1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: Stay right here for our final news roundup and information overload. 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 2: Boy, things are coming to a head in New York City. 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 2: I'm Peter Schweizer, that is Eric Eggers, were filling in 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 2: for Sean and you have this political earthquake that has 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 2: erupted in America's largest, most populous city, which is New York. 6 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 2: They may actually elect a socialist as mayor. I happen 7 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 2: to love New York City, although it has created so 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 2: many problems with self inflicted wounds, it looks like we 9 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: might be headed for another one. We want you to 10 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 2: join this conversation. Weren't eight hundred and nine four one seven, 11 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 2: three two six. Also consider subscribing to our podcast, The 12 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 2: Drill Down. Eric, Are you going to go to New 13 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 2: York anytime soon? 14 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 3: Well, if you're gonna go to New York, it sounds 15 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 3: like the time to go is in the next few 16 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 3: months until because unfortunately, you know, this person has won 17 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 3: the Democratic primary. I mean it was so bad even 18 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 3: you know, the New York Times did not endorse a 19 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 3: candidate for mayor in the Democratic primary. They just said, 20 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:03,279 Speaker 3: don't vote for Zoran. And so what happened? Everybody did 21 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 3: Ron desantists, the governor of Florida, where we live, has 22 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 3: said Zoron Mam Donnie's win is the best thing that 23 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 3: could happen to Palm Beach real estate in Florida. I 24 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 3: know a lot of people who live in New York 25 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,960 Speaker 3: I like you, like very much going to visit there, 26 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 3: and we have friends that live there, and they're all 27 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 3: very concerned. And I think what's going to be interesting 28 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 3: is to see if this kind of novelty of oh, 29 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 3: here's a guy and he ran a very localized campaign. 30 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 3: All the other candidates were asked, where will your first 31 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 3: international trip be as mayor of New York. They all said, well, 32 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 3: we will go to Israel, of course, and Zoron Mam 33 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 3: Donnie said, I'm just going to stay right here in 34 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 3: New York City. And that may seem some people suggest 35 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 3: that that's an, you know, kind of anti Semitical position, 36 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 3: and it's indicative of larger problematic world views you have. 37 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,559 Speaker 3: Some people say, listen, if you're a citizen of New York, 38 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 3: you don't really care where your mayor's first international trip is. 39 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 3: You just want things to be better, You want things 40 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 3: to be cheaper. His candidacy is ultimately a rejection of 41 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 3: the failure of leftist policies. Right, and that's one of 42 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 3: the reasons why New York has struggling so much. Has 43 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 3: been run by Democrat for decades. But you know a 44 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 3: lot of people think that he will only make things worse. 45 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, and look, who is the alternative in the primary? 46 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 2: The only real alternative was Andrew Cuomo, who had to 47 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 2: resign in disgrace. A lot of corruption scandals in his administration. 48 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 2: We just talked about one of his top aides indicted 49 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 2: BI federal authorities for operating as an unregistered agent for 50 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 2: the Chinese government, corruption, et cetera. So I guess it's 51 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 2: not a surprise that Indami won, But the question is 52 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 2: where does it go from here. He's starting to get scrutiny, 53 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 2: and we're going to talk about dissect some of his 54 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 2: positions with a guest. We're going to play some audio 55 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 2: CRI clips and we're going to lay out some of 56 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 2: the things that this guy actually believes, and then we're 57 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 2: going to pausit the question can this guy actually win 58 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 2: in New York? 59 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 3: Well, let's talk about some of his more problematic beliefs. 60 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 3: I think it's cut four where he's using some phraseology 61 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 3: that has historic significance. Let's listen to cut for here. 62 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 4: We have to continue to elect more socialists, and we 63 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 4: have to ensure that we are unapologetic about our socialism. 64 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 4: It is very critical for all of us to remember 65 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 4: what it is that we are fighting for and to 66 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 4: remember that our agenda is an agenda that must not 67 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 4: be dictated by calculus but by conviction. And what I 68 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 4: mean by that is that the many things that we believe, 69 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 4: some of them are already popular in this moment right now, 70 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 4: right if we're talking about the cancelation of student debt, 71 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 4: if we're talking about medicare for all, you know, these 72 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 4: are issues which have the groundswell of popular support across 73 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 4: this country. But then there are also other issues that 74 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 4: we firmly believe in, whether it's BDS right or whether 75 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 4: it's the end goal of seizing the means of production, 76 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 4: where we do not have the same level of support 77 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 4: at this variability. 78 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's unbelievable seizing the means of production. We need socialism. 79 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: This is the same thing you always wanted with Bernie Say. 80 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,119 Speaker 2: And two is what part of the planet are they 81 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 2: looking to when they talk about socialism, Because Bernie Sanders 82 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 2: and Donnie will bring up oh, well, you know, we 83 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 2: want Scandinavian socialism from the nineteen seventies. 84 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 5: They gave that up. 85 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 2: Forty years ago. They gave it up forty years ago. 86 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 2: They can't point to a single place on the planet 87 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 2: that is a model for what they want to do 88 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 2: that is actually going to work. It's really remarkable to 89 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:31,280 Speaker 2: me that that he succeeded in winning this primarily as 90 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 2: handily as he did. 91 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 3: Well, that's why I think that this is an interesting 92 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 3: conversation and it's relevant not just the people in New York. 93 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 3: And we're gonna talk to Ryan Gooderski, who does live 94 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 3: in New York City. He's the host of a numbers 95 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 3: game podcast and he's the founder of the seventeen seventy 96 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 3: six Project pack. But this story I think is negative 97 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 3: of because you know, we're going to be going into 98 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 3: the mid terms next year and there's this war inside 99 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 3: the Democrat Party where mainstream Democrats are like, oh my gosh, no, 100 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 3: please please know because the the key thing in that 101 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 3: quote you just heard is that seizing the means of 102 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 3: production needs more support, Like most people do not support 103 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 3: that yet and they never will because of everything you 104 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 3: just said. But but Ryan, I mean now that this 105 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 3: is not just this kind of utopian socialist cool thing 106 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 3: to talk about in a college dorm. But he won 107 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 3: the dang Democratic primary. Do you feel like most New 108 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 3: Yorkers are waking up to just how bad this could 109 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 3: be for the city. 110 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 5: Well, the number one Googled thing after his election was 111 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 5: what is socialism in New York? That was the number 112 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 5: one Google thing. Uh. Yeah, people are worried. And there's 113 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 5: the reason why, despite being the Democratic nominee in a 114 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:49,359 Speaker 5: seven to one Democratic city, his support has not in 115 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 5: any poll that I have seen, has not crossed over 116 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 5: forty five percent. I think the most is forty four percent, 117 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 5: but usually they have him in the high thirties. Not 118 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 5: exactly the place you want to be as the Democrat 119 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 5: in New York. There's large constituencies that he lost obviously 120 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 5: the Jewish vote, but more importantly, he's also lost the 121 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 5: Black vote. He lost the Bronx, He lost very large 122 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 5: areas of the Democratic Party that have been trending away 123 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 5: from the Democratic Party. That areas like the Bronx. You know, 124 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 5: it was I mean, I think that Romney got like 125 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 5: thirteen or twelve percent when he ran for president and 126 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,359 Speaker 5: Donald Trump got twenty six percent, not you know, carrying 127 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 5: it away, but that's a huge, huge improvement in a 128 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 5: part of the city and a part of the country 129 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 5: that there's no real infrastructure of a party. All happened organically, 130 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 5: and people are worried by the fact that what's going 131 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 5: to happen to landlords? He wants to basically make sure 132 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 5: their lives are living hell? What happens yet to Sorry. 133 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 2: No, no, yeah, I think you're right. I mean, what 134 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 2: do you think is the thing that scares the average 135 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,600 Speaker 2: New york or the most is that the rank control 136 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 2: is if the government run grocery stores, is that the 137 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 2: sort of Islamist Palestinian stuff? What do you think is 138 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 2: number one on the list of most New Yorkers when 139 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 2: it comes to quality of life and their fear of 140 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 2: this guy? 141 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 5: Well, it's crime. It's not even close. I mean, he 142 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 5: just sat there and said that, you know, the property 143 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 5: crime is not a real crime. He said that when 144 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 5: they were carpet bombing police cars. He said, property crime 145 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 5: is not a real crime. He is He has said 146 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 5: that a violent crime is an abstract thought, as if 147 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 5: it's you know, you know, is if it's something that 148 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 5: is some college professor just made up crime by far 149 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 5: and to support for defunding the police. 150 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 2: So Ryan, I doubt if you went up, or somebody 151 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 2: went up and actually slugged him in the face, he 152 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 2: would consider that an abstract crime. 153 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 5: Well, it's ironic that he hired armed security after running 154 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 5: for mayor, so that he did. He hired armed guards 155 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 5: after he ran from mayor. Why didn't he hire a 156 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 5: social worker or a camp counselor if that's what he 157 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 5: wants for the rest of the New Yorkers, it seems 158 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 5: very very strange that. You know, what liberals always want 159 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 5: is the fact that they want one set of rules 160 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 5: for them and others for other people. You know, every American, 161 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 5: every American under thirty five, should be angry if their 162 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 5: parents never made enough money off they too can be socialists, 163 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 5: because that's really what it is. You have to have 164 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 5: incredibly wealthy parents in order to sit there and strade faith, 165 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 5: look at your look at look around in the world, 166 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 5: and say, you know what we need is the economy 167 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 5: that has never produced any prosperity for any people in history, 168 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 5: and he wants he's creating the conditions for a very 169 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 5: violent future for a lot of people. A lot of 170 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 5: black voters never voted for Rudy Giuliani. They did not 171 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,719 Speaker 5: like him when he was mayor. But no man, say 172 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 5: have more Black lives in New York City, And I 173 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 5: would argue in the United States than Rudy Giuliani while 174 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 5: he was mayor of New York because hard on crime 175 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:54,599 Speaker 5: things they don't just you know, they're not going to 176 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 5: affect a wealthy community. Now for west Side, who sees 177 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 5: very little crime to begin with. They helped the worst people. 178 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,319 Speaker 5: They help the people who are seeing violent crime on. 179 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: A regular basis. 180 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 5: They're not going to affect where Mundani's family lives in 181 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,959 Speaker 5: wealth and prosperity. And that's just that's constantly what you see, 182 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 5: the hypocrisy of what you see from socialist. 183 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:19,439 Speaker 3: So ironically, now, Zeron Mundani, who claimed to be African 184 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 3: American on his application to Columbia, as The New York 185 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 3: Times reported, now faces the greatest threat I think from 186 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 3: a black man. Eric Adams, the current mayor, what's your 187 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 3: take on this movement? To try to get support to 188 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 3: coalesce around him. There are other candidates in this race, 189 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 3: including a Republican do you get that that's a real thing. 190 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 3: Or do you feel like ultimately if Zora Mundani does win, 191 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 3: it will be because let's say he does get enough 192 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 3: if other candidates are siphoning off the support from Eric Adams. 193 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, they have listen, they have to put the 194 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 5: city ahead of their party and it's side of their 195 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 5: own ego. That includes Cuomo, that includes Adams. All these 196 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 5: polls that come out, none had done a poll on 197 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 5: a head to head match against these candidates, all of them. 198 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 5: They have to do a head to head poll. Whoever 199 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 5: comes out first and set the first has to drop out. 200 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 5: I like Curtis Lee well a lot. He spent his 201 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 5: entire life fighting for safety and for public safety for 202 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 5: New Yorkers, and it's extremely adirable. His entire legacy goes 203 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 5: out the window if he sits there, refuses to drop out, 204 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 5: to sit there in supportment and get Mandani likeded. Hisn't 205 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 5: higher legacy. Everything he did is worthless. 206 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 4: After that? 207 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 5: What are you doing? You know? I go, they should 208 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 5: have a meeting and discuss who's going to be the 209 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 5: deputy mayor and get different commissioners, or get police chief job, 210 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 5: or get a parking after them. Anything that you could 211 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 5: possibly want just save the city. I understand Andrew Cuomo 212 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 5: is not ideal. He's also not a bleeding hard communist. Yeah, 213 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 5: he may have killed your grandma, but I mean he's 214 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 5: still not going to kill the entire city of New York. 215 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 5: That is what we're facing right now. And also establishing 216 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 5: Democrats are worried because Mandanni is going to challenge all 217 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 5: of them. You think that he's gonna stop with this, 218 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 5: He's gonna sit there and pursue an agenda for all 219 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 5: of New York. And I'll say this to non New Yorkers, 220 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,319 Speaker 5: You're going to pay for failing for a failing city. Eventually, 221 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 5: Eventually these voters are going to move to your state 222 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 5: and carry their bad ideas with them, or they're going 223 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 5: to need some kind of federal bailout. That's just the 224 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:23,319 Speaker 5: you know, we don't leave. We're not going to leave 225 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 5: the biggest city in the country to just rot because 226 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 5: their voters picked bad leaders. That's happened in New York 227 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 5: for you know, forever. You know, but this is going 228 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 5: to be epic proportion and it's going to be very 229 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 5: bad for the entire country. We really need to get 230 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 5: serious in this moment, because if we don't, the biggest 231 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 5: city in this country is going to go by the 232 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 5: wayside and we just can't afford it. 233 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 2: We've been talking to Ryan Godorski. He is has a podcast, 234 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 2: a numbers Game. He's the host of that podcast. He's 235 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 2: also the founder of the seventeen seventy six Podge Project 236 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 2: pack and he lives in New York City, so he's 237 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 2: concerned about this. Ryan, we appreciate you joining us. I 238 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 2: guess Eric, it leads to the larger question, is this 239 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 2: a leading indicator of what to expect in the larger 240 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 2: Democratic Party. We've seen that AOC is thinking about running 241 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,679 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty eight for president. You certainly see a 242 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 2: lot of progressives. I'm looking to potentially challenge more centrist 243 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 2: Democrats if there are any out there anymore, with more 244 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 2: progressive left wing candidates. Of course, David Hogg at the 245 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 2: DNC a big story about that. What's your sense, Eric, 246 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 2: about whether this is going to have national implications? Ryan 247 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 2: makes a great point. If this happens in New York, 248 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 2: we're all gonna end up paying for it, because we're 249 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 2: gonna have to bail them out. But the larger political 250 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 2: implications what do you think. 251 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 3: I think that you're seeing that the number of New 252 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 3: York Democrats come together against Montdaanie shows that there is 253 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 3: not widespread popular peal in nationwide. I saw one person 254 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 3: say socialism has only turned blue areas more socialists that's 255 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 3: never turned red areas blue. And I think they get 256 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,319 Speaker 3: that this is not a winning strategy nationally, which is 257 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 3: why I think you're going to see interesting support. You know, 258 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 3: you're going to have New York Republicans and the editorial 259 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 3: board of the New York Times agree on something which 260 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 3: doesn't happen very often. We'd love to hear from you 261 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,199 Speaker 3: about this. Join the conversation, give us a call. It's 262 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 3: one eight hundred and nine four one seven, three two 263 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 3: six and nine for one Seawan. He's Peter Schweitzer, I'm 264 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 3: Eric Eggers, and we host a program called The drill Down, 265 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 3: which you can find at the drill down dot com 266 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 3: or on Twitter at the drill Down one. We write 267 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 3: back with more Seawan Handy show right after this. 268 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 2: It's Peter Schweitzer sitting here with Eric Eggers. We're filling 269 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 2: in on the Sean Hannerity Show. Yeah. I mean we 270 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 2: were talking earlier about the situation in New York City, 271 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 2: a dramatic tournament left the Democratic nominee an out and 272 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 2: out socialist. Used to be the day. I remember the 273 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 2: days when Bill Clinton and Democrats said, no, the way 274 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 2: we win elections is to move to the center. It 275 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 2: seems to me that Democrats are pushing the progressive side. 276 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 2: That's where the energy is, that's where the drive is. 277 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 2: We talked about a story earlier that Axios was quoting 278 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 2: Democrat officials saying that we actually want to have shootings 279 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 2: at ice protests because it will galvanize our side. It's scary. Frankly, 280 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 2: you know, let's fight over the middle. What Trump is 281 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 2: doing is proposing policy solutions that is peeling off Democrats, 282 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 2: is peeling off minority communities. He's not getting that by 283 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 2: being radical. He's getting that by moving to the center 284 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 2: on these bread and bud issues. The Democrats are not 285 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 2: doing the same thing. 286 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: Yeah. 287 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 3: The quotes from this Axious article quoting unnamed House Democrat 288 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 3: officials and elected officials says, quote, our own base is 289 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 3: telling us that we're not doing a good enough job. 290 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 3: There needs to be blood to grab the attention of 291 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 3: the press and the public. Quote civility isn't working. We 292 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 3: have to prepare for violence to fight to protect our democracy. 293 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 3: They said, you have to be willing to get shot 294 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 3: when visiting ice facilities or federal agencies. So, I mean, 295 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 3: to your point, they see candidates like Zora and Mandani 296 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 3: as where the energy is and at a time when 297 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 3: the Democratic Party is essentially a drift at sea with 298 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 3: no leader. Unfortunately, he's going to become something of a 299 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 3: national figure only because New York is such an important 300 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 3: city and he's going to get a ton of attention 301 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 3: and people are hungry for or anything like that that 302 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 3: they think can help them win elections. 303 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 2: And think about what they're saying. They're saying to fight 304 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 2: quote unquote fascism, we need blood spilled to protect democracy. 305 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 2: I mean, what a what an insane idea. It's it's 306 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 2: it's really truly remarkable. Well, at the bottom of the hour, 307 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 2: we're going to be joined by Congressman Randy Fine. He 308 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 2: is a Congressman from the great state of Florida. We're 309 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 2: going to talk about the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill. 310 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 2: We're probably also going to talk a little bit about 311 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 2: Israel and the global situation. We want you to join 312 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 2: the conversation if you can't win at one eight and 313 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 2: nine four, one seven, three two six. Also check out 314 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 2: our podcast, The Drill Down. We appreciated if you'd subscribe. 315 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 2: I'm here with Eric Eggers. We're filling in for Sean. 316 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 2: We appreciate him of giving us the microphone. We appreciate 317 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 2: Linda and the producers for giving us this opportunity. We 318 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 2: wanted to talk to somebody who is in the belly 319 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 2: of the beast in Washington, DC, and who's there new 320 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 2: He's only been there for a few months, got there 321 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 2: through the special election in Florida, and we want to 322 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 2: talk to Congressman Randy Fine, and we want to talk 323 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 2: to him about several subjects. Congressman, thanks for joining. 324 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 5: Us, Thanks for having me honored to be here. 325 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 2: Well, first of all, tell us about the big beautiful bill. 326 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 2: What is the most important part of that legislation in 327 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 2: your mind, and what is the most the part that's 328 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 2: misunderstood or that has been misrepresented the most Well. 329 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: I think the most important thing. And I say it's 330 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: most important because it's something weak conservatives have wanted for 331 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: decades but have never been able to get. And that 332 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: is the final feeling of the border, building the wall, 333 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: increasing ice, increasing custom so that we can make sure 334 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: that illegal stop coming. Democrats always said they'd give us 335 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,959 Speaker 1: border security if we gave amnesty to tens of millions 336 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: of people. We now got everything we wanted and we 337 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 1: had to give them nothing. So that's why that one's 338 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: so important. I think the most misunderstood thing about the 339 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: bill is what we did with medicaid. People are saying 340 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,679 Speaker 1: we've cut medicaid. We've cut medicaid. It's just not true. 341 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 1: We've cut medicaid to people who shouldn't have it, illegal immigrants. 342 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:26,679 Speaker 1: I know Democrats want to give the legal immigrants medicaid. 343 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:29,160 Speaker 1: I want a legal immigrants to go home, but they 344 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,719 Speaker 1: shouldn't have medicaid. And people who can work. You know, 345 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 1: if you are an able bodied, childless adult, you need 346 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,400 Speaker 1: to get off your button. You need to go get 347 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 1: a job. And I'm excited that we're taking Medicaid away 348 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 1: from those people. But the people who Medicaid was for 349 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: a kid with special needs, somebody who loses their job 350 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 1: and needs health insurance while they're looking for a new one. 351 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: We didn't make any changes there, and so that's I 352 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: think the most misunderstood part about the bill. 353 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 3: It's not been very long since you've been in Congress. 354 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 3: I know you used to work in the Florida Legislae. 355 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 3: As you're in Tallahassee where we are broadcasting from right now, 356 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 3: and so you know, as we'd like to say, the 357 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 3: cesspool hasn't become a spa yet for you, Representative Fine, 358 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 3: what's been the thing about being in Washington, DC that 359 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 3: surprised you the most? 360 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: Well, actually, I'll tell you, as bad as I thought 361 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: it was going to be, it's it's worse. I mean, 362 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: I feel like Rome is on fire and all people 363 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: to do is roast marshmallows in the flames. There's willingness 364 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: to talk about problems, but in terms of solving them, 365 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: not as much. Now. Look, maybe all the energy went 366 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: into getting President Trump's bill over the finish line, and 367 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: it's a big deal, and I fully support that, But 368 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 1: I just see a lot of emphasis on speeches that 369 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,439 Speaker 1: nobody listens to. I love to talk, but you know 370 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:50,680 Speaker 1: what I like more than talking, I like people listening. 371 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: And the number of speeches people give to an empty 372 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 1: room it boggles my mind. 373 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:57,200 Speaker 3: Well, in fairness, if you give it a couple of 374 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:00,360 Speaker 3: years and your portfolio increases significantly, you might find DC 375 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 3: to be more hospital just based on our track record. 376 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: Because look, I'm here because President Trump asked me to 377 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: be here. I'm not supposed to be here. I wasn't 378 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 1: looking to come here. I got elected to the Flora 379 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: Senate just last November. And I'm here really because I 380 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: believe that our country is on a bad path and 381 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: I think President Trump and the Republican Congress is our 382 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: last best chance to fix it. I'm here for my 383 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 1: kids and everybody liked them, and I want to make 384 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: sure there's an America for them to inherit well. 385 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 2: A Congressman, fine, we appreciate that, and we have dealt 386 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 2: with people in Washington who actually do walk the walk, 387 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 2: and we appreciate your openness and your transparency on that. 388 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 2: Where does this go in the future in terms of 389 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 2: the Republican Party, this bill barely passed. There are some 390 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 2: people like Senator Ron Johnson, who we know in respect, 391 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 2: who felt like it didn't go far enough in terms 392 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 2: of certain cuts. And the question is always asked, Republicans 393 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 2: are now in charge of the House of the Senate 394 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 2: and we've got the White House. Surely at this time, 395 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 2: we should be able to start to get a handle 396 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,360 Speaker 2: on federal spending. Do you feel that the bill actually 397 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,199 Speaker 2: does that? Did you want more cuts? And what are 398 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 2: the prospects. We got this one through, but what are 399 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 2: the prospects the next time this comes around next year? 400 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 1: Sure? Well, the reason the bill barely passes because almost 401 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: half of Congress's Democrats and they don't care about the 402 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: future of the country. They just want to give three 403 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: stuff to illegals. We had to basically get every Republican 404 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: to vote for it, and that's a pretty hard thing 405 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 1: to do. I have told people one Big Beautiful Bill 406 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 1: is not only big beautiful bill. I think America was 407 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 1: on the one yard line when Donald Trump got elected. 408 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: And that's not one yard to a touchdown, that's ninety 409 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: nine to a touchdown. The one Big Beautiful Bill takes 410 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: us from the one to the eleven. It gets us 411 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: a first down, and it gets us moving in the 412 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: right direction. But we still have eighty nine yards to go, 413 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,640 Speaker 1: and we have a lot of spending to cut. That's 414 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 1: why we need the Senate to pass the recision bill 415 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: that we passed in the House a couple of weeks 416 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: ago that said no more NPR and no more ridiculous 417 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 1: foreign aid for transgender clinics in Uganda or whatever dumb 418 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 1: ideas the Democrats came up with. And then we have 419 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: to keep cutting because that is the solution or problems. 420 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: We've got to cut trillions of dollars. And Speaker Johnson 421 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: has said there will be more reconciliation bills during this Congress, 422 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: but this was the start, not the end. 423 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:28,880 Speaker 3: How does it work in terms of the negotiations? We 424 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 3: on our podcast we've interviewed Congressmanship Roy and he talked 425 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 3: about how, you know, he was very much against this bill, 426 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 3: at least initially because of the spending that happens. Like, what, 427 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 3: how does it work in the negotiations when somebody like 428 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 3: yourself or somebody maybe more fiscally conservative, you don't like 429 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 3: the idea of what the projections are, the increases to 430 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:52,360 Speaker 3: the debt and then the deficit spending. So what does 431 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:55,199 Speaker 3: Speaker Johnson do to get somebody from a no to 432 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 3: a yes? 433 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: Well, you're asking the wrong guy. I'm the new guy, 434 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 1: and nobody really cares what I think. You know, it's 435 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,360 Speaker 1: my job to change that over time. But I took 436 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 1: a different approach I said, I'm here because of President Trump. 437 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 1: He is the leader of our party and we have 438 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,919 Speaker 1: to show that we can govern. And I think about 439 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,679 Speaker 1: things in terms of are we better passing this than not. 440 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 1: I don't let perfect be the enemy of the good. 441 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: And when I looked at the bill, I said, this 442 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: is better than the status quo. So it wasn't a 443 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 1: hard decision to vote for it. I think some of 444 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:34,239 Speaker 1: my colleagues get focused on is is it perfection? It 445 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,439 Speaker 1: doesn't have to be. We don't have You don't have 446 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 1: to throw a hail Mary pass on every play. You 447 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 1: get the first down and then you play for the 448 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 1: next first down. And this did it. So in terms 449 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 1: of those negotiations, I don't know, but I will tell 450 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: you one of the things I've learned in Washington, which 451 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 1: I don't like, is kind of causing trouble gets you attention, 452 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: kind of going being part of the team, you often 453 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: get ignored and and I don't like that part of 454 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: it because I'm a I believe politics should be a 455 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: team sport. I'm on Team Trump, and that's what I 456 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:05,399 Speaker 1: want to see happen, and that's what I'm fighting to 457 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 1: make sure happens. 458 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, they kind of do reward people that you know, 459 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 2: try to hold out to the last minute. We're talking 460 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:15,880 Speaker 2: with Congressman Randy Fine, a newly elected member of Congress. 461 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 2: He's been there for a few months a special election 462 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 2: here in Florida. We've been talking about the big beautiful Bill. 463 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 2: I want to shift gears a little bit, Congressman and 464 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 2: talk about the situation in the Middle East. We know 465 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 2: that Benjamin Nett and Yahoo and Trump are getting together 466 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 2: to meet, and it seems to me I supported what 467 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 2: Trump did in the Middle East. I thought it was necessary. 468 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 2: With Iran, he's been very supportive I think of Israel, 469 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 2: and rightfully so, there does seem to be a little 470 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 2: bit of difference in terms of what the end goal 471 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,919 Speaker 2: is here. It seems like Net and Yahoo in Israel, 472 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 2: and I understand why want to kind of finish the 473 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:54,439 Speaker 2: job with Iran at least by continuing sustained attacks, to 474 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 2: continue to diminish their military capabilities. Trump sort of created 475 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 2: this cease five situation that may or may not hold. 476 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 2: But what is your take. You've been outspoken on this issue. 477 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:10,439 Speaker 2: What is your take on the relationship between Israel and 478 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 2: specifically between Net and Yahoo and Trump? Is there daylight 479 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 2: there or do you think that they are locked in Unison? 480 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: So yeah, you guys know you're in Tallahassee. I was 481 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 1: the only Jewish Republican in the Florida Legislature. I'm one 482 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 1: of only four up here, and I got the nickname 483 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:29,920 Speaker 1: the Hebrew Hammer because I'm not afraid and punch hard. 484 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,919 Speaker 1: Look my take is this, I think the United States 485 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 1: needs to make sure Iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon 486 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,400 Speaker 1: because that's a risk to us, and in that we're 487 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 1: lockstep with Israel. I think Israel would probably like to 488 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: see regime change in Iran, which frankly I'd like as well, 489 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,199 Speaker 1: but I think that's the Iranians problem to do that. 490 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 1: As long as Iran can't bother America, then then that's 491 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: where our our problem ends. But I think BB is 492 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 1: also here to talk about how you bring Gaza in 493 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: for a landing and Judea and Samaria. Just to continue 494 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 1: to make sure that American Israeli relationship is important because 495 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 1: we have no better ally in the world than Israel. 496 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: We get so much technology from them. They invent so 497 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 1: many things that we use in our everyday lives. Their 498 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: values are similar to ours and Frankly, they're fighting the 499 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: fight that we would have to if they weren't around. 500 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,920 Speaker 1: If you look at what happened in Iran, all they 501 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: asked us to do was to do the one thing 502 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,640 Speaker 1: they couldn't. They didn't have the technology of those bunk 503 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 1: or busting bombs that we did. But everything else they said, 504 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 1: we got this. 505 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 5: We're good. 506 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:37,360 Speaker 1: So I mean, that's the kind of partner we should want. 507 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:41,120 Speaker 1: In America, we always get accused of being the world's policemen. Well, 508 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 1: in that part of the world, they're willing to do 509 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 1: the job. They just needed this one thing from us, 510 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: and I'm glad the President did it. 511 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,199 Speaker 3: At the beginning of this hour, we interviewed somebody in 512 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 3: New York City recovering the Zoron Mamdani campaign and the 513 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:55,919 Speaker 3: fact that New York Times is now coming out with 514 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 3: some information about his college application and lies in this 515 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 3: interesting coalescing of coalitions who don't seem to have a 516 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:06,920 Speaker 3: lot in common other than the fact that they don't 517 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 3: think Zoron Mondani's gonna be good for New York City. 518 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:13,120 Speaker 3: You tweeted that what some of the shakes in Iran 519 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 3: have done is what Zoron Mondani will do to New 520 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 3: York City. Why do you think he is so dangerous. 521 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:21,719 Speaker 1: Well, he's a Muslim terrorist who's also a socialist. Everyone 522 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,400 Speaker 1: focuses on the socialist part, but it's like an all 523 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: you can eat a bad Forget his political views. The 524 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 1: guys worked for three years. They've got no job experience 525 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 1: running the most important city in the world. And he 526 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,880 Speaker 1: wants to have government grocery source, government housing, government everything. 527 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: But look, he hates Israel. He will not stand away 528 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: from globalize the Antifada, which has led to people being 529 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:49,719 Speaker 1: killed in the United States. He believes in radical Islam, 530 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 1: which is the cause of so many problems, not only 531 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,719 Speaker 1: in the world, but in our country. He would legitimize 532 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 1: what happened on our college campuses everywhere. And the fact 533 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 1: of the matter is radical Islam is a huge problem 534 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 1: in this country and it is one that we have 535 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 1: been unwilling to deal with. I'm willing to deal with it. 536 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:08,919 Speaker 1: I say all the time, we have a Muslim problem 537 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 1: in this country. Doesn't mean all Muslims are terrorists. They aren't. 538 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,120 Speaker 1: But it's also not true that one percent of them 539 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: are terrorists. It's a meaningful percentage, and the polling shows 540 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 1: that and Mandami would legitimize all of those people who 541 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 1: want to do bad things in this country. 542 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 2: Well, it seems to me that in the Middle East 543 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,680 Speaker 2: you have a civilizational struggle that's taking place between Israel, 544 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 2: which is a liberal democracy and does a lot to 545 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 2: try to incorporate people into a society, and you have 546 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:42,119 Speaker 2: these theocratic rulers and these terrorist groups. And in a 547 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 2: certain sense, this is kind of being replayed in American politics. 548 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 2: We're talking with Congressman Randy Fine. It's interesting to me 549 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 2: that you have this really odd coalition of frankl Is 550 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 2: Islamists that have found this way to partner with progressives. 551 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 2: So you have people like Linda Sarsor, you have people 552 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:06,399 Speaker 2: like AOC that's literally going to events that are held 553 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 2: by Islamist groups where the men and women have to 554 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 2: sit separately, the women have their heads covered. And yet 555 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 2: you have people like AOC and people on the left 556 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 2: talking about abortion rights, talking about all these things that 557 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,719 Speaker 2: really have nothing in common with the Islamists. The one 558 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 2: thing that seems to unite them is a hatred for 559 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 2: Western civilization. What's your thought on this odd coalition we're 560 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:35,199 Speaker 2: seeing with the race in the mayor race, in New 561 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 2: York and in the left in general in the United States, well. 562 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 1: They call it the Red Green Alliance, the association of 563 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 1: sort of hard left communists and Islamists. But I want 564 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 1: to challenge one thing you said. You talked about a 565 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 1: war of civilization in Israel. It ain't just there. Look 566 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: at Europe, look at what they want to do here, 567 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,320 Speaker 1: Look at the city they want to build in Texas. 568 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 1: Look at all the Imams who talk about taking over America. 569 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 1: I mean, this is all over the world. It's not 570 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 1: just over there. It's just it's just worst over there. 571 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: And I think part of the issue for liberals, I 572 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: often say, conservatives live in the world the way it is. 573 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: Liberals live in the world the way they wish it was. 574 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 1: And so the notion that you know, you've got queers 575 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 1: for Palestine, I mean, it's just it's delusional thinking. The 576 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 1: other thing my dad often says to me, he goes, Randy, 577 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: if they were smart, they wouldn't be liberal. And so 578 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: you know that that's part of what's going on. It's 579 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 1: this delusional intersection. And the funny thing for all these 580 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 1: liberals is if the Muslim terrorists ever took control, they'd 581 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: line them up and shoot them. You know, all all 582 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 1: the gay people would be killed. The women who wouldn't, 583 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 1: who wouldn't, you know, cover themselves in a burka. They'd 584 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 1: get beaten up, just like they do in Iran. So 585 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 1: it doesn't even make any sense, this alliance. But they 586 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 1: hate Western civilization, they hate Jews, they hate America, and 587 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 1: they use that to bind themselves together. 588 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 3: He is Representative Randy. He is from Flora. You can 589 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,600 Speaker 3: hear why he was asked to run for Congress by 590 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 3: President Donald Trump. He's been our guest here on the 591 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,959 Speaker 3: Shawan Handy Show. Representative Fine, thank you so much. Congratulations 592 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 3: on the passage of the big beautiful Bill, and good 593 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 3: luck in the next eighty nine yards in the rest 594 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 3: of your congressional tenure. Thanks so much for joining us today. 595 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: Thanks for having me. Good luck guys. 596 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 3: He's Peter Schweitzer, I Americ Eggers. This has been an 597 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 3: interview with Randy Fine. It's we've covered a lot man. 598 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 3: You know, normally we do these shows and it's summertime, 599 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 3: you expect to be loosleep. It's been a busy, busy 600 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 3: day on the Seawan Handy Show. We'll have some parting 601 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 3: thoughts and we'll come back right after this. 602 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 2: Peter Schweitzer and Eric Eggers, we've been filling in for 603 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 2: Sean Hannity. We cover the waterfront today, corruption, we dealt 604 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 2: with the rise of socialism in America. The one thing 605 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:48,320 Speaker 2: we neglected to Mension is what we celebrated three days ago, 606 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 2: which is the birth of our country. And we live 607 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 2: in the greatest country on the planet, hands down, even 608 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,520 Speaker 2: with all the problems in the corrupt leadership we have. 609 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,040 Speaker 3: Well, it's absolutely true, and I think we try to highlight, 610 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 3: you know, the things that make this country better. We 611 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 3: try to bring transparency, whether it's when we're feeling it 612 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 3: for Sean on this program or on the podcast that 613 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:08,600 Speaker 3: we do, The Drill Down, which we'd love for you 614 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 3: to subscribe to you at the drill Down dot com. 615 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 3: You can follow us on Twitter at at the drill 616 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,000 Speaker 3: Down one. But absolutely it is the greatest country in 617 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 3: the world and as an honor to be able to 618 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,400 Speaker 3: talk to the people who live in it each time 619 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 3: we get to host this shows. Thank you, Linda, great job, 620 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 3: thank you Peter Schweizer, and thanks to all of you 621 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 3: for listening. We'll talk to you next time.