July 1, 2025 • 6 mins
Jason Goodman joins Mendte in the Morning to talk about a run in he had with Zohran Mamdani and his body guards at a Tesla protest.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And with that, let's get to Jason Goodman right now,
founder of Crowdsource the Truth. The first time we talked
to Jason, and I've wanted to have him back on
since then, he had a run in not with Zorin
Mamdanie Zorn Mamdani was fine. He tried to interview him
at a Tesla protest and all of his handlers came up.
(00:22):
And this was early on and then some big guy, well,
I'll let him tell the story. Jason, I remember it well,
and that's why we wanted to have you back on.
Tell us about what happened on that day.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Well, you know, Larry, I was down there at Tesla
New York showroom in Soho and I didn't know Zorin's
name at the time, but I had been aware that
he was running for mayor and I recognized him, and
you know, in my view, it was very strange, first
of all, that these protests were allowed to happen because
they obviously needed a permit, and I had.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Been there three weeks in a row. This was the
third time that I had gone there, and I was.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Based asking the NYPD why permits were being granted right
outside the retail location. I mean, I can't understand that people,
you know, disagree with Tesla or it's CEO Elon Musk
and they want to protest, But I think that should
have to happen in a public space like a park
(01:21):
or something like that, where people can air their grievances
speak about whatever it is that they disagree with. But
it's my opinion that if you have your protest right
on the sidewalk in front of the retail store, to
the extent that your giant crowd is physically intimidating potential customers,
(01:41):
breaking the glass door, rushing into the place and forcing
them to close, that just seems like an economic attack,
mob rule, thuggery. And if you think about it, how
many businesses in New York City could tolerate that.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
You know, Saturday is going.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
To be the busiest day for a retail location in
New York City in general, and if you shut a
place down three weeks in a.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Row, how much money are they losing?
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Wouldn't that put most businesses completely out of business?
Speaker 1 (02:12):
No, that's a great point, and as you pointed out
at the time, it was extremely well organized. But let's
get to zoriin Mamdani, because you noticed him there and
get to the interview on what happened during the interview.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
So I saw him there and I just said, hey,
you're running for mayor, right, And first he's happy because
he's like, oh, somebody recognizes me. Yeah, let's talk on
a podcast about running for mayor. And I said to him,
how can you condone this? This is an economic attack
on Tesla. People were holding up signs that said burn
a Tesla. That's a direct incitement to violence. It's not
(02:44):
First Amendment protected speech. The First Amendment doesn't mean you
can say whatever you want. And in fact, direct incitements
to violence are considered true threats under the law right
and they are not First Amendment protected. So he said,
this is the First Amendment and I am He said, no,
it's not the First Amendment.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
It's an economic attack.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
And he said And a girl comes up wearing a
T shirt that says Planet over Profit. And I've since
looked into that that is some sort of a pseudo nonprofit,
you see. It's not Planet's over profit, which is I
think it's pop for something on Twitter if people look
(03:25):
that up, pop four planet or something like that. But anyway,
it's it's not a five oh one C three. It
doesn't have an EI number. So it's like I said,
it's a pseudo nonprofit. A lot of people I've been noticing, So.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Where are they getting money? Right, that's where you're getting at.
Where they getting their money?
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Yeah, you can't tell because if it was a legitimate nonprofit,
like if you go look up Guide Dogs for the
Blind or something like that. You go on the IRS website,
they have an EI number, they're filing nine nineties.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
You can see they've got.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Veterinarians and lawyers on their board of directors. Everything you
would expect from a legitimate non profit corporation that takes
your money and trains dogs and gives them the blind people.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
But this thing, Planet over Profit.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
You go to look it up on the IRS, there
is no registered Planet over Profit.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
You can't see who the executives are. You can't see
who the donors are. You can't.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Oh that's a great point. That's a great point. We
are running out of time, and I want to get
to what happened with you in Zurorhan Mamdani. Everything you
talk about is important.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Girl wearing the Planet over Profit shirt comes and whispers
something in his ear, probably don't talk to this guy.
He's a right wing Nazi and a trumpvater, and so
he sort of turns away. And this six foot four
I'm five eight, one hundred and forty one hundred and
fifty pounds, This six foot four, six foot three guy,
(04:50):
obviously you know, much bigger than me, comes over. He's
wearing an orange or maybe like a yellow, one of
these high visibility vests, like he's a instruction worker or
an emergency worker.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
But he's not.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
He's just some moron who's you know, aligned with Zorin,
part of this crew of pseudo nonprofits. And you've seen
him at the No Kings protests. These people were directing
traffic in New York City.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
We got about a minute left. What happened next?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
So he he just bumps me, He body checks me,
bumps my camera. I told him to back up and
stop intimidating me. Zorain walked away and that was it.
He wouldn't engage. He thinks he's exercising the First Amendment.
I think he's ruling a mob and he's a dangerous guy.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Yeah, no, he absolutely is. And your story is so important,
and Jason, I'm gonna be have to say goodbye now,
but we'll have you back on. Jason Goodman, founder of
Crowdsource to the Truth. But the important thing about what
he's saying is how well organized he was and the
kind of money he had early on. There's something else
going on with this guy. Somebody is behind what he
(05:55):
is doing and we haven't figured that out just yet.
And that's what Jason was getting. There is an organization
and a lot of money, and we have to dig
a little deeper to find out who's behind this
And with that, let's get to Jason Goodman right now,
founder of Crowdsource the Truth. The first time we talked
to Jason, and I've wanted to have him back on
since then, he had a run in not with Zorin
Mamdanie Zorn Mamdani was fine. He tried to interview him
at a Tesla protest and all of his handlers came up.
(00:22):
And this was early on and then some big guy, well,
I'll let him tell the story. Jason, I remember it well,
and that's why we wanted to have you back on.
Tell us about what happened on that day.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Well, you know, Larry, I was down there at Tesla
New York showroom in Soho and I didn't know Zorin's
name at the time, but I had been aware that
he was running for mayor and I recognized him, and
you know, in my view, it was very strange, first
of all, that these protests were allowed to happen because
they obviously needed a permit, and I had.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Been there three weeks in a row. This was the
third time that I had gone there, and I was.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Based asking the NYPD why permits were being granted right
outside the retail location. I mean, I can't understand that people,
you know, disagree with Tesla or it's CEO Elon Musk
and they want to protest, But I think that should
have to happen in a public space like a park
(01:21):
or something like that, where people can air their grievances
speak about whatever it is that they disagree with. But
it's my opinion that if you have your protest right
on the sidewalk in front of the retail store, to
the extent that your giant crowd is physically intimidating potential customers,
(01:41):
breaking the glass door, rushing into the place and forcing
them to close, that just seems like an economic attack,
mob rule, thuggery. And if you think about it, how
many businesses in New York City could tolerate that.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
You know, Saturday is going.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
To be the busiest day for a retail location in
New York City in general, and if you shut a
place down three weeks in a.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Row, how much money are they losing?
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Wouldn't that put most businesses completely out of business?
Speaker 1 (02:12):
No, that's a great point, and as you pointed out
at the time, it was extremely well organized. But let's
get to zoriin Mamdani, because you noticed him there and
get to the interview on what happened during the interview.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
So I saw him there and I just said, hey,
you're running for mayor, right, And first he's happy because
he's like, oh, somebody recognizes me. Yeah, let's talk on
a podcast about running for mayor. And I said to him,
how can you condone this? This is an economic attack
on Tesla. People were holding up signs that said burn
a Tesla. That's a direct incitement to violence. It's not
(02:44):
First Amendment protected speech. The First Amendment doesn't mean you
can say whatever you want. And in fact, direct incitements
to violence are considered true threats under the law right
and they are not First Amendment protected. So he said,
this is the First Amendment and I am He said, no,
it's not the First Amendment.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
It's an economic attack.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
And he said And a girl comes up wearing a
T shirt that says Planet over Profit. And I've since
looked into that that is some sort of a pseudo nonprofit,
you see. It's not Planet's over profit, which is I
think it's pop for something on Twitter if people look
(03:25):
that up, pop four planet or something like that. But anyway,
it's it's not a five oh one C three. It
doesn't have an EI number. So it's like I said,
it's a pseudo nonprofit. A lot of people I've been noticing, So.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Where are they getting money? Right, that's where you're getting at.
Where they getting their money?
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Yeah, you can't tell because if it was a legitimate nonprofit,
like if you go look up Guide Dogs for the
Blind or something like that. You go on the IRS website,
they have an EI number, they're filing nine nineties.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
You can see they've got.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Veterinarians and lawyers on their board of directors. Everything you
would expect from a legitimate non profit corporation that takes
your money and trains dogs and gives them the blind people.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
But this thing, Planet over Profit.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
You go to look it up on the IRS, there
is no registered Planet over Profit.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
You can't see who the executives are. You can't see
who the donors are. You can't.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Oh that's a great point. That's a great point. We
are running out of time, and I want to get
to what happened with you in Zurorhan Mamdani. Everything you
talk about is important.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Girl wearing the Planet over Profit shirt comes and whispers
something in his ear, probably don't talk to this guy.
He's a right wing Nazi and a trumpvater, and so
he sort of turns away. And this six foot four
I'm five eight, one hundred and forty one hundred and
fifty pounds, This six foot four, six foot three guy,
(04:50):
obviously you know, much bigger than me, comes over. He's
wearing an orange or maybe like a yellow, one of
these high visibility vests, like he's a instruction worker or
an emergency worker.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
But he's not.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
He's just some moron who's you know, aligned with Zorin,
part of this crew of pseudo nonprofits. And you've seen
him at the No Kings protests. These people were directing
traffic in New York City.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
We got about a minute left. What happened next?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
So he he just bumps me, He body checks me,
bumps my camera. I told him to back up and
stop intimidating me. Zorain walked away and that was it.
He wouldn't engage. He thinks he's exercising the First Amendment.
I think he's ruling a mob and he's a dangerous guy.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Yeah, no, he absolutely is. And your story is so important,
and Jason, I'm gonna be have to say goodbye now,
but we'll have you back on. Jason Goodman, founder of
Crowdsource to the Truth. But the important thing about what
he's saying is how well organized he was and the
kind of money he had early on. There's something else
going on with this guy. Somebody is behind what he
(05:55):
is doing and we haven't figured that out just yet.
And that's what Jason was getting. There is an organization
and a lot of money, and we have to dig
a little deeper to find out who's behind this
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