July 18, 2025 • 8 mins
Rob Astorino joins Mendte in the Morning to talk about the continued coverage of the Epstein files by the media and MAGA.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's bring in Rob Astorino, host of The Rob Astorino
Show on wl R Saturdays from four to five, host
of Saturday Agenda from one to three on Newsmax, and
former Westchester County executive. I want to get into a
lot of things. By the way, good morning to you.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Reb Hey, good morning Larry.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I want to get I want to get into a
lot of things, but I want to start with Natalie
was so shocked because apparently you told her about your
dreams from last night. And what really gets me is
that you said you had action dreams. And I'd like
you would explain that because that can meet a whole
lot of things. You had action dreams and then you
(00:37):
actually woke up tired from your dreams.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Yeah, and it had nothing to do with women or
being me being like Superman. It was just all stupid
like motion stuff. And I'm exhausted. I wake up exhausted.
How could that happen? Larry?
Speaker 1 (00:52):
You dream you dreamed about motion stuff?
Speaker 2 (00:55):
What is no like you know, like jumping around. I'm
just like actions stuff, but nothing like Superman stuff. Just
don't be stuff.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
You're stressed.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Now, down with somebody, anybody can help back or Rob
out let us know.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Wow. But you know, I don't remember any of my dreams,
none of them. None, No, and it really bugs me.
You know, they say you should wake up in the morning.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
As soon as you wake up, you have you know,
a pencil and paper next to you, and before you
even think, start writing stuff down because you know, if
you wake up too much, you'll like it happen to you,
you forget them.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
That's a great idea. I really don't care that much
about it, but now I do. I want to know.
But it's a really good idea. Hey, you know, I'm
looking forward to talking to you because I I wanted
to hear what you had to say about the Epstein files,
and not about the files themselves, but just the reaction and.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
The realm I'm not in them. That's what I was
not dreaming about that.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
But the revolt of MAGA is what got me that
this is what they want to the hill they want
to die on, this is where they want to break
away from Donald Trump. It really fascinated me.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Yeah, I'm I'm trying to make out what this is
all about with MAGA. I get it. I understand that. Look,
it's swamp Bill, you know you promised us that you
were going to send everything out there so we could
see it. And now are you part of the swamp?
Where did they get you or whatever? I don't get.
(02:41):
I mean last week on my own radio show, which
as you said, is tomorrow at four o'clock, I talked
about this and we took a whole bunch of calls,
and it was like nobody cared about Epstein. What they
cared about was Thomas Crooks and you know, the whole
shooting and why we knew nothing about this guy. So
I don't know, it's not like I say, like normal
people are consumed. Like when I'm talking to regular people,
(03:05):
they're not talking about the Epstein files. They're just not.
It's something that I think the media and the you know,
political world might be all wrapped up in. But I
don't know. It's it's what Trump said the other day,
like about this creep who cares move on. That's kind
of how That's kind of how I feel, and it's
(03:25):
kind of how the people I've talked to feel. But
maybe I'm dead wrong in this.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
I don't know, right, And you have to protect protect
the accusers. I mean, that's what everybody's thinking. In this
whole thing. You got to protect them. By the way,
you don't only have to protect them, but you can
be sued if you release something they could lead to them.
So I understand, I understand the problems with all of this.
By the way, to.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Your court orders that are feeling some of this all.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Yeah, yeah, you have to go through all of that.
And that's why when they say even the grand jury,
they have to go through a court to get the
grand jury stuff out. Right. But I saw Harry Enton
the other day and I guess they had a poll
out where they asked people what is the biggest issue
in the country right now, And it was one of
those flash polls where they did it in like twenty
four hours to find out what Epstein was. They had
(04:09):
one responded out of hundreds, one person on Epstein. On Epstein.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Yeah, no, see this this is like, that's the thing.
We get weed in the media, the political world. We
were in the weeds so much that we forget what's
going on in the real world. And that's what I
was saying before. In the real world. I haven't talked
to anybody who came up to me about the Epstein files.
(04:35):
So it's one of those echo chamber things.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Yeah, but when I talk about it on this show,
we get talked back after talkback, phone call after phone call.
There is a crowd out there that that's all they
want to talk about. And the problem with that, Rob
is that the media jumped on that because it was
anti Trump, and they went, oh, they we got them, we
got them. The Democrats. They want to have hearings. The
Democrats want to have hearings on this now. It is ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
They didn't want to have hearings for four years when
Biden was there about the Epstein files.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
But yeah, what why it's so juicy to the media
is not it's right on right right, it's red on red,
because it's it's the maga world, or at least the
perception of the maga world that's consumed with this and
blowing back on Trump. So they've got cover. Right, it's
not just liberal on Trump. It's not TDS on Trump,
it's it's it's right on right.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Yeah, I get it. Let's talk about a little bit
of right on right right now. Read on red. Curtis Leewah,
who I think a lot of people were discounting in
this latest poll he's in a statistical tie in the
mayor's race. Now we don't know if it's an outlier yet.
We need some other polls to see if this one
is legitimate. But it's Forbes. It's not something that's paid
(05:49):
for by a candidate. What do you think, does Curtis
have a real shot?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Well, like I said last time, I think he has
a shot. But a couple things. First of all, this
whole argument that ma'm dommi has reached a ceiling whatever
he got in the primary, that's kind of like where
he is and he can't he can't grow. That to
me is insane and stupid and ridiculous. He's got a
lot of room to grow, ma'm dommi. Now, whether or
(06:15):
not he can be held back and somebody can catch
him in a four way race is tough, really really tough,
because the antis are gonna split it all up. You
got Cuomo putting out the worst Academy Award winning losing video.
I mean, did you see that video? Oh my god? Please,
(06:36):
So he's ostensibly in it. Adams has not really spent
money yet. Now he's been able to raise a lot
of money. He's getting screwed by the finance board, which
is that that whole thing should go away, so corrupt
campaign finance board. But Adams is raising a lot of
money yet now, so he hasn't started spending yet. So
when he does, his numbers are gonna move how high?
(06:56):
I don't know. Curtis hasn't raised money, that's a problem.
But I think the perception is this guy is really bad,
ma'am dommie. How do we beat him? It's tough to
split up three ways and catch them. That's the biggest
that's the biggest hurdle that they all have right now.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Well, we have Curtis coming up here at nine oh five,
so I can't wait to talk to him about it.
What do you have coming up this weekend?
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Well, I mean a little bit of the Epstein stuff,
a little bit of the mayor's race. And this really
left Sunday and I go into one of the churches
and there was a huge dog at the end of
my pew. I have never seen that in my life.
And this whole thing is getting crazy with animals everywhere.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Now, Ah, you're talking about the support animals.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
No, not a support animal at all. Big golden doodle
that someone thought was cool to bring into the church.
It's insane.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
That's going to be fun to listen to. Rob Astorino,
host of The Rob Astorno Show on WOR Saturday is
from four to five, host of Saturday Agenda on Newsmax
from one to three, and of course, former Westchester County executive.
Have a good show, Rob, All right, Laura, have a
gret weekend. See you later.
Let's bring in Rob Astorino, host of The Rob Astorino
Show on wl R Saturdays from four to five, host
of Saturday Agenda from one to three on Newsmax, and
former Westchester County executive. I want to get into a
lot of things. By the way, good morning to you.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Reb Hey, good morning Larry.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I want to get I want to get into a
lot of things, but I want to start with Natalie
was so shocked because apparently you told her about your
dreams from last night. And what really gets me is
that you said you had action dreams. And I'd like
you would explain that because that can meet a whole
lot of things. You had action dreams and then you
(00:37):
actually woke up tired from your dreams.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Yeah, and it had nothing to do with women or
being me being like Superman. It was just all stupid
like motion stuff. And I'm exhausted. I wake up exhausted.
How could that happen? Larry?
Speaker 1 (00:52):
You dream you dreamed about motion stuff?
Speaker 2 (00:55):
What is no like you know, like jumping around. I'm
just like actions stuff, but nothing like Superman stuff. Just
don't be stuff.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
You're stressed.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Now, down with somebody, anybody can help back or Rob
out let us know.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Wow. But you know, I don't remember any of my dreams,
none of them. None, No, and it really bugs me.
You know, they say you should wake up in the morning.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
As soon as you wake up, you have you know,
a pencil and paper next to you, and before you
even think, start writing stuff down because you know, if
you wake up too much, you'll like it happen to you,
you forget them.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
That's a great idea. I really don't care that much
about it, but now I do. I want to know.
But it's a really good idea. Hey, you know, I'm
looking forward to talking to you because I I wanted
to hear what you had to say about the Epstein files,
and not about the files themselves, but just the reaction and.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
The realm I'm not in them. That's what I was
not dreaming about that.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
But the revolt of MAGA is what got me that
this is what they want to the hill they want
to die on, this is where they want to break
away from Donald Trump. It really fascinated me.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Yeah, I'm I'm trying to make out what this is
all about with MAGA. I get it. I understand that. Look,
it's swamp Bill, you know you promised us that you
were going to send everything out there so we could
see it. And now are you part of the swamp?
Where did they get you or whatever? I don't get.
(02:41):
I mean last week on my own radio show, which
as you said, is tomorrow at four o'clock, I talked
about this and we took a whole bunch of calls,
and it was like nobody cared about Epstein. What they
cared about was Thomas Crooks and you know, the whole
shooting and why we knew nothing about this guy. So
I don't know, it's not like I say, like normal
people are consumed. Like when I'm talking to regular people,
(03:05):
they're not talking about the Epstein files. They're just not.
It's something that I think the media and the you know,
political world might be all wrapped up in. But I
don't know. It's it's what Trump said the other day,
like about this creep who cares move on. That's kind
of how That's kind of how I feel, and it's
(03:25):
kind of how the people I've talked to feel. But
maybe I'm dead wrong in this.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
I don't know, right, And you have to protect protect
the accusers. I mean, that's what everybody's thinking. In this
whole thing. You got to protect them. By the way,
you don't only have to protect them, but you can
be sued if you release something they could lead to them.
So I understand, I understand the problems with all of this.
By the way, to.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Your court orders that are feeling some of this all.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Yeah, yeah, you have to go through all of that.
And that's why when they say even the grand jury,
they have to go through a court to get the
grand jury stuff out. Right. But I saw Harry Enton
the other day and I guess they had a poll
out where they asked people what is the biggest issue
in the country right now, And it was one of
those flash polls where they did it in like twenty
four hours to find out what Epstein was. They had
(04:09):
one responded out of hundreds, one person on Epstein. On Epstein.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Yeah, no, see this this is like, that's the thing.
We get weed in the media, the political world. We
were in the weeds so much that we forget what's
going on in the real world. And that's what I
was saying before. In the real world. I haven't talked
to anybody who came up to me about the Epstein files.
(04:35):
So it's one of those echo chamber things.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Yeah, but when I talk about it on this show,
we get talked back after talkback, phone call after phone call.
There is a crowd out there that that's all they
want to talk about. And the problem with that, Rob
is that the media jumped on that because it was
anti Trump, and they went, oh, they we got them, we
got them. The Democrats. They want to have hearings. The
Democrats want to have hearings on this now. It is ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
They didn't want to have hearings for four years when
Biden was there about the Epstein files.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
But yeah, what why it's so juicy to the media
is not it's right on right right, it's red on red,
because it's it's the maga world, or at least the
perception of the maga world that's consumed with this and
blowing back on Trump. So they've got cover. Right, it's
not just liberal on Trump. It's not TDS on Trump,
it's it's it's right on right.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Yeah, I get it. Let's talk about a little bit
of right on right right now. Read on red. Curtis Leewah,
who I think a lot of people were discounting in
this latest poll he's in a statistical tie in the
mayor's race. Now we don't know if it's an outlier yet.
We need some other polls to see if this one
is legitimate. But it's Forbes. It's not something that's paid
(05:49):
for by a candidate. What do you think, does Curtis
have a real shot?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Well, like I said last time, I think he has
a shot. But a couple things. First of all, this
whole argument that ma'm dommi has reached a ceiling whatever
he got in the primary, that's kind of like where
he is and he can't he can't grow. That to
me is insane and stupid and ridiculous. He's got a
lot of room to grow, ma'm dommi. Now, whether or
(06:15):
not he can be held back and somebody can catch
him in a four way race is tough, really really tough,
because the antis are gonna split it all up. You
got Cuomo putting out the worst Academy Award winning losing video.
I mean, did you see that video? Oh my god? Please,
(06:36):
So he's ostensibly in it. Adams has not really spent
money yet. Now he's been able to raise a lot
of money. He's getting screwed by the finance board, which
is that that whole thing should go away, so corrupt
campaign finance board. But Adams is raising a lot of
money yet now, so he hasn't started spending yet. So
when he does, his numbers are gonna move how high?
(06:56):
I don't know. Curtis hasn't raised money, that's a problem.
But I think the perception is this guy is really bad,
ma'am dommie. How do we beat him? It's tough to
split up three ways and catch them. That's the biggest
that's the biggest hurdle that they all have right now.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Well, we have Curtis coming up here at nine oh five,
so I can't wait to talk to him about it.
What do you have coming up this weekend?
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Well, I mean a little bit of the Epstein stuff,
a little bit of the mayor's race. And this really
left Sunday and I go into one of the churches
and there was a huge dog at the end of
my pew. I have never seen that in my life.
And this whole thing is getting crazy with animals everywhere.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Now, Ah, you're talking about the support animals.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
No, not a support animal at all. Big golden doodle
that someone thought was cool to bring into the church.
It's insane.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
That's going to be fun to listen to. Rob Astorino,
host of The Rob Astorno Show on WOR Saturday is
from four to five, host of Saturday Agenda on Newsmax
from one to three, and of course, former Westchester County executive.
Have a good show, Rob, All right, Laura, have a
gret weekend. See you later.
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