June 4, 2025 • 7 mins
Mendte in the Morning talked to Vickie Paladino about her recent comments about NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and why she still stands by them.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now let's get to the woman of the hour, the
woman of the day, Vicki Palladino, New York City Council member.
She represents District nineteen of Northeast Queens. Well, Vicki, congratulations,
you made the New York Times.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Thank you, lady, Good.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Morning, Good morning. How are you? You know what the
controversy is? Go ahead and respond, you know.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Look, first of all, let me be clear. The tweet
was as simple as could be. It was simply about
him himself. Let's talk about how insane it is to
elect someone to any major office who hasn't been a
US citizen for less than five years. It's only been
New York citizens of a citizen for less than ten years.
(00:43):
It says much less a radical leftist who actually hates
everything about this country here and is here specifically to
undermine everything we've ever been about. Now, after that, I
simply put deport. We know that he is now an
American citizen, We cannot de pour him. To port was sarcasm.
(01:07):
It was about what I do believe in and if
he had been in college universities at this particular juncture,
where as his anti American, anti Semitic rhetoric would have
come under fire. Yes, he would be on the deportation list.
(01:29):
Let's remember something here. This is a guy running for mayor.
He's been in this country since he's seven years old.
He only became an American citizen in twenty twenty. Why
is that? Why did he wait so long? Okay, this
is a guy who's got a radical agenda. It's laced
(01:51):
with anti Semitism, Marxism, and anti Americanism. He gained traction
with the very same segment of the city that's been
risked possible for years of chaos and violence against the
Jewish community, students, and our police. Now, particularly since October
seventh and the massacre in Israel, his candidacy as an
(02:14):
incident to underscore the need for the deportation efforts currently
being undertaken by the Trump administration, particularly of college campuses
where these ideas metastasize, so that we can prevent future
Zorans from taking roots here in America. Now, when I
(02:35):
talk about Zoran, I'm talking about not just Zooren. I'm
talking about the people that he stands with, the leaders
of Hezbelah, the leaders of Hamas. He's calling for groceries
to be government run. He's talking about free rent, he's
talking about free buses. This guy is up and out
(02:57):
at thirty two years old, only as citizens in twenty twenty,
and he's running for mayor in the largest city and
the great city in this country. He's looking to radicalize.
He condoned everything that is wrong by the radical left.
And if they get insulted with honesty or their feeling
(03:19):
get hurt because I use the word deport, well that's
just too damn bad, all right, because now it's time
to shine a light on what's actually running for the
mayor of the city of New York.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Well, I'll tell you what we had. Let me let
me just see it a rupt for one second. We
had Jeffrey lichtmannon who is you know, he's been combating
anti Semitism his entire career. Is a high power defense
attorney in New York City. You probably know his name.
And he agreed with almost everything you said about Zorin Mamdanni.
He thought you made a mistake by allowing Zorin Mamdanni
(03:55):
to be a victim now and saying that this was
Islami filmmaking, that you were going after immigrants.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
How do you respond to that, well, I'm not going
after immigrants, and you know what, it's the it's interpretation
of the tweet, and I appreciate what he said. I
truly do what I say. Is this? You know, it's
interesting that one single tweat from a councilwoman should become
(04:24):
such a tremendous outrage to so many. I don't mean
to make that this guy is by no means, in
any way, shape or form, a victim. Okay, this is
a guy who's got an agenda. He hangs around with
the worst of the worst. And you know what to
me at this point in time, if we do not
(04:47):
do what needs to be done here, How did Cuomo
lose a forty point lead? Why did Mandabi? Why did
this guy's all ran contribute seven thousand dollars to Adrian
Adams mayorial race because they are What they are doing
(05:07):
is legally rigging the system in the rank choice voting.
This is a very bad thing. Cuomo to his mistake.
He everybody knows who Cuomo is, all right, He didn't
need to run the last two months on name recognition.
What he needed to do was take a part this
unknown unknown but is now nationally known and take him
(05:31):
apart limb by limb as to what he stands for
and how he can and will burn this city to
the ground. We're almost there already, But to put somebody
in light like him into the office of mayor of
the of dar city is only going to make this
(05:52):
we're dead in the water. I'm going to tell you
that right now. And you know, this only underscores you know,
Trump's deportation and why these people need to be removed.
He stands with these students. Okay, everything about him is
absolutely absolutely out of control, and he says it. He's
(06:14):
been an open book. He has not been hiding anything.
But yet nobody, but nobody has come out who's running
for the mayor of the city of New York to
actually condemn what he stands for.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Yeah, that's been surprising. And lack of media interest too,
I mean, it's really a shocking to me. I agree
with the dangers of what you're saying, with the dangers
of this candidate, but even he has not received the
scrutiny he should be receiving. And so if your tweet's
going to bring that type of scrutiny, then God bless
(06:50):
you for doing it. Vicky Palladino, New York City Council
represents District nineteen of Northeast Queens. Talk to you again
next week. Thanks for coming on today, Vicky, of course.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Of course, Larry, thank you so very much. Have a
great day.
Now let's get to the woman of the hour, the
woman of the day, Vicki Palladino, New York City Council member.
She represents District nineteen of Northeast Queens. Well, Vicki, congratulations,
you made the New York Times.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Thank you, lady, Good.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Morning, Good morning. How are you? You know what the
controversy is? Go ahead and respond, you know.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Look, first of all, let me be clear. The tweet
was as simple as could be. It was simply about
him himself. Let's talk about how insane it is to
elect someone to any major office who hasn't been a
US citizen for less than five years. It's only been
New York citizens of a citizen for less than ten years.
(00:43):
It says much less a radical leftist who actually hates
everything about this country here and is here specifically to
undermine everything we've ever been about. Now, after that, I
simply put deport. We know that he is now an
American citizen, We cannot de pour him. To port was sarcasm.
(01:07):
It was about what I do believe in and if
he had been in college universities at this particular juncture,
where as his anti American, anti Semitic rhetoric would have
come under fire. Yes, he would be on the deportation list.
(01:29):
Let's remember something here. This is a guy running for mayor.
He's been in this country since he's seven years old.
He only became an American citizen in twenty twenty. Why
is that? Why did he wait so long? Okay, this
is a guy who's got a radical agenda. It's laced
(01:51):
with anti Semitism, Marxism, and anti Americanism. He gained traction
with the very same segment of the city that's been
risked possible for years of chaos and violence against the
Jewish community, students, and our police. Now, particularly since October
seventh and the massacre in Israel, his candidacy as an
(02:14):
incident to underscore the need for the deportation efforts currently
being undertaken by the Trump administration, particularly of college campuses
where these ideas metastasize, so that we can prevent future
Zorans from taking roots here in America. Now, when I
(02:35):
talk about Zoran, I'm talking about not just Zooren. I'm
talking about the people that he stands with, the leaders
of Hezbelah, the leaders of Hamas. He's calling for groceries
to be government run. He's talking about free rent, he's
talking about free buses. This guy is up and out
(02:57):
at thirty two years old, only as citizens in twenty twenty,
and he's running for mayor in the largest city and
the great city in this country. He's looking to radicalize.
He condoned everything that is wrong by the radical left.
And if they get insulted with honesty or their feeling
(03:19):
get hurt because I use the word deport, well that's
just too damn bad, all right, because now it's time
to shine a light on what's actually running for the
mayor of the city of New York.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Well, I'll tell you what we had. Let me let
me just see it a rupt for one second. We
had Jeffrey lichtmannon who is you know, he's been combating
anti Semitism his entire career. Is a high power defense
attorney in New York City. You probably know his name.
And he agreed with almost everything you said about Zorin Mamdanni.
He thought you made a mistake by allowing Zorin Mamdanni
(03:55):
to be a victim now and saying that this was
Islami filmmaking, that you were going after immigrants.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
How do you respond to that, well, I'm not going
after immigrants, and you know what, it's the it's interpretation
of the tweet, and I appreciate what he said. I
truly do what I say. Is this? You know, it's
interesting that one single tweat from a councilwoman should become
(04:24):
such a tremendous outrage to so many. I don't mean
to make that this guy is by no means, in
any way, shape or form, a victim. Okay, this is
a guy who's got an agenda. He hangs around with
the worst of the worst. And you know what to
me at this point in time, if we do not
(04:47):
do what needs to be done here, How did Cuomo
lose a forty point lead? Why did Mandabi? Why did
this guy's all ran contribute seven thousand dollars to Adrian
Adams mayorial race because they are What they are doing
(05:07):
is legally rigging the system in the rank choice voting.
This is a very bad thing. Cuomo to his mistake.
He everybody knows who Cuomo is, all right, He didn't
need to run the last two months on name recognition.
What he needed to do was take a part this
unknown unknown but is now nationally known and take him
(05:31):
apart limb by limb as to what he stands for
and how he can and will burn this city to
the ground. We're almost there already, But to put somebody
in light like him into the office of mayor of
the of dar city is only going to make this
(05:52):
we're dead in the water. I'm going to tell you
that right now. And you know, this only underscores you know,
Trump's deportation and why these people need to be removed.
He stands with these students. Okay, everything about him is
absolutely absolutely out of control, and he says it. He's
(06:14):
been an open book. He has not been hiding anything.
But yet nobody, but nobody has come out who's running
for the mayor of the city of New York to
actually condemn what he stands for.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Yeah, that's been surprising. And lack of media interest too,
I mean, it's really a shocking to me. I agree
with the dangers of what you're saying, with the dangers
of this candidate, but even he has not received the
scrutiny he should be receiving. And so if your tweet's
going to bring that type of scrutiny, then God bless
(06:50):
you for doing it. Vicky Palladino, New York City Council
represents District nineteen of Northeast Queens. Talk to you again
next week. Thanks for coming on today, Vicky, of course.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Of course, Larry, thank you so very much. Have a
great day.
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