, sisters and family beyond the binary
and across the Borough of Queens.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
But this is where we are. This is the truth
of what we're seeing with this mom Donnie guy. He
is selling everybody on what you've seen fail in Chicago,
fail in San Francisco, fail in Los Angeles, fail in
every city that has tried it, and then more broadly,
every society that has tried it, which is, we're just
(02:55):
going to squeeze more and more and more out of
those who are productive and give it to those who
are dependent on this state. And in the case of
a state like New York, which New York City is
obviously in the flight, the city has been profound people
like me. I am one of them who has left
(03:16):
because I got sick of paying the outrageous taxes, and
mom Donni's out there saying, oh no, don't worry, they'll
make it better for everyone.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
And the reason that I believe that we need to
increase taxes on the one percent of the most profitable
corporations is because of the fact that those are taxes
that would then pay for a better quality of life
for all, not only if the stick it's.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Not going to work, it's just not going to work.
And the idea that New York let me, let me
just tell you some things. New York City, since the
beginning of COVID, has had a thirty percent increase. I'm sorry.
New York State has had a thirty percent increase in
its overall budget New York State. New York City's about
half the state budget, so much money going in there.
New York spends a tremendous amount on public services and
(04:02):
does not deliver them well, tremendous amount on education, has
a failing public school system. Spend so much money on welfare,
different forms of welfare. I know they don't like to
call it that public assistance or whatever it is. It
doesn't improve things. It is just a giant black hole
that we shovel more and more taxpayer dollars into, and
(04:25):
there's no accountability for it, and it does not improve.
If it improved, then we would see that already happening.
It doesn't improve, In fact, it makes things worse. This
guy is wrong on everything, but Mamdami. The Kami isn't
appealing to people based upon economics. He's appealing to them
based on emotion. That's why socialism communism, and remember the
(04:47):
communists originally refer to themselves always as socialists. They play
a lot of these word games. Oh I'm not a communist,
I'm a democratic socialist. You believe, as a socialist that
the government should have the right to take from you
whatever it deems it it should in order to give
it to other people. And that includes control over the
(05:08):
means of production. That includes can control over the making
of stuff as well as the distribution of the stuff.
I mean, that's a real socialist right. And this just
always results in inefficiency, bureaucracy, and eventually misery. And people
will always say, oh, but what about Sweden, what about
(05:29):
these little countries, these northern European countries. First of all,
they haven't had to really worry about their national defense
for one hundred years because of America, or not one
hundred years, but you know, eighty years because of America.
So start with that. And beyond that, they were much
more socialist in the seventies, sixties and seventies as countries,
and then they actually embraced far more free market principles
(05:50):
because they realized that their economies were stagnant. It didn't work.
It doesn't work. People operate first and foremost based on
self interest, not the forced altruism of a state that
has the ability to put its boot on your neck
whenever it wants more from you. Okay, operate. Human nature
(06:11):
is such that you will do more if you will
get more. But you do not do more because you
think that it's going to go to people you've never met,
and you don't know what they're even getting, and you
don't think it's going to change anything for them. If
it was so good, why is it that New York
is losing all these people? And also it's spending more
money than ever before, and yet it is deteriorating in
(06:35):
New York City, specifically, its deteriorating as a city all
the time. There's plenty of reasons to look at moving
from the city of New York to other places. And
I'm somebody who made the choice to do it, and
I used to. I love New York so much. I
thought it was the greatest city in the world growing
up in I feel very lucky that I grew up
in New York. I have so many incredible memories of it.
And yet here we are looking to see that the
(06:57):
voters in that city are completely out of their minds,
at least the ones that voted for this man. Doni guy.
He's terrible on crime, he's terrible in the economy. But
socialism is a religion. Socialism is not really an economic system.
It is a series of emotional manipulations. Oh, it's not yours.
Never anyone's fault that they don't have more. It's never
(07:19):
I could have made different choices. It's somebody else kept
me down, somebody else prevented me. Now, in some countries,
that may be somewhat somewhat accurate. In America, it's the
least accurate it's ever been in any country anywhere. Okay,
we have more upward mobility and more opportunity and more
general luxury for all Americans here than any other country
(07:41):
of anywhere near our size, certainly in the world. And
that's that's something that these socialists, these comedies just completely abandoned.
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(08:46):
Will New Yorkers wake up? That's really a question that
I have with all this. Will they see enough New Yorkers.
I know a lot of you are like Buck, I'm
a Republican, right, But I'm saying, will enough of them
figure out that this Mamdani situation is going to be magisterable.
One thing that I think is a big problem here
is his view of the usage of state eight incarceration,
(09:12):
state violence against criminals.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Oftentimes, we've even found as legislators when we go into
these courts, the term violent crime is even used when
people are stealing packages. Violent crime is even used when
people are accused of burglary and there happens to be
a housing unit in that same dwelling. So violence is
an artificial construction, right, you have to be very clear
what's happening here when attorneys that is violence that is.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Yeah, this is a big problem, everybody. This is a
big problem, a big challenge, because when this guy says
that you can't use state violence to defend property, then
there's no enforcement of property rights. I mean, he's really
undermining the load bearing walls of civilization. He is, as
I like to say, kicking at the load bearing walls
(10:02):
of civilization and doing so in the name of some
preposterous equity and equality that will never manifest. It will
just get worse. I know you're like, Buck, we know
this New York making its crazy decisions. Yeah, but can
we just guys, can we take over? Can we the
right have control of one large city in America? A
large city, not a city of one hundred thousand people,
(10:23):
I mean a city of half a million plus. Miami's
pretty close. I mean Miami is like barely read, but
I mean solid control where we can do really conservative things.
It would just be so much better for all involved,
for all who live in that city, and we could
show everybody that it doesn't have to be this way.
You don't have to have lunatics saying things like we
(10:44):
need to close down all the prisons where state violence
is always is some kind of a construct. You know,
it is not kind to coddle criminals at the expense
of victims, which is what the left does all the time,
all the time. And it just drives me insane that
this is where we are with this sponsor is Preborn.
If you considerself pro life, you got to pay attention
(11:06):
to this. Despite the overturning of Roe v. Wade three
years ago, the overall number of abortions increased last year.
That translates to something that is a tragedy, and it's
something that Preborn is working against day in and day out.
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(11:51):
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wherever you get your podcasts.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Will in New Yorkers send Mom, Donnie the Kami back
to Mommy, Go home to mommy.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Go hug bye, Go home to mommy, Go home to Mommy.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
It's a question that we all should be thinking about
right now because it has to do with the trajectory
of the Democrat Party going forward, and it tells us
a lot about what we can expect for the left
going into these midterms. New York City as a harbinger
of things to come, I think for the national left
(00:53):
in this country. But let's just start with this one.
The notion that the great capitalist shrine that is the
City of New York would have somebody who is straight
up in favor of socialism is just madness to me.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
What the purpose is about this entire project. It's not
simply to raise class consciousness, but to win socialism, and
obviously raising class consciousness is a critical part of that.
But making sure that we have candidates that both understand
that and are willing to put that forward at every
which moment that they have at every which opportunity that
they are given. We have to continue to elect more
(01:32):
socialists and we have to ensure that we are unapologetic
about our socialism. There are also other issues that we
firmly believe in, whether it's BDS right or whether it's
the end goal of seizing the means of production, where
we do not have the same level of support at
this very moment. And what I want to say is
(01:54):
that it is critical the way that we organize, that
we set up our set up our work and our priorities,
that we do not leave any one issue for the other,
That we do not meet a moment and only look
at what people are reawenty four, but that we are
doing both of these things in tandem, because it is
critical for us to both meet people where they're at
(02:16):
and to also organize for what is correct and for
what is right, and to ensure that over time we
can bring people to that issue the ramifications of victory.
Here is the difference between life and death for so
many of our brothers, sisters and family beyond the binary
and across the Borough of Queens.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
But this is where we are. This is the truth
of what we're seeing with this mom Donnie guy. He
is selling everybody on what you've seen fail in Chicago,
fail in San Francisco, fail in Los Angeles, fail in
every city that has tried it, and then more broadly,
every society that has tried it, which is, we're just
(02:55):
going to squeeze more and more and more out of
those who are productive and give it to those who
are dependent on this state. And in the case of
a state like New York, which New York City is
obviously in the flight, the city has been profound people
like me. I am one of them who has left
(03:16):
because I got sick of paying the outrageous taxes, and
mom Donni's out there saying, oh no, don't worry, they'll
make it better for everyone.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
And the reason that I believe that we need to
increase taxes on the one percent of the most profitable
corporations is because of the fact that those are taxes
that would then pay for a better quality of life
for all, not only if the stick it's.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Not going to work, it's just not going to work.
And the idea that New York let me, let me
just tell you some things. New York City, since the
beginning of COVID, has had a thirty percent increase. I'm sorry.
New York State has had a thirty percent increase in
its overall budget New York State. New York City's about
half the state budget, so much money going in there.
New York spends a tremendous amount on public services and
(04:02):
does not deliver them well, tremendous amount on education, has
a failing public school system. Spend so much money on welfare,
different forms of welfare. I know they don't like to
call it that public assistance or whatever it is. It
doesn't improve things. It is just a giant black hole
that we shovel more and more taxpayer dollars into, and
(04:25):
there's no accountability for it, and it does not improve.
If it improved, then we would see that already happening.
It doesn't improve, In fact, it makes things worse. This
guy is wrong on everything, but Mamdami. The Kami isn't
appealing to people based upon economics. He's appealing to them
based on emotion. That's why socialism communism, and remember the
(04:47):
communists originally refer to themselves always as socialists. They play
a lot of these word games. Oh I'm not a communist,
I'm a democratic socialist. You believe, as a socialist that
the government should have the right to take from you
whatever it deems it it should in order to give
it to other people. And that includes control over the
(05:08):
means of production. That includes can control over the making
of stuff as well as the distribution of the stuff.
I mean, that's a real socialist right. And this just
always results in inefficiency, bureaucracy, and eventually misery. And people
will always say, oh, but what about Sweden, what about
(05:29):
these little countries, these northern European countries. First of all,
they haven't had to really worry about their national defense
for one hundred years because of America, or not one
hundred years, but you know, eighty years because of America.
So start with that. And beyond that, they were much
more socialist in the seventies, sixties and seventies as countries,
and then they actually embraced far more free market principles
(05:50):
because they realized that their economies were stagnant. It didn't work.
It doesn't work. People operate first and foremost based on
self interest, not the forced altruism of a state that
has the ability to put its boot on your neck
whenever it wants more from you. Okay, operate. Human nature
(06:11):
is such that you will do more if you will
get more. But you do not do more because you
think that it's going to go to people you've never met,
and you don't know what they're even getting, and you
don't think it's going to change anything for them. If
it was so good, why is it that New York
is losing all these people? And also it's spending more
money than ever before, and yet it is deteriorating in
(06:35):
New York City, specifically, its deteriorating as a city all
the time. There's plenty of reasons to look at moving
from the city of New York to other places. And
I'm somebody who made the choice to do it, and
I used to. I love New York so much. I
thought it was the greatest city in the world growing
up in I feel very lucky that I grew up
in New York. I have so many incredible memories of it.
And yet here we are looking to see that the
(06:57):
voters in that city are completely out of their minds,
at least the ones that voted for this man. Doni guy.
He's terrible on crime, he's terrible in the economy. But
socialism is a religion. Socialism is not really an economic system.
It is a series of emotional manipulations. Oh, it's not yours.
Never anyone's fault that they don't have more. It's never
(07:19):
I could have made different choices. It's somebody else kept
me down, somebody else prevented me. Now, in some countries,
that may be somewhat somewhat accurate. In America, it's the
least accurate it's ever been in any country anywhere. Okay,
we have more upward mobility and more opportunity and more
general luxury for all Americans here than any other country
(07:41):
of anywhere near our size, certainly in the world. And
that's that's something that these socialists, these comedies just completely abandoned.
Our sponsor here is the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.
You know, Iran has still vowed to wipe out Israel,
though there's now a ceasefire from the missile attacks, putting
a pause into the recent aggressive bombing of innocent Israeli citizens.
(08:02):
Day after day, Israeli's face relentless and unprecedented attacks that
have killed dozens of innocent civilians. Thousands have fled bombed
out homes. Any require immediate medical care. These attacks are
only the start of something that could be much, much worse.
Your gift to the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
helps provide wide scale food distribution along with critical first
aid and emergency supplies. Your gift today will help place
(08:25):
new bomb shelters across Israel, along with first responder flag
jackets and armored emergency vehicles. Now is your time to
save and heal Israel's most vulnerable. To rush your gift
called eight eight eight four eight eight I f CJ.
That's eight eight eight four eight eight I f CJ.
Or go to IFCJ dot org. That's if CJ dot org.
(08:46):
Will New Yorkers wake up? That's really a question that
I have with all this. Will they see enough New Yorkers.
I know a lot of you are like Buck, I'm
a Republican, right, But I'm saying, will enough of them
figure out that this Mamdani situation is going to be magisterable.
One thing that I think is a big problem here
is his view of the usage of state eight incarceration,
(09:12):
state violence against criminals.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Oftentimes, we've even found as legislators when we go into
these courts, the term violent crime is even used when
people are stealing packages. Violent crime is even used when
people are accused of burglary and there happens to be
a housing unit in that same dwelling. So violence is
an artificial construction, right, you have to be very clear
what's happening here when attorneys that is violence that is.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Yeah, this is a big problem, everybody. This is a
big problem, a big challenge, because when this guy says
that you can't use state violence to defend property, then
there's no enforcement of property rights. I mean, he's really
undermining the load bearing walls of civilization. He is, as
I like to say, kicking at the load bearing walls
(10:02):
of civilization and doing so in the name of some
preposterous equity and equality that will never manifest. It will
just get worse. I know you're like, Buck, we know
this New York making its crazy decisions. Yeah, but can
we just guys, can we take over? Can we the
right have control of one large city in America? A
large city, not a city of one hundred thousand people,
(10:23):
I mean a city of half a million plus. Miami's
pretty close. I mean Miami is like barely read, but
I mean solid control where we can do really conservative things.
It would just be so much better for all involved,
for all who live in that city, and we could
show everybody that it doesn't have to be this way.
You don't have to have lunatics saying things like we
(10:44):
need to close down all the prisons where state violence
is always is some kind of a construct. You know,
it is not kind to coddle criminals at the expense
of victims, which is what the left does all the time,
all the time. And it just drives me insane that
this is where we are with this sponsor is Preborn.
If you considerself pro life, you got to pay attention
(11:06):
to this. Despite the overturning of Roe v. Wade three
years ago, the overall number of abortions increased last year.
That translates to something that is a tragedy, and it's
something that Preborn is working against day in and day out.
Preborn is advocating for unborn babies who never had the
chance to grow up. Preborn's clinics are strategically located in
the country's highest abortion areas, ready to support women making
(11:29):
decisions about their baby's future. Through compassionate, loving care and
free ultrasounds. Preborn helps women connect with the life growing
inside them, and ultrasound doubles a baby's chance of life.
One ultrasound is only twenty eight dollars. Five ultrasounds one
hundred and forty dollars. To donate, dial pound two fifty
and say the keyword baby. That's pound two five zero
say baby, Or visit preborn dot com, slash buck that's
(11:51):
preborn dot com, slash b u c K sponsored by Preborn.
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