Curtis Sliwa Fights Back! Inside New York’s Mayoral Election Showdown

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Podcast Summary: The Rob Carson Show

Episode: Curtis Sliwa Fights Back! Inside New York’s Mayoral Election Showdown

Date: October 21, 2025
Host: Rob Carson (Newsmax Podcasts)
Guests: Curtis Sliwa, Ned Ryan, Nicole Malliotakis, James Rosen

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Rob Carson Show dives into the high-stakes New York City mayoral election, focusing on Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa's insurgent campaign against rivals Zoran Mondami (the progressive, branded as a “communist”) and Andrew Cuomo (the former governor turned independent). The episode combines political commentary and comic flair, featuring first-person insights from Sliwa, broader discussion with political analysts and politicians, and segments exploring current national issues like crime, urban decay, and the strategic calculations of both parties regarding America's cities.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. NYC Mayoral Race: The Curtis Sliwa Perspective

• Poll and Demographic Analysis

  • Carson ridicules the current polling, highlighting a general tone of exasperation at New York's choices:
    • Mondami leads with strong support among women and foreign-born voters.
    • Sliwa polls disproportionately among men, especially in Staten Island.
    • Cuomo draws most support from Catholic and Jewish voters.
    • Carson sarcastically calls the ballot “a communist, a crap sandwich, or a terrible governor.”
  • “What a glorious crap sandwich. Wow. Does it come with chips and a drink? Well, of course not. You'd have to pay extra for that.” – Rob Carson (04:32)

• Curtis Sliwa Fights Back

  • Sliwa dismisses polls and calls for faith in the people's decision-making:

    “Did Rudy Giuliani win? … Did a guy, George Pataki that nobody knew beat the better Cuomo? … I’m supposed to have faith in polls that have been wrong every step of the way and billionaires who should focus on Wall Street… I’m the candidate, whether people like it or not. … Is that democracy, Rob?” – Curtis Sliwa (05:44 – 06:31)

  • Sliwa asserts his legitimacy as the only Republican in the race, painting Cuomo as a key architect of failed law-and-order policies:

    “I am the Republican candidate. … And I am the law and order candidate, of which Andrew Cuomo is the architect—but what is the apprentice to no cash, bail, raise the age, burn criminals loose from Rikers Island…” – Curtis Sliwa (06:59 – 07:32)

• Carson on the GOP’s Dilemma

  • Carson scorns the idea of Sliwa dropping out due to polling, challenging the wisdom of “vote for the less-bad option.”

    “You don't just drop out of the race as the major party candidate because the polls say you're going to lose, especially when you're dropping out for an independent and a communist.” – Rob Carson (07:32)

2. Criticism of Zoran Mondami: Radicalism & Inexperience

• Nicole Malliotakis Warns New Yorkers

  • Rep. Malliotakis warns that Mondami has radical ties:

    “Show me who your friends are, I'll tell you who you are. Zoran Mondami has palled around with socialists, with communists… This is a communist sympathizer, he's a terrorist sympathizer.” – Nicole Malliotakis (07:58 – 08:42)

  • She attacks his inexperience and background:

    “He is only 34 years old. He's only been in this city as a citizen for seven years. He does not have the experience, he does not have the knowledge to be mayor of the largest city in the nation.” – Nicole Malliotakis (08:42 – 09:09)

  • Argues voters with roots fleeing communism will recognize the threat:

    “I think millions of immigrants that have fled socialism and communism like my mother, will be the difference in this election.” – Nicole Malliotakis (09:43)

• Rob Carson’s Scathing Take

  • Carson caricatures Mondami as a radical academic lacking real-world grounding:

    “A 16-year-old who spent a summer working at Orange Julius has more work experience than this Jack Weed, who has nothing more than academic credential and radical leanings.” – Rob Carson (09:09)

3. Urban Decay & National Trends: Crime, Antifa, and Political Stakes

• Crime in Blue Cities

  • Carson and his guests discuss urban disorder in cities like Portland and Chicago, blaming progressive governance for crime spikes, business closures, and unsafe streets. They tie these issues into a broader conservative critique of leftist politics.

  • Portland Bar Owner Testimonial

    “Every single weekend, our staff is terrified. We've endured break ins, vandalism, we’ve been held up by gunpoint.” – Portland Bar Owner (via Rob Carson) (14:05 – 14:44)

• Federal Intervention & Trump’s Role

  • Carson celebrates Trump’s use of the National Guard in places like Portland and D.C. to restore order.

    “Now, Washington, D.C., because Donald Trump brought in the National Guards, working with local authorities to end this bullcrap.” – Rob Carson (14:44)

4. Democrat “Power Model” in Cities (with Ned Ryan)

• Ned Ryan offers a broader analysis of why Democrats, in his view, oppose conservatism’s “law and order” pitch:

  “They want the chaos, they want the death, they want the destruction because it allows them to consolidate power. … New York is Republican, other than New York City.” – Ned Ryan (18:11 – 18:46)

  • Asserts cities are Democratic power bases; if Republicans break through with urban voters, statewide politics shift dramatically.

    “If somehow Trump comes in and ruins their business model of keeping crime and illiteracy and illegal immigration, all these things, he breaks their business model, which undermines their political power.” – Ned Ryan (18:52 – 19:05)

  • The “Berlin Wall moment” analogy: Carson and Ryan foresee Democratic urban control collapsing, liberating residents from decades of misgovernance.

    “It’s all coming down. The wall is coming down. There’s nothing Democrats can do about it. Free at last, free at last. Great God almighty, we’re free at last. Let freedom ring.” – Rob Carson (~26:30)

5. Media, Urban Education, and the Stakes for 2024

• Failures in Urban Education

  • Carson reads alarming statistics on failing high schools in Chicago, where high graduation rates mask functional illiteracy.

    “Graduation rate at Chicago Technology Academy, 91% students proficient in reading 0%. … Dooming these kids. Dooming them.” – Rob Carson (~25:20)

• The National Metaphor

  • Carson situates Trump’s candidacy as the ultimate challenge to a corrupt, sclerotic system:

    “This is a Berlin Wall moment. For the people living in Democrat controlled cities, the wall is Coming down.” – Rob Carson (~25:40)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I am the Republican candidate…Major party candidates don’t drop out for independents who are losers to begin.” – Curtis Sliwa (06:59)

• “Show me who your friends are, I’ll tell you who you are…Zoran Mondami has palled around with socialists, with communists. Now this radical extremist is imam. This is somebody who is anti American.” – Nicole Malliotakis (07:58)

• “They want the chaos, they want the death, they want the destruction because it allows them to consolidate power…These are power bases for them, Jesse.” – Ned Ryan (18:11)

• “If Democrats lose Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes red every time…Illinois, if it weren’t for Chicago and Cook county…Illinois is very red.” – Ned Ryan (19:14)

• “It’s all coming down. The weight can only be carried so long.” – Rob Carson (~26:30)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

| Timestamp | Segment & Key Content | |-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:16–04:44 | Rob Carson’s comedic news roundup; sarcastic breakdown of NYC mayoral race polling | | 05:44–07:32 | Curtis Sliwa on Newsmax defending his candidacy and questioning poll reliability | | 07:58–09:43 | Nicole Malliotakis on Zoran Mondami’s radical ties and lack of experience | | 10:02–14:44 | Urban crime, Antifa, bar owner describes violence in Portland; law & order discussion | | 15:14–19:33 | Ned Ryan on Democratic “urban power base” and implications of possible GOP inroads | | 19:33–25:20 | Carson’s extended “Berlin Wall” metaphor; critique of urban education, collapse of Dem narrative | | 31:01–37:06 | James Rosen segment: shutdown politics, federal intervention in D.C., lighthearted banter | | 40:43–41:30 | Consequences for criminal youths in D.C.; frustration with soft courts |

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Tone & Style

• Blunt, irreverent, and comedic: Carson leans on sarcasm, parody, and direct language.
• Populist conservative: Criticism of Democratic leaders and policies is direct and sometimes hyperbolic.
• Frequent analogies: References to “Berlin Wall moments,” “crap sandwich” choices, and historic conservative comebacks.
• Audience engagement: Encourages frustration with “the system” and portrays current events as a historic turning point.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

• The episode is a fast-paced, highly opinionated commentary on the New York mayoral race as a microcosm of the larger struggle over American cities.
• It features Curtis Sliwa making the pitch for his candidacy, while establishment politicians warn about far-left radicalism and crime.
• Carson and guests frame the current era as either the collapse or the last gasp of Democratic machine politics in big cities, drawing comparisons to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
• The episode is peppered with humor, pop culture references, and sharp-edged criticism, with an emphasis on the theme that urban voters are at a breaking point and change is imminent.

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Recommended segments for a quick listen:

• Sliwa’s passionate defense of his campaign (05:44–07:32)
• Nicole Malliotakis on her personal background and fear of socialist leadership (07:58–09:43)
• Ned Ryan’s analysis of why Democrats resist fixing cities (18:11–19:58)
• Carson’s powerful “Berlin Wall moment” metaphor (~25:20–26:30)

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This summary captures the major arguments, memorable one-liners, and the colorful tone that defines The Rob Carson Show, focusing on both the specific mayoral race and the broader national context.

Transcript

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[Curtis Sliwa]

The World Wide Web.

[Rob Carson]

This is the Rob Carson Show. This is the Rob Carson show, hour number two of the show today. Yesterday we learned the value of broadcast radio because the stream was down. The stream went down yesterday. There was all sorts of issues. Some sort of Amazon server or something located on in Virginia, for God's sake. Maybe somebody plugged the toaster in the hair dryer in the same outlet. But anyway, we were down yesterday. Now we are back. And of course we were on radio stations around the country yesterday. And also the podcast, the podcast is still there from yesterday, so you might want to check it out. I was looking at what's trending right now. Schumer's shutdown is trending. That's good. Because the Democrats are being blamed for the shutdown because they're the cause of the shutdown, you say, and it's falling flat. And they, they think they have some sort of, I guess, value to their currency that doesn't exist. They still think that they're kind of a big deal, but they're despised. Actually, the Democrat party is despised right now because they are a miserable lot. If you've seen their approval ratings there, it's under 20%. And yet they still think that they can come in and say, yeah, we want a trillion and a half. Dol we demand it. We demand it. And Donald Trump, what does he do? Well, he creates funny memes about it. You know, with the no Kings protest. He. He put up a movie that had him, Donald Trump, flying in a fighter jet, carpet bombing the no Kings people with. With feces. It was really funny and they got all buttered about it because they don't have a sense of humor. But that's how Donald Trump feels about it. Because this is generally what happens when. When people go after you for 10 years with 98% negative press coverage to impe. That are based on nothing. 91 criminal counts all have to do with nothing. No truth to them whatsoever. A $450 million fine for nothing. Trying to take him off the ballot, then trying to murder him twice. That's what happens when you have that happen to you. You just kind of say, you know what? Screw you. Screw you. But the Democrats are very upset. Hakeem Jeffries is very upset. All sorts of. Just heard about this. Oh, my God, it's so offensive. It's so offensive. So gloriously offensive is what it is. It's gloriously offensive. The. The New York City governor, mayor's race is going, and it looks like the communist is out in front. Zoran, come. Come on, Commie. And here's some of the demographic breakdown. 49% female for him, 36% male. Is that a big surprise? Karen? A little bit more for the Andrew Cuomo, 3431. Curtis Lewa. More men, real men, vote for Curtis. 27 to 31. Foreign born, 62% for Zoran. Money, 24% for Andrew. Andrew Cuomo, 12% for Curtis Lewa. As far as the boroughs are concerned, the people who are voting most for Mondami, oddly enough, Brooklyn, obviously enough, Kurt Sleet, Staten island, of course, because they have common sense there. Also a lot of people voting for Cuomo in Staten island and in the Bron. As far as Zoran Mandami with regard to religion, Catholic, 29% Protestant, 48. Jewish, 30. Are you out of your freaking minds? Cuomo's 41% Catholic, 32% Protestant, and 63% of the Jews are voting for him. And then sleep well, only 6% Jewish voting for him. Whatever. Anyway, here is Curtis Lewa last night talking to Rob Schmidt on Newsmax because, you know, here's the deal right now, you've got Curtis Sliwa and a crap sandwich. That's what you got to choose from. And everybody's telling you that Curtis Sliwa doesn't have a Chance. And Republicans are being told, well, you can't. You can't win. Curtis Lewa can't win. So vote for the guy that was a terrible governor. And there's a good chance your parents or maybe grandparents were killed by him in a nursing home in the last six years. So there's your choice, crap sandwich, communist, or terrible governor who may or may not have presided over the death of your parents or grandparents in a nursing home. What a great choice. New York. Oh, my God. What a glorious crab sandwich. Wow. Does it come with chips and a drink? Well, of course not. You'd have to pay extra for that. But here is Curtis Lewa last night talking to Rob Schmidt.

[Curtis Sliwa]

Did Rudy Giuliani win?

[Ned Ryan]

Long time ago.

[Curtis Sliwa]

Did a guy, George Pataky that nobody knew beat the better Cuomo? Mario. The next year, on the day of the election, he was 14 points down. George Pataki. There was no early voting. He beat Mario Cuomo, the better Cuomo by 3 percentage points. I'm supposed to have faith in polls that have been wrong every step of the way and billionaires who should focus on Wall street because they know nothing about the streets of New York City. Rob, I'm the candidate, whether people like it or not. They can vote for me or they might not vote for me. But I believe you trust the people to make the decision. I never heard of this before. One person, one vote. But we let the billionaires decide and everybody else drops out. Is that democracy, Rob?

[Rob Carson]

You know, it's easy for me to say, we're going to hell in a handbasket. Might as well vote for Sliwa as a middle finger to the idiots on the left. But I don't have to live in New York. I don't have to live in New York. Here is a little bit more from Curtis Lewa.

[Curtis Sliwa]

Well, Rob, it's the Democrats who created that. They made Zoran Mandami. Andrew Cuomo lost to him decisively in the primary. And now you're thinking that Andrew Cuomo.

[Rob Carson]

So how's he going to win?

[Curtis Sliwa]

Can be the savior. I'm sorry? I am the Republican candidate. I had 30,000 people who signed up to qualify me to be the second major party candidate. And I am the law and order candidate, of which Andrew Cuomo is the architect. But what is the apprentice to no cash, bail, raise the age, burn criminals loose from Rikers Island. So again, I am the legitimate Republican Party candidate. Major party candidates don't drop out for independents who are losers to begin.

[Rob Carson]

It's kind of interesting. And he makes A good point. You don't just drop out of the race as the major party candidate because the polls say you're going to lose, especially when you're dropping out for an independent and a communist. So I don't know. I don't know. Could the polls be wrong? Hell yeah, they could be wrong. Not sure they're that wrong. We'll see. Nicole Malliotakis was on talking about Zoran Mandami. She's a representative from New York.

[Nicole Malliotakis]

It's not just him. I mean the saying, show me who your friends are, I'll tell you who you are. That is applicable here. Zoran Mandani has palled around with socialists, with communists. Now this radical extremist is imam. This is somebody who is anti American. This is somebody, as you mentioned, has defended the convicted plotters of the, of the World Trade center bombing.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Nicole Malliotakis]

And he has to come out and actually denounce Hamas. He still has not done that. He did it in a mild way during the debate.

[Rob Carson]

But this, it's because he is what you think he is. He is what you think he is. He is what you fear could happen.

[Nicole Malliotakis]

This is a communist sympathizer, he's a terrorist sympathizer. And I will tell you something else. 1993, Zoran was still a baby in diapers in Uganda, Africa. He is only 34 years old. He's only been in this city as a citizen for seven years. He does not have the experience, he does not have the knowledge to be mayor of the largest city in the nation. And his policies are just downright dangerous.

[Rob Carson]

You know, 16 year old who spent a summer working at Orange Julius has more work experience than this Jack Weed, who has nothing more than academic credential and radical leanings. That's it. He learned everything. He learned from academia and his radical upbringing. He is an anti Semite, he is a communist. Otherwise, you know, if he had any life experience, he'd know that communism doesn't work. But he's clearly a Manchurian Candidate. You can't say that. Yeah, I just did. Here's Nicole Maliataka. She says New Yorkers don't want this.

[Nicole Malliotakis]

I truly believe that the people in New York City do not want this, that they actually don't. And I think millions of immigrants that have fled socialism and communism like my mother, will be the difference in this election. I think more people need to know what socialism is and it's incumbent upon people who've experienced it and flood it to actually teach the younger generation about it.

[Rob Carson]

I don't know, I really, I don't know. If I were in New York, I think I would just vote for Sliwa. I know, it's crazy, right? No, it's not. I just think that's what I would do. I think I would just say now, you know, screw this, I'm done. I'm done, I'm done. Trump has been handed command of the National Guard in Oregon. He's going to send them to, to Portland. You know why? Because Portland is violent. Awful place here. I'll give you an example. Even though late night television, Jimmy Kimmel, who's not get a new contract because he's failing. He's failing. He's destroyed late night. Let me give you a little taste of life in Portland now, lad. Trying to get through the streets.

[James Rosen]

What's your message to these protesters, ma'?

[Rob Carson]

Am?

[Ned Ryan]

Get a job.

[Rob Carson]

Get a job.

[Curtis Sliwa]

They're all out here drinking at night. They're all getting drunk, they're all on drugs. All the antifa members go to his house.

[Rob Carson]

That is not true obviously, because you listen JB Pritzker, he says this isn't happening. The President lies consistently and he's got a lot of people around him, the sycophants, including J.D. vance, who lie on his behalf. This guy really wants to be president and he's never going to be the president. He's too unlikable and he's never done anything right in his life. You know, he's got the biggest platform except for play blackjack. He does that well in the country, the presidency. And he just says things. It's propaganda again. But like, like the America is being ruled by a king. Say it over and over and over again, hoping that people will believe him.

And some of that branding exercise has been successful though.

Sure. Because you know why? Because it's actually happening in Portland. You big. I'll be careful. Yeah, it's happening in Portland is why the National Guard's going. Cuz they've been doing this for years in Portland. It's been under siege for years. Break.

[Ned Ryan]

Behind me is a man's body that's.

[Rob Carson]

Been here for several hours.

[Ned Ryan]

We've watched hundreds of people walk by.

[Rob Carson]

And not even notice.

[Ned Ryan]

We called 911, but still there's no response. Clutching in his left hand is foil.

[Rob Carson]

So this is very clearly a fentanyl overdose.

[Ned Ryan]

That's weird. Jimmy Kimmel said Portland's fine.

[Rob Carson]

Exactly. Thank you. Jesse Waters. Yeah. Oh, the kids are going to get a spanking. This is a spanking. I've been waiting for since the summer of 2020 and since Donald Trump was inaugurated on the day he was inaugurated in 2016. Oh, yes, the spanking of the children is coming, is coming, is coming. Antiva and its web of funding around the country are going to be taken down. And these spoiled little violent Marxist children are going to get a little what fur? Because daddy is back in town, baby on the way. Ned Ryan has some brilliant thoughts on why Democrats are trying to keep people out of Donald Trump, keep Donald Trump from coming in the inner cities and turning things around. And it echoes what I've said That's coming up. This is the Rob Carson Show. The media and our friends in the Democrat Party kept saying we needed new legislation, we must have legislation to secure the border. But it turned out that all we really needed was a new president.

[Bar Owner]

And I have to be honest, I have never felt so unsafe in the city. A few months ago at our bar, there's a group of people that will descend.

[Rob Carson]

There's a bar owner in Portland.

[Bar Owner]

They have to shut down all the time, 45 people. Two women in the. The group started breaking glass in our bar, stabbing each other. Our bartender called us. We pulled up the security cameras live. She was screaming, blood sweet splattered on the security cameras. The police came. No name was taken. No report, no accountability. And it's not an isolated incident. We've had people that have been 86, they come back with guns in hand, standing a foot off of our sidewalk for hours. Every single weekend, every single weekend. Our staff is terrified. We've endured break ins, vandalism, We've been held up by gunpowder, gunpoint.

[Rob Carson]

You know when that's not Happening now, Washington, D.C. because Donald Trump brought in the National Guards, working with local authorities to end this bullcrap. Same thing's happening in Memphis, by the way. And they love it in Memphis. They love it in Memphis. They're saying yes. They're saying yes. It is utterly ridiculous. And then you gotta hear, this is Brandon Johnson, the, the moron mayor of Chicago who makes Lori Lightfoot look like Fiorello LaGuardia or Rudy Giuliani.

[Ned Ryan]

Look, we're already in the mix, right? You know, the President of the United States of America declared war on the city of Chicago. In fact, he's declared war on working people.

[Rob Carson]

It's an absolute lie across this country.

[Ned Ryan]

And in order for us to beat back this tyranny, it's going to take all of us to be organized.

[Rob Carson]

They're not going with you, moron.

[Ned Ryan]

And to be clear about our demands, making sure that our schools are funded.

[Rob Carson]

Health care, your schools are well funded and they suck.

[Ned Ryan]

Care is fully funded. Transportation, good paying jobs. These are the things that the people of this country desperately need. Particular, a time in which the ultra rich continue to get richer.

[Rob Carson]

Every one of the damn talking points of the Democrat party has been vomiting forever and they never fixed a damned thing. I'm going to get to Ned Ryan's thoughts on this. I have a great deal of respect for Ned Ryan. I met him the other night, a really cool dude. And he gets it, man. So I got an email today. Notice, final notice. Payment failed. Your service will be paused. This is your final reminder. Unresolved accounts will be automatically locked until billing is updated. If you've already updated, no further action is required. I'm like, oh, this was bull crap because this is not my account. This is the kind of crap that they send you on email. It's phishing. It's a phishing scam. And what they want to do is get a credit card so you can avoid, you know, you don't want your unresolved accounts being automatically locked, right? But you see, I'm not an idiot and I've got a little life experience. But you know what, they're very tricky and you don't have to be an idiot to fall for it. That's why you need webroot protection. Webroot protection October is a CyberSecurity Awareness Month, aka Cybersecurity Month. Being vulnerable to cybercriminals is something you can avoid by getting webroot protection. Go to webroot.com Carson get 60% off, you'll get real time antivirus protection against emerging threats like malware, ransomware, phishing. Like I just read right there, Firewall and network monitor. Web threat shield detects and blocks malicious websites before you can visit them. Plus Also you got VPN for up to 10, 5 or 10 devices. Select your connection from 80 locations in more than 65 countries. Hide your IP address, personal data, location from hackers, among other things. Advanced dark web monitoring, all of this and it's super cheap. Just go to webroot.com carson 60% off for a limited time. October's end is nigh. Like the Democrat party and antifa. Go to webroot.com Carson for 60% off. Do it today. Here's Ned Ryan with why the Democrats want to keep the peace and quiet and order and enjoy from America's inner cities.

[Ned Ryan]

Well, first of all, they haven't had a Republican mayor in generations. I think Portland last had A Republican mayor 65 years ago, I think Chicago has been almost 100. And really, this is what the radical progressives running these cities. This is what they want. They want the chaos, they want the death, they want the destruction because it's. It allows them to consolidate power. These are power bases for them, Jesse. And I think what you're really seeing right now is a power struggle over, like that last year. Person commented. The power bases for Democrats in these various states are the urban bases. And they really are, because New York.

[Rob Carson]

Is Republican, other than New York City.

[Ned Ryan]

Single party, Many.

[Rob Carson]

Maybe Rochester.

[Ned Ryan]

If somehow Trump comes in and ruins their business model of keeping crime and illiteracy and illegal immigration, all these things, he breaks their business model, which undermines their political power.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Ned Ryan]

And then all of a sudden, it becomes a different, completely different game. I mean, think about Pennsylvan Penny. If Democrats lose Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes red every time.

[Rob Carson]

I know.

[Ned Ryan]

And Illinois, if it weren't for Chicago and Cook county, which is basically Chicago, Illinois is a very red state. So the visceral reaction you're seeing to Trump trying to bring law and order and peace and security to these urban areas, it's all about power.

[Rob Carson]

100% right? Absolutely correct.

[Ned Ryan]

And once they, Once they've gained. Once they gain power, they create these bureaucracies and these NGOs that really serve themselves and their allies and perpetuate their power. It's like they're never going to solve crime or illiteracy or legal immigration because they're not really in pursuit of solving problems. They're in pursuit of these perpetual problems that they can run money and allies into to then perpetuate their own power.

[Rob Carson]

Told you.

[Ned Ryan]

And this is their business model. This is especially their business model in urban areas. And so when Trump, the problem solver, is going, hey, this doesn't make sense. Like, we should have rule of law, we should have safety and security. This is a real problem for their business model moving forward. And when you see what's happening in Memphis and these people realizing, oh, we could actually have a different life because of Trump, I think you're going to see political consequences.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, yeah, you're going to follow the Berlin Wall in America and you're going to see the light shine through and life is going to get so much better, and these Democrats in their death spiral to hell are going to eventually collapse. I love it. Just like the Berlin Wall did in 1989. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. Hey, guys, it's Carson. Forget fresh olive oil. I eat olive oil every day. I got rid of seed oils years ago. Life is too short to not have wonderful fresh olive oil. And I mean fresh olive oil packs the most flavor and healthy ingredients when it's fresh from the farm. And that's the problem with supermarket olive oils. They're fresh. They could sit on the shelf for months, growing stale. That's why I get my olive oil from small, award winning farms, thanks to a fellow named T.J. robinson, also known as the olive oil hunter. When I tasted TJ Farms fresh olive oils, I fell in love with their vibrant, grassy flavors. 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You know, you know, cherry picker is, it's like one of those what linemen use or, you know, people who are working on, I don't know, Transformers or whatever. I would love to have one to use to. Used to fantasize about having one to get leaves out of my gutters, but I never got one. They were able to go in and, and just park this thing right beside the Louvre, get off the cherry picker, go inside, smash out some windows, go in and grab a bunch of these incredible jewels armed with tools, including an angle grinder and a blowtorch. Apparently there are no cameras in the room where some of these Napoleonic jewel pieces were, including a necklace worn by Queen Anne Marie Amalay and Queen Hortense. Careful with that. There was a headpiece worn by royalty with 24 Ceylon sapphires. 1083 diamonds can be detached and worn as brooches, you know, and emerald necklace and all of that. And they escaped with it. They got on scooters and took off. And they're afraid they'll never see them again because they'll take the jewels off and sell them. Unbelievable. I guess they have a DEI police force over there. I'm not sure exactly what it is. The Illinois State Board of education schools with zero students scoring proficient in reading. In Chicago, there's like 30 of them. Democrats like JB Pritzker are doing the same thing George Wallace did in 1963. They want to keep particularly black kids, but kids of color in impoverished neighborhoods, uneducated, impoverished and aggrieved. That's what they want to do. They are terrified of losing their power base because right now states that are otherwise Republican are controlled in Congress by Democrat seats of power. That's why they're going down like movie vampires on this. It's not going to work because this is ending. This is ending. Graduation rate at Chicago Technology Academy, 91% students proficient in reading 0%. So 91% of these kids graduate. None of them know how to read. North Lawndale Prep 87% graduation class rate. No one can read proficiently. Spry Community Links High School 85% graduation rate 0% proficient in reading. Wow. Dooming these kids. Dooming them. And Democrats say it's worth it. I wrote this last night on my substack go to Rob Carson show. And the walls came doubling down is what it's called. Why are Democrats fighting so hard to keep Trump from coming in and making cities safe, Schools better, neighborhoods peaceful one. If he has success, if he's successful, they will see how the Democrat cabal has F them for six decades. Number two, the states will turn to the GOP as Democrat population centers control the statewide election of Democrats to Washington. Number three, they lose the power and money associated with absolute Democrat control. Since the Civil war, particularly since LBJ's Great Society and the asundry family destroying government largesse like adc, the Democrat party has reliably kept people of color in America's inner cities uneducated, in terrible schools, impoverished and dependent on Democrats for a meager ration of housing. Snap pennies and childcare. Aggrieved Republicans want to take away our your pittance. They're racist. They will never give you reparations for all of the awful racist things the country has done to you. This is a Berlin Wall moment. For the people living in Democrat controlled cities, the wall is Coming down. The rulers of these cities and states are desperately trying to hold back the horde, screaming, they've declared war on us. They're Nazis, they're fascists. It's not working. They can't pick up the bricks and remorter them. The American media are like Pravda and his vestia are trusting no more, are trusted no more. After decades of toeing the party line, the wall is coming down. There's nothing Democrats can do about it. Free at last, free at last. Great God almighty, we're free at last. Let freedom ring. That's what I wrote last night. I wrote in the middle of night because I couldn't sleep. That's what I did. I could do worse things. I could, I could eat ice cream. But I choose to sit at the computer and, you know, come up with ideas like that. It is coming finally. I really do believe it is. I've been doing this a number of years, since 1989, and one of my number one platforms on radio is helping out inner city kids and preventing another generation of children from graduating. Like those kids, not being able to read or write, looking at no future at all, turning to crime and dying before they're 30. And I'm about tired of it. In cities like Chicago, the murder rate, black on Black, is 10 times the national average. It is sickening. Chicago this weekend, I think there were 18 shot. I don't know, hard to say, but they're usually black kids. Barack Obama hasn't said anything. Barack Obama has said more about his stinking billion dollar presidential library than he said about black kids dying in Chicago because he doesn't care. And neither does Brandon Johnson and neither does JB Pritzker. He cares more about sitting on his big fat butt and playing blackjack than he does about kids in America's inner cities. It's all coming down. It's all coming down. The weight can only be carried so long. And it's, it's there. And I told you, you know, when the election happened, it's a Berlin Wall moment. I told you there's a reason why we're here, why we came together. At this moment in time, my first year in broadcasting, two things happened. One was the Berlin Wall. One was Tiananmen Square to Yanmen Square. The Chinese Communist Party was able to censor truth and murder its opponents, the Berlin Wall. Once that wall started to come down, there was no stopping it. That's what happened when Donald Trump was elected, because they tried to murder him. They tried to take him out using the same Tenets of totalitarian espoused by Mao and instigated by Stalin and the Third Reich. And he survived it all. They even tried to make the RNC convention into a wake. That didn't work so well for it. Did them. Did it. The day before they tried to murder him, he turned his head. Missed death by a hair's breadth. Missed death by a hair's breadth. But they gave it everything they had. Oh, and then they tried to kill him. Well, at least they, they set up a tree stand near where Donald Trump gets on Air Force One. Here's Dan Bongino talking about it. They found it. Belleft is still up to this. And I'm going to tell you something. Oh, if this attempt happens again or it succeeds, there will be. Oh, there will be a reckoning. A reckoning beyond belief you cannot even imagine. This hunting stand was appropriately dismantled, being flown to our lab. I believe it's there right now. And all of the forensic tools we have, from digital tools to biometric tools, they are all going to be applied to try to find out who put this up there and why this temper tantrum is going to end. It's been going on for 10 years and we the people, the, the best armed intellectually and physically people in the history of mankind, the people who believe in the country is founded, not those who want to end it, not those who want to fundamentally change it. Meaning you want to change it and it's founding. Well, guess what? If you don't like it, it's founding, go live somewhere else because we're not changing it. We're not changing it for you. There's a reason why we became the greatest engine of individual and economic freedom in the history of mankind. London and Paris had existed over a thousand years by the time we were founded. They didn't have electricity. They still had latrines in the street, for God's sake. It took freedom. It took the First Amendment, backed by the Second Amendment and the founders to bring us out of the Dark Ages. And we ain't going back. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. James Rosen, chief Washington correspondent for Newsmax, author of Scalia Rise to Greatness and Beatles Freak Fanatic, joins us on the Newsmax online. He's very busy today. James, welcome to the show, man. How are you?

[James Rosen]

I just want it known, Rob, that Beatles freak is one level higher than Beatles scholar.

[Rob Carson]

Well, you're pretty darn close. You're earning your degree every day. By the way, this real quick, are there Any other bands that you really like. Like, for instance, I'm a Led Zeppelin. Not, not close to freak. Close to freak. Not quite as, not as freaky as you.

[James Rosen]

You tap out at scholarship of Zeppelin. I would say that I'm a, I'm a collector of, of rare recordings from quite a few bands, including Led Zeppelin. I've got studio outtakes from all of their albums. You know, I've got an album that's called out through the Indoor that has the outtakes from that album. But, you know, I do this for, you know, Neil Young and Buffalo Springfield and Pink Floyd and mostly the classic rock groups, but all the solo Beatles, etc. So, yeah, it's a physical collection that long ago, long ago outgrew my ability to actually enjoy it.

[Rob Carson]

Well, I gotta tell you, I love music more than ever. I used to work in music radio and I didn't want to listen to music when I got off the air. It's like working at Taco Bell and then eating at Taco Bell. Now I love it. I love every bit of it. We got to go cruising and buck.

[James Rosen]

The Bronco like that at all. That's, that's an inappropt analogy. And I'm not going to let you. Or assimilate.

[Rob Carson]

I'm not.

[James Rosen]

Let's, let's not like that at all.

[Rob Carson]

Let's Talk about Washington, D.C. let's talk about what the Senate Republicans are meeting with Trump today. What's going on with the shutdown? Do you think it's going to be anytime soon?

[James Rosen]

I don't really. Of course, reporters, good and honest reporters, are best advised to eschew proc not and instead confine ourselves to telling you what has happened or analyzing. My sense about this shutdown is the same as all the others, which is that they only come to an end when one side comes to regard that time is no longer on their side, which is to say that they either are seeing that they're getting the blame, the public blame for the shutdown, or that the effects of the shutdown are cutting into single they hold so dear that to continue to hold out is no longer an option for them or a viable option. So what is also interesting to see in this particular shutdown, which is now what, 20, 21 days in something like that, steaming toward the record of 35 days, which was the last one in 2018, 2019, President Trump's first term. What's dramatically different here is the way The Trump administration 2.0 is handling this shutdown. They are using it to effectuate or to advance other policy objectives in a way we've never seen even the first Trump administration use. So early on, as the shutdown was appearing more likely and the Senate Democrats were digging in, we saw the White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vogt make clear that this shutdown was going to be used as an interval in which massive reductions in force to the federal workforce were going to be made and thereby continuing the work of doge. We've never seen any administration take that posture before. Moreover, the president and his aides have been explicit in stating publicly that they were going to use this shutdown to start withholding funds or shutting down funding, particularly for what they call blue projects in blue states, with an open, explicit political goal to be advanced in this shutdown. So those are two ways of treating a shutdown we haven't seen anyone do before. And it's amazing to me, frankly, that the Democrats have lasted this long. There was talk that perhaps they just wanted to get the no Kings protest behind them before for messaging purposes. But so far it doesn't seem rob, as though either side has yet reached the conclusion that time is not on their side.

[Rob Carson]

Did you get a chance to, or did you even bother to go see the no Kings protests? I ran into it accidentally, oddly enough, on King street in Old Town Alexandria on Saturday.

[James Rosen]

In the heart of Old Town.

[Rob Carson]

Yes, yes, yes.

[James Rosen]

Which is a beautiful section, by the way. We should let our listeners know that Old Town Alexandria is where you have cobblestone street, Georgian red brick buildings and little lamps that have flickering flame inside of them. You know, historical.

[Rob Carson]

And my studio is two blocks from there. James. My studio is two blocks from there. Okay.

[James Rosen]

Well, we don't want to give too specific a location on for the no, no, no deranged fans of yours, but I did not. I was, I was blissfully on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

[Rob Carson]

Gotcha. Good for you. What do you think about. Let me. Because you're, you're a D.C. resident longer than I have been. I haven't lived here for 10 years.

[James Rosen]

The the year for 26 years now, almost 20 in the same house in the District.

[Rob Carson]

Look at you. What, what is what, what is the difference? If you noticed since Donald Trump federalized law enforcement is working with local officials to clean up the city, I can't.

[James Rosen]

Say that I personally have observed much difference, but I would also caution that I don't know that I would necessarily be in the best position to observe such differences if they exist. Like a lot of Washingtonians, I spend the majority of my time, maybe 95% of my time in one of the four sections of Washington, D.C. northwest, which is huge and can run from Capitol Hill all the way up to sort of Spring Valley, which is a nice leafy section where Warren Buffett grew up. But that's not to say there aren't so called dicey neighborhoods in the. In the northwest section of Washington, but they're much reduced in numbers since I started living here back in 1999, when I moved to Washington, there were whole sections of Massachusetts Avenue, which takes you from northwest down toward Capitol Hill, where they were literally no go zones with the heroin, and now they're expensive condos. But in terms of the Trump deployments and the Trump effect, I have the feeling that most of the action in terms of deployments and movements of federal personnel, National Guardsmen, etcetera, is taking place in. Are taking place in parts of the city that I might not visit too often.

[Rob Carson]

Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. Well, I've noticed a lot. I noticed, certainly with Union Station and around there so spectacular. By the way, somebody on the rumble said, james Rosen is so deadpan. Rob tries to make him laugh. I said, yes, we have the. This is the. This is our relationship. He's the Buckingham palace guard and I'm the annoying American tourist. And he never cracks, does he? He never cracks.

[James Rosen]

You know, in TV school, broadcasting school, they teach you that your interactions with the anchor should be like, as they put it, two guys having a catch.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[James Rosen]

You like to say on Staten island, two guys having a catch, huh?

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, yeah. It's like, you know, playing catch with Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk. You're Mr. Spock.

[James Rosen]

All right. I won't stand for that kind of anti. Semitism. No, I'm kidding with you, Rob. Someone did once say to me that Vulcans are space Jews. I don't know if that's true or not.

[Rob Carson]

All right.

[James Rosen]

I would say that in our interactions. And I used to have this experience when I would do certain morning shows where you have kooky anchors and things.

[Rob Carson]

Kooky anchors?

[James Rosen]

I'm a kook. Rather than throwing a ball back and forth to each other, you know, can I just ride whatever wave is being thrown at me? But I cherish our conversation.

[Rob Carson]

Sure. Well, yeah. I insulted you with Taco Bell and you called me a kooky anchor. That's great, James. That's really great.

[James Rosen]

No, I'm kidding.

[Rob Carson]

All right, James. God bless you, brother. Good to talk to you today. Let's take a break and come back. This is the ROB CARSON SHOW hey guys, it's Carson. Not proud member of the 4:00am Club. You know what that is? Well, that's the time that I usually wake up every night and can't get back to sleep. Then I found Beam's Dream Powder. Now Beams Dream Powder is made with a powerful blend of all natural ingredients including reishi, magnesium, L theanine, apigenin and melatonin. It's designed to help you fall asleep, stay asleep and wake up feeling amazing. And unlike other sleep aids, there's no next day grogginess, just great restful sleep. Plus, dream tastes incredible. And it's become a part of my nightly routine. Simple, easy, effective dream is made right here in America, supporting jobs, quality and the principles we stand for in America. Thank you very much. Beam is going to give my listeners the ultimate patriot Discount. Up to 40%. Try their best selling Dream Powder. Get up to 40% off for a limited time. So with my discount code Newsmax, you can get their best selling Dream powder for just $39. Go to shopbeam.com newsmax that's shop beam.com newsmax again, use the code newsmax at checkout. That's beam.com newsmax and use code word newsmax for up to 40% off. That is Rob Carson show. Thank good James Rosen for being on the show. I kind of got him towards the end there. Did you notice that he's normally straight arrow? We got him a little bit. We got him a little bit. That was kind of fun. John Reed's gonna join us next hour. He's running for lieutenant governor of the state of Virginia and he's got a surprise announcement tonight. He's going to have a debate with his opponent. His opponent does not agree to do a debate, but he's going to have a debate with her tonight. He's going to give me details on that and you're going to laugh. You're going to go, oh, man, that's fantastic. So fantastic. So, you know, remember big balls. No, no, I'm just talking about the guy was just beaten here in Washington, D.C. by the, the young punks. He was a doge member. He's beaten nearly to death and some liberal judge decided to let him off because they're letting these punks out all the time. Well, Judge Deneen's going after him with federal charges. Some of these kids, they're gonna go to jail.

[Bar Owner]

On July 24, he is sentenced to one of the two misdemeanors that he's charged with. Again, my office asks for Jail time after he victimized yet another person. And on July 25, another judge suspends his sentence and decides he should be on probation. So after a felony of attempted robbery conviction.

[Rob Carson]

Yep.

[Bar Owner]

After a violation of probation, after a second crime, after a second conviction, after no compliance with C. Sosa, the judges say, do better. And they let him go.

[Rob Carson]

Yep.

[Bar Owner]

And guess What?

[Rob Carson]

What?

[Bar Owner]

Within 10 days, he's at it again with Ethan Levine and Edward Corestein.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, but there are national federal charges against these punks, which is fantastic. You know, like for instance, the no Kings protest. Some people may have gotten a little downhearted about it because you're thinking, okay, maybe the left is gaining ground. They're not, guys, they're not. We found out that there was hundreds of millions of dollars invested in the no Kings movement and all this nonsense. It's all bought and paid for. Nobody believes it. Nobody supports it. People support things like Judge Deneen's doing, things that Kristi Noem is doing. They like ice raiding people and getting rid of. People here are illegal, Particularly illegal alien criminals. They love it. America's waited a long time for this moment and they are not gonna let it go away. And the Democrats on the left are gonna try to, you know, continue to get in the way. It's not going to work. What are they in a death spiral to hell? What, are they dying like movie vampires? I told you. Last hour of the Rob Carson show on the way. Including some really good winning news. Don't go anywhere. Morning, Zoe. Got donuts.

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