June 13, 2025 • 7 mins
Rob Astorino talks with Mendte in the Morning about the NYC Mayoral debate as well as what he has coming up on his show this weekend.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I hope my next guest agrees with me, but if
he doesn't, we'll make it work. He is a superstar
here in the w o R lineup himself and he
joins us. Now on the line, Rob Astarno is here,
and the crowd goes wild.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Hey Rob, who wrote that? Say? Superstar? My wife?
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Listen. I gotta butter up the guests. No one, this
is the deal. Okay, no one comes on the radio
with me twice. I can get anybody once, anybody. I
could get the Pope on the phone right now, but
he ain't coming back. I'm just telling you because I care.
But good morning to you, sir, Hey.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Good morning. It's great to have you on the lineup.
By the way, I love this show, I really do,
even though I'm at what they not say? Tell tell
everybody he's from news Max because I'm from news Max.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
No, no, I say this, Huh.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I will say this. I watch the show on Fox.
I love it. I think it's stop it.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Well Fox New Satndary.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
No.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
No, then I'll ven mo you the money right after this. No,
we are we play really nice in the sandbox. You
know what's funny. Like when I was at the I
was doing my show Fox Saturday night at the White
House Correspondence Dinner. And this might shock local listeners, but
I had on the show. I'm not kidding. Lester Holt,
Al Roker, and Savannah Guthrie were all on my show
(01:13):
and they came on and we talked. And because the
thing for me is, Okay, I'm very non threatening like you.
If you hung out with me for five minutes, you
realize I only pose a threat to myself. You know,
I've got some you know issues. But I played nice
in the sandbox.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Will you get the social services people who come?
Speaker 1 (01:32):
But no, And here's the thing. Let's say we weren't
nice in the sandbox. Let's say you this was like
old school Manhattan where the gangs wore their colors like
the Warriors, and you had your Newsmax colors. I had
my Fox News colors. There's still nothing we can say
that's gonna be as fiery as mom. Donnie Cuomo.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
No oh, that was great. That was great. Look, I've
known Andrew Cmo forever because I ran against him in fourteen,
and the guy is a thug to the core. I mean, honestly,
it's it's like he failed mob school. So he's been
trying his whole life to prove he belongs and he's
just that way and it's killing him. It's killing him
(02:10):
that this guy Mamdami may very well catch him. And
I said this months ago. Watch this guy he presents, well,
he's the male version of the AOC. He's going to
light a fire with the far left. And there's nothing
about Cuomo that anyone really likes. He's just like I
guess I gotta vote for Cuomo because the rest are crazy.
(02:31):
But the problem for Cuomo is he's probably has a
cap and I'd rather be in mom Domi's position right
now than I would Cuomo, believe it or not, because
he's got the big MO right now at the end
when it counts, and his people will run to the
polls to do that.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yeah, well that's the thing. And one thing Mondmi has
going for him is school is out, so his supporters
don't have to be at any anti Semitic protest right now.
They've got plenty of time to vote. This was a
month ago, these kids would be, you know, taking Janitor's
hostage and barricading themselves into buildings. But now they've got
enough free time to go vote Rob. We're talking to
(03:11):
Rob Astarino on the line about the mayorial race. One
other question I wanted to ask you, is someone who
knows CMO to be the way he is, there has
to be and I don't know him, there has to
be a sociopathic quality to anyone who gets back out there.
We're not very far removed from a resignation that came
in disgrace, testimony from a top aid that he falsified
(03:35):
death records to pad a book deal. And mind you,
he wrote a self congratulatory book about how he handled
COVID in the middle of COVID, which is like a
football coach dumping the gatorade on themselves at halftime of
a game they're not even winning. So don't you have
to almost have a sociopathic quality to just show up
like it's cool?
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Now? Yeah, not almost, you have to have and he is. Look, Look,
he has never done anything other than be the peacock. Right.
His dad was governor when he was growing up. So
he's walking around the executive mansion. He's you know, telling,
telling everybody you know who I am. You know who
I am. And that's the way it's been his whole life.
(04:15):
He's he's always been driven around by cops, always lived
in public housing on our dime, not not not the
hut housing, but a really nice housing. And so he
doesn't what else to do. And he's like a scorpion.
He is not happy unless he's singing somebody. And this
is this is his life. So I'm not surprised. And
this is Look, if I'm looking objectively at at his career,
(04:38):
this is the only race that could possibly get you
back in the game. Right, he's looking around the New
York City is a mess, which he created. But New
York City is a mess. Adams is weak and all
the crazies are coming. And he looks like the adult
in the room. I mean, he's the adult that will
fondle you, but he's the.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Adult that was you know, we're talking to rob Astno.
The thing that really got me when he was getting
in trouble, you know, for all the handsy andsy stuff,
he tried blaming it on his Italian heritage. Do you
remember that At the end He's like, no, you don't
understand our Italian riage. I'm like, dude, nobody is making
that olive garden commercial. You know, come to the Olive Garden. Well,
(05:16):
we'll ask you to play strip poker with Nana, just
like the old country that wasn't going on.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Yeah, I don't know about his easters, but I tell you,
when my ante nuncles came over, I would never grab
him at the crotch.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Well, call me old fashioned Cuomo. Yeah, the one nice thing.
If you think the Olive Garden shares its bread stick
a lot, you should see the Cmo Garden. I don't
know what to tell you here, but it's gonna it's
gonna be it's gonna be a hell of a ride.
But that's the one thing that breaks my heart about
one party rule in a city is that Cuomo was
(05:49):
the governor. And under the combination of Cuomo ind Blasio,
New York's most popular restaurant chain became a place called
this Space for rent. Okay, are we forgetting so fast?
Speaker 2 (06:03):
It's amazing it really, you know why, because there's no
other legitimate candidate right now that a normal person can
look at. I mean, at least with Cuomo. You're like,
oh my god, I hate everything about this guy. And
then there's a butt. But the rest are freaking nuts,
and so the money pouring in on Cuomo from the
business community, which should know better. But again they feel
(06:26):
like there's nowhere else to go.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yeah, that's what it is. Well, I can't promise you
he's going to get the nursing home vote. But hey,
well listen, don't sell the Democrats short. They're pretty good
to turning out that dead. Yes you are, rob Asterno,
you still got it. We got to do this again sometime.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
No, I'm never coming back on with you again. I
know it, I know it.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
You did me dirty talk Soon, my man, have a
great weeknd the great rob as a Rena love it
so much and he makes all the good points that
need to be made on this issue New York and
a lot of voters in the Democratic primaries just feel
like this is the only choice they have. I mean,
Adams went independent on them, and it'd be sad to
leave the Mayor's office and know there was no more
(07:11):
Eric Adams because he is single handedly propped up the
nightclub industry in New York City. Do you know what
happens to bottle service if Adams leaves New York. It's
not good, folks,
I hope my next guest agrees with me, but if
he doesn't, we'll make it work. He is a superstar
here in the w o R lineup himself and he
joins us. Now on the line, Rob Astarno is here,
and the crowd goes wild.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Hey Rob, who wrote that? Say? Superstar? My wife?
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Listen. I gotta butter up the guests. No one, this
is the deal. Okay, no one comes on the radio
with me twice. I can get anybody once, anybody. I
could get the Pope on the phone right now, but
he ain't coming back. I'm just telling you because I care.
But good morning to you, sir, Hey.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Good morning. It's great to have you on the lineup.
By the way, I love this show, I really do,
even though I'm at what they not say? Tell tell
everybody he's from news Max because I'm from news Max.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
No, no, I say this, Huh.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I will say this. I watch the show on Fox.
I love it. I think it's stop it.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Well Fox New Satndary.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
No.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
No, then I'll ven mo you the money right after this. No,
we are we play really nice in the sandbox. You
know what's funny. Like when I was at the I
was doing my show Fox Saturday night at the White
House Correspondence Dinner. And this might shock local listeners, but
I had on the show. I'm not kidding. Lester Holt,
Al Roker, and Savannah Guthrie were all on my show
(01:13):
and they came on and we talked. And because the
thing for me is, Okay, I'm very non threatening like you.
If you hung out with me for five minutes, you
realize I only pose a threat to myself. You know,
I've got some you know issues. But I played nice
in the sandbox.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Will you get the social services people who come?
Speaker 1 (01:32):
But no, And here's the thing. Let's say we weren't
nice in the sandbox. Let's say you this was like
old school Manhattan where the gangs wore their colors like
the Warriors, and you had your Newsmax colors. I had
my Fox News colors. There's still nothing we can say
that's gonna be as fiery as mom. Donnie Cuomo.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
No oh, that was great. That was great. Look, I've
known Andrew Cmo forever because I ran against him in fourteen,
and the guy is a thug to the core. I mean, honestly,
it's it's like he failed mob school. So he's been
trying his whole life to prove he belongs and he's
just that way and it's killing him. It's killing him
(02:10):
that this guy Mamdami may very well catch him. And
I said this months ago. Watch this guy he presents, well,
he's the male version of the AOC. He's going to
light a fire with the far left. And there's nothing
about Cuomo that anyone really likes. He's just like I
guess I gotta vote for Cuomo because the rest are crazy.
(02:31):
But the problem for Cuomo is he's probably has a
cap and I'd rather be in mom Domi's position right
now than I would Cuomo, believe it or not, because
he's got the big MO right now at the end
when it counts, and his people will run to the
polls to do that.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yeah, well that's the thing. And one thing Mondmi has
going for him is school is out, so his supporters
don't have to be at any anti Semitic protest right now.
They've got plenty of time to vote. This was a
month ago, these kids would be, you know, taking Janitor's
hostage and barricading themselves into buildings. But now they've got
enough free time to go vote Rob. We're talking to
(03:11):
Rob Astarino on the line about the mayorial race. One
other question I wanted to ask you, is someone who
knows CMO to be the way he is, there has
to be and I don't know him, there has to
be a sociopathic quality to anyone who gets back out there.
We're not very far removed from a resignation that came
in disgrace, testimony from a top aid that he falsified
(03:35):
death records to pad a book deal. And mind you,
he wrote a self congratulatory book about how he handled
COVID in the middle of COVID, which is like a
football coach dumping the gatorade on themselves at halftime of
a game they're not even winning. So don't you have
to almost have a sociopathic quality to just show up
like it's cool?
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Now? Yeah, not almost, you have to have and he is. Look, Look,
he has never done anything other than be the peacock. Right.
His dad was governor when he was growing up. So
he's walking around the executive mansion. He's you know, telling,
telling everybody you know who I am. You know who
I am. And that's the way it's been his whole life.
(04:15):
He's he's always been driven around by cops, always lived
in public housing on our dime, not not not the
hut housing, but a really nice housing. And so he
doesn't what else to do. And he's like a scorpion.
He is not happy unless he's singing somebody. And this
is this is his life. So I'm not surprised. And
this is Look, if I'm looking objectively at at his career,
(04:38):
this is the only race that could possibly get you
back in the game. Right, he's looking around the New
York City is a mess, which he created. But New
York City is a mess. Adams is weak and all
the crazies are coming. And he looks like the adult
in the room. I mean, he's the adult that will
fondle you, but he's the.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Adult that was you know, we're talking to rob Astno.
The thing that really got me when he was getting
in trouble, you know, for all the handsy andsy stuff,
he tried blaming it on his Italian heritage. Do you
remember that At the end He's like, no, you don't
understand our Italian riage. I'm like, dude, nobody is making
that olive garden commercial. You know, come to the Olive Garden. Well,
(05:16):
we'll ask you to play strip poker with Nana, just
like the old country that wasn't going on.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Yeah, I don't know about his easters, but I tell you,
when my ante nuncles came over, I would never grab
him at the crotch.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Well, call me old fashioned Cuomo. Yeah, the one nice thing.
If you think the Olive Garden shares its bread stick
a lot, you should see the Cmo Garden. I don't
know what to tell you here, but it's gonna it's
gonna be it's gonna be a hell of a ride.
But that's the one thing that breaks my heart about
one party rule in a city is that Cuomo was
(05:49):
the governor. And under the combination of Cuomo ind Blasio,
New York's most popular restaurant chain became a place called
this Space for rent. Okay, are we forgetting so fast?
Speaker 2 (06:03):
It's amazing it really, you know why, because there's no
other legitimate candidate right now that a normal person can
look at. I mean, at least with Cuomo. You're like,
oh my god, I hate everything about this guy. And
then there's a butt. But the rest are freaking nuts,
and so the money pouring in on Cuomo from the
business community, which should know better. But again they feel
(06:26):
like there's nowhere else to go.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yeah, that's what it is. Well, I can't promise you
he's going to get the nursing home vote. But hey,
well listen, don't sell the Democrats short. They're pretty good
to turning out that dead. Yes you are, rob Asterno,
you still got it. We got to do this again sometime.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
No, I'm never coming back on with you again. I
know it, I know it.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
You did me dirty talk Soon, my man, have a
great weeknd the great rob as a Rena love it
so much and he makes all the good points that
need to be made on this issue New York and
a lot of voters in the Democratic primaries just feel
like this is the only choice they have. I mean,
Adams went independent on them, and it'd be sad to
leave the Mayor's office and know there was no more
(07:11):
Eric Adams because he is single handedly propped up the
nightclub industry in New York City. Do you know what
happens to bottle service if Adams leaves New York. It's
not good, folks,
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