1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: Give w R a bri said on the iHeartRadio app 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: to hear Mark Simone and all the wo R hosts 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: in an instead. 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,879 Speaker 2: Now back to the Mark Simo show on w o R. 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: Well, whenever you see these poles, you read these poles. 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: These are these junk polls, these fake polls, these college poles. 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: They're very cheaply done. They're not very good. Now behind 8 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: the scenes, presidents and real candidates pay for the real, 9 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 1: serious polls, the deadly accurate, real polls. And the best 10 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 1: of the bunch is John McLaughlin, who's worked for many 11 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 1: presidents and prime ministers and senators and congressmen, and his 12 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: website is McLaughlin online dot com. McLachlan online dot com. 13 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: John McLaughlin, How you doing. 14 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 2: Oh, I'm doing well. Mark. Pleasure to be on the 15 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 2: phone with you again. 16 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: Great to have you on. So I don't even know 17 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: where to start. Let's take mom, Donnie, this crazy commie 18 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: and his wife who's clicking life on October seventh, awful 19 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: holocaust and things. How does this happen? We didn't have 20 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 1: this twenty years ago, with these kind of people could 21 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: get elected. What is out there in the population that's 22 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: getting these people elected. 23 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 2: Well, it's not necessarily the population as much as the 24 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 2: media coverage. Because you remember the first storm where eighteen 25 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 2: people died in the snow or whatever, you know, and 26 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 2: people were shoveling at their own streets. The media coverage 27 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 2: was not really negative. He did do a better job 28 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 2: maybe in the second snow, but you know the story 29 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 2: what you're talking about, where his wife might have liked 30 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 2: things that terroristed on October seventh in Israel. It really 31 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 2: hasn't been the big story. You know, it's among conservative 32 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 2: outlets that to talk about, right, Sarah. You might read 33 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 2: about the New York Post, you might hear about it 34 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 2: on Fox News, you talk about it, talk radio talks 35 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 2: about but the mainstream media is not carrying it. And 36 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 2: they're giving him a honeymoon and he's benefiting from that. 37 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 2: And what's more serious is you know, like over a 38 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 2: week ago, you know, some police officers got called to 39 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 2: was it Washington Park or something where because of the 40 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 2: snowball fight, and they attacked the police with snowballs and 41 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 2: ice in. One of them had to go to hospital, 42 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 2: and he said it was just a small snowball fight. Right, 43 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,959 Speaker 2: And now you've got a situation this weekend where yeah, 44 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 2: there was a there was a guy who I'd never 45 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 2: heard of before, some some what they call influencer, conservative 46 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 2: influencer and social media was protesting outside of Gracie Manson 47 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 2: and then they had these quote unquote counter protesters come 48 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 2: and initially the mayor said that they threw a snow 49 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,920 Speaker 2: a smoke bomb or something like that, and then media 50 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 2: on Saturday night was reporting them as counter protesters, but 51 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 2: they were really islam assists and of the two of 52 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 2: them got arrested because it seems they had they threw 53 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 2: makeshift bombs that didn't go off, and then god they 54 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 2: didn't go off because they were built where they could 55 00:02:58,240 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 2: have caused a lot of damage, had a lot of people, 56 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 2: including the police officers that tackle them to arrest them, 57 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 2: and the mayor was just smoke bombs, and his own 58 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 2: police commissioner was saying, this could have been really serious, 59 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 2: and uh you know, so uh So, what I'm saying 60 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 2: is the voters in New York City and New York 61 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 2: State and the New York City media market are not 62 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 2: getting the facts from the media, and they're giving Mondami 63 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 2: a honeymoon and through social media and and other you know, 64 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 2: cross pressures unconventional media. The truth is getting out and 65 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 2: people are getting concerned. They getting worried about it, and uh, I, 66 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 2: you know, it's going to create a problem for the 67 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 2: governor because she's up for uh, you know, reelection is year. 68 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 2: In full disclosure, I worked for Bruce Blakeman, and Bruce's 69 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 2: got the potential to beat her. And I think because 70 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 2: Mandami has gotten this honeymoon in spite of the fact 71 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 2: that he wants to raise property taxes ten percent in 72 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 2: New York City, inspite the fact he's now talking about 73 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 2: they're floating the idea of uh charging everybody for parking 74 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 2: on the streets. So so if you if you're in 75 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 2: Queen's or Brooklyn or Style and and you have a 76 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 2: you want to park in front of your home, you 77 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 2: may get you know, they're floating the idea that they're 78 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 2: going to make you pay a parking toll or something 79 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,840 Speaker 2: like that. And because he can't up until election day, 80 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 2: hulkals trying to resist his uh, his entreaties to her 81 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 2: to raise taxes because you know he wants to. They 82 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 2: want to raise TAXI Mondombie wants to pay for free 83 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 2: child care where it's going to cost what thirty six 84 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 2: thousand dollars for every two year old to go to daycare, 85 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 2: full daycare or whatever. You might as well send him 86 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 2: to Sunni or tune. He sent them to college for 87 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 2: that amount of money. It's cheaper in New York State. So, uh, 88 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 2: you know, there's a lot of things going wrong right now. 89 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: Well, Bruce, Bruce Blakeman would be a much better governor 90 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: than Kathy Okle. Bruce Blakeman common sense, and he's proven 91 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: himself as a governor of Nassau County. He's done a 92 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:07,559 Speaker 1: brilliant job. So but what chance does he have poll wise, 93 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: electric wise? 94 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 2: Oh well, stay tuned, because I mean, Bruce, at this 95 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 2: point in time. In twenty twenty one, he was down 96 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 2: twenty four points to the incumbent Kent executive in Nassau County. 97 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,280 Speaker 2: He ended up winning on a Mexa on a message 98 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 2: of fighting crime and lowering taxes. And if there's any 99 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 2: state that needs taxes lowered for affordability as New York state. 100 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 2: And over a week ago he ran a statewide campaign 101 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 2: about lowering the utility bills because he says he can 102 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 2: cut the utility bills in half because New York State 103 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 2: is getting destroyed with these mandates on the climate change 104 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 2: and other things where the government regulations have artificially increased 105 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 2: our utility bills and people, you know, it's been a 106 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 2: cold winter and people are getting tough utility bills. But 107 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 2: that's just one example of affordability. But the other is 108 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 2: the taxes in New York for the amount of government 109 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 2: spending they have. And now you've got doctor roz saying 110 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 2: he's going to investigate medicaid fraud in the state, and 111 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 2: uh it seems to be pretty significant. So uh so 112 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 2: it's it's there's ways to make New York State a 113 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 2: lot more affordable. And Bruce is the type of person 114 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 2: because he's proven his record, as you said, as Nasal 115 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 2: County Executive's he not only stopped tax increases, but he 116 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 2: cut taxes but when he took office and he hasn't 117 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 2: raised taxes since. And then uh and and uh he's 118 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 2: hired hundreds of law enforcement officers at in Nassau County. Uh, 119 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 2: unlike New York City where they're five thousand shorter ready, 120 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 2: and they're talking about, you know, not hiring more police 121 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 2: and uh the time where you know, now with what's 122 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 2: going on, and ran and overseas, you've got to be 123 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 2: concerned about terrorist activity. 124 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: So Bruce is a much much, much better debater. So 125 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: but how important, how crucial is the debate to winning? 126 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 2: I think it would be. I think it would be 127 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 2: a huge benefit to Bruce because he's done very a 128 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 2: good job. But we'll see. She's she's not going to 129 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 2: agree that she's trying to when Bruce was. She hasn't 130 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 2: agreed to anything yet about debating. 131 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: But you have to agree, don't you to a debate? 132 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I'm sure, I'm sure she I'm sure she'll 133 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 2: be pressed at some point to do that. But she 134 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 2: didn't respond to Bruce is talking about utility rates and 135 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 2: being able to cut them in hand. She didn't respond, 136 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 2: So she she's been ignoring it. And uh you know, 137 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 2: if anything, they're flowing the idea that some of their 138 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 2: climate change regulations have gone too long, gone of course 139 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 2: too much. So uh So I think I think you 140 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 2: know this. It's it's only just the beginning of March. 141 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 2: There's plenty of time, and New Yorkers know it. And 142 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 2: you know, you got one side that wants to raise taxes, 143 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 2: and how can you talk about affordability where you're talking 144 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 2: about raising corporate taxes that of course jobs to leave 145 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 2: New York and there's been enough of that recently. Or 146 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 2: you're talking about raising you know, a millionaire's tax. We'll 147 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 2: find out we're all wealthy at some point. And Mondomie's 148 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 2: putting the pressure on him because he wants to spend. 149 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: We're talking about corporate tax What that is is tariffs, 150 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: Democrat tariffs and companies. Hey, before we run out town, 151 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: we don't get a minute left. If I asked you 152 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: right now what Republican's chances are in the midterms, does 153 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: that mean anything, because it's going to be a whole 154 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: different world in four months, Well. 155 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 2: You know right now, again, be very honest. We put 156 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 2: out we put out polls in the end of September, 157 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 2: part of me the end of January. Last September, we 158 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 2: were ahead for most of the year the Republicans letting 159 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 2: the generic vote for Congress. You know, in October we 160 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 2: were head forty six forty four, but at some point 161 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:44,319 Speaker 2: in November it went one point Democrat. And the poll 162 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 2: that we put out in uh late January early February 163 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 2: had the Democrats up by three on the generic ballot. 164 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 2: So the Republicans need to go play offense on the issues. 165 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 2: Just like the President's State of the Union was great. Yeah, 166 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 2: I mean he got the he elevated heroes, he gave medals, 167 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 2: he had people there. Democrats can bring themselves to applaud 168 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 2: for real American heroes. And at the same time, when 169 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 2: he asked them to stand up if you think, you know, 170 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 2: we should treat American citizens better than the legal aliens, 171 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 2: and the Democrats couldn't do that. And then he even 172 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 2: brought up the fact that when they voted against his 173 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 2: tax cuts, they voted for tax increases. So the Republicans 174 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 2: who need to have a contrast election need to point 175 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 2: out that Democrats are for raising taxes, Democrats are forgiving 176 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 2: their tax dollars to illegal immigrants. The Democrats are for 177 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 2: you know, I mean, this week, with what's going on, 178 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:43,959 Speaker 2: I ran you think some of these media outlets and 179 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 2: some of the Democrats, you think they were almost rooting 180 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 2: for Iran. And it's like, we really need to make 181 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 2: sure they never get a nuclear weapon. And you know, 182 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 2: that's what President Trump's doing. And it's a difficult thing. 183 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,319 Speaker 2: And God bless our men and women who there in 184 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 2: the Armed Service who are serving. Hopefully they're successful and 185 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 2: they come back safe. 186 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: Well, John McLaughlan, were out of time, but great stuff. 187 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: He is the best polster in the world. And if 188 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: you want to check out his website, it's mclaughlinonline dot com. 189 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: Mclaughlinonline dot com. John McLoughlin, great stuff, Thanks for being 190 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,559 Speaker 1: with us. Thank you, Mark, I take care. Hey, I 191 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 1: don't forget coming up Buck and Clay. They'll be here 192 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: at noon today, right after the news at twelve. 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