December 9, 2025 • 8 mins
Jimmy Failla speaks with Mendte in the Morning about Bruce Blakeman announcing his run for NY Governor and how he stacks up against Elise Stefanik.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now let's bring in Jimmy Fayla, wo R host from
nine to midnight Fox Across America with Jimmy Fayla and
host of Fox News Saturday Night with Jimmy Fayler on
the Fox News Channel. He joins us every Tuesday at
this time. And Jimmy, I know you're from Levittown over
in Nassau County and the now the county executive out there,
(00:21):
Bruce Blakeman, who I'm sure you probably have run into
and know he's now running for governor. What are your thoughts?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Well, I mean, listen, it's like when you see Kathy
Hulkel on the ballot, like I'm thinking about running, everybody
feels like they should win. You know, there's this old
funny Joe Chris rock One's told he said when he
found out Jana Jackson was dating Jermaine dupri every guy
was like, damn, I have a shot, you know. And
(00:50):
that's the wholecal thing. When you see who this state
has married, you all feel like you can kind of
step in and brank up the union. And I think
that's what this is a testament to. And I will
say this. I met Bruce Braklin here at Fox recently,
and uh, he is a he's a fan of your
favorite Nassau Community College graduate, Jimmy Faylow. Really, I am
very intrigued by this.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
I got one.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
I'm very intrigued by ye.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Maybe he'll ask you to be part of the administration.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Listen, if he knows what's good for him. I would
be a great Albany press secretary a man.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
It would be the most popular of press gathering ever.
People would go to every press conference.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
We would that that we could do because, like listen,
I don't have the looks to be a White House
press secretary like Carolyn Levit Kaylee Mcananey. We're another class,
but you could stick me in Albany. He's only be
like one press for a month. You tell a couple
of joke, like remember remember when they did the Dukes
of Hazzard, but the actors were on strikes, so instead
(01:51):
of Bow and Luke they had Koi and Vance. I
could be the Koy and Vance press secretary.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Can we audition you right now? Can I ask you
a question and you answer it?
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Let's go all right, let's do this for real and
I'll have some fun. Go aheads all right, all right
here we go.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Excuse me, what is what is Governor Blakeman going to
do about casualist bail and about bail reform? Is he
going to keep it or is he going to fight
legislation on that?
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Well, the thing about Governor Blakeman is all of his
energy is behind protecting New Yorkers and their families. And
I think what he wants to throw his energy behind,
first and foremost, knowing what Kathy Hochel did to the
state is extra security for himself and his family because
this place is a dumpster fire. But once we get
that out of the way, you know, they say charity
begins at home. Once we get that out of the way,
(02:41):
you guys, you're gonna do a little DIY policing in
the meantime because of Mom Donnie. But once we get
mister Blakeman's situation squared away, we'll be right down there
to New York to help out.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Good job, good job, you got the job. You got
the job. Hey, I love Bruce, but I also really
like Elis Staphonic, And so those two are going to
have to battle each other to get the nomination. Bruce
Brake Blakeman comes off a lot nicer than Alistaphonic does.
At least Stephonic is a pit bull, and I kind
(03:15):
of wanted to see her going up against Kathy Hochel
like she did during some of the congressional hearings. So
I'm really torn. What do you think about that matchup?
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Well, seriously, on a strategic level, it's easier for a
woman to attack Kathy HLKL because they can't deflect to
sexism like they're going to cheaply do when Blakeman attacks
her on the merits. To be clear, he's a great guy.
He's not going to go after her because of her gender.
He's going to go after her because of what her
policies have done to all genders. But they're going to
try to do those those cheap straw mend defenses. So
(03:47):
it's gonna be really interesting. But I think, you know,
the challenge is going to be in this primary, because
we're going to have like an actual primary, not like
we did for mayor where Cromo was looking at Florida
real estate and mom Donnie was making kiktok videos and
the next thing you know, he got a socialist in
city Hall. The point is, whoever the Republican nominee is
they're going to earn it because they're going up against
(04:07):
a formidable opponent. So for that, I'm thankful and I
just gosh, you know this, for the sake of this
whole entire state, not just our city and Nasa County
where I grew up in Levittown. We really need a
Republican governor if Mom Donnie is going to be mayor, Like,
we really need this to work. So if those two
could just figure out how to pull this off, I'll
(04:28):
forgive whoever the loser.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
That's a great point. We really need a Republican governor
if Mom Donnie is going to be mayor. Is a
wonderful point. Hey, do you have this fraud case going
on in Minnesota that might grow to two billion dollars?
Ilhan Omar might be involved in it. But Tim Walls
still has that face like he made an accident in
his pants every time he's on TV, and he did
(04:52):
not pay attention to this for seven years. He didn't
want to deal with it. I want to take I
want you to take us to a future that didn't
happen with Kamala Harris and Tim Walls in office. What
would the country be like right.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Now, Well, if Kamala and Tim Waltz are in office
right now, we're at about the ten month mark. We
need to have this conversation in Mandarin. If it's going
to be accurate. China would have taken over the country finance,
the border'd be overrun. You and I would be broadcasting
from a remote bunker somewhere under the old D train.
(05:31):
I don't know. I mean, the truth is, yeah, the
fraud would have been worse, the border would have been worse. See,
there's a lot of things Trump is doing right that
we're able to take for granted as Americans, like you know,
a good example would be border crossings. The border crossings
are now down to zero, which means no one's getting trafficked.
You know, kids aren't going missing, not as much fentanyls
coming in. Those are things we all benefit from and
(05:54):
we don't even necessarily see that every day, you know,
and that you know, even some of the things he
just passed no tacks on tips that goes into effect
next year, so you haven't really seen the benefit yet,
you know, in your day to day, but it's common
and so you know, every time they send her out
on tour, I always try to clip it and play
it on radio. Tonight, I'll play some Kamala clips at
(06:16):
nine pm a Fox Gross America. And I always grab
him for my TV show on the weekends because we
do need that perspective. You know, whenever somebody says Kamala
twenty twenty eight, I assume they're talking about her blood
alcohol contrary, she's a napp.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
You know, it's funny. If I was Donald Trump, I
would have a picture in my wallet all the time
of Tim Walls and Kamala Harris, And every time I
took criticism, I'd just hold it up. I'd hold the
picture up and say, this is what could have happened.
And I think you win every single argument that way,
don't you.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Yeah, whenever you get that kind of currency, I'll give
you a good example. Okay. I used to date a
girl back in the day for about seven or eight
years who always used to yell at me and compare
me to Jeeorge. Now I'm using a fake name here,
but she'd be like, why can't you be more like George?
You know, George did this great thing for Marissa. George
proposed with like skywriting or having this glamorous wedding. Well, anyway,
we went to the nicest wedding in the world after
(07:11):
seven years of why can't you be more like George?
And a month into that relationship, George left her for
another man. So I finally had George in my wallet,
and whenever he would say something, I'd be like, oh,
like George, you know what I mean? Oh yeah, No,
you're right, I should be more like George. I should
probably get out of here and go sing show tunes
on the Lower East Side karaoke bar with my man's peek.
(07:35):
And that's what Kamala and Waltz are for Trump. They're
his George. You're right. I am so wholeheartedly behind this.
Now I'm going to offer you a job in the
Blakeman administration after I get mine.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Oh what's my job?
Speaker 2 (07:49):
I got to think about it. Oh no, you.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Can't come up with a melting I was trying.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
To level with you, Okay, Okay. I didn't want you
to be insult by this, because it's a necessary job. Okay.
The most important thing any of us can do right
now for Albany is to go into Cuomo's old office
for breeze it and kind of wipe it down because
you don't want to blacklight on You know, there's a
reason you always see hokal in like long sleeve that
(08:18):
she doesn't want her skin to touch anything he left behind.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Well, thank you, I know how an important that job is.
Oh now I feel proud an incredible home Christmas display.
Thanks a lot, Jimmy. We'll listen tonight
Now let's bring in Jimmy Fayla, wo R host from
nine to midnight Fox Across America with Jimmy Fayla and
host of Fox News Saturday Night with Jimmy Fayler on
the Fox News Channel. He joins us every Tuesday at
this time. And Jimmy, I know you're from Levittown over
in Nassau County and the now the county executive out there,
(00:21):
Bruce Blakeman, who I'm sure you probably have run into
and know he's now running for governor. What are your thoughts?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Well, I mean, listen, it's like when you see Kathy
Hulkel on the ballot, like I'm thinking about running, everybody
feels like they should win. You know, there's this old
funny Joe Chris rock One's told he said when he
found out Jana Jackson was dating Jermaine dupri every guy
was like, damn, I have a shot, you know. And
(00:50):
that's the wholecal thing. When you see who this state
has married, you all feel like you can kind of
step in and brank up the union. And I think
that's what this is a testament to. And I will
say this. I met Bruce Braklin here at Fox recently,
and uh, he is a he's a fan of your
favorite Nassau Community College graduate, Jimmy Faylow. Really, I am
very intrigued by this.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
I got one.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
I'm very intrigued by ye.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Maybe he'll ask you to be part of the administration.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Listen, if he knows what's good for him. I would
be a great Albany press secretary a man.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
It would be the most popular of press gathering ever.
People would go to every press conference.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
We would that that we could do because, like listen,
I don't have the looks to be a White House
press secretary like Carolyn Levit Kaylee Mcananey. We're another class,
but you could stick me in Albany. He's only be
like one press for a month. You tell a couple
of joke, like remember remember when they did the Dukes
of Hazzard, but the actors were on strikes, so instead
(01:51):
of Bow and Luke they had Koi and Vance. I
could be the Koy and Vance press secretary.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Can we audition you right now? Can I ask you
a question and you answer it?
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Let's go all right, let's do this for real and
I'll have some fun. Go aheads all right, all right
here we go.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Excuse me, what is what is Governor Blakeman going to
do about casualist bail and about bail reform? Is he
going to keep it or is he going to fight
legislation on that?
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Well, the thing about Governor Blakeman is all of his
energy is behind protecting New Yorkers and their families. And
I think what he wants to throw his energy behind,
first and foremost, knowing what Kathy Hochel did to the
state is extra security for himself and his family because
this place is a dumpster fire. But once we get
that out of the way, you know, they say charity
begins at home. Once we get that out of the way,
(02:41):
you guys, you're gonna do a little DIY policing in
the meantime because of Mom Donnie. But once we get
mister Blakeman's situation squared away, we'll be right down there
to New York to help out.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Good job, good job, you got the job. You got
the job. Hey, I love Bruce, but I also really
like Elis Staphonic, And so those two are going to
have to battle each other to get the nomination. Bruce
Brake Blakeman comes off a lot nicer than Alistaphonic does.
At least Stephonic is a pit bull, and I kind
(03:15):
of wanted to see her going up against Kathy Hochel
like she did during some of the congressional hearings. So
I'm really torn. What do you think about that matchup?
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Well, seriously, on a strategic level, it's easier for a
woman to attack Kathy HLKL because they can't deflect to
sexism like they're going to cheaply do when Blakeman attacks
her on the merits. To be clear, he's a great guy.
He's not going to go after her because of her gender.
He's going to go after her because of what her
policies have done to all genders. But they're going to
try to do those those cheap straw mend defenses. So
(03:47):
it's gonna be really interesting. But I think, you know,
the challenge is going to be in this primary, because
we're going to have like an actual primary, not like
we did for mayor where Cromo was looking at Florida
real estate and mom Donnie was making kiktok videos and
the next thing you know, he got a socialist in
city Hall. The point is, whoever the Republican nominee is
they're going to earn it because they're going up against
(04:07):
a formidable opponent. So for that, I'm thankful and I
just gosh, you know this, for the sake of this
whole entire state, not just our city and Nasa County
where I grew up in Levittown. We really need a
Republican governor if Mom Donnie is going to be mayor, Like,
we really need this to work. So if those two
could just figure out how to pull this off, I'll
(04:28):
forgive whoever the loser.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
That's a great point. We really need a Republican governor
if Mom Donnie is going to be mayor. Is a
wonderful point. Hey, do you have this fraud case going
on in Minnesota that might grow to two billion dollars?
Ilhan Omar might be involved in it. But Tim Walls
still has that face like he made an accident in
his pants every time he's on TV, and he did
(04:52):
not pay attention to this for seven years. He didn't
want to deal with it. I want to take I
want you to take us to a future that didn't
happen with Kamala Harris and Tim Walls in office. What
would the country be like right.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Now, Well, if Kamala and Tim Waltz are in office
right now, we're at about the ten month mark. We
need to have this conversation in Mandarin. If it's going
to be accurate. China would have taken over the country finance,
the border'd be overrun. You and I would be broadcasting
from a remote bunker somewhere under the old D train.
(05:31):
I don't know. I mean, the truth is, yeah, the
fraud would have been worse, the border would have been worse. See,
there's a lot of things Trump is doing right that
we're able to take for granted as Americans, like you know,
a good example would be border crossings. The border crossings
are now down to zero, which means no one's getting trafficked.
You know, kids aren't going missing, not as much fentanyls
coming in. Those are things we all benefit from and
(05:54):
we don't even necessarily see that every day, you know,
and that you know, even some of the things he
just passed no tacks on tips that goes into effect
next year, so you haven't really seen the benefit yet,
you know, in your day to day, but it's common
and so you know, every time they send her out
on tour, I always try to clip it and play
it on radio. Tonight, I'll play some Kamala clips at
(06:16):
nine pm a Fox Gross America. And I always grab
him for my TV show on the weekends because we
do need that perspective. You know, whenever somebody says Kamala
twenty twenty eight, I assume they're talking about her blood
alcohol contrary, she's a napp.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
You know, it's funny. If I was Donald Trump, I
would have a picture in my wallet all the time
of Tim Walls and Kamala Harris, And every time I
took criticism, I'd just hold it up. I'd hold the
picture up and say, this is what could have happened.
And I think you win every single argument that way,
don't you.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Yeah, whenever you get that kind of currency, I'll give
you a good example. Okay. I used to date a
girl back in the day for about seven or eight
years who always used to yell at me and compare
me to Jeeorge. Now I'm using a fake name here,
but she'd be like, why can't you be more like George?
You know, George did this great thing for Marissa. George
proposed with like skywriting or having this glamorous wedding. Well, anyway,
we went to the nicest wedding in the world after
(07:11):
seven years of why can't you be more like George?
And a month into that relationship, George left her for
another man. So I finally had George in my wallet,
and whenever he would say something, I'd be like, oh,
like George, you know what I mean? Oh yeah, No,
you're right, I should be more like George. I should
probably get out of here and go sing show tunes
on the Lower East Side karaoke bar with my man's peek.
(07:35):
And that's what Kamala and Waltz are for Trump. They're
his George. You're right. I am so wholeheartedly behind this.
Now I'm going to offer you a job in the
Blakeman administration after I get mine.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Oh what's my job?
Speaker 2 (07:49):
I got to think about it. Oh no, you.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Can't come up with a melting I was trying.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
To level with you, Okay, Okay. I didn't want you
to be insult by this, because it's a necessary job. Okay.
The most important thing any of us can do right
now for Albany is to go into Cuomo's old office
for breeze it and kind of wipe it down because
you don't want to blacklight on You know, there's a
reason you always see hokal in like long sleeve that
(08:18):
she doesn't want her skin to touch anything he left behind.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Well, thank you, I know how an important that job is.
Oh now I feel proud an incredible home Christmas display.
Thanks a lot, Jimmy. We'll listen tonight
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