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This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. But first thing first, Olivia, you've been covering this local election that's got national attention. When did you realize that Mendani had a shot?
I can't think of an exact watershed moment. I guess I would explain it more as as a trickle. I think perhaps it's my age group. I just noticed people I knew were sharing, were following his content way before that support was registering in the poll numbers. I mean, when we started covering this at the Free Press, he was polling at 1 percent. But I just had the sense that there was a lot of support that was not yet registering. You said that he has 50,000 followers, 50,000 volunteers.
Oh, volunteers, yeah, because followers, they've been shooting up overnight. He gained almost 600,000 Instagram followers overnight. So you think social media, he's been strong. I saw that he jumped in the ocean during the polling plunge with his suit on.
He's doing a lot of videos like so he's great on social media, much like AOC. Yeah, yeah. But I would say it goes beyond that. I mean, you mentioned he had an army of 50,000 volunteers. The Cuomo campaign, I am so sorry to say it. A lot of the staffers that they are the canvassers, they ultimately hired. They were paid.
There was not a lot of unpaid support. This is 50,000 people spending weekends, rain or shine. I mean, I went to some of these events and you kind of get the sense that people are there because it's fun because they're there to meet people the night of the election.
By my estimation, there were probably 15 parties in bars across the city, young people getting drunk, you know, rolling joints, having the time of their life, chanting, Zoron, Zoron, Zoron. But what do they like about him? What do they like about him? Because, I mean, he's for free buses. He's for free supermarkets.
Right, right, right. He's for free housing. He's for raising taxes.
And what about this cut their 25? Would a Mayor Mamdani welcome Benjamin Netanyahu to the city? No, as mayor, New York City would arrest Benjamin Netanyahu. This is a city that our values are in line with international law.
It's time that our actions are also. So there he is. He also is known as being anti-Semitic. Certainly anti-Israel wants to divest from it. But what is he is and he's a proud socialist, right? And just to be clear, in case listeners didn't understand what he was saying in that clip, that is him declaring his intent to possibly arrest Benjamin Netanyahu, were he to step foot in New York City. And to the supporters of Zoron, oh, that is not a negative.
That is a positive. They consider that justice in action because things are that backwards right now. So what do they like about him? I would say they consider him a progressive champion.
Of course, the irony is that when you look at his base of support, it's people making over $100,000. A lot of the voters who went towards Cuomo were minorities, were working class. You didn't get the black vote, right? So right. So Cuomo got the black vote in Boston, New York.
Unbelievable. Now, look, I think that this guy is he's disgraced and he's lazy. And I think he thought that the whole mayor stuff was beneath him. He didn't even know he's trying to he's trying to reclaim his career.
But he didn't want the job. I don't know. I have heard that talking point. Like I listened or watched Morning Joe the day after the election.
And that hurts my feelings, by the way. You know, you got to see you got to see what they're saying. And they they were it was very similar to election the morning after Kamala's loss, where they were saying, oh, Kamala, you know, we only had however long we had.
She she didn't get out there enough. And I heard a lot of the same talking points about Cuomo saying he wasn't he wasn't having enough events. And listen, if it wasn't about that at all. The votes, they were not against Cuomo. They were for Zoron.
I think if Cuomo were to have any more or less events, it wouldn't have made a difference. So interesting. Yeah. So I want you to hear what Eric Adams told us because you were watching Morning Joe. Yeah. Eric Adams on our show.
OK, cut 26. He's a snake oil salesman. He would say and do anything to get elected.
Think about this for a moment. He wants to raise one percent. He wants to raise tax on one percent of New York's high income earners. As a mayor, you don't have the authority to do that.
You know who has the authority to do that? An assemblyman, which he is. He wants to do free buses.
He could have done it at Assemblyman. He doesn't understand the power of government and how you must make sure you improve your economy. Raise the standard of living. And this is what we've done in the city. And I'm looking forward to being on the campaign trail and showing New York is we can't go backwards.
And New Yorkers never surrender or quit. Well, he says you want to go backwards. But he does say that you point out in your column that if he wants to give one of these things, I think he wants to give a food or free bus. It's going to be one hundred billion dollars.
Yeah, yeah. That's his housing plan. That is his housing plan.
I would say so. I guess there you're you're trying to get at the general because obviously, Eric Adams, the big matchup now is Zoron has won the Democratic nomination. And so he's he's he's going to go up against Eric Adams. And the problem, I think politically with the clip you just played, is that what Eric Adams is essentially trying to do is say he's not. He's not a serious guy. He's not a serious contender. I'm serious.
I understand how to govern. And I don't know a that Zoron supporters care. And I don't know if how credible that is in the eyes of New Yorkers coming from Eric Adams. The problem is that the damage does he, Eric Adams, because, you know, the indictments taking his phone, the FBI.
I don't think people really caught Turkish embassy. Right. Right. You know, what's going on? Yeah. I would say there's probably a split, I would say, and a split that arguably works in his favor in the general election, because I think that the base of his support really minorities, the black community, you know, Upper Manhattan, the Bronx, whatever. I don't think that they are as bothered by this stuff. And so runs base is obviously quite bothered.
So he kind of breaks even there. I guess Olivia. Ryan goes with us from the free press staff writer there. How does he feel about the free press? Oh, so, Ron.
Oh, my goodness. Does he like you? Does he like talking to you? He runs from me like the plague, like literally, like literally has run from me. No, I haven't.
I, you know, I call them almost every day now just leave voicemails saying, hey, checking in. It's Olivia Ryan Gold from the free press. What's he afraid of? That's not Trumpian. I think he doesn't want scrutiny on the Israel stuff. I think and to be honest, I think he considers these very fair questions about how he distinguishes anti-Semitism from anti-Zionism. I think he considers them nonsense when really, I think he has an obligation to New Yorkers, especially Jewish voters, to answer those questions. Don't we have more Jewish voters in New York City than anywhere except Israel? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jewish residents overall.
Yeah. Why would any Jewish person vote for this guy? He wants to divest from Israel. Do you know what he did in college?
Oh, of course. Well, he was involved with these Palestinian organizations. He started his the student chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine at Bowdoin, a college that now costs about one hundred thousand dollars a year to attend. His family's rich.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. His father is, I think you could you could say a giant in the field of anti-Zionist studies. He's a professor at Columbia University. Unbelievable.
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Cut 28. And today, homeless people, emotionally disturbed garbage everywhere, the quality of life miserable. One of the outtakes of the election is people were complaining about the lack of affordable housing. The fact that the cost of living is skyrocketing and the crime in New York City. We lock up toothpaste in a drugstore and we don't lock up criminals. People have had enough.
We don't want to go back to these Democrats. And, Sean, you know me from 46 years. I am the consummate New Yorker. I haven't fled or moved or gone anywhere else.
I was birthed here in New York City and my whole campaign is based on improve, don't move. So he did better than a lot of people thought last time. So what do you think? You saw the Pataki story that he said there was a pathway, right? No, no, I didn't. I didn't see that. If you get 20, if Cuomo stayed in and Adam stayed in, and so Modani won, he said that there would be a pathway at 28% would give him the victory.
I understand that because obviously the moderate vote would be would be split there. I mean, Curtis, listen, he sound I mean, I liked that bite you just you just played, but he's got to get over the reputation. I think he's got a really kind of reputation as like a zany cat man that I think he's in order to really capture that moderate energy and like an anti Zoron coalition.
He's got to be seen more seriously. So don't wear the guardian angel stuff. Well, I mean, the red beret. It is kind of chic.
It is kind of chic. But more more bites like whatever you just played. You like that? Yeah. OK, I think that could work.
All right. We'll see what happens. So this is what Mike Lawler said. The Republican who might be running for governor because Donald Trump made so much progress in New York is giving Republicans hope so they might be able to take a major seat. And he also says that AOC will actually benefit from this after her endorsement. There's a lot of people giving her credit for that.
Cut 31. And he's petrified of AOC. And she had probably the best night out of Zoran Mandami because she endorsed him and she helped propel him into office back in 2020 when he flipped a Democratic seat, defeating a Democrat incumbent. And ultimately, you have seen this rise within New York City of of avowed socialism. They openly talk about defunding the police, not cooperating with ICE agents, free everything, free grocery stores, free busing and mass transit, free food, clothing, health care, housing for illegal immigrants.
And you see the consequences of that. Wall Street has been leaving New York in droves. They're going to Palm Beach. They're going to Dallas. They're going to Atlanta.
And they're going to keep going if this happens. Right. Well, OK, so at the at the top of that clip, the talking about the power of AOC's endorsement, I just want to add before this started, we were talking about Eric Adams and whether or not he had a shot.
OK, why? So Ron is going to be so hard to take down is it's not just AOC. It's not just Bernie Sanders who also endorsed him. It's not just Hassan Piker, who has spoken positively about 9-11.
And Hassan Piker, by the way, is beloved. He has a massive fan base. It's not just those endorsements. It's every single influencer across the city. It's makeup reviewers, skateboarders, baristas, like an insane coalition of everyday New Yorkers. And these influencers that really matter to Gen Z and millennials has endorsed Zoron.
So what about the first one you mentioned that is tossed positive like 9-11 was a good day? Hassan Piker. Have you heard of him, by the way?
Oh, my gosh. He's he's gigantic. He is, I believe, the biggest Twitch streamer. And Twitch is a platform that most people associate with gaming.
But actually, political content can be just as as popular. And he is. I mean, I think he identifies as a socialist. I'm not sure if socialist is the strong enough term there. Extremely, like, radically anti-Israel.
And that his endorsement furthers anyone who's worried about being he's anti-Semitic will just back that up. Right. And they created content together. You know, there are photos of them. Zoron sat down for about an hour-long interview that was extremely chummy. Wow.
I'll keep my eye on that. And Olivia, I guess, if the young people will decide this election, he looks like he's in a good spot. And you are predicting he will win? I feel like, I mean, I guess it's too early, just based on looking at the showdown that has emerged between Zoron and Eric Adams so far and then Curtis Leewa. I don't think those guys are going to be able to stop this.
