
In this episode of Scrolling: Democrat candidates keep racking up scandals, Then, Mayor Mamdani is begging billionaires not to leave NYC, Plus, the JP Morgan exec accused of sex abuse is fighting back
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Haley Caronia
Welcome to Scrolling with Haley. I'm Haley Caronia. Democrats are really in a dark place these days and I just have a few examples that will have you shaking your head wondering what the hell is wrong with them and why can't the party find anyone remotely normal to run? And then Mayor Mamdani is making a fool of Adam out of himself, desperately trying to get back into the good graces of billionaires who are threatening to take their fortunes elsewhere. Who else is going to pay for the free grocery stores? So now he's groveling. And Mr. Wonderful revives that old adage about avocado toast being the reason millennials and Gen Z will never be able to buy houses. Except this time he's banning Gen Z from their favorite morning pick me up. Plus that JP Morgan executive who was accused without evidence of turning one of her colleagues into a sex slave is fighting back. You go girl. Quick reminder to subscribe to this show if you haven't already. I know I say this all the time. You gotta subscribe to the Bongino Report channel right here on rumble rumble.com Haley will bring you there. This is where you can watch the show at noon Eastern Monday through Friday. If you can't catch us live, you can watch whatever you want or listen on your favorite podcast platform. All I ask is that you tell a friend and I want to tell you quickly about our sponsor for today's show. Spring is finally here and with it comes brighter mornings, fuller days, and much bigger focus on rest. Between allergy season and a packed schedule, getting quality sleep has become non negotiable for me. And that's where Helix has truly made a difference. I've been sleeping on the Midnight Luxe mattress and it is hands down the best one I've ever owned. Before this I was waking up overheated, never fully rested. And since switching to Helix, my sleep feels completely different. My back feels supported throughout the night. I don't wake up hot anymore. And what really sets Helix apart is how personalized it is. They offer over 20 mattress options and match you with the right one using a quick sleep quiz. No guessing involved. I'm sleeping deeper, longer and waking up with real energy again. And Helix makes it easy to try with free shipping, a 120 night sleep trial and limited time lifetime warranty. And they're happy with Helix guarantee. Head to helix sleep.com haley that's h a y l e y for 27% off site wide exclusive for my listeners helixleep.com haley for 27% off and make sure you enter scrolling with Haley at checkout so they know that I sent you helix sleep.com h a y L E Y and put your phones on. Do not disturb. The show starts right now. So Congressman Shri Thanadar Thanatr. I don't know how to say his name. Every time we cover him on the show, I have to just say that disclaimer. I have absolutely no idea how to pronounce his name, and I don't care to check, but he's in Michigan's 13 13th congressional district, and he's got a primary challenger who is shaking what her mama gave her. And I'm just wondering if my Michiganders are okay. Is everything okay at home? Because why is Sharpie browse in office in the first place? And why is Ms. New Booty the other option here? And Ms. New Booty has a name. Her name is Shelby Campbell. She's a single mom, twerking. Sorry. Working her way through. Through law school until she got kicked out. And she's definitely taking a different approach to getting her name out there. When you get to her TikTok page, you'll see she, her, hers pronouns, because obviously she's a Democrat or she claims to be an independent, but you know. And then her. Her bio reads, candidate for US Congress fighting for workers rights, women's equality, and strong public schools. Join the movement. And then her page is just full of this slop. And I will warn you, this next video is not safe for work. It is not safe for kids. Viewer discretion is advised. Let's go. I got a big fat pussy with some thick ass lips and a clit so big it could sink a ship
Maureen Galindo
Ain't got no ass, ain't got no
Haley Caronia
tits Just a big fat pussy in between these hips Ain't got no problem
Shelby Campbell
niggas me my daddy, bitch, I'm big mama.
Haley Caronia
Every time y' all peel me with them hoes, it's gonna be big drama. But suck this with suggest like you
Shelby Campbell
should My nec, my back lick my pussy and my crack.
Haley Caronia
Y' all crazy, bitch. But you're so good on my compliment when I dream. Big ho lap dance ass so fat, need a lap dance.
Shelby Campbell
Good afternoon, Shelby Campbell, running for Michigan's 13th congressional district. What is a leader supposed to look like? I'm just an individual. Just like Donald Trump, except he's a privileged ass bitch. I look like this right now because I was sick last week. I had to take care of my children last week, you know? Cause I have children, and I don't have a million Dollars to hire somebody else to raise my kids. Also, I have to finish moving. I don't have any family to help me. My friend was out here last week to help me, but that's about it. She has to go home to Illinois because she has a life. So, yeah, I think this actually is what leadership looks like. Someone that can relate to the people and understand wholeheartedly what it is like to be alone and be a regular person. I have enough background in a lot of different sectors that helps me prepare for this position.
Haley Caronia
Okay. I'm sorry that I had to show you that. If I had to see it, you had to see it, too. I will say she looks filthy. Like, her hair looks dirty. She looks like she's never showered. Her house looks dirty. Like, I can't believe she's raising kids in that house. It looks disgusting. Then she's blaming on looking disgusting because she was sick last week. Okay, well, that was last week, and now it's this week, and you still look disgusting. So let's get into the shower. And then she's saying that, you know, she looks like that because she doesn't have a million dollars to raise her kids. You don't need $1 million to raise your kids, but you do need to shower. Okay. And if the twerking videos didn't sell you, here she is discussing reparations. Listen to this question.
Shelby Campbell
Oh, yeah, I'm the last. I actually wrote a paper in 2023 on reparations. If you would have asked me probably 10 years ago, I would have said no because I was an ignorant white girl. And that's why I'm a really big advocate for education. I mean, I was. I was raised a bunch around a bunch of white people. So I had no idea of, like, the history, the real history. And moving to Detroit really helped me with that and going to college. But, yes, I agree, because, like you said, everybody else has gotten them. When I learned that Jewish people did for the Holocaust, I was like, that wasn't even that long of an experience in comparison. So education is really important to me because it taught me a lot. And I can admit where my faults are. And you just said that the reparations go to the poorest of the poor. That's literally calling black people the poorest of the poor. That was just really insensitive and horrible. So if you're running in the 13th congressional district, you should probably not say it like that.
Jeff Bezos
All right, let's give.
Haley Caronia
Well, thankfully, she's. She says she's educated now, and that's her take now she's educated and that's her take. She said that, you know, the Holocaust wasn't really that bad and black people aren't poor and we shouldn't say that. And what else did she say in there? She wasn't making a lot of sense.
Co-host/Guest
Way too much going on in that video.
Haley Caronia
No sense was made. But she did write a paper in 2023 on reparations. Therefore they are good. And therefore we should do that, therefore we should pay for it. She's been re educated as a white woman. So anyway, if that didn't convince you to vote for her, here she is saying that we shouldn't thank the troops.
Shelby Campbell
I said, stop thanking our troops and let's send the government to fight these wars. If you're too dumb to follow along. Yeah, this is why we need people like me in office, so we can have education reform, not fund the military.
Haley Caronia
Okay, so lots to break down there as well. She says she would like to reform the education system and that we need to put people in office like her who aren't stupid. Except she is stupid. And she doesn't know that the military is part of the United States government. And if she's advocating, by the way, for the government to fight wars, if she gets into office, is she enlisting? Something tells me she wouldn't do that. So she starts gaining traction on social media, gets picked up by local news, and I'm happy to report that she is capable of brushing her hair and putting on real clothes. Here's the local news piece that they did on her.
Shelby Campbell
I am an ethical person.
Local News Reporter
Do you think that twerking is going to get people to the polls?
Haley Caronia
Pardon the pun.
Shelby Campbell
Oh, I know. Yeah. Honestly. Honestly. Like I said, men are kind of. We all know how they are. Look at the men that are in power now.
Local News Reporter
Congressional hopeful Shelby Campbell says Sex El's twerking for your vote in the 13th district.
Shelby Campbell
I don't do onlyfans. Like, everybody just keeps saying, I was just having fun. You know, I'm young and I'm taking advantage of social media.
Local News Reporter
She says she's got booty and brains. A law student, mom of two, and former line worker. Now making cheeks blush across TikTok in an attempt to clench votes. One of the videos surfaced. Said, I'm a. I'm a great, but would you know a if you saw one?
Shelby Campbell
Yeah.
Local News Reporter
What was behind all that?
Shelby Campbell
They were calling me a. So I just like to be sarcastic. And if you're going to call me names, I'm going To make you feel awkward for doing so. Like I'm just going to dish it back. Because why do you think you can talk to me like that?
Haley Caronia
You know, why do you think you could talk to her like that?
Co-host/Guest
This poor pregnant interviewee, she's like, really?
Haley Caronia
This is my assignment for today. I have to go interview this pos.
Co-host/Guest
I just want a nap.
Haley Caronia
So I just want to read some of the comments in the chat now. Because someone said she is demonic white trash. Someone had you know what with her two times. I feel bad for the kids. Holy cringe. Making men puke. And I was going to throw this question out to the chat because she said that she is trying. She is vying for men's votes like this. She thinks that this is going to be the thing that gets men to the polls. Is that true? If you are a man listening or watching, would this get you to vote for her? If she is standing on her kitchen counter drinking what looks to be like a Red Bull, maybe a beer or something like that. She's twerking. She's saying that she's a classy woman, although all of her videos point to the opposite. And people are saying, no way. Nope. Whore. No. Not real. Not a chance. Nope. No fixing this. F. No. No. So the only men that I care about are the ones that listen to scrolling with Haley. And I appreciate your opinions. I think you're all very level headed, normal people. And I would agree that I don't think men are going to, you know, drop everything and go vote for this woman because she's shaking her behind. It's pretty disgusting. Also, could you imagine if this person gets into office, what she would be doing in D.C. in our nation's capital? You know, after President Trump cleans it up, we're going to send this person there. I hope not.
Co-host/Guest
President Trump in 2022. I wrote a paper on reparations.
Haley Caronia
Yes.
Andrew
My favorite was no, I don't do only fans.
Haley Caronia
I just horn myself up for free on the Internet. Right. Well, it's not even for free because she's. She actually, I don't think she has enough followers to monetize on TikTok. So yes, you're right. She is doing it for free, which is really sad. Very, very sad. Someone in the chat said it's a no from Florida. Well, it's not up to us down here in the great state of Florida, unfortunately, this is up to Michigan. And all I have to say is good luck, Michigan. You're going to need it. Then I have another Democrat candidate Here, this is a sex therapist who's running on a crazy platform. This is in Texas's 35 35th congressional district. And again, a sex therapist has decided to run for office. Her name is Maureen Galindo, and she wants to turn the Carnes ICE detention center into a, quote, prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers for human trafficking. This is the headline sex therapists blasted over vile call to convert ICE facilities into camps for American Zionists with castration center. So she did say that the ICE detention center that she wants to transform would also serve as a castration processing center for pedophiles, which that part I'm sold. However, she said it would also mostly be Zionists. And she's gotten backlash, of course, and she has also tried to clarify what she meant by that. Here she is clarifying, when I say
Maureen Galindo
that I want billionaire Zionists in prison, that does not mean I want Jews in internment camps. So why am I getting a whole bunch of death threats and MAGA insult? Which actually makes sense, I realize like MAGA and Jewish Zionist apparently are the exact same people. They talk the exact same way. And that's because MAGA is the developing Christian Zionism. That's how they want to create a religion state in the United States of America is through maga, which, that's the goal of the Zionism is to create these white supremacist religion states. So, like, I don't care what religion you are, if you are a Zionist, meaning that you believe that you are just entitled to land or someone's just entitled to land based off of religious beliefs and that you'll kill all of the Semites for it, then yeah, I think that you're a danger to humanity and belong in prison, especially if you have the political and economic resources to make that happen. And that's how we would, that's how we will get all of the billionaire Zionists in prison is through all of
Haley Caronia
the business life without billionaires probably wouldn't be as good as these socialists think that it would be. And again, I'm all for castrating pedophiles, but that's where she loses me. If you run for office and say you're going to put any certain group of people into an internment camp or a prison, that's no good, especially based on religion or based on ideology or their job or any of these other identifiers. This is inhumane. Of course, it's also the definition of discrimination, which I thought liberals were against, but seemingly not. If, if you don't fit in Their ideology, all of a sudden, they. They're fine with inhumane treatment. And I don't need to tell you all that this is obviously a slippery slope. It's obvious that this kind of rhetoric is very dangerous, although I'm not surprised that it is coming from a Democrat. And essentially, the people that she wants to throw in, these are the, you know, she wants to throw all Semites in jail. Well, I hadn't heard the word Semite
Andrew
in a while, so I looked it
Haley Caronia
up, and Semite is an obsolete term.
Andrew
So obviously she's knowledgeable about everything she
Haley Caronia
speaks of, and we should listen to her research papers. Yeah, it's just, you know, I'm. I'm not surprised that this is the Democrat Party, and I'm not surprised that it's become so normalized, their violent rhetoric and dangerous rhetoric, that Democrats are running on platforms like this. They are running on violent, divisive rhetoric. And I don't know if their voting base would even be remotely phased by this. That's the thing that is actually very scary about this. You can have a candidate that runs on this radical platform, but I don't think that Democrat voters think that this is radical. I don't think that they think that there's anything wrong with this. And obviously Republicans in office are appalled by this. And then there are some sitting Democrats that have condemned her for this. Democrats, Reps. Josh Gothmire and Jared Moskowitz, who's in Florida, they said that they would move to expel this woman from Congress if she wins. And Hakeem Jeffries and AOC have also called her anti Semitic. So, you know, there are some people that I guess will stand up to this kind of hate in the party, but it's almost like they don't know how their rhetoric has paved the way for radicals like this to get the platform that they have. And I think that that's dangerous. Like saying that you're going to condemn her is too little, too late. You've made her. You've built her up into what she is. So it's pretty rich, by the way, to have the left call Republicans Nazis constantly. And then you find out that there are Democrats running for office who want to put Jews in prison, and they. They literally are running on that platform. They just tell on themselves, constantly projecting their own thoughts onto their political opponents, when all they have to do is really look in the mirror to find the real Nazis and fascists, apparently. And here's another doozy. A Democrat in Maine, Graham Platner, who has been at the center of multiple scandals, one being that he has a tattoo that looks very much like a Nazi symbol. But he says that he was intoxicated at the time and didn't know that he was getting a Nazi symbol tattooed. But here he is explaining that away. Anyway, we went ashore.
Andrew
We found a tattoo parlor after a fair amount of heavy carousing, and we found a tattoo on the wall, a piece of flash that looked like a tattoo. Terrifying skull and crossbones. We thought it looked cool, and so we got it. I've gone through life with this thing, taking my shirt off, having photographs taken, videos taken. I've been very, very open in my life with the fact I had a skull and crossbones on my chest, because that's what I thought it was. It's come to my attention that it has a stark resemblance to a symbol that is used by neo Nazis. And I want to say that was not the intent at all. And the idea that I've been going around with something like that utterly horrifies me. I know that symbols like this can be incredibly damaging to people. And the idea that I've had it all these years and it could have been read like that is incredibly troubling. Last night, I went to a tattoo parlor, and I got this to cover up the skull and crossbones. It's a Celtic knot with some imagery around dogs. Because my wife and Amy and I have two wonderful dogs that we love a lot. This far more represents than even the skull and crossbones did.
Haley Caronia
Looks like a organ. Like, I don't know what that is, but whoever the tattoo artist is that covered up the Nazi thing, I don't know what they thought they were doing, but whatever. He also has old Reddit threads dredged up where he talked about masturbating in a porta Potty. He talked about, you know, people who are in our military who were shot by the Taliban. Taliban Private First Class Ted Daniels shot by the Taliban. He said that he didn't deserve to live, called him fat and stupid. He has other Reddit posts where he's blamed rape victims. He's called himself a communist and a socialist. He's praised Hamas. He said that all cops are bad. This is just to name a few of his scandals. Democrats, you know, really sending their best. It's a shame that they don't have anyone better. And because they keep running on these radical socialist platforms and they keep gaining traction, it's only a matter of time before this comes the norm for Democrat candidates. We've already seen Madani take over New York City with his socialist ideas that are not working. And it's being reported now that Mamdani is absolutely begging on his knees to meet with the city's billionaires who are planning on leaving in droves, starting with JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. And here's how that meeting went. According to FOX News Business, Mamdani spent
Local News Reporter
yesterday afternoon meeting with the folks who helped make New York City the financial capital of the world to really try to contain this backlash over his tax the rich effort. So Mamdani met with JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon at their new headquarters in Midtown Mom Danny's office, sharing with us that the pair, quote, discussed the importance of rooting out waste in government and talked about how the public and private sectors can collaborate to deliver both excellent public goods and a thriving city where all New Yorkers can succeed. From JP Morgan's perspective, they said the meeting was constructive and included the importance of keeping the city competitive because even JP Morgan is expanding in other markets over New York. The firm has actually reduced their headcount here and now has more employees in the in Texas than in the big Bing Bing.
Haley Caronia
That's, that's what we need to discuss. JP Morgan Chase is going to have more heads in Texas than in New York. Maybe that's because with offices in other states, employees would rather work for a big financial company with all those benefits and the high salaries without having to live in New York and watch it get ruined. There has been a mass exodus from states like New York and California to Tennessee, Florida, Texas over the last few years. And not that I'm a billionaire by any means, not even close. But I was one of those people that lived in New York and then moved to Tennessee and now moved to Florida. Nobody wants to live or do business in New York anymore. It is dirty. It is dangerous. People don't feel safe commuting to work. Why live like that when you can keep your job at JP Morgan and move to a red state and not get taxed out the wazoo? And then Jeff Bezos sat down with CNBC squawk box from Blue Origin's rocket factory in Florida. In Florida, why do you think that the biggest minds in business, the richest people in the world, are taking their business to red states? Think about it. Think about it. So there is a theme here. And here is Jeff Bezos dropping a truth bomb on this narrative from the left that billionaires need to pay his fair share. Watch. And Elizabeth Warren has made this point repeatedly I think she's made it in
Jeff Bezos
reference to you and others are able to pay a lower tax rate, even though you're paying an enormous sum in taxes. A lower tax rate than maybe I am. These people sometimes say that, you know, I don't pay taxes. So true. I pay billions of dollars in taxes. And it's a perfect. Again, if people want me to pay more billions. Right, then let's have that debate. But don't pretend you know that this, that that's going to solve the problem. You could, you could double the taxes I pay. And it's not going to help that teacher in Queens.
Haley Caronia
I promise you what he's saying is absolutely true. This Democrat lie about billionaires not paying their fair share of taxes is just a talking point that Pocahontas and Bernie Sanders like to squawk about in aoc. What they really want is for all of the rich people to spend the, their hard earned cash on lazy poor people who would never work as hard as they do. And New York City will not be able to financially recover from this Mamdani mass exodus of the billionaires that keep that city afloat. And of course, Mamdani wants to try to meet with them and make things right. Now, when it's too late, billionaires become billionaires because they don't make stupid decisions. So I don't think that a lot of these guys are going to meet with Mamdani. And if they do, I think their mind is already made up. Like in the case of JPMorgan Chase, they already have big headquarters. You know, they might be headquartered where the financial district is in New York City. And they, maybe they have a big building in Midtown, but they have a bunch of employees that don't want to live and work there. So if they have an office in, let's say Texas or Florida or somewhere else, people are going to want to move there. It does not pay to do business in New York City anymore. So here's Mayor Mamdani responding to Jeff Bezos. I know a few teachers in Queens who had begged to differ. The money doesn't go to the teachers, dude. It never does. And this is the point that Jeff Bezos was trying to make. He could, he could pay billions and billions of dollars more in taxes than he already does. That money is still not going to go to the things that the Democrat voters think that it's going to. It goes to initiatives that sound good on paper, but they don't really work. The people who actually need the money and support never get it. And Even if the New York City schools got more money, they have nothing to show for it. Here is Jeff Bezos exposing that as well.
Jeff Bezos
The New York City school system, right, they spend $44,000 per student. 44,000. That's 30% more per student than other big cities like Chicago, Louisiana, and Boston. And it's three times more than Miami and Houston. And by the way, New York City doesn't get better outcomes. So what this. Listen, let me. Let me just say, if we ran Amazon the way New York City runs their school system, right, your packages would take six weeks to arrive. We'd have to charge you $100 delivery fee. And then when the package did finally arrive, it had the wrong item in it anyway.
Haley Caronia
Brutal truth bomb. Brutal truth bomb. But Democrats need to hear it. Will they listen? Probably not. But Democrats want more government so that they can get away with more corruption and more control. And Jeff Bezos is right. If the entire country ran like the New York City school system, I don't think people would be very happy. I don't think that anyone would really want to do business there. They already don't. It's already proving to be true. And I've told this story on the show before, but two of my very best friends are teachers in the New York City school system. In the New York City public school system. They work for the Department of Education, and they tell me horror stories about the kids that they have to deal with. These are not, by the way, special needs children. These are general education children that they say are in third grade and they cannot read. That was shocking for me to hear, but for them, they were like, this is our reality. I mean, we deal. And I don't want to, like, air out their dirty laundry or anything, but they deal with students that they sit down, they take them out of class, and they are struggling to read words like and. And the. So those are words that you can't really spell out. You just know it. Like, these are certain things, like sometimes your multiplication tables, you just have to memorize it. You just have to know it. You would think by third grade you could read the word the and know that it's, you know, it's. You can't really sound out that word. But I. When I was in first grade, I was reading Harry Potter. When I was in second grade, I had read probably half of that series. I certainly knew how to read the word the by the time I was nine years old. I mean, we were writing papers in school.
Co-host/Guest
Huge flex.
Haley Caronia
It's not a huge flex. That was normal. Like, I'm not trying to say that I'm some, you know, prodigy, like, child prodigy. That was normal. I mean, all my friends were reading Harry Potter. I don't know. I just. There are kids now that go to school in New York City. And, you know, reading Harry Potter would be far fetched, and it shouldn't be far fetched. And it's like, how have we gotten this bad in that long? I mean, in two decades, kids can't read anymore. It's like you have to look at yourself in the mirror and think, If I'm spending $44,000 per kid, they better be able to read in third grade. They better be able to read, and they better be able to graduate and get a job. But unfortunately, it's just not the case. So Jeff Bezos is absolutely right here. Nothing should run like the New York City education system. The New York City education system shouldn't even run like the New York City education system. It needs an overhaul. Needs an older haul overhaul. And again, like my point about more government involvement in things, Democrats want more government involvement. They want the government to run everything. And if the entire country ran like the dmv, I don't think that people would like that very much. There's a reason businesses don't run the way that Democrat cities do. And I think that this is really a lesson in cutting the fat and cutting wasteful spending. I mean, spending $44,000 per child on a poor outcome is idiotic. And that's exactly what the New York City school system is producing. A bunch of idiots that aren't proficient in math or English. Proficiency levels are less than 40%. That means the majority of kids are not proficient in math or science or English. And speaking of math, the math is not mathing for Mr. Wonderful. Shark Tank's Kevin O'. Leary. He spoke out about the amount of young people who cannot afford to buy homes. Here is his recipe for success.
Kevin O'Leary
Stop buying coffee for $5.50. I can walk around with anybody for a day and show you that they're wasting 15% of their money sometimes. 20. Stupid stuff. You go to work, you spend 15 bucks on a sandwich. What are you, an idiot? It costs you 99 cents to make a sandwich at home and bring it with you. So what if you bring it with you? Bring your own water if you have to, or your own drink, or bring your own coffee mug. You start to add that up every day. It's a ton of money. Most people, particularly working in metropolitan cities that are just starting out on their job, making their first 60,000 piss away about 15,000 a year on stupid stuff. And that's what they should stop doing.
Haley Caronia
Lots of truth to this. So when I got my first job out of college, I was making $31,000 a year, and I was living in New York City, one of the most expensive of cities to live in in the country. If you're asking me how did I do that, I look back and I genuinely don't know. I remember paying rent, and after I paid rent, I had $40 left in my bank account, and I had to make that stretch until the next time I got paid. How did I do that? Genuinely, I have no idea. And I didn't get into credit card debt. I truly, by the grace of God, I survived. I don't know how I did it.
Co-host/Guest
What was your struggle meal?
Haley Caronia
I did a lot of chicken and rice.
Co-host/Guest
Wow, healthy. All right.
Haley Caronia
I mean, what are my options at that point?
Co-host/Guest
I was bananas and rice. No, just kidding.
Haley Caronia
My mom. I remember when I graduated, I told my mom, I got a job. I got a job at Fox News. Like, isn't that great? She was like, you're literally at the poverty level. Like, I can't even really be that happy for you. I don't know how to do this.
Co-host/Guest
Fresh out of school, that grind, like, it builds character.
Haley Caronia
It does build character.
Co-host/Guest
I was the same way. I was like a freelance creative, and each month was like a total gamble. And I don't know how I did it. Like, I look back at it and I laugh at, like, one very blessed. Like, I was able to make ends meet. But also, yeah, those struggle meals.
Haley Caronia
So I learned a lot of lessons when I was making $31,000 living in New York City. I'll tell you, that's when I started meal prepping. Actually. It wasn't that I was so poor that I started meal prepping. It was actually during Lent. I gave up eating out for Lent. Like, I didn't want to get anything at a restaurant, I didn't want to get anything at a coffee shop. Nothing like that. Everything that I consumed for 40 days had to be made at home. And obviously it was also a money saving journey as well, and very much a necessity for me to survive. But that, you know, they say that if you do anything for 30 days, it becomes a habit. And I did it for 40 days. And after that, obviously, seeing how much money I was saving also made a lot of sense. You know, I began meal prepping and I. That became a habit for me in my Life. I still meal prep to this day, and I'm still eating chicken and rice and ground beef and rice and things like that. But it is definitely something that I think if you are starting out in a big city and you're not making a lot of money to get into the habit of, like, getting a salad chopped or something like that is really not smart. I think it could get you into a lot of financial trouble. And I think the thing that I think people are moving away from now is because when I was working in an office, this was before the pandemic. There was a social aspect to getting together with your coworkers. Going to walk down to chops. Like, I didn't have a lunch break, but we could leave our desks for about five, five minutes, and we would go and walk together. Oh, let's go get coffee together. Let's go get a salad together. And certainly there were discounted salads and meals in the building, which I would take advantage of. But after I started meal prepping, I was like, it's not worth the coworker water cooler camaraderie to spend money on these lunches that just genuinely don't make sense. Now, what Kevin o' Leary was saying in this, like, I completely agree, you know, spending your money on dumb stuff is dumb, but it was sort of in the context of, this is why young people can't buy homes, because they're buying coffee. And he also said, I will say that this is incorrect unless you're buying, like, a black coffee. Coffee is way more than $5 and 50 cents. Like, he was saying, coffee is way more expensive than that. Now, if you're getting a latte or some kind of a specialty drink at. Or even just like a coffee with milk in it, if you're getting coffee with milk and some kind of a creamer or some kind of a flavoring in it, you are paying $10.
Co-host/Guest
It's insane.
Haley Caronia
Insane. And then they will turn the iPad around and they're like, do you want to tip $20 on this $10 coffee?
Co-host/Guest
And I'm like, of course, Sarah. I'm so sorry. I'm here buying your $40 coffee.
Haley Caronia
So I will say, like, he has a point, and I completely agree with him. Before everyone jumps me, he's basically saying this within the context of, this is why young people can't afford to buy homes. This is why people can't have a down payment. And it's like, first of all, coffee is much more expensive. Lunch is probably more expensive as well. But this mentality isn't the whole picture as to why young people can't afford houses. Like, and I did a little bit of the math here, if you spent $28 on lunch and $10 on coffee every day and you stop doing that, you would save $13,870. And to Kevin O' Leary's point, that is a lot of extra cash to have. And I would encourage people to save that money instead of spending it on garbage. But the average home in America at $420,000 and let's say a 20% down payment could be $80,000. Like, you've got to cut back on a lot more frivolous spending. And someone posted this. This is Ian Miller. I used to work with him at Outkick and he posted this on X. I like Kevin o', Leary, but assuming he's right about coffee and sandwiches, which he isn't saving $5 on coffee and $14 per day on sandwiches, over 260 workdays is less than $5,000, which means it'll take a 30 year old 20 years to save up a 20% down payment on a median home in Nashville. And the thing is, everything is more expensive these days. And I don't know one person my age who has bought any piece of property without help from their families. Not one. I'm saying this as a youngish person. I know I'm, I'm getting up there now, but I do not know one person. None of my friends who have houses could do it without help from their families. They have had to either stay and save rent or their parents help them with money. So let's do some more math. If you live at home to save rent, let's just say rent is $2,000 a month, a nice even number. That's essentially what I paid in Nashville and in Florida, but much higher in other cities. But just for the sake of this little experiment, $2,000 a month. So if you are living at home, you could save 20, $24,000 a year. Let's say you're engaged to be married and your fiance is also living at home with his parents to save money, they can also save $24,000 a year. You're going to have to live at home, both of you, for two years plus. And I know that there are ways to get a cheaper house and cheaper down payment. I'm just saying for the sake of this example, 420,000. These are like the averages. $420,000 house and 20% down payment. Like that is not a reality. For most people, I can't live at home. I would like to, but I live in Florida and my family's not here. And even when I was living in New York, it wasn't a reality for me to live at home. I had to move out. Most people don't live at home. And again, I've had friends who are in their 30s still living at home in order to buy a house and, like, get their life started. Imagine getting your life started at 30 years old. Plus our parents. That is like. And it's an insane concept. Our parents were able to pay for college alone and buy a house by themselves, and they didn't have to rely on their parents. Nowadays, it is completely impossible.
Co-host/Guest
I, after college, went and lived with my parents for a couple of years. I was traveling a lot, so, like, it didn't make a ton of sense to have, like, my own own place. So I was very lucky to be able to save up. But even now, the difference between the cost of living, like, I think about kind of, like, what I lived off of, and it's just so different now. And it is insane to think, like, how much has changed in, you know, eight years.
Haley Caronia
Yeah, I. I was thinking about this too, because I don't think that people are really paying. Like, if I had my same job, they wouldn't pay me $30,000. I'm sure it would be something like 40 or 42 or something at this point. So, you know, adjusting for that, I wouldn't be able to live in New York City on that now. Like, I could do it. It was horrible. Like, I. Like I said, I would pay rent and have $40. I remember I got a raise and then I would pay rent, and I had $72 in my bank account after. And I was like, whoa, I can buy a little more chicken and rice. You know, like, this is a very scary financial place to be in. But I'm thinking about it. I'm like, even now, when I was living in New York City, if I went to the wrong grocery store, like, I had to go to Trader Joe's to get my produce because it was cheaper and I could get my groceries for the week. For me, and it was like, 60 bucks. If I went to Fairway or some of these other grocery stores in New York City, it was over $100. That's a huge difference for someone who has $40 to their name. So, like, I'm thinking about it in terms of 20, 26 money and inflation. There is no way that I could have done that. I'M lucky that I graduated when I graduated. If I had graduated now, there's no way if I was Gen Z or Gen Alpha. Starting off is an impossibility. And I'm trying to, like, a lot of people talk shit about Gen Z and Gen Alpha. Oh, they're lazy. Oh, they're this. And maybe there's truth to that. There are some people that are. There's always people who are lazy. But for the most part, I really think that they are set up to fail. And I have empathy for them because it was so hard for me 12 years ago. I can't imagine how much harder it is now. But one way to make more cash is to sue the living pants off of your former coworker, which this JP Morgan executive is up to, thank goodness. So you know this story, right? Lorna Hajdini. This is one of my favorite stories that I've ever covered on the show. Lorna Hajdini, JP Morgan Chase Executive Director. She has now filed a countersuit against her former colleague who accused him. She is accusing him of fabricating these stories about her. And she says that they have ruined her life, which I would imagine is true. So she was accused of making this guy. I can't pronounce his last. His first name, but his last name is Rana. She accused him. I'm sorry. He accused her of making him a sex slave. And he accused her of coming to his apartment unannounced, naked, demanding threesomes with his threat friends. She was also accused of calling Ron a racist. Racist. Racist slurs. His wife. Racist slurs. He claimed that he wanted to move departments within JP Morgan, but the company wouldn't let him, basically arguing that this woman who turned him into a sex slave didn't want him to work for another department so that she could, like, you know, they. It turns out that they never worked in the same department anyway. But he reported this to JP Morgan and didn't provide any evidence and didn't cooperate with the internal investigation. So then he took to a lawyer chatbot for legal advice, saying that this whole story happened to him at Morgan Stanley, which is where he worked prior to JPMorgan Chase. And some of the details were changed around. Like, the boss that sexually assaulted him was a man, not a woman. So he had said that he had evidence of all of this stuff happening to him, but he couldn't provide it and he never did. And then he filed a complaint in New York against Lorna Hedini, and that complicated complaint was thrown out again due to lack of evidence. Then after the complaint was thrown out, he had anonymous friends try to corroborate his story to no avail. And JP Morgan eventually stood by Lorna Hijini. However, she claims now that her career and reputation has been damaged. You think how, even if you are found not guilty of doing these horrific things, being racist, turning someone into a sex slave, how do you, how do you hold your head high going into JP Morgan every day, you can't, like, you can't walk into this building despite the career that she's built, you cannot walk into this building and face your colleagues and be taken seriously, unfortunately. And it's not her fault. That's his fault.
Co-host/Guest
That's the thing where it's like, if you embarrass yourself, like at a Christmas party and you walk in, you know, like, everybody's talking about you and you're kind of, you know, dang, that's on me. This poor woman.
Haley Caronia
Like, it's not on her.
Co-host/Guest
Nothing to do, none of her actions.
Haley Caronia
Yes. And that's what's probably so frustrating is imagine working so hard in your career. You work in finance, you're getting up to the executive level at one of the top banks in the world and you have to prove yourself. And now you have to try to, like, change people's minds based on rumors. And once there's a rumor about you, it is so hard to undo people's first impressions of you or stories like that. Like, people will always associate her name with this story. And that's what's very sad, because even if she wanted to leave JP Morgan to escape, you know, the embarrassment with her co workers, not that she shouldn't be embarrassed, like none of this actually happened, but, like, how could she go to another company now? Her name is all over all of these headlines. It's. It's horrific. So, absolutely, she has got quite the case against him. She has her reputation completely ruined. And I hope that she takes him to the cleaners. Not that I think that he has much money.
Co-host/Guest
That was my question. I'm not a legal expert, but, like, if he doesn't have any money, where does that.
Haley Caronia
Because I don't even know if he's working right now.
Co-host/Guest
Correct. So, like, how does she get any rectification for this situation?
Haley Caronia
I think if he ever gets another job, his pay will be garnished. Like, I think it could be court mandated that his money goes to her. But yeah, I mean, he'll be completely financially ruined. Not that I care.
Co-host/Guest
Such a lame situation. Don't lie. That's like, don't lie feels like an important rule written down somewhere.
Haley Caronia
You know, somewhere someone important said that once and I agree. Probably a good lesson in there. Let's get into scrolling time. If you're born a boy, you'll be a boy forever. If you're born a girl, you'll be a girl forever. In Genesis 1:27, the Bible says that God created mankind in his own image, that he created them. Male and female, male and female. What are those words? It means boy and girl. Male is boy, female is girl. So God means two genders, boy and girl. And guess what? When God created you, that's exactly who you stand supposed to be. God doesn't make mistakes. And those are things we cannot change about ourselves. No. If you're born a boy, you'll be a boy forever. If you're born a girl, you'll be a girl forever. So this is essentially Ms. Rachel, but better. It's called the Little Lights show. And this is for children. Of course you could tell this is a children's show, but it's teaching biblical values and values and just, just facts, facts of life. That if you're born, born a girl, you will remain a girl. If you are born a boy, you will remain a boy. And it's kind of sad that we've gotten to this place where Ms. Rachel, you know, Ms. Rachel's a very popular show for kids. If you have kids or grandkids, you know this now. And she's known for her kind of sing songy voice that gets kids to calm down. But she's now aligned herself with leftist politics. She's made videos with Mayor Mamdani. And certainly that's. She's made it very clear where she stands politically. And maybe you don't want someone who is aligned politically with socialists to be teaching your kids anything. And that's fair. And that's where this show comes in. Thank goodness that there are alternatives for parents who are normal and don't want to raise the next generation of antifa thugs with green hair. But I'm. I'm grateful for this. And I saw this on my for you page and I thought I must share this because anyone who has kids or grandkids, this is a better option, much better option. And I will say, sad that we have gotten to this place where this, something like this is even necessary to teach someone that if you're a boy, you are a boy and if you're a girl, you're a girl. But I think there are adults that need this. There are plenty of adults that need to be watching this. So for everyone, for everyone. Now, this next video I thought was very cute. This is an air traffic controller and a pilot who are married. Getting a little flirty over the intercom. Watch.
Co-host/Guest
Back to work.
Haley Caronia
Love you. Hey, Camario tower, we love you too.
Jeff Bezos
So we'd like to get a tech
Haley Caronia
crowd, if possible, to Santa Monica 213 Charlie on request.
Co-host/Guest
Thank you.
Maureen Galindo
My husband flying over.
Haley Caronia
All right, that just got way awkward.
Maureen Galindo
That's okay. He does that sometimes.
Haley Caronia
I'm sorry, here.
Co-host/Guest
No comment.
Haley Caronia
You flirting with my wife?
Maureen Galindo
She's not really angry.
Co-host/Guest
I just gave myself a little timeout.
Haley Caronia
This is funny. It's pilot number two. Didn't know that he was third wheeling there. For a moment he thought that he was just making a joke. But it's cute. Air traffic controller flirting with her. Her pilot husband. Very cute. Very cute. I love it.
Co-host/Guest
Focus on flirting, please.
Haley Caronia
Workplace romance as a conscious flyer.
Co-host/Guest
Stop flirting. Fly the plane, please.
Haley Caronia
That too. That too. We were talking about how it's so disgusting to have a work wife or a work husband. Although if it is your literal husband or wife, Very cute. We approve.
Andrew
For sure.
Co-host/Guest
For sure.
Haley Caronia
All right, the next three videos that I have for you are cute. Dog videos. We're not going anywhere. Nothing serious left in the show today. So this one, if you have a dog, you know, or a pet, if they do something wrong or they get caught doing something wrong, they know dogs know whether they do something right or wrong. And this dog certainly knows that he or she is guilty. Watch. What happened? Ears down, Ben. Moving slowly so that you can't see her. Why? Why is the dog doing that?
Co-host/Guest
Kind of looks a little stoned.
Haley Caronia
Like closed eyes. If you can't see me, I can't see you. So then you can't get me in trouble. And then the ears are down and he's like crouched down on the ground. Maybe they can't see me. And if they can't see me, then they can't yell at me.
Co-host/Guest
Tiptoeing.
Haley Caronia
Tiptoeing. This one, too. This dog is pretending like it can't see you. Watch. Jackie, mate, who did this? Who ate the croc? Did you do that? Do you know where the other one is, mate? Because I'm missing a croc as well. Eyes are closed. Can't hear you. Eyes are closed. Can't see you. Can't hear you. Where is it? Can't hear. I know you're awake. I know you're awake.
Co-host/Guest
That's what the lick. Just
Haley Caronia
very cute. All right. And this Last one that I have for you. This dog's ethnicity is up for debate. Watch. He has a black nose
Shelby Campbell
and we have a white nose. Is this dog a Mexican?
Haley Caronia
Yeah, he's a Mexican. I love how the answer is, yeah, he's a Mexican. Yeah.
Co-host/Guest
Easier just to agree than to try to go into it.
Haley Caronia
He's a Mexican. Don't ask me any follow up questions. No, I think that that would probably be an opportunity to say no and maybe tell the truth. I don't know why people do that. Like why, why lie to your kid? Like just it's a teaching moment. Be like, no, the dog's not Mexican.
Co-host/Guest
Actually, was there ever something that your parents told you and then you said at school and then your.
Haley Caronia
You realize that it like wasn't like,
Co-host/Guest
oh no, my family has betrayed me.
Haley Caronia
No, I think my parents honestly treated me like an adult and talked to me like an adult. I'm an only child so I spent a lot of time with my parents. So it wasn't really like I didn't have kids growing up with me where it was sort of like kids, parents. It was just like us, you know. So no, I don't think they ever like lied to me, but I do. And you probably remember this, but the lie that if you turn the lights on in the car at night you can get arrested.
Co-host/Guest
Yeah, that was going to be my one.
Haley Caronia
That's like a very well known.
Co-host/Guest
Turn the light on, turn it off. The police are going to pull us over.
Haley Caronia
Is that, is there any truth to that?
Co-host/Guest
I don't think so. I think there's just like a pretty big reflection. It's kind of hard to see maybe.
Haley Caronia
Yeah, my mom.
Co-host/Guest
You're going to get arrested. Than I can't see.
Haley Caronia
Yeah, I guess kids respond better to the extremes than. Than that. Thank you for scrolling along with me today. Tomorrow we have a super scroll for you. Let me just say because I didn't do scrolling time the rest of the week so I have two massive scrolling times on deck for you tomorrow. I and I and I keep scrolling and seeing more stuff so I have plenty. I. And then Andrew's going to do a different kind of blind reaction where I'm going to blind react to what?
Co-host/Guest
Oh, we've got a new bit. I'm not going to, I'm not even going to reveal it. You got to come back tomorrow to find that out.
Haley Caronia
Well, it's a blind reaction so I guess I don't know. Okay. So it will certainly be a blind. Whatever it is. I don't know what it is.
Co-host/Guest
It's great. And we'll see you here tomorrow at noon so you can surprise me in the moment with us.
Haley Caronia
And then I'll answer your questions as well. So I'll post those on my Instagram stories. If you have a question for me, you can ask me there. And make sure that you follow me on social media, support our advertisers, and I'll see you right back here tomorrow. Bye.
Title: Dem Candidate Tries To Twerk to Victory
Host: Hayley Caronia
Date: May 21, 2026
In this episode of "Scrolling with Hayley," Hayley Caronia takes a sharp, satirical look at the latest politically-driven absurdities. With a focus on controversial Democratic candidates and the dysfunction within progressive politics, Hayley blends punchy humor with her distinctly conservative and candid analysis. Key stories include a Michigan congressional candidate using twerking as her campaign strategy, Democrats’ tolerance for extremist rhetoric, the billionaire exodus from blue states, and debates on the economics of millennials and Gen Z. The show also features viral video commentary, relatable personal anecdotes, and closes with feel-good dog videos.
[02:30–09:45]
Background:
Hayley introduces Shelby Campbell, a Michigan 13th district congressional hopeful known for twerking on TikTok as campaign promotion.
Hayley’s Take:
Notable Quotes:
Reparations & Troop Controversies:
Social Media & Media Coverage:
Male Audience Reaction:
Hayley asks her male audience if such campaign tactics would influence their vote; the overwhelming chat response is negative:
“No way. Nope. Whore. No. Not a chance.” (10:12)
[12:00–15:40]
Background:
Hayley discusses Maureen Galindo—a sex therapist running in Texas’s 35th congressional district—whose platform included radical proposals for ICE facilities.
Clarification & Backlash:
Democratic Reaction:
[17:56–19:07]
Scandal Details:
Platner, a Democratic candidate, faces accusations of having a Nazi-like tattoo (which he chalks up to drunken ignorance), plus a resurfacing of disturbing Reddit posts supporting communism, criticizing the military, dismissing rape victims, and praising Hamas.
Hayley’s Commentary:
[20:28–26:03]
Financial Flight:
Jeff Bezos Interview:
Bezos refutes “tax the rich” talking points, stating:
“You could double the taxes I pay. And it's not going to help that teacher in Queens.” (22:47)
On NYC schools:
“They spend $44,000 per student...and NY doesn’t get better outcomes. If we ran Amazon like NYC runs their school system...your packages would take six weeks to arrive...and when the package did finally arrive, it had the wrong item in it anyway.” (25:15)
Hayley’s Assessment:
[29:45–34:39]
Kevin O’Leary’s Money-Saving Tips:
Hayley’s Story:
Details surviving on $31,000 in NYC post-graduation; meal-prepping to save money became essential.
Hayley crunches the numbers:
“If you spent $28 on lunch and $10 on coffee every day and you stop doing that, you would save $13,870.”
But even so, she highlights that down payments are out of reach for most without family help: “I don't know one person my age who has bought any piece of property without help from their families. Not one.” (34:24)
Millennial/Gen Z Financial Realities:
Co-hosts reflect on escalating cost-of-living, more difficult financial landscape, and inflation making upward mobility ever more difficult.
[39:23–44:31]
Recap of Story:
Lorna Hajdini, JP Morgan executive, faced wild, evidence-free allegations of sexually exploiting a co-worker.
Hayley’s Perspective:
[44:31–51:00]
Little Lights Show:
Cute & Funny Viral Videos:
Childhood Myths:
On Shelby Campbell’s Campaign Tactics:
“Could you imagine if this person gets into office, what she would be doing in D.C. in our nation's capital? ... I hope not.” (11:22, Hayley)
On Maureen Galindo’s Clarification:
“I'm not surprised that this is the Democrat Party, and I'm not surprised that it's become so normalized, their violent rhetoric and dangerous rhetoric, that Democrats are running on platforms like this.” (15:46, Hayley)
On NYC Schools:
“If we ran Amazon the way New York City runs their school system... your packages would take six weeks to arrive... when the package did finally arrive, it had the wrong item in it anyway.” (25:15, Jeff Bezos)
On Millennial Finances:
“I don't know one person my age who has bought any piece of property without help from their families. Not one.” (34:24, Hayley)
Hayley’s roast of Shelby Campbell’s home and campaign:
“She looks like she's never showered. Her house looks dirty. It looks disgusting.” (05:32)
Chat reactions to twerking for votes:
“No way. Nope. Whore. No. Not real. Not a chance.” (10:12)
Jeff Bezos drops economic reality:
“If people want me to pay more billions ... don’t pretend that that’s going to solve the problem.” (22:47)
Kevin O’Leary’s blunt financial advice:
“What are you, an idiot? It costs you $0.99 to make a sandwich at home.” (29:45)
Hayley’s candid personal budgeting struggles:
“I would pay rent and have $40. I remember I got a raise and then I would pay rent, and I had $72 ...” (38:25)
Viral video joy:
Flirty air-traffic/pilot couple: “We love you, too.” (47:32)
Hayley wraps up with lighthearted viral content and a hint of optimism for conservative parents seeking alternatives for their children. Throughout, she maintains her trademark biting critique toward progressive absurdities and champions personal fiscal responsibility, skepticism toward government promises, and traditional values.
Listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Rumble.
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