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Speaker 2: Hey, everybody, Welcome to the Buck Brief. Mark Simon, mister
Speaker 2: New York, joins us once again. He is the host
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Speaker 2: ten wo r N y see dominating the New York
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Speaker 3: Doing quite well.
Speaker 2: Mark, Always great to have you, perfect topic for you,
Speaker 2: walk me through. I know the basics and a lot
Speaker 2: of the audience will have heard some of the basics
Speaker 2: of the Adams situation. But I mean, let's start with this.
Speaker 2: How bad is it as you see it? You know,
Speaker 2: I'm hearing a lot of different things from people. The
Speaker 2: mayor of New York federal indictment is he Is he
Speaker 2: in big trouble or is he going to be able
Speaker 2: to figure out a way to fight this?
Speaker 1: No, he's in huge trouble. On a scale of one
Speaker 1: to ten, this is like Dave Portnoy would give this
Speaker 1: a nine point two. This is big, big trouble. This
Speaker 1: is not going to go well. All kinds of corruption now, yuh,
Speaker 1: taking free trips, free hotel rooms. That might not sound
Speaker 1: like the worst thing to a lot of people, but
Speaker 1: it's totally illegal donations from foreign countries, which is illegal.
Speaker 1: They were then disguised through straw donors laundered that's illegal.
Speaker 1: Then apparently he tampered with emails documents to cover all
Speaker 1: that up. That's illegal. So they got him on endless
Speaker 1: charges here, and they've also gone after a whole bunch
Speaker 1: of people in city Hall. Somebody's gonna decide to talk
Speaker 1: and be the rat. So he's got real problems.
Speaker 2: So like what happened, for example, with the police commissioner, right,
Speaker 2: I mean he just got he resigned and he's on investigation.
Speaker 2: Aren't there There's a whole constellation of senior New York
Speaker 2: City officials who are either on investigation just resigned under pressure.
Speaker 2: Are they all we think, involved in the same same situation,
Speaker 2: same stuff?
Speaker 1: Yeah, well all these commissions. Now, the funniest thing is
Speaker 1: the police commissioner, it's totally separate. That's his own problem.
Speaker 1: That's him and his brother, if the allegations are true,
Speaker 1: shaking down nightclub owners, taking in tons of money. But
Speaker 1: that police commissioner a few years ago was Eric Adams,
Speaker 1: driver and a lot of people wondered why he was
Speaker 1: suddenly the PC that had something to do with it. So,
Speaker 1: if all these allegations are true, the corruption with Adams,
Speaker 1: he brought with him a whole gang of guys that
Speaker 1: are very questionable and put them into various offices. He's
Speaker 1: got big deputy commissioners whose phones have been seized there
Speaker 1: under investigation. And from what I hear, this is gonna
Speaker 1: spread very wide, not just through the city, but this
Speaker 1: could reach the state, This could reach Albany, and there
Speaker 1: could be a lot of names tied into this.
Speaker 2: Now you've got very good sources in New York mark
Speaker 2: and in city government. I mean, have you seen this
Speaker 2: one coming for a while, and at this scale with Adams?
Speaker 2: I mean I've heard whispers of Adams's Adams grupt, But
Speaker 2: you know the Blasio was a communist, right, I mean,
Speaker 2: people say these things about people that don't like in office.
Speaker 2: I didn't have any particular visibility into whatever Adams was doing.
Speaker 2: Was this a surprise to you when this came out
Speaker 2: or did you know, Oh, it's just a matter of time.
Speaker 2: And why do you think it came out?
Speaker 3: Now?
Speaker 1: Well, I don't want to take credit but I told
Speaker 1: everybody vote for Courteously. He was running against Adams. There
Speaker 1: was always always these corruption rumors about Eric Adams. He
Speaker 1: left the police department on very bad terms. He was
Speaker 1: under investigation, it was going to a departmental trial. He
Speaker 1: was going to get convicted, but he quit first before
Speaker 1: he got convicted. And most of that police department years,
Speaker 1: I believe he was in personnel. That's an area you
Speaker 1: go into where you have a lot of influence. You
Speaker 1: can move people from precinct to precinct. So he didn't
Speaker 1: do a lot of actual on the street police work.
Speaker 1: And as far as the timing of this, I know
Speaker 1: he says it was all Joe Biden, and that could
Speaker 1: be a factor. It all began when he went after
Speaker 1: Joe Biden for the migrants. He started speaking out. He
Speaker 1: was on his way to Washington to confront Biden and
Speaker 1: they stopped him at the airport and took his devices.
Speaker 1: This is about seven months ago, So he could be
Speaker 1: right that it's the Justice Department, you know, him being
Speaker 1: a target, but he may also happen to be very
Speaker 1: guilty at the same time.
Speaker 2: My sense, Mark I'll put this to you is and look,
Speaker 2: I'm open to persuasion either way on this one. But
Speaker 2: among Democrats, you can kind of be a made guy,
Speaker 2: right Like Hunter Biden was a made guy.
Speaker 3: For a while.
Speaker 2: He's doing all kinds of crazy stuff and knew he
Speaker 2: was going to get away with it because Daddy was
Speaker 2: so important and so connected. And I think Adams may
Speaker 2: have been a made guy Mayor of New York City,
Speaker 2: black guy Democrat. I mean, you know, there's a lot
Speaker 2: that I think the Democrat Party generally would have backed him,
Speaker 2: you know, would have been willing to back him up
Speaker 2: and from the very high level. But once he went
Speaker 2: at Joe Biden, I feel like he's not a made
Speaker 2: guy anymore. So then the corruption that he has. I
Speaker 2: don't think he's innocent, but the corruption he's engaged and
Speaker 2: all of a sudden, do you see what I'm saying,
Speaker 2: It's like they pull away the the invulnerability cloak.
Speaker 1: Yeah, this is the same thing with Menendez. When he
Speaker 1: started criticizing Joe Biden, that's when the investigation started. So
Speaker 1: I'm sure it was a weaponized dj combined with the
Speaker 1: fact that you're looking for dirt on him. It didn't
Speaker 1: take too long to find stuff. By the way, the
Speaker 1: timing of this. They've been doing this for eight months.
Speaker 1: Why all of a sudden the announcement last night about
Speaker 1: nine o'clock, Why that's when the Kamala Harris interview has
Speaker 1: taking place. They released it just at the interview, maybe
Speaker 1: because they knew it would stink, and they wanted to
Speaker 1: distract from the interview, and they didn't want much coverage
Speaker 1: after the interview ended, because then this dominated the news.
Speaker 2: I think that's I think that's an excellent point because
Speaker 2: I'm just thinking of myself, Mark. I was there on
Speaker 2: the couch watching the the kam Kamala.
Speaker 3: Interview, and it was it was we'll get to this
Speaker 3: in a second.
Speaker 2: It was preposterous, like it was as bad, every bit
Speaker 2: as bad as every one on the right said it
Speaker 2: was going to be. But then all of a sudden,
Speaker 2: my phone's blown up. Oh look at this, Adams, Adams, Adams.
Speaker 2: The timing is uncanny, And I think that's a very
Speaker 2: very important point. Let's get into the interview from Kamala
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Speaker 2: Stephanie Rule goes on Bill marshow says Kamala shouldn't have
Speaker 2: to answer any questions to the press. Really, and then
Speaker 2: a few days later she sits down as the person
Speaker 2: that's asking the tough questions of Kamala.
Speaker 3: I who thought this was a good idea?
Speaker 1: Well, I was reading the New York Times review of
Speaker 1: this interview. Even they admitted it was just ridiculous. It
Speaker 1: was just a fluffy nonsense. You know, when she started
Speaker 1: talking about housing, we need a holistic approach to housing.
Speaker 1: It's got to be holistic. What interviewer wouldn't say, what
Speaker 1: does that mean? You got to be so corrupt to
Speaker 1: not even ask what she's talking about? Tell? And she
Speaker 1: used that word seven times and still Stephanie Rule never
Speaker 1: asked her what holistic housing is. And that's just one
Speaker 1: example of a ridiculous softball interview. You can go on
Speaker 1: mister Rogers and have a tougher interview than that. It
Speaker 1: was just awful.
Speaker 2: And I think that it's interesting that when we complain,
Speaker 2: I think rightfully that Kamala isn't doing any interviews every
Speaker 2: time she does when we go, well, we all know
Speaker 2: why she's not doing interviews. She's not compelling at all.
Speaker 2: How confident are you feeling right now about Trump's chances
Speaker 2: going to this election?
Speaker 1: Very? Very If the election were right now, he wins,
Speaker 1: He wins big in all the swing states. We still
Speaker 1: got thirty nine days to go, so that's right now.
Speaker 1: Anything can happen. Coming up Tuesdays, the debate with Vance
Speaker 1: and Waltz. Whatever you think of Vance, he's a great talk,
Speaker 1: a great debater. He'll just I think, wipe out Waltz.
Speaker 1: That'll help. I bet there's another Trump interview. He says,
Speaker 1: absolutely not, but that's just him negotiating. There'll be another debate.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you're certainly right about the Walls vance showdown.
Speaker 2: I agree with you. I think Trump is ahead right now.
Speaker 2: I think the Kamala team knows it. And if Trump
Speaker 2: just if it just sort of stays focused and stays
Speaker 2: on track from here election day, I think we're going
Speaker 2: to have a very good result. I'm wondering in New York,
Speaker 2: are there any congressional races that you're seeing where we
Speaker 2: could get some upset where a Republican takes a seat
Speaker 2: that Democrats were counting on, or you know, what are
Speaker 2: the races in New York that you're watching closely.
Speaker 1: Well, looks good. There was Esposito. We were counting on
Speaker 1: this guy, Republican to hold that seat. But they've come
Speaker 1: up with a girlfriend on the payroll, the wife on
Speaker 1: the payroll, girlfriend, no show job. It looks bad. But
Speaker 1: I don't know why he doesn't do this. He should
Speaker 1: point out that's how Kamala got started. Kamala was the
Speaker 1: girlfriend on the Willie Brown gravy train there, so he
Speaker 1: should point that out. And I don't know the term
Speaker 1: about ethics investigation. I don't know if a lot of
Speaker 1: congress people want to push that because they love to
Speaker 1: stick people on the payroll, so they might let that
Speaker 1: one go. So that's an important race.
Speaker 2: That's an important absolutely. And who do you think do
Speaker 2: you think Adams is going to resign? I meant to
Speaker 2: ask you this when we're talking about Adams. You you
Speaker 2: think he's not going to make it through his term.
Speaker 1: Well, he's not going to resign. He doesn't want to resign.
Speaker 1: He needs to raise money for a defense fund. As
Speaker 1: long as you're the mayor, the owners will give you money.
Speaker 1: You can always do little favors for them. So he'll
Speaker 1: hang in there as long as he can.
Speaker 3: Tell me this. Who do you think the next mayor
Speaker 3: of New York's going to be?
Speaker 1: Well, if he goes, the public Advocate takes over, there
Speaker 1: has to be a special election within eighty days. Every
Speaker 1: Democrat will jump in. There's the controller, Scott Stringer, there's
Speaker 1: this Brad Landers, the controller, former controller Scott Stringer. All
Speaker 1: these old Democrats will jump in. Christine Quinn. Andrew Cuomo
Speaker 1: is circling around like a vulture, and we'd love to
Speaker 1: see Curtis sliwa. He'd be good if there's a special
Speaker 1: runoff election. There's no party labels, it's nonpartisan. So Curtis
Speaker 1: had a problem last time being labeled a Republican. A
Speaker 1: lot of New Yorkers just won't vote for a Republican.
Speaker 1: But in this race he would not have any party label,
Speaker 1: which would give him a much better shot.
Speaker 3: Interesting, does Andrew Cuomo have a real shot? You think,
Speaker 3: I mean, just being honest about it, you think he
Speaker 3: could he could pull this off.
Speaker 1: Well, he's got all the name recognition, great talking. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's got a great cheff for about two days until
Speaker 1: they start running the commercials. He's the guy that signed
Speaker 1: the no Bail, no Jail and held a press conference
Speaker 1: saying this is much needed reform, this will be great.
Speaker 1: He's the guy that personally brought back congestion pricing, pushed
Speaker 1: it through. He's the guy that picked Kathy Hochel, who's
Speaker 1: not a great governor. Of course, the nursing home that
Speaker 1: so much stuff against him.
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Speaker 2: assassination attempts on President Trump. Secret Service looks horrible in
Speaker 2: the first one, not a whole lot better in the
Speaker 2: second one. They didn't sweep the perimeter. They didn't give
Speaker 2: them the proper security there either. They're saying now they've
Speaker 2: escalated it, so Trump is now treated like a presidential
Speaker 2: you know, presidential level security, which obviously he should have
Speaker 2: been all along.
Speaker 3: Do you feel better about this? What are your thoughts?
Speaker 1: Well, I saw it with my own eyes. He was
Speaker 1: here last week. I was at Trump Tower, his presidential
Speaker 1: level security, the big dump trucks of sand all around
Speaker 1: the building, everything, every kind of protection you could have.
Speaker 1: So hopefully he's got that wherever he is. Problem with
Speaker 1: the Secret Service, obviously we wonder about Joe Biden and
Speaker 1: majorcus if they're I don't know what motivation they have
Speaker 1: for not giving them full security, but who knows. Secret
Speaker 1: Service half of their resources goes to looking for counterfeiting,
Speaker 1: fighting counterfeitters, fighting financial fraud. That should all be moved
Speaker 1: to the FBI. Secret Service should just focus on protection.
Speaker 1: That would free up half of their agents. That's what
Speaker 1: they should do. Besides more funding, get all those other
Speaker 1: tasks to the FBI. And out of the Secret Service.
Speaker 3: How is it possible that? Wow?
Speaker 2: I guess we know it's possible, but it is remarkable
Speaker 2: to me. Nonetheless, Mark that here we are normally did
Speaker 2: President Trump have two assassination attempts.
Speaker 3: Again against him?
Speaker 2: He took a five to five six round through the
Speaker 2: ear at a in a field in Butler, Pennsylvani War
Speaker 2: who's having a rally, and he just somehow you don't
Speaker 2: even you know, in the general news media ecosystem, it says,
Speaker 2: though none of this even happened. The most recent one
Speaker 2: was what a week ago?
Speaker 1: Yeah, but you know, the public sees it and we
Speaker 1: don't ever want this to happen, but they see that
Speaker 1: he's dodging bullets, Kamala is dodging interviews. It's really impressive.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know the guy, and we know how
Speaker 1: tough he is, but to watch a guy take that
Speaker 1: bullet through his ear and then play golf a few
Speaker 1: hours later. This is one tough guy. And people are
Speaker 1: looking for that right now. They're looking for a tough,
Speaker 1: tough leader, and foreign leaders are looking at that and
Speaker 1: seeing that toughness.
Speaker 3: No, I totally totally agree. Mark. You think we're going
Speaker 3: to take control of the Senate.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think we got a good shot. I think
Speaker 1: all these poles, you know, Trump tends to underpole anyway,
Speaker 1: all these poles kind of gets slanted. So I think
Speaker 1: this is going to be a much bigger victory than
Speaker 1: anybody's predicting. And I think big coattails. Doug McCormick and
Speaker 1: Pennsylvania was not a great candidate last time around, really
Speaker 1: blossom much better candidate. I think we take that house.
Speaker 1: I think it's going to be a very very good November.
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Speaker 3: Mark Uh.
Speaker 2: Is there any hope at all that the election of
Speaker 2: New York is going to be closer than anticipated for
Speaker 2: pres I know you had said when it was Biden
Speaker 2: that Trump can win, can Trump close the gaping up
Speaker 2: with Kamalo, that they'll be at least a little bit
Speaker 2: of a shock for Democrats in New York state.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I predicted he would win New York. Now, thank
Speaker 1: you for the asterisk that was with Joe Biden.
Speaker 3: Biden He's I think he's going to do very.
Speaker 1: Well in New York. I wouldn't be shocked if he won,
Speaker 1: because he's alienated the Jewish vote here, completely lost him
Speaker 1: and it's an influential vote. And we have a thing
Speaker 1: here called the Al Smith Dinner, which Kamala has refused
Speaker 1: to go to. That's unheard of for a candidate. It's
Speaker 1: a very big important thing to the Catholic community. It's
Speaker 1: an a big snub to the Catholic Church. And remember
Speaker 1: the Hispanic population mostly Catholics, so she's alienated in the Catholics,
Speaker 1: the Jews, Hispanics with this, I think that's going to
Speaker 1: help Trump and crime, inflation, taxes, it's horrible in New York.
Speaker 1: It's very possible. Good shot, he wins New York.
Speaker 2: Alrighty Mark Somon, everybody missing New York go check out
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Speaker 3: Mark. Always good to see you man, Thank you so
Speaker 3: much
Speaker 1: Thanks for having me.