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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The madness in New York City right now in the
thought that Mandani could be the next mayor is getting
closer and closer. Election less than a week away now,
and this social is crazy. I mean, if he wins,
New York City is going to change like you've never
seen it before. Joining us now, Daniel Greenfield, the CEO
at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and a successful author
(00:20):
as well. Daniel, welcome in, Thanks for.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Being here, my pleasure, thank you.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
I got to tell you, I don't get the buzz
on this guy. I mean I get him. He's slick,
he's very articulate. He hasn't had a job ever, but
he's got money. He is not from this country. He
is American, He's a Muslim, and the anti Jewish discussions
(00:46):
that are going on in New York, he will not
denounce Antifada, and yet young people have been lit up
to support this guy and he leads by double digits.
Course second choice is not the best and Cuomo, but
your thoughts on what's going on here in New York City.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
It's Obama over again, rich third world kid who is
being made hip and cool by a cultural machine that's
baraging social media with memes worth ways to make him
seem like he's exciting in fun and somebody want to
hang out with the reality, of course, is the opposite.
(01:25):
Brief People eventually found the cell with Obama, they'll find
the Sallas Mandani, except just as with Obama, there's going
to be a lot of pain along the way. This
guy's even worse than Obama because where Obama had some
connections to Islamic terrorist, this guy went to two mosques,
both of which are terrorist mosques. He posed with an
unindicted co conspirator in the World Trade Center bombing and
(01:45):
email who openly calls for terrorism, called for Muslims to
take over America. So things aren't getting better since the
Obama era. They're getting worse in that regard.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
When you look at his background and you know you
mentioned it right there, a lot of what he's all
about out obviously and where he stands now moving forward
with New York. These are socialistic policies and platforms he's
sticking his flag in and running on and people are going, Yeah,
if they did any history whatsoever, they would realize that
(02:16):
where has this been successful? Nowhere Venezuela. Clearly it's a
nightmare what do you see happening with New York City
if in fact this guy does win.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
There are two things going on. There's basically the alternatives
to him have been pretty bad. The primer in which
he won the Democratic Party about five percent of New
Yorkers voted, and so a lot of people are just
disgusted with politics in general, which is understandable. The alternatives
to him were Eric Adams, the current mayor guy who
was pretty much under indictment for corruption, Clomo, and they
don't need to even talk about what's wrong with Clomo.
(02:48):
So it's understandable that people have just been staying away.
Right now actually seeing pretty good turnout from non Mandani voters,
I think a lot of people are worried. They are concerned.
They've heard the message that this guy is and dangerous.
It's not a message, of course you're going to hear
in the media. And at the same time you have
people who are go, yes, you know, the economy is bad,
(03:10):
this guy's going to make things free. Sure, it sounds good.
Of course, they don't understand who's going to be paying
for it, which is either they're going to be paying
for it, the phantom billionaires and millionaires that he is
promising are going to pay for it. Those people are
not going to pay for it. Bloomberg. Back in the
day when New York City is left waiting, city Council
was talking by raising taxes, warning that there's about a
few hundred people on whom New York City's tax base depends.
(03:33):
They're very rich. A while of those people have been
already leaving, more of those people are going to leave,
and at that point, well, there's not much else to
do except tax the hell out of the middle class.
And there's not that much of the middle class left
in New York City, which at this point is a
place where you can only afford it to live if
you're either on welfare or if you're a millionaire.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Yeah, it's not a lot of middle ground, that's for
sure in New York City. So when you talk about
the real estate I hear both sides. You know, it's buzzing,
it's happening. Prices are still remaining high. But a lot
of people on the other side are hesitated to buy
there in New York and they're renting as opposed to
buying now because they want to see how this all
(04:09):
kind of flushes out when you talk about the taxes
he wants to raise on the rich, and also these
big corporations, will businesses literally pack up and go somewhere else.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Businesses have already been leaving a lot of New York
City's real estate sector never recovered from nine to one one,
let alone the recession and everything else. There's a lot
of empty space, including in the replacement Wie Trade Center,
the Freedom Power whatever they're calling it now. And the
reality is a lot of businesses around the pandemic realized
they can just work remotely. Being in New York is
(04:39):
either a matter of prestige or talent, and there's only
so much talent to be had there. Meanwhile, when it
comes to buying a house, a house that would just
be a dump anywhere else will go for a two
three million in New York City, and that's not very
sustainable thing. And there's more people working remotely, few of
them need to pay these kinds of insane premium prices
to be in New York City. Go to Blasio, Mamdanni's predecessor,
(05:03):
the guy who Mamdanni views as his role model. Crime
significantly escalated. You just had not just crime as in
you know, people being mugged or rob but random violence,
people just being stabbed on the subway, Criminals who get
in and out and get one hundred two hundred arrests
because New York State eliminated bail and tyre, which means
(05:23):
there's no way to lock up criminals. So people are
getting sick and tired of that, and they're heading for
the exit already.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Talking with Daniel Greenfield, the CEO at the David Horowitz
Freedom Centered successful author as well, Daniel, I got to
ask you about the Democratic voters in New York specifically
right now, because you know, they're not stupid, They're not
stupid people. I don't understand why there's such great support
for this guy when you look around other democratically run cities,
the woke cities like Chicago and San Francisco, and you know,
(05:51):
on and on and on. There's not a lot of
success stories going on right now. So what is in
the voter's minds that you're around there that you've see
why they're laning in this direction. Are they ignorant to
the fact that it's awful everywhere else that this is
going on, or they, I mean just literally don't care.
It's anything against Republicans and Trump. No matter what what's
(06:14):
going on in the minds of these people that think
this will be a good idea, it is awful.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
It's awful enforcement in Boston and Chicago and everywhere it's
been tried. But I only know of one city where
the voters said, can enough of this, We can't take
this anymore. In that San Francisco, which actually turned around
and began electing somewhat more conservative politicians and as politicians
who were willing to say we're going to actually crack
down on crime and homelessness. Everywhere else things have doubled down.
(06:38):
Chicago voters or LA voters elected even more extreme figures.
So that is a major problem right there. And as
far as Democratic voters go, a lot of people are
just tuned out and mad is actually not nearly as
pop tours the media makes them seem. As I mentioned
he was. He was elected by you know, in a
primary that five percent of voters participated in and a
lot of Democrats would vote heait work. He ran on
(07:01):
a Democratic ticket, and that's suppart of what's going on there.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Yeah, well, all right, your last thoughts on this whole
election coming up next week, does he win the races
or a chance he could lose.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
There would have to be a major turnout of sane people,
which we're seeing some signs up, but I wouldn't be
too hard on it. Basically, the coule months we were
the two opponents are narcissists who decided to drag the
city down with their political careers. If they really cared
about New York City, they would have actually worked this out.
They haven't and they won't, which is really the curse
of New York City politics.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah, no doubt about it. Daniel Greenfield, thank you so much.
I love your inside. I appreciate you. We'll have you back.
The madness in New York City right now in the
thought that Mandani could be the next mayor is getting
closer and closer. Election less than a week away now,
and this social is crazy. I mean, if he wins,
New York City is going to change like you've never
seen it before. Joining us now, Daniel Greenfield, the CEO
at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and a successful author
(00:20):
as well. Daniel, welcome in, Thanks for.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Being here, my pleasure, thank you.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
I got to tell you, I don't get the buzz
on this guy. I mean I get him. He's slick,
he's very articulate. He hasn't had a job ever, but
he's got money. He is not from this country. He
is American, He's a Muslim, and the anti Jewish discussions
(00:46):
that are going on in New York, he will not
denounce Antifada, and yet young people have been lit up
to support this guy and he leads by double digits.
Course second choice is not the best and Cuomo, but
your thoughts on what's going on here in New York City.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
It's Obama over again, rich third world kid who is
being made hip and cool by a cultural machine that's
baraging social media with memes worth ways to make him
seem like he's exciting in fun and somebody want to
hang out with the reality, of course, is the opposite.
(01:25):
Brief People eventually found the cell with Obama, they'll find
the Sallas Mandani, except just as with Obama, there's going
to be a lot of pain along the way. This
guy's even worse than Obama because where Obama had some
connections to Islamic terrorist, this guy went to two mosques,
both of which are terrorist mosques. He posed with an
unindicted co conspirator in the World Trade Center bombing and
(01:45):
email who openly calls for terrorism, called for Muslims to
take over America. So things aren't getting better since the
Obama era. They're getting worse in that regard.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
When you look at his background and you know you
mentioned it right there, a lot of what he's all
about out obviously and where he stands now moving forward
with New York. These are socialistic policies and platforms he's
sticking his flag in and running on and people are going, Yeah,
if they did any history whatsoever, they would realize that
(02:16):
where has this been successful? Nowhere Venezuela. Clearly it's a
nightmare what do you see happening with New York City
if in fact this guy does win.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
There are two things going on. There's basically the alternatives
to him have been pretty bad. The primer in which
he won the Democratic Party about five percent of New
Yorkers voted, and so a lot of people are just
disgusted with politics in general, which is understandable. The alternatives
to him were Eric Adams, the current mayor guy who
was pretty much under indictment for corruption, Clomo, and they
don't need to even talk about what's wrong with Clomo.
(02:48):
So it's understandable that people have just been staying away.
Right now actually seeing pretty good turnout from non Mandani voters,
I think a lot of people are worried. They are concerned.
They've heard the message that this guy is and dangerous.
It's not a message, of course you're going to hear
in the media. And at the same time you have
people who are go, yes, you know, the economy is bad,
(03:10):
this guy's going to make things free. Sure, it sounds good.
Of course, they don't understand who's going to be paying
for it, which is either they're going to be paying
for it, the phantom billionaires and millionaires that he is
promising are going to pay for it. Those people are
not going to pay for it. Bloomberg. Back in the
day when New York City is left waiting, city Council
was talking by raising taxes, warning that there's about a
few hundred people on whom New York City's tax base depends.
(03:33):
They're very rich. A while of those people have been
already leaving, more of those people are going to leave,
and at that point, well, there's not much else to
do except tax the hell out of the middle class.
And there's not that much of the middle class left
in New York City, which at this point is a
place where you can only afford it to live if
you're either on welfare or if you're a millionaire.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Yeah, it's not a lot of middle ground, that's for
sure in New York City. So when you talk about
the real estate I hear both sides. You know, it's buzzing,
it's happening. Prices are still remaining high. But a lot
of people on the other side are hesitated to buy
there in New York and they're renting as opposed to
buying now because they want to see how this all
(04:09):
kind of flushes out when you talk about the taxes
he wants to raise on the rich, and also these
big corporations, will businesses literally pack up and go somewhere else.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Businesses have already been leaving a lot of New York
City's real estate sector never recovered from nine to one one,
let alone the recession and everything else. There's a lot
of empty space, including in the replacement Wie Trade Center,
the Freedom Power whatever they're calling it now. And the
reality is a lot of businesses around the pandemic realized
they can just work remotely. Being in New York is
(04:39):
either a matter of prestige or talent, and there's only
so much talent to be had there. Meanwhile, when it
comes to buying a house, a house that would just
be a dump anywhere else will go for a two
three million in New York City, and that's not very
sustainable thing. And there's more people working remotely, few of
them need to pay these kinds of insane premium prices
to be in New York City. Go to Blasio, Mamdanni's predecessor,
(05:03):
the guy who Mamdanni views as his role model. Crime
significantly escalated. You just had not just crime as in
you know, people being mugged or rob but random violence,
people just being stabbed on the subway, Criminals who get
in and out and get one hundred two hundred arrests
because New York State eliminated bail and tyre, which means
(05:23):
there's no way to lock up criminals. So people are
getting sick and tired of that, and they're heading for
the exit already.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Talking with Daniel Greenfield, the CEO at the David Horowitz
Freedom Centered successful author as well, Daniel, I got to
ask you about the Democratic voters in New York specifically
right now, because you know, they're not stupid, They're not
stupid people. I don't understand why there's such great support
for this guy when you look around other democratically run cities,
the woke cities like Chicago and San Francisco, and you know,
(05:51):
on and on and on. There's not a lot of
success stories going on right now. So what is in
the voter's minds that you're around there that you've see
why they're laning in this direction. Are they ignorant to
the fact that it's awful everywhere else that this is
going on, or they, I mean just literally don't care.
It's anything against Republicans and Trump. No matter what what's
(06:14):
going on in the minds of these people that think
this will be a good idea, it is awful.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
It's awful enforcement in Boston and Chicago and everywhere it's
been tried. But I only know of one city where
the voters said, can enough of this, We can't take
this anymore. In that San Francisco, which actually turned around
and began electing somewhat more conservative politicians and as politicians
who were willing to say we're going to actually crack
down on crime and homelessness. Everywhere else things have doubled down.
(06:38):
Chicago voters or LA voters elected even more extreme figures.
So that is a major problem right there. And as
far as Democratic voters go, a lot of people are
just tuned out and mad is actually not nearly as
pop tours the media makes them seem. As I mentioned
he was. He was elected by you know, in a
primary that five percent of voters participated in and a
lot of Democrats would vote heait work. He ran on
(07:01):
a Democratic ticket, and that's suppart of what's going on there.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Yeah, well, all right, your last thoughts on this whole
election coming up next week, does he win the races
or a chance he could lose.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
There would have to be a major turnout of sane people,
which we're seeing some signs up, but I wouldn't be
too hard on it. Basically, the coule months we were
the two opponents are narcissists who decided to drag the
city down with their political careers. If they really cared
about New York City, they would have actually worked this out.
They haven't and they won't, which is really the curse
of New York City politics.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah, no doubt about it. Daniel Greenfield, thank you so much.
I love your inside. I appreciate you. We'll have you back.
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