Larry interviews Vickie Paladino, Republican N. Y. C. Councilwoman (who does not bite Her tongue) on the City's Mayoral Candidates

Vickie Paladino represents District 19 of Northeast Queens, which includes Whitestone, College Point, Bayside, Little Neck, Douglaston, and parts of North Flushing.  Elected in 2021 on a platform promising to deliver change and transparency to her district, Vickie works every single day to hold our leaders accountable and protect the interests of her constituents. Vickie was born in Whitestone to working-class parents. Her father, a WWII veteran, passed away when she was only six years old, leaving her mother to raise her three sisters and one brother alone.  She learned at an early age the value of family and community, especially during hard times, before entering politics, she spent nearly 40 years raising a family and running two small businesses in the district, eventually becoming a renowned community activist, well known for standing up to the radical political elements who threaten to tear our city apart.  Her constituents value her common sense and direct style, as well as her genuine commitment to the community she spent her entire life in.  Vickie’s legislative priorities emphasize public safety and support for the NYPD, the preservation of our quality of life, education, support for small business, and holding our government and representatives accountable.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a podcast from WOR Back now to the
WR Saturday Morning Show with Larry Minti. New York City
Councilman Vicki Palladino made national headlines this week when she
suggested that New York assemblymen and candidate for Mayor of
New York, Zorin Mamdanni, should be deported. Mam Donnie is

(00:23):
from Uganda and became a US citizen over seven years ago. Well, Vicki, congratulations,
you made the New York Times.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Thank you, Lory, good morning.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
Good morning. How are you? You know what the controversy is?
Go ahead and respond.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
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. He's only been New York a
citizen for less than ten years. It said much less

(01:01):
a radical leftist who actually hates everything about this country
and is here specifically to undermine everything we've ever been about. Now,
after that, I simply put duport period. We know that
he is now an American citizen. We cannot depoort him
to Port was sarcasm. It was about what I do

(01:24):
believe in. And if he had been in college and
universities at this particular juncture, whereas his anti American, anti
Semitic rhetoric would have come under fire, yes he would
be on the deportation list. Let's remember something here. This
is a guy running for mayor. He's been in this

(01:47):
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? This is a guy who's got
a radical agenda. It's laced with anti Semitism, Marxism, and
anti Americanism. He's gained traction with the very same segment

(02:09):
of the city that's been responsible 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 has an incident to underscore the need for the
deportation efforts currently being undertaken by the Trump administration, particularly

(02:32):
on college campuses where these ideas metastasize, so that we
can prevent future Zorans from taking root here in America. Now,
when I talk about Zoran, I'm talking about not just Zooren.
I'm talking about the people that he stands with the
leaders of Hezbolah, the leaders of Hamad. He's calling for

(02:56):
groceries to be government run, talking about free rent, he's
talking about free buses. This guy is up and out
at thirty two years old, only as citizens in twenty twenty,
and he's running for mayor in the largest city and
the greatest city in this country. He condoned everything that

(03:19):
is wrong by the radical left. And if they get
insulted with honesty or their feelings 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 (03:39):
Well, I'll tell you what we had. Let me let
me just see rup for one second. We had Jeffrey
Lichmann on who is you know, he's been combating anti
Semitism his entire career. He's a high power defense attorney
in New York City. You probably know his name. And
he agreed with almost everything you said about Zorin, Mom, Donnie.
He thought you made a mistake by allowing Zorin. Mamdani

(04:02):
to be a victim now and saying that this was
his life, that you were going after immigrants. Well, how
do you respond to that?

Speaker 2 (04:09):
Well, I'm not going after immigrants. So it's interpretation of
the tweet. And I appreciate what he said. I truly
do what I say.

Speaker 1 (04:20):
Is this?

Speaker 2 (04:21):
You know, it's interesting that one single tweet from a
councilwoman should become 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

(04:42):
around with the worst of the worst. And you know
what to me at this point in time, if we
do not do what needs to be done here, How
did Cuomo lose a forty point lead? Why did Mandal?
Why did this guy's all ran contribute seventy thousand dollars

(05:05):
to Adrian Adams mayorial race. Because they are what they
are doing 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

(05:29):
part this unknown unknown but is now naturally known, and
take him 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

(05:50):
mayor of Daar City, He's only going to make this
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

(06:13):
absolutely absolutely out of control, and he says it. He's
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 (06:33):
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
you for doing it. Vicki Palladino, New York City Council

(06:55):
represents District nineteen of Northeast Queens. Talk to you again
next week. Thanks for coming on today, Vicky, of course.

Speaker 2 (07:03):
Of course, Larry, thank you so very much. Have a
great day.

Speaker 1 (07:05):
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