Do you?

The first thing he's got to do is somehow get past the tariffs.

Michigan is paying a terrible price for the Canadian tariff war, bauxite, all the things that come through Michigan and, that are required for home building, for example.

We don't have them because the president has decided to have a trade war with Canada.

That's got to come to a conclusion.

If that happens, he'll get credit for that as a starter.

He also can't be just a foreign policy expert or a cheerleader for the Muslim community in Michigan.

And that guy is now going to be senator.

Do you?

The first thing he's got to do is somehow get past the tariffs.

Michigan is paying a terrible price for the Canadian tariff war, bauxite, all the things that come through Michigan and, that are required for home building, for example.

We don't have them because the president has decided to have a trade war with Canada.

That's got to come to a conclusion.

If that happens, he'll get credit for that as a starter.

He also can't be just a foreign policy expert or a cheerleader for the Muslim community in Michigan.

And that guy is now going to be senator.

I'm giving you that and I'm giving you the microphone and take it away.

Well, what do you think happened yesterday? That's the big deal.

What happened yesterday is a revolt.

People think it's just an election.

It's a revolt during violence by Americans throughout the country who said they just had enough and they weren't going to tolerate it anymore.

And they did things that were pathological, electing Democrats in parts of the country for being a Democrat which tells you something very important.

Trump was rejected overall, and it was all about Donald Trump.

What do we have to do to reposition the Republican Party, at least in our state, our city, to appeal more to the younger people, to appeal more to the New Yorkers, to appeal more to the people who are now, according to the Board of Elections, coming out in droves? Hank, tell us what messaging we have to do or what kind of candidates we have to put out there.

What would you say about that? I

would say that the era of the professional politician has overtaken the local patriot.

And unless we bring patriotism back, to our politics, we're going to see more of this kind of chaos.

It can't be about staying in power.

It's got to be about doing something for people.

But the political industrial complex, which I've called it on your show in the past, is taking over our politics in a way that can do no good.

Public financing has made sure not that government is better, but that people stay in government longer.

No, it's scary, right? I mean, last thing, what were your thoughts when it became official that Abdul El-Sayed won in Michigan last night? I'm

But by then, it's going to be too late.

Well, the Republican Party is shattered unquestionably so.

The Democrats have gone through this in the past.

The question is, what is the Republican Party? What are either parties? If the Democrats do nothing but spend their time whacking Trump under leadership of Schumer in the Senate and Hakeem Jeffries in the House, if that's what they do, they're going to meet the same fate.

Because the people are telling, you know, it's less about partisanship than it is about Trump and about telling those in power, enough, guys, we're pissed off and we're not going to take anymore.

It's like the character in Network, you know, the guy paid by Finch who says, I'm fed up and I'm not going to take anymore.

Yeah, that's exactly right.

concerned

What are you concerned about, Hank, as we're sitting here talking? Obviously, is it some of these DSA candidates that we've talked about? Is that the trend that's the most troubling to you?

The DSA candidates, and we also have an entire population.

Look, the population of this country is no longer European derivative.

More than 50% of the population cannot make its roots to Europe, which means the things that created democracy, the Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, The French idea about the universal rights of men have no bearing upon this new population.

You can see it in the behaviors.

So you're calling about the Christian, Judeo, the rule of law in life.

It is over.

And of course, nine o'clock, New York, Hank.

Do you think Republicans retain control of the House and the Senate, or will Democrats capture one chamber or the other, Or are we potentially looking at a Democrat sweep?

There's something inside of me that says it's not a Democrat sweep.

I do think that the Democrats, they take the House convincingly.

The Senate is a different issue, and the things that people are looking at.

um are i think are biased by a bad polling the polling has gotten worse over the years because the lazy pollsters overall are buying samples from the same sample houses and the end result is that the data looks the same and they keep uh they keep pulling the same people or more most likely voters when in fact an election like this you may not be getting those kinds of voters certainly In the race for New York City mayor last year, most likely voters were not the ones that won the election.

So that's problem one with polling.

Problem two shows a lack of understanding of the country.

Which party do you think benefits the most from this extraordinary participation? Is there a segment of the electorate that you believe the pollsters are overlooking?

Do you think Republicans retain control of the House and the Senate, or will Democrats capture one chamber or the other, or are we potentially looking at a Democrat sweep?

I don't.

There's something inside of me that says it's not a Democrat sweep.

I do think that the Democrats, they take the House convincingly.

The Senate is a different issue, and the things that people are looking at um are i think are biased by a bad polling and polling has gotten worse over the years because the lazy pollsters overall are buying samples from the same sample houses and the end result is that the data looks the same and they keep uh they keep pulling the same people or more most likely voters when in fact an election like this you may not be getting those kinds of voters certainly In the race for New York City mayor last year, most likely voters were not the ones that won the election.

So that's problem one with polling.

Problem two shows a lack of understanding of the country.

Which party do you think benefits the most from this extraordinary Is there a segment of the electorate that you believe the pollsters are overlooking?

You hit it on the head.

It's playing to the anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic, anti-Hindu, Zoya Mondami crowd.

to ensure that they'll actually turn out because they have no reason to turn out for her.

She wants them to turn out so she has a big number of a victory, which she didn't have the last time around.

Everything was much closer.

She doesn't want to go through the same thing again.

She's spending the money.

It just curled my stomach completely.

You hit it on the head.

It's playing to the anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic, anti-Hindu, Zoya Mondami crowd.

to ensure that they'll actually turn out because they have no reason to turn out for her.

She wants them to turn out, so she has a big number of a victory, which she didn't have the last time around.

Everything was much closer.

She doesn't want to go through the same thing again.

She's spending the money.

It just curled my stomach completely.

You hit it on the head.

It's playing to the anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic, anti-Hindu, Zoya Mondami crowd.

to ensure that they'll actually turn out because they have no reason to turn out for her.

She wants them to turn out, so she has a big number of a victory, which she didn't have the last time around.

Everything was much closer.

She doesn't want to go through the same thing again.

She's spending the money.

It just curled my stomach completely.

I don't see...

Nonsense.

Tell us more.

Nonsense.

Abject nonsense.

This is not a referendum on the Iran war and on gas prices.

This is a referendum on something else.

The press, nobody looked at that insane statement and said, we have a problem here.

I don't see...

Nonsense.

Tell us more.

Nonsense.

Abject nonsense.

This is not a referendum on the Iran war and on gas prices.

This is a referendum on something else.

It was just something he said in the debate, and

I don't see...

Nonsense.

Tell us more.

Nonsense.

Abject nonsense.

This is not a referendum on the Iran war and on gas prices.

This is a referendum on something else.

fine.

I don't see...

Nonsense.

Tell us more.

Nonsense.

Abject nonsense.

This is not a referendum on the Iran war and on gas prices.

This is a referendum on something else.

was just

That's right.

The place where New Yorkers meet in great numbers is on that subway system and the buses and the rest of it, and we s- any disruption of that way of life is, is tantamount to destroying New York.

If you take our traditions away of where people meet and how they, how they, how they...

Even amid the problems, that somehow how we, we, we, uh, we're not confined to spaces.

We're not confined to groups.

We get along.

We, we do our best to get along.

Nope.

That's right.

The place where New Yorkers meet in great numbers is on that subway system, and the buses and the rest of it.

And we s- any disruption of that way of life is, is tantamount to destroying New York.

If you take our traditions away of where people meet and how they, how they, how they e- imagine the problems that somehow how we, we, we, uh, we're not confined to spaces, we're not confined to groups.

We get alo- we, we do our best to get along.

What this guy is talking about is that certain groups don't belong.

That if you stand there and raise your middle finger up to the Statue of Columbus, you're telling Catholics that they can drop dead.

Nope.

right.

They can.

They can.

Unfortunately, they can mine a lot if the data is correct at all.

You know, the the people are really the data.

The data indicates consistently that.

that people are upset about the war in Iran, that they're upset about the cost of staples, and they're upset about the cost of the pump.

How can the people of Michigan who need these for these jobs that they're going to need to have send someone like El-Sayed who wants to cut the defense budget? This is absolutely suicidal.

That's right.

They can, they can, unfortunately they can mine a lot if the data's correct at all.

You know, the, the people are, are really...

The data, the data indicates consistently that people are upset about the war in Iran, that they're upset about the cost of staples, and they're upset about what's the, the get, the, the, the, uh, cost at the pump.

Um, you know, in states where you normally have Democratic victories, which is California and New York, it doesn't matter that much, you know, 'cause the cost of the pump, well, you know, okay, that's life.

But other states where you don't normally have Democrat victories, you see this shift and this, this Democratic wave, which is likely real, it may be more ex- more explicit than we think for a couple of reasons, it may be more extreme this time.

But generally, in the House of Representatives, the party in power that controls the White House loses the House or gets close to losing it.

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Okay, Hank.

Um, look, it, I think Blakeman acquitted himself well.

I think that surprised some people, unfortunately.

The governor said Trump, Trump, Trump.

Blakeman said affordability.

Affordability trumps Trump, in my view.

But, um, Bruce Blakeman will need to raise a lot of money very quickly in order to get it across Um, if I were him, I'd be focusing on, uh, uh, on Catholics and Jews in the outer boroughs of New York City to try to get the numbers I need.

I mean, do tho- tho- those, uh, surrogates kind of thing, do, do those move the needle in an election?

I mean, that means nobody's going to satisfy the mob.

Well, the mob is not satisfied until the State of Israel is wiped off the map and the Jews are killed.

People don't understand history, you know.

They don't understand history.

There's a reason why the Assyrian Catholics were practically extinguished, why the Yazidi were practically extinguished, why the Chaldean Catholics are really non-existent in Iraq anymore, and on and on and on Zoroastrians, and why? Because you can't have coexistence with people who don't want to have coexistence.

This idea of a two-state solution in the Middle East is absurd.

And what you're going to have is an increased population of people who want to see that little country wiped off the map and will want to destroy anybody who doesn't agree with that.

What is the population you think of Jews in New York right now?

They're g- nobody's gonna satisfy the, the mob.

Well, the mob is not satisfied until the state of Israel is wiped off the map and the Jews are killed.

I mean, people don't understand history, you know? They, they, they just, they don't understand history.

There's a reason why the, um, Assyrian Catholics are, you know, were practically extinguished, why the Yazi- Y- Yazidi were practically extinguished, why the Chaldean Catholics are, are really nonexistent in Iraq anymore, and on, and on, and on, Zoroastrians.

And why? Because you can't have coexistence with people who don't want to have coexistence.

This idea of a two-state solution in the Middle East is absurd, and what you're gonna have is an increased population of people who want to see that little country wiped off the map, and will wanna destroy anybody who doesn't agree with that.

And that's what you see, whether they be Jews, or Christians, or anybody else, and it's gonna get worse.

Wow.

Uh, I mean, that means nobody, they're, nobody's gonna satisfy the, the mob.

Well, the mob is not satisfied until the state of Israel is wiped off the map and the Jews are killed.

I mean, people don't understand history, you know? They, they, they just, they don't understand history.

There's a reason why the, um, Assyrian Catholics are, you know, were practically extinguished, why the Yazi- the Yazidi were practically extinguished, why the Chaldean Catholics are, are really nonexistent in Iraq anymore, and on and on and on, Zoroastrians.

And why? Because you can't have coexistence with people who don't want to have coexistence.

This idea of a two-state solution in the Middle East is absurd.

And what you're gonna have is an increased population of people who wanna see that little country wiped off the map, and will wanna destroy anybody who doesn't agree with that.

Wow.

"While you spend your night, days and nights doing that, his popularity is growing." Is that true?

true?Sid, you and I are in agreement.

I'm not saying that they're gonna revolt against the mayor.

They're gonna revolt against the system.

They're gonna be very unhappy they can't get what he's promising.

There's nothing to indicate right now that people would be terribly opposed to the mayor.

He's an extraordinarily talented politician.

So should the next mayor candidate be a, a non-politician like Trump, like a Sid Rosenberg or a Michael Rapaport or, or a wealthy businessman, somebody like Bill Ackman? Who do you think? Well, what should that profile look like for the next potential Republican candidate?

"While you spend your night, days and nights doing that, his popularity is growing." Is that true?

true?Sid, you and I are in agreement.

I'm not saying that they're gonna revolt against the mayor.

They're gonna revolt against the system.

They're gonna be very unhappy they can't get what he's promising.

There's nothing to indicate right now that people would be terribly opposed to the mayor.

He's an extraordinarily talented politician.

So should the next mayor candidate be a, a non-politician like Trump, like a Sid Rosenberg or a Michael Rapaport or, or a wealthy businessman, somebody like Bill Ackman? Who do you think? Well, what should that profile look like for the next potential Republican candidate?