bro mamdani wow

Let's listen to this. Mdani on Trump

warning. He's going to have problems

with DC and Trump is going through

stages of grief. Let's listen to what he

says. You know, he's obviously doing

very well in New York right now. You

just saw Eric Adams drop out and I'm

curious to see how he's evolved his

messaging. Let's listen in.

>> Nominee for New York mayor Zoran Mdani

and I so much appreciate your time,

Assemblyman. And um President Trump has

just spoken out. is that's a CNN coffee

mug. He's drinking commie

>> on Eric Adams getting out of the New

York mayor race and he told Reuters

called him on the phone and said I think

that gives Andrew Cuomo a much better

chance. I do welcome it.

>> How wide is your lead as you see it over

Cuomo now that Adams is out?

>> I think the race is fundamentally the

same as it was in that New Yorkers are

not as concerned as to who is on the

ballot but rather what's on the ballot.

Well, I I I don't honestly agree with

that. I kind of think people don't

really want Cuomo and that gives a lot

of advantages to Mom Don. Like, it's

kind of almost like anybody but the

legacy politicians. That's partly why I

think Zoron's doing so well. It's like

anybody but the legacy suits. Honestly,

you kind of can't blame that. and

they're tired of this record that

they've seen over the last four years

where Eric Adams has raised their rent,

where he has slowed down their already

extremely slow buses, where he has

overlooked the very neighborhoods he

promised to protect. And they know that

Eric Adams' record is Andrew Cuomo's

agenda, and they want to turn the page

on that. And that's what our campaign

actually presents.

>> So, Eric Adams,

>> that's a hilarious line. Eric uh uh or

or Andrew Cuomo uh Andrew Cuomo's record

is Eric Adams's basically policies of

the last four years. So in other words,

everything you've had with the last with

the last four years with Adams, Cuomo

would just bring you more of is what

he's trying to argue.

>> We know met privately with Trump's

Middle East envoy Steve Wickoff uh

earlier this month is our understanding.

And that one of the topics was possible

opportunities in the Trump

administration. one of which possibly

could be ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Why

do you think Adams dropped out now? We

are essentially one month.

>> If I mean, first of all, you're going to

run independent.

Good luck getting funding. You lose

party support. You can't get funding.

And as soon as you don't have funding,

you can't go hold events anymore and you

drop out. It's how it works on

>> from election day.

>> I have to be honest with you. I think

it's a fool's errand to try and

understand what Eric Adams does and why

he does it. What I think is clear though

is whether we're speaking about Adams or

we're speaking about Cuomo, we're

speaking about supposed leaders who are

willing to put their own personal

ambition before the needs of the people

they're supposed to serve. New Yorkers

are right now under attack from an

authoritarian administration in

Washington. Donald Trump has ushered

through legislation that will throw them

off their healthcare, take SNAP benefits

away from them, all in service of the

largest wealth transfer this country has

seen. And instead of fighting back

against that vision instead of fighting

>> a lot of that sort of wealth transfer

which I think could be egged on by

Trump's policies to some extent but a

lot of it is just sort of the nature of

capitalism. Unfortunately there's so

many great things that come with

capitalism but capitalism does increase

the wealth gap over time

>> for New Yorkers. These politicians are

looking to get on the phone with Donald

Trump to see what it is that they could

broker together. Do you think that there

is some sort of a deal between Trump and

Adams?

>> I I can't speak to that. All I can tell

you though is that, you know, Donald

Trump is clearing the way for Andrew

Cuomo because Donald Trump knows that

Andrew Cuomo will clear the way for

Trump's agenda. And New Yorkers are

tired of that agenda. They want someone

who's actually beholden to the people of

this city, not to the White House.

>> So Trump's trying to say there's there's

money behind this. He's threatened you

on social media. He said, and I'm going

to just read it because he just posted

it today. He's going to have problems

talking about you with Washington like

no mayor in the history of our once

great city. Remember, he needs the money

from me as president in order to fulfill

all of his fake communist promise

promises. He won't be getting any of it.

So, what's the point of voting for him?

So, the number this year from the

federal government was $7.4 billion to

New York City. Are you okay if New York

City loses that?

>> No. we will fight for every single

dollar that the city currently receives

from the federal government. And I look,

mind you, the money is also appropriated

by Congress. So, it it's not

it's not really in Trump's power to just

say we're going to withhold power from

your city or withhold appropriations

from your city. Especially since big

cities and and states like frankly

California and cities like New York,

they're donor areas. they provide more

to the federal government than the

federal government provides to them.

So that's going to be a hard case to to

to make in court for Trump. So I I don't

think that's likely. I think that's more

Trump trying to lash out to encourage

people not to vote for Zoron. But it's

using faulty logic for examples across

this country that showcase the best way

to respond to Donald Trump's strengths

is not collaboration is his threats

rather. It's responding with strength.

And what we see in California is an

attorney general of the state has

estimated that for every dollar they

spent on lawsuits against the federal

government's threats to withhold

funding, they won more than $30,000 in

what would otherwise have been lost. And

so we will take that same approach.

>> You visited a synagogue last week over

the Jewish New Year over Rashana uh to

bridge a divide with the Jewish.

>> Keep in mind, like I see some of your

comments here, this has already been

tried by Trump. Trump has regularly

tried to withhold funding, federal funds

from cities and he's multiple times been

blocked by judges

>> community that you have had and in that

Sonica synagogue as the New York Times

notes they were among the very first to

call for a ceasefire uh right after the

October 7th attacks. The rabbi and the

service actually called Israel's war in

Gaza genocide which is something of

course you have done as well. Many

voters though who care deeply about this

issue who are Jewish vehemently

disagree. uh they see all this as deeply

anti-semitic. They see you that way. And

Congressman Jerry Nadler, who supports

you and is Jewish, says bluntly,

obviously he ought to be reassure the

Jewish community. The community is very

divided basically on eight lines. Do you

feel the need at this point to reassure

the Jewish community in any more or

different way than you have? You know, I

feel the need to earn the support of

each and every New Yorker and that

includes Jewish New Yorkers who may have

concerns about our campaign or our

agenda and to reassure them as to the

focus of this campaign is to deliver for

every New Yorker. And what I find

especially now now in the high holy

days, this is a time when Jewish New

Yorkers, especially with Yam Kapoor,

will reflect, will atone, will do the

hard work of looking inward. And I think

that our politics, our city could do

much, could do very well, frankly, to

emulate those lessons and actually to be

able to reflect upon what has worked and

not worked in this city. And I was

really privileged to be at that rashana

service. I had an older Jewish woman

come up to me and give me a sticker that

said, "Reject the smear campaign. Join

the Shmere campaign." It was a sticker

of a bagel and why she was supporting

our campaign. And I'm looking forward to

attending a number of services for Yam

Kapoor with Congressman Nadler as we

continue to bring this message to each

and every Jewish New Yorker across the

five burrows. So, Israeli Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting the White

House as as we are talking today. He

addressed the UN General Assembly here

just a few days ago in New York. Now,

the International Criminal Court has a

warn out for his address. They say that

he they accuse him of crimes against

humanity. You have called, as I

mentioned, Netanyahu's actions in Gaza

genocide. it's going to become um

>> by the way I have to say so far this guy

has really toned down the sort of like

commie impression he gave off when he

first you know ran and got gained

popularity with we're going to you know

socialize grocery stores or whatever he

really comes across I I know he's a

politician but he comes across as like

down to earth and relatable people I see

why people like him

>> not just a rhetorical but a a USS rooted

in reality. If you are mayor, as mayor

of New York, you will oversee the next

UN gy general assembly. Right? If you're

mayor, will you abide by the

international criminal court? Will you

have prime minister Netanyahu arrested

if he's here? Look,

>> I've said time and time again that this

is a city that believes in international

law. This is a city whose values are

ones that deserve to actually be

reflected in the question. And I think

that our city should uphold the

warrants, the international criminal

court issues, whether it be for Benjamin

Netanyahu or Vladimir Putin.

>> Phoebe is not invited to New York then.

>> And also, I am not Donald Trump. I will

follow the laws as they are as opposed

to bend them to my own will.

>> Oh, that's a really good line. Damn.

Yeah, that

I you got to give him credit. That was

that was pretty good. follow the laws as

they are instead of bending them, you

know, whatever towards my will or

whatever. That was good. Damn, that was

good, dude. New York might be getting

Zohan. So, whatever. So, we will pursue

every legal avenue to ensure that that

accountability is present. And the

reason for that is that the context we

are speaking about, you know, this is a

man who has orchestrated a genocide that

has killed one Palestinian child every

hour for close to 2 years. This is

someone whose conduct I hear about from

New Yorkers across the five burrows and

they come to me with a a horror at what

they have witnessed and for some New

Yorkers a horror as to what they have

lost. There was a Palestinian New Yorker

who spoke to me about losing 85 members

of her family who were all killed by the

Israeli military in Gaza. It's

unconscionable and a mayor's

responsibilities to the people of this

city, but it's also an opportunity to

show your values as the leader of this

city. So, the New York Times reported

that Trump spoke with Cuomo on the phone

actually last month and about the

mayoral race. Now, Cuomo's denied this

conversation took place, but this is the

New York Times reporting. And as I

pointed out a few moments ago, Trump has

been very clear on who he backs. But it

actually goes farther than that, right?

He has attacked you personally and

publicly like this.

>> He's not a socialist. He's a communist.

Okay? This is not a socialist, M. This

is a communist.

>> I don't like to see a communist become

mayor. I will tell you that

>> I call him my little communist. He's my

little communist mayor. We should never

be in a position where we're talking

about a communist.

>> We're going to end up with a communist

mayor. It's not even believable. My

beautiful New York. I think uh if a

communist takes over New York City, I

think that's that's a gift to the

Republican party.

>> Last time you were on this program, you

were unequivocal in saying you do not

like capitalism. But Trump just in those

remarks there I counted called you a

communist eight times.

>> Are you?

>> No. I'm a democratic socialist. I've

said that time and again. And I think it

reflects the fact that whereas those

critiques

>> I think it's really important to

understand that anyone who has ever

advocated

uh for platforms of socialism

will not call themselves a communist.

Communism is typically the failure of

socialism. So it's sort of like what it

decays into, right? So like it's almost

like radioactive decay. That might be

too complicated of an example, but it's

sort of like what does it become? You

establish socialism, it works for a bit

and eventually it becomes communism. So

it decays into that. So, you know, to

some extent you could argue that Trump

is arguing the slippery slope fallacy,

which is, you know, don't argue the top

of the slope, argue the worst case

scenario. But that is typically the

direction things go. So that's that's

where this sort of breaks down. Whereas

that identity would have been enough for

Donald Trump in the past, now he doesn't

even want to use that because he knows

that the message of my politics is one

that is connecting with New Yorkers

across the five burrows. It's a message

of dignity in each and every person's

life. And what we're seeing in these

clips and what we're seeing in what

Donald Trump says is he's going through

the many stages of grief. First, it's

denial that this could ever take place.

Now, it's acceptance. And still through

it all, he is looking to use every tool

at his disposal to help Andrew Cuomo

become the next mayor of the city.

>> So, the word democratic socialist, and I

put it in the context of the

conversation you and I had when you said

you had real issues with with

capitalism, that context is important.

And our Isaac Diver is reporting about

your recent call with President Obama.

And he reports Obama reminded the

Democratic nominee for New York mayor

how many would be watching to see if a

Democratic socialist could pull off

running the nation's largest city and

how many critics would be waiting to

pounce if it went wrong.

What do you think about that? And do you

expect that he will endorse you and will

stand with you before election day?

>> I can't make any predictions as to

endorsements. I can say, however, that

I've been proud to receive the

endorsements I've received thus far from

Governor Hokll, from Assembly Speaker

Carl Hasty, Majority Leader Andrea

Stewart Cousins of the State Senate, who

will be key in enacting our agenda and

working together in Albany. And what I

found is that I just wish he would talk

a little bit more about policies. So,

uh, we'll we'll go through some of them.

Like for example, a big one uh that he

talks about is the potential for uh

expanding universal child care for

children from 6 to 5 years of age by

opening new child care centers and

raising wages for child care and early

childhood educational professionals.

Child care is extremely expensive and

it's really stressful for parents. I

hate to say it, but to be around their

kids like 247. They need a break and so

sending kids to school is a fantastic

break. Uh, and but a lot of people just

can't afford that. So, one person in a

household often stays home. So, I get

this. Uh, he goes on to say, "The lack

of universal child care has cost our

city's economy more than 20 billion the

last few years alone." I don't know

where he gets that data from. Uh, I

think the argument is like, oh, you

know, that mom or whatever could go out

and like function in in society or dad

or whoever, whomever, right? Uh, but

okay. All right. Uh, that would be

interesting. So, uh, let me see here if

I could find it. Uh, Ready Nation,

uh, New York controller. No, links I'm

finding are just broken. So, there might

be some research on that. I'm sure he's

using something, but I'm not exactly

sure where that is. Uh, Bomb also

provide proposed providing baby baskets

to new parents in New York City,

including information and resources on

city's resources for parents for new di

for new parents like diapers, baby wipes

or I mean, this is fine. And this is

kind of like what hospitals do anyway.

You know, hospitals give you a bunch of

junk. Uh housing proposal, freezing

rents, uh freezing rents is not the way

to get rents down. Uh you need to build

more. Now, he does say he wants to build

200,000 new units of affordable housing.

The problem is you really shouldn't

build quote affordable housing. you

should just build more housing because

anytime you have affordable housing

restrictions, you tend to slow down and

bog down the building process because

you have fewer developers who are

interested. You complicate the process.

You complicate, okay, how many units can

we do versus not. If you just build

more, prices will naturally come down.

That is a function of capitalism. So

this as as you know, I mean, I don't I

don't have any thing with real estate in

New York, so it doesn't matter. But I

actually think that has a likely

potential of increasing real estate

prices. When you when you freeze rents

and uh focus only on affordable housing,

you're going to slow down your building

and you're going to disincentivize

building by reducing the ROI, which

likely increases uh the costs of housing

that especially aren't rent subsidized

because you're constraining supply and

and and people, you know, want to live

in New York. So, let's see. So that that

I think is a broken policy. Uh

supporting, you know, universal child

care, baby baskets, whatever. That's not

a big deal. That's that's honestly I'm

okay with that. Like that's fine. Mine

says he would back a law to increase the

city's minimum wage to $30 an hour by

2030. Uh 6 years,

5 years, really. That's a pretty big

growth rate. I mean, what's the city's

minimum wage right now? New York City,

it's like 22 bucks, right? Minimum wage.

So,

uh, it's actually$,650.

16, dude, that's doubling in 5 years.

That's that's quite aggressive.

Uh, so that's going to create a lot of

issues for businesses. I get it because

it's an expensive place to live.

That's going to create some issues.

Uh, okay. Let's keep going. that this

vision of a democratic of democratic

socialism, it's one that often comes

back to what Martin Luther King said

decades ago. A vision of call it

democracy or call it democratic

socialism. There must be a better

distribution.

>> Uh don't conflate the two, right?

Democracy is the vote of the people.

Democratic socialism is handouts.

Socialism is handouts, right? government

handouts, stimulus checks, universal

basic income, universal child care,

subsidized college. It is the opposite

of free market, which is fine. Like to

some extent, a social safety net is is

respectable. The risk is if you if you

go too far, you end up uh screwing the

very market you're trying to influence.

Like when you look at any look, let's

put it this way. Look at any rent

controlled city. Santa Monica, LA, San

Francisco, uh affordable housing

restrictions to San Diego,

massively expensive

homes for sale and rents.

Rent control helps people who are

currently in their home. So if you are

currently renting and you get a rent

freeze, you win. But over the long term,

over the 10 years thereafter, prices go

up. Go look at non-renont controlled

places or affordable housing friendly

places like Austin, Texas. What's

happened with home prices and rents

there over the last three years? They've

plummeted. 25 to 40% plummet in home

prices. Rents plummeted as well because

we built. It's that simple. We came in

and built

of wealth for all of God's children in

this country. Here in New York City,

wealthiest city and the wealthiest

country in the history of the world. One

in four are in poverty. 500,000 kids go

to sleep hungry every night. It's

untenable to live with this kind of a

divide. We have to actually have a

politics that puts working people first.

And I think to this question of being

under the microscope, you know, to be

the mayor of New York City is a

responsibility that you must fulfill.

It's also an opportunity to actually

serve New Yorkers who are being pushed

out of this city and to show an example

of what life could be like.

>> Do you feel when

>> just just remember that restrictive

housing pro uh policies for builders

increase costs? That's probably the

biggest if he could adjust that

his platform,

you know, would be a lot more palpable.

I actually, ironically, I think if Momy

wins, you should go buy real estate in

New York because it's just going to go

up in value.

>> You have a conversation with Barack

Obama or other leaders of the Democratic

party, Chuck Schumer, other

>> him talking to Obama, by the way. Huge

win for him. Like huge street cred for

from a Democrat, you know, that's great.

Uh, also I want to touch on this. One in

four in poverty. It's 18% of uh New

Yorkers live in poverty. That's a lot.

That is a lot. Uh but uh but it's not

25%.

Uh it has been estimated that 500,000

children are food insecure. Now this is

uh as evidenced by Feeding America,

which is actually funny. Feeding

America, dude. Let's go. Feeding America

uh was a charity that uh I did a lot of

money raising for during the pandemic.

You know, we uh we had them as a sponsor

on the channel on almost every video. Uh

and it not I shouldn't say sponsor like

I never got paid by Feeding America. I

never even got asked by Feeding America

uh to pitch them. I just wanted to

encourage charity during the pandemic

during a rough time. Uh like I didn't

get anything out of it and that wasn't

the intention. My intention was to help.

But the point is um food insecurity in

New York according to Feeding America we

have uh let's see here 633,000

food insecure population in New York. So

that's actually true.

Wow.

Because they're ineligible for federal

nutrition programs because the income is

too high

but still too low to be able to provide

enough food. Food insecurity occurs when

a household cannot access enough food

due to a lack of money and other

essential resources.

This disproportionately affects families

with children, families of color,

households with low incomes, immigrant

communities, LGBTQ plus individuals,

people with disabilities,

uh, and formerly incarcerated as well as

single parent households. Damn.

Food insecurity. Yeah, this is uh a

whole a whole piece by feeding

america.org.

>> Wow. All right.

>> Others and Hokll's endorsed you. I

understand now there's endorsed you. Uh

but on that line also business leaders

in the city who consider themselves to

be big Democratic donors. Do you feel

that they are taking you at this point

seriously like you could win and that

they are listening to you or do you feel

that they are not taking you seriously

and that they are dismissing you as a

communist? I would say that they're

taking me seriously and and the most

accurate measure of that is the time

that is being spent. The choice to

actually have those meetings, to have

those conversations, it's reflective of

a fact that this is a campaign that is

ever expanding in its coalition.

>> I really wish he would come on here and

like actually give some of like the data

that we're talking about. Uh he doesn't,

but he sounds really good. Like I get

it. Uh so somebody's talking about oh

but how many overweight people are there

in New York City? I mean, I get what

you're trying to do here. And people are

like, "Oh, lazy will make you hungry."

But let's look at the actual facts. The

fattest cities in the United States,

okay? It's not New York City. It's

McAllen, Texas. Little Rock, Arkansas,

Jackson, Mississippi, Mobile, Alabama,

Knoxville, Tennessee. Uh, let's see.

We've got Louisiana on here. Georgia,

Louisiana,

uh, Arkansas,

Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas,

Louisiana, Tennessee, Kansas, Louisiana,

South Carolina, South Carolina, Texas,

Ohio, South Carolina, Kentucky, Texas,

North Carolina, Oklahoma. Dude, that

sounds like pretty damn red states to

me. I think everything on that list is

Republican

and mostly southeast with the exception

obviously of Ohio there. So I don't

think you can counter saying oh it's not

true that New York is food insecure with

oh there are fat people in New York

there I mean there are people who are

overweight everywhere but that that

doesn't provide you know you seeing an

overweight person when you're walking

around in a dense city is not evidence

for uh New York is a fat city it

actually surprisingly or unsurprisingly

if you look at the list is not

>> you know the reason I sit before you as

a Democratic nominee it's not because of

any endorsements It's because of the

fact that people across the city

>> worked to make this moment possible. We

had 52,000 volunteers in the primary.

Today, we have more than 70,000. They're

knocking on doors every single day with

a message of affordability. And I've

been proud to have meetings with those

who will join our coalition to actually

enact that agenda.

>> Yeah. I mean, honestly,

good for him. It's um he's getting a lot

of attention. I also, you know, here

here he is in the New York Times. I

don't uh I don't see this uh Slivvel guy

Curtis uh as as really holding a candle

to him. Uh

so you just don't have a lot of good

competition against him like it's Quomo

or this guy. And uh you know honestly

he cleans up his story like he's been

doing here and and the way he's coming

across backing off this this sort of

like communist idea uh and doubling down

on how he's uh presenting himself. He's

doing great.

Donald Trump threatens New York City

funding. We saw that. Uh let's see here.

Let's go look at the latest on his

website for a moment and maybe some of

his latest tweets.

But I have to say from first hearing

about him,

pretty impressive. Uh, all right. Zorhan

Madi, here we go. All right. So, let's

see what we got over here. So, let's

see. Moment. Let's see. Over the past

year, political endorsements. What do we

got here? endorsement. Andrew Cuomo

called a

while. Cuomo called donors. That's fine.

This is pretty typical. Holding an

event. I mean, this is just basically

him holding events in New York City.

What is this? Trump and his billionaire

donors might be able to determine Adams

and Cuomo's actions, but they won't

decide this election. Good pitch from

him.

pods. Okay, cool. Let's look at this for

a moment. Election day, November 4th.

Oh, you're only about five weeks away

from this platform. Freeze the rent.

This is a problematic

uh policy that long-term is going to

cause problems. Building affordable

housing, again, you should just build

more housing. Designated affordable

housing is is bad because

usually you get lower quality, lower

development, longer building processes.

Cracking down on bad landlords.

Fantastic. There are so many bad

landlords. All they care about is a buck

and I hate it. Completely agree with

this guy. Uh supporting homeowners that

and ending deed theft.

Uh spend more than half their income on

housing gentrification neighborhoods.

Let's see here. Create a new office of

deed theft prevention.

I mean that's

okay. Whatever. That's relatively minor

and that's just like enforcing

relatively basic deed laws. Uh,

Department of Community Safety, create

the Department of Community Safety. How

are you going to do that?

Uh,

dedicated outreach workers in subways,

medical services, in vacant commercial

units. That's great. Big fan of that.

That's what I ran for governor on in

California is like, use the vacant

commercial buildings. Make use of them.

you know, help the homeless people.

Okay, that's fine. City owned grocery

stores. I mean, there'll be it'll be

competition for the others. I think this

is a dumb idea. Uh, it's a 2% margin

business, but whatever. Fast, fair, free

buses. Fine.

Fighting corporate exploitation.

Okay. So,

fight misleading advertising. I mean,

Donald Trump did gut 90% of the Consumer

Financial Protection Bureau, which is

designed to protect against misleading

advertising to some extent. And

I mean, that's it's probably not a bad

thing.

Uh, okay.

Taxers

and secret corporate handouts. Okay. No

cost child care. This is expensive. I

understand it. Again, this I don't think

is that big of a deal. It's very helpful

to families.

Taxing corporations. I don't like more

taxes.

He'll tax the wealthiest 1% of New

Yorkers, those earning above a million,

an annual flat tax of 2%. All right. I

mean, it's kind of like an Obamacare

tax, right? Obama added the net

investment tax of what 3% on on really

high incomes. It's it really at the high

incomes it turns out to be a rounding

error. Like, are people really going to

leave because of an extra 2% tax? No.

Uh, you know, do I think there's a dead

weight loss with taxation? Yes.

So, massive decarbonization.

Let's see. Green. Okay. He doesn't

really have building out renewable

energy on abundant public lands. Okay,

that's fine. Honestly, you could buy

solar for pretty cheap right now because

Trump's on it so much. Green

schools, whatever. So, you throw on

uh you know, solar panels, whatever. Big

deal. LGBTQ. I don't even know what all

those letters are. Yeah. I mean, let

people have like I'm all if you want to

be gay,

that's fine. Or if you are like I don't

know. I think there's a difference,

right? Like cuz it's like it's not a

choice. It's I don't really care. Like

that's fine with me. Uh that's fine. I

think you should protect people's choice

in that. I just I just don't want women

playing or men playing in women's

sports. That's that's all I care about.

Beyond that, you want a different

partner, you want to define yourself as

a letter, I don't care. It doesn't hurt

me. As long as you're a nice member of

society,

I'm in full support of your choice and

your freedom. Uh as Trump attacks public

health, particularly reproductive health

will make sure to outreach workers.

What else do we have here? It'll protect

future health emergencies against

shortage of PPE. This is so minor.

Raising the minimum wage. This is like

doubling the minimum wage. This is to

buy votes, man. Cuz he ain't going to be

around then. Well, he might be. I mean,

if you rewin. 30 by 30. That's a good

pitch. That's a great pitch. Um, you're

going to automate away a lot of jobs if

you do win, but all right. I mean, you

really needed like higher wages in New

York to live there anyway. Regulating

delivery apps. What's wrong with

delivery apps?

Companies have mclassified workers as

independent contractor. Oh, come on,

dude. They are independent contractors.

They choose their hours. They get the

freedom to show up to work or not when

they want. They they choose their

schedule.

Small businesses

faster and easier to run a business

business in California. Really? Or in

New York? You're going to make it faster

and easier and cheaper to start a small

business by having a $30 minimum wage?

That doesn't align. He will cut small

business fines

in half. Oh, okay. We'll just fine you

half as much. Oh, come on. That's

stupid. You can't say you're pro small

business uh and then jack up, you know,

minimum wage to 30 bucks. Uh, as the

practice of using library funding as a

bargaining chip. All right, whatever. I

mean, I I kind of feel like give people

iPads, not books or you know, it's so

much more like I I I don't know. I think

library funding is is kind of a very

antiquated legacy source or spending for

government. I look at California's

budget and I'm like, "Oh my gosh, we

spend so much money on libraries. How

much value is this actually providing to

society compared to, you know, getting

people iPads?" Like, you could probably

the people who need that access. You

could probably buy them all iPads and

save money by not having all these

libraries.

I maybe that's an unpopular opinion. I

mean, everybody has this like like

desire to go to library, but how many of

you have actually been to the library in

the last year? Uh,

sanctuary city for reproductive. Okay,

whatever. These are just sort of more

classic. Yeah, I mean, I think his

housing policies suck, but other than

that, he's probably honestly got a

really good shot here. Uh, Sauron

polling. Let's see what the polls are

right now. So, pulling latest polls from

the times.

So, oh dude, he's creaming. Holy smokes,

dude. Oh, he's going to win,

dude. He is smoking everyone.

Holy smokes.

Yeah, that makes sense. And now Adam's

gone

and Sliva, you know, he's just going to

end up diluting the vote. But dude,

there's not a single poll that shows Oh,

here we go. Manhattan Institute thinks

Cuomo has a chance. There's one poll out

of like 30 of these. I mean, polls could

be wrong, but dude, that's a margin.

That's not even close. Those are general

election polls.

Democratic primary polls.

Simulated rank choice voting.

Interesting. These have Quomo

for the primary.

But this is Yeah. I mean, this is what

matters. That's wild. That's pretty

impressive. Got to give him credit.

Knows about this.

>> We'll we'll try out a little advertising

and see how it goes. Congratulations,

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you. People look up to you.

>> Kevin Pra there, financial analyst and

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