July 9, 2025 • 6 mins
Jeffrey Lichtman talks with Mendte in the Morning about the NYC Mayoral race and the strategy that needs to be taken in order to beat Zohran Mamdani.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And with that, let's get to Jeffrey Lickman, high prive
profile criminal defense attorney, and he is the host of
the Beyond the Limit podcast found on the iHeartRadio app. Jeffrey,
let's talk about the mayoral race for a second, because
there's a lot of people out there giving advice, and
most people seem to think that they're the people running
(00:22):
against Zorim Mamdanni. Two or three of them have to
coalesce and unify to take him on. Somebody has to
drop out of the race. Who what would you like
to see if you could pick one of them to
run against Zuram Mamdanni, who has the best chance?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Well, Larry, first of all, thanks for having me. And
I think what has to happen? And I'm not a
Cuomo fan, but what Cuomo said makes the most sense.
There has to be polling done sometime in September among
what I believe, not just Adams Mushmouth mayor in the Hood,
mayor in the club, excuse me and Cuomo, but also
(01:04):
with Curtis Sliwa, all three of them have to have
polling done. They should agree upon one polster and whoever
is ahead in a purported head to head against Mamdani.
The other two have to drop out because there's a
very high probability. Right now Mamdani is leading all of
(01:24):
them in a poll. If it's head to head, if
it's it's it's the three of them against him. And
I would include Jim Walden even though he's got one
percentage point. No one knows who he is and he's
an obnoxious, humblebragger. He should also be subject to this
and drop out because the states are too high. Larry,
And when I think about how much I hate politicians,
(01:45):
this is exhibit A. They're so selfish, they're so narcissistic.
All they really care about is power. They try to
tell you how much they care about the people, and
they care about the city and they just want to
do the right thing. Yet all of them, and I'm
talking including Curtis who's running as a Republican, who's the
only one who really has a meritorious reason to run
(02:08):
because he won his primary and he is the Republican candidate.
The other one, the other two are just the Democrats
who couldn't beat Mamdani, which is why they're even able
to run at all. There should be there should be
a polling dun whoever remains of the of the three
of them should run against mon Donnie Loan because the
stakes are so high. If we lose this to Mamdani,
(02:31):
and we will, if all of the rest of them
do run, then we're going to be having our city
run by a far left, insane socialist who's so insane
that he doesn't even try to hide what is I mean?
This guy is an open maniac, a lunatic. He's the
guy who's praising Hamas in New York City. Did you
ever think, Larry, twenty four years after nine to eleven
(02:55):
that we would be electing the guy as mayor who
supports the ideology that took the two towers down in
New York City and killed nearly three thousand people. It
is so revolting, so appalling, so stomach churningly disgusting. Yes,
that's where we are. And we've got guys like Eric
Adams and Cuomo and Sliwa too saying no, no, you
(03:17):
have to drop out. I wouldn't there. They want power
so bad, they can taste it so badly that they're
willing to sell our city down the river. It's absolutely
disgusting and a pox on all of them.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Yeah, very well said. I've never put that together before
about the towers, but that was extremely well said. I've
Curtis Lee was said something the other day that I
was really impressed by, and he was talking not only
to the other candidates but also to Donald Trump, and
he said, stop attacking this guy for the wrong reasons.
(03:51):
State of policy. His policies are horrible. His policies are
going to hurt the city. We need to state to
that because you're making him a martyr and you're getting
him more votes, and especially Donald Trump, because the number
one issue for the Democrats is just being against Trump.
If Trump keeps speaking out, I think it makes zurhim,
Mam Donnie more powerful. What do you think, you.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Know, I suppose that's true. But the things that Trump
are attacking him on are are the policies. And look,
I'm not a Trump accolte where I follow everything that
he says, but he's one hundred percent right here. But
it shouldn't have to be the fact that we're even
in a position where we're concerned that an open socialist
(04:33):
in America and New York City Jew hating socialist, a
guy who is literally going to run the city into
the ground. He's telling us that he's going to do it.
The fact that he's so close to becoming mayor tells
us if it doesn't happen in November, Larry, Oh, it's coming.
It's coming sooner or later. This is what the liberals
have done to America. They are creeping, getting larger, and
(04:57):
eventually they're going to turn us into Europe if we're
not Europe already. Because if you look at New York City,
you've got Hamas running around. Nobody seems to care. Eric Adams,
I mean, respectfully, has the effing balls, the balls to
suggest that he's done so much for this city and
he's the one that turned this worse than Deblasio has
(05:19):
turned it into a toilet ball. His approval rating is
at eighteen percent. He's even polling behind Sliva. The balls
of him to suggest that he should be standing in
the race. This guy should be in a jail cell.
And you can you can ask Donald Trump why he
didn't allow it, because he would be in a jail
cell and he wouldn't be running. Now, taking him out,
(05:39):
taking Adams out is not the solution because you've still
got the other two dunderheads. One of them has to
drop out to all three of them have to collettes
and say, listen, we love this city too much to
care about our own personal greed. They're filthy greed and
the fact that we're gonna have to pay them off.
You know that they're not dropping out until they make
(06:01):
generational money. You know that's all this is about, Larry.
They want money. Do you know how many more friggin'
earrings does Eric Adams have to have in his ears.
He's only got two ears.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
I'm worried about your health at this point. We have
to I'm gonna over this up. Jeffrey Lickman, high profile
criminal defense attorney, host of Beyond the Legal Limit podcast
found on the iHeartRadio. Thank you very much, Jeffrey. That
was great, appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Thanks for having me
And with that, let's get to Jeffrey Lickman, high prive
profile criminal defense attorney, and he is the host of
the Beyond the Limit podcast found on the iHeartRadio app. Jeffrey,
let's talk about the mayoral race for a second, because
there's a lot of people out there giving advice, and
most people seem to think that they're the people running
(00:22):
against Zorim Mamdanni. Two or three of them have to
coalesce and unify to take him on. Somebody has to
drop out of the race. Who what would you like
to see if you could pick one of them to
run against Zuram Mamdanni, who has the best chance?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Well, Larry, first of all, thanks for having me. And
I think what has to happen? And I'm not a
Cuomo fan, but what Cuomo said makes the most sense.
There has to be polling done sometime in September among
what I believe, not just Adams Mushmouth mayor in the Hood,
mayor in the club, excuse me and Cuomo, but also
(01:04):
with Curtis Sliwa, all three of them have to have
polling done. They should agree upon one polster and whoever
is ahead in a purported head to head against Mamdani.
The other two have to drop out because there's a
very high probability. Right now Mamdani is leading all of
(01:24):
them in a poll. If it's head to head, if
it's it's it's the three of them against him. And
I would include Jim Walden even though he's got one
percentage point. No one knows who he is and he's
an obnoxious, humblebragger. He should also be subject to this
and drop out because the states are too high. Larry,
And when I think about how much I hate politicians,
(01:45):
this is exhibit A. They're so selfish, they're so narcissistic.
All they really care about is power. They try to
tell you how much they care about the people, and
they care about the city and they just want to
do the right thing. Yet all of them, and I'm
talking including Curtis who's running as a Republican, who's the
only one who really has a meritorious reason to run
(02:08):
because he won his primary and he is the Republican candidate.
The other one, the other two are just the Democrats
who couldn't beat Mamdani, which is why they're even able
to run at all. There should be there should be
a polling dun whoever remains of the of the three
of them should run against mon Donnie Loan because the
stakes are so high. If we lose this to Mamdani,
(02:31):
and we will, if all of the rest of them
do run, then we're going to be having our city
run by a far left, insane socialist who's so insane
that he doesn't even try to hide what is I mean?
This guy is an open maniac, a lunatic. He's the
guy who's praising Hamas in New York City. Did you
ever think, Larry, twenty four years after nine to eleven
(02:55):
that we would be electing the guy as mayor who
supports the ideology that took the two towers down in
New York City and killed nearly three thousand people. It
is so revolting, so appalling, so stomach churningly disgusting. Yes,
that's where we are. And we've got guys like Eric
Adams and Cuomo and Sliwa too saying no, no, you
(03:17):
have to drop out. I wouldn't there. They want power
so bad, they can taste it so badly that they're
willing to sell our city down the river. It's absolutely
disgusting and a pox on all of them.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Yeah, very well said. I've never put that together before
about the towers, but that was extremely well said. I've
Curtis Lee was said something the other day that I
was really impressed by, and he was talking not only
to the other candidates but also to Donald Trump, and
he said, stop attacking this guy for the wrong reasons.
(03:51):
State of policy. His policies are horrible. His policies are
going to hurt the city. We need to state to
that because you're making him a martyr and you're getting
him more votes, and especially Donald Trump, because the number
one issue for the Democrats is just being against Trump.
If Trump keeps speaking out, I think it makes zurhim,
Mam Donnie more powerful. What do you think, you.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Know, I suppose that's true. But the things that Trump
are attacking him on are are the policies. And look,
I'm not a Trump accolte where I follow everything that
he says, but he's one hundred percent right here. But
it shouldn't have to be the fact that we're even
in a position where we're concerned that an open socialist
(04:33):
in America and New York City Jew hating socialist, a
guy who is literally going to run the city into
the ground. He's telling us that he's going to do it.
The fact that he's so close to becoming mayor tells
us if it doesn't happen in November, Larry, Oh, it's coming.
It's coming sooner or later. This is what the liberals
have done to America. They are creeping, getting larger, and
(04:57):
eventually they're going to turn us into Europe if we're
not Europe already. Because if you look at New York City,
you've got Hamas running around. Nobody seems to care. Eric Adams,
I mean, respectfully, has the effing balls, the balls to
suggest that he's done so much for this city and
he's the one that turned this worse than Deblasio has
(05:19):
turned it into a toilet ball. His approval rating is
at eighteen percent. He's even polling behind Sliva. The balls
of him to suggest that he should be standing in
the race. This guy should be in a jail cell.
And you can you can ask Donald Trump why he
didn't allow it, because he would be in a jail
cell and he wouldn't be running. Now, taking him out,
(05:39):
taking Adams out is not the solution because you've still
got the other two dunderheads. One of them has to
drop out to all three of them have to collettes
and say, listen, we love this city too much to
care about our own personal greed. They're filthy greed and
the fact that we're gonna have to pay them off.
You know that they're not dropping out until they make
(06:01):
generational money. You know that's all this is about, Larry.
They want money. Do you know how many more friggin'
earrings does Eric Adams have to have in his ears.
He's only got two ears.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
I'm worried about your health at this point. We have
to I'm gonna over this up. Jeffrey Lickman, high profile
criminal defense attorney, host of Beyond the Legal Limit podcast
found on the iHeartRadio. Thank you very much, Jeffrey. That
was great, appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Thanks for having me
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