September 19, 2025 • 8 mins
Bruce joined Mendte In The Morning to discuss his frustration with Governor Kathy Hochul's endorsement of Zohran Mamdani. Socialism never worked in other countries, and it won't work in the USA.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's get right to Bruce Blakeman, NASA County Executive. Thank
you so much, Bruce for joining us today. I really
appreciate your time. Kathy Hochel has come out and endorsed Zorin.
Mom Donnie, my feeling is she might have just lost reelection.
How did you feel about it?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Well, I felt that it was a stab in the
back because Zohar Mondanami is a virulent anti Semite. He
is a communist. He wants to be the leader of
the greatest capital city in the world. Capitalism was founded
in New York City. It is the foundation of New
(00:42):
York City. It has created great prosperity. And these people
who want communists and socialist values point to one country
where it's worked, point to one country that is as
free as America. It's anti American values that is being
spewed by that mayor candidate. He is a virulin anti
(01:04):
semi And we are disappointed and disgusted in Kathy Hochel
endorsing such a candidate that is so far out of
the mainstream that it is just incomprehensible.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
So many other leading Democrats are reluctant and probably will
never endorse or in, Mom, Donnie, why do you think
she did.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Well? Unfortunately, she doesn't have the integrity of others. Those
Democrats that refuse to endorse Mandami, they have integrity, They
stand up for what they believe in. Governor Hokel has
compitulated to the lunatic left that she's allowed to take
over her party. They control her. She does whatever they
(01:50):
tell them to do. And it's a situation where unfortunately
the Democratic Party is no longer a party of working
people who have American values. It's being taken over by
people on the far far left who they spew all
kinds of rhetoric that is anti American. They spew rhetoric
(02:14):
that you would hear from the leaders of China, North Korea, Venezuela, Russia.
It's just unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
And yet he has supports. And yet right now he
will win this election and he will be the mayor
of New York City. Unless you can tell me some
way he can be beaten. What does that say about
the Democratic.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Party, Well, what it says about the Democratic Party is
that they are a party now that caters to the
lunatic fringe, that they are a party that has abandoned
American values, they have abandoned capitalism, which has been the
greatest creator of prosperity of any economic system ever invented
(02:58):
in the world. And that they allow anti Semites to
be leaders in their party. It's just unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
The guy that's running against you, Seth Coslow, is he
supporting mom? Donny?
Speaker 2 (03:13):
He won't say. He's trying to play both sides. Like
everything else he does, he talks out of both sides
of his mouth. Says that he's pro law enforcement, but
at the same time, he writes scholarly articles, if you
want to call it that, in law journals where he
says women make up stories about being raped because they
(03:34):
desire or fantasize about being raped. He's just an individual
who really doesn't have any moral compass.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
In my view, those writings that you just talked about,
This was the first time I have heard about that.
Is that a brewing scandal in the race?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Well, yeah, we're bringing it to people's attention because we
question his values. We crushed in his judgment and everything
he's done in his life has been to protect criminals. Yeah,
he served for a couple of years as a prosecutor,
but he probably did that to try and hone his
skills to get criminals off and to erase their criminal history,
(04:18):
which he brags about in advertisements. This guy has represented
criminals who have choked out women, kidnapped children, And he
spews all of this anti victim rhetoric and pro criminal rhetoric.
And again, in some audience he pretends to be pro
(04:39):
law enforcement. In others he talks about criminals rights. So
which is it. Are you going to be like me
a leader who is very strong on law enforcement, who
wants to protect victims, who has the safest county in America,
who has hired six hundred police officers in the last
three years. Ord he want to have somebody as your
(05:01):
leader who brags about getting criminals off and says that
women fantasize and desire to be raped.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Let me get your reaction to a couple of national
stories right now, especially the Jimmy Kimmel being taken off
the air indefinitely. It seems like the Democrats are rallying
around him. I'm not sure what their play is, except
that they're blaming Donald Trump. I don't think Donald Trump
had anything to do with Jimmy Kimmel being taken off
(05:28):
the air. I think it was his ratings and the
fact that he lied. Do you understand what's happening.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head.
I think you have it down perfectly, Larry. The fact
of the matter is Donald J. Trump is way too
busy with many issues that are much more important than
Jimmy Kimmel, and to suggest that he had anything to
do with the firing is just ridiculous. You're absolutely right.
His ratings were tanking, and he says things that are
(05:58):
live on television on a regular basis, and he's not funny.
You know, that's the biggest sin of being a late
night talk show host that has a show that's supposed
to be predicated on making people feel good and happy
and being funny. He's not funny.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Let's talk about Charlie Kirk for a second, his impact
on the Republican Party and his impact on the nation
going forward. The death I think is going to inspire
a lot of people.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Bruce, Well, it already has. You've seen that people have
been galvanized and they've gotten off the couch and they've
gotten into the game and they understand what's at stake
in America. What's at stake is that you have all
of our college campuses and many of our public schools
around America that don't teach children the values that we
(06:53):
were taught when we were growing up, American values, and
they take basically all kinds of information and they twist
it and turn it against America. Till now, we've had
children growing up going through the school system, gun to
university who have heard about things that are not true,
(07:16):
and basically they've been indoctrinated. And Charlie Kirk was a
breath of fresh air because he had the courage to
go on to campuses and engage in peaceful dialogue with
people who disagreed with his opinions, and he was able
to articulate a different metaphor for what is going on
(07:38):
in the world. And I think that basically the plan
was to silence him because he was being incredibly effective
of being able to make sure that people heard the
other side of the story and not just what the liberal,
woke professors indoctrinate our kids with each and every day.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
I agree with you. Bruce Lake van Nassa County executive,
Thanks so much for being with us
Let's get right to Bruce Blakeman, NASA County Executive. Thank
you so much, Bruce for joining us today. I really
appreciate your time. Kathy Hochel has come out and endorsed Zorin.
Mom Donnie, my feeling is she might have just lost reelection.
How did you feel about it?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Well, I felt that it was a stab in the
back because Zohar Mondanami is a virulent anti Semite. He
is a communist. He wants to be the leader of
the greatest capital city in the world. Capitalism was founded
in New York City. It is the foundation of New
(00:42):
York City. It has created great prosperity. And these people
who want communists and socialist values point to one country
where it's worked, point to one country that is as
free as America. It's anti American values that is being
spewed by that mayor candidate. He is a virulin anti
(01:04):
semi And we are disappointed and disgusted in Kathy Hochel
endorsing such a candidate that is so far out of
the mainstream that it is just incomprehensible.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
So many other leading Democrats are reluctant and probably will
never endorse or in, Mom, Donnie, why do you think
she did.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Well? Unfortunately, she doesn't have the integrity of others. Those
Democrats that refuse to endorse Mandami, they have integrity, They
stand up for what they believe in. Governor Hokel has
compitulated to the lunatic left that she's allowed to take
over her party. They control her. She does whatever they
(01:50):
tell them to do. And it's a situation where unfortunately
the Democratic Party is no longer a party of working
people who have American values. It's being taken over by
people on the far far left who they spew all
kinds of rhetoric that is anti American. They spew rhetoric
(02:14):
that you would hear from the leaders of China, North Korea, Venezuela, Russia.
It's just unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
And yet he has supports. And yet right now he
will win this election and he will be the mayor
of New York City. Unless you can tell me some
way he can be beaten. What does that say about
the Democratic.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Party, Well, what it says about the Democratic Party is
that they are a party now that caters to the
lunatic fringe, that they are a party that has abandoned
American values, they have abandoned capitalism, which has been the
greatest creator of prosperity of any economic system ever invented
(02:58):
in the world. And that they allow anti Semites to
be leaders in their party. It's just unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
The guy that's running against you, Seth Coslow, is he
supporting mom? Donny?
Speaker 2 (03:13):
He won't say. He's trying to play both sides. Like
everything else he does, he talks out of both sides
of his mouth. Says that he's pro law enforcement, but
at the same time, he writes scholarly articles, if you
want to call it that, in law journals where he
says women make up stories about being raped because they
(03:34):
desire or fantasize about being raped. He's just an individual
who really doesn't have any moral compass.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
In my view, those writings that you just talked about,
This was the first time I have heard about that.
Is that a brewing scandal in the race?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Well, yeah, we're bringing it to people's attention because we
question his values. We crushed in his judgment and everything
he's done in his life has been to protect criminals. Yeah,
he served for a couple of years as a prosecutor,
but he probably did that to try and hone his
skills to get criminals off and to erase their criminal history,
(04:18):
which he brags about in advertisements. This guy has represented
criminals who have choked out women, kidnapped children, And he
spews all of this anti victim rhetoric and pro criminal rhetoric.
And again, in some audience he pretends to be pro
(04:39):
law enforcement. In others he talks about criminals rights. So
which is it. Are you going to be like me
a leader who is very strong on law enforcement, who
wants to protect victims, who has the safest county in America,
who has hired six hundred police officers in the last
three years. Ord he want to have somebody as your
(05:01):
leader who brags about getting criminals off and says that
women fantasize and desire to be raped.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Let me get your reaction to a couple of national
stories right now, especially the Jimmy Kimmel being taken off
the air indefinitely. It seems like the Democrats are rallying
around him. I'm not sure what their play is, except
that they're blaming Donald Trump. I don't think Donald Trump
had anything to do with Jimmy Kimmel being taken off
(05:28):
the air. I think it was his ratings and the
fact that he lied. Do you understand what's happening.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head.
I think you have it down perfectly, Larry. The fact
of the matter is Donald J. Trump is way too
busy with many issues that are much more important than
Jimmy Kimmel, and to suggest that he had anything to
do with the firing is just ridiculous. You're absolutely right.
His ratings were tanking, and he says things that are
(05:58):
live on television on a regular basis, and he's not funny.
You know, that's the biggest sin of being a late
night talk show host that has a show that's supposed
to be predicated on making people feel good and happy
and being funny. He's not funny.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Let's talk about Charlie Kirk for a second, his impact
on the Republican Party and his impact on the nation
going forward. The death I think is going to inspire
a lot of people.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Bruce, Well, it already has. You've seen that people have
been galvanized and they've gotten off the couch and they've
gotten into the game and they understand what's at stake
in America. What's at stake is that you have all
of our college campuses and many of our public schools
around America that don't teach children the values that we
(06:53):
were taught when we were growing up, American values, and
they take basically all kinds of information and they twist
it and turn it against America. Till now, we've had
children growing up going through the school system, gun to
university who have heard about things that are not true,
(07:16):
and basically they've been indoctrinated. And Charlie Kirk was a
breath of fresh air because he had the courage to
go on to campuses and engage in peaceful dialogue with
people who disagreed with his opinions, and he was able
to articulate a different metaphor for what is going on
(07:38):
in the world. And I think that basically the plan
was to silence him because he was being incredibly effective
of being able to make sure that people heard the
other side of the story and not just what the liberal,
woke professors indoctrinate our kids with each and every day.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
I agree with you. Bruce Lake van Nassa County executive,
Thanks so much for being with us
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