New York Elects a Marxist! Rob Carson Breaks Out the Popcorn

Summary

The Rob Carson Show – "New York Elects a Marxist! Rob Carson Breaks Out the Popcorn"

Date: November 5, 2025
Host: Rob Carson (Newsmax Podcasts)
Guests/Contributors: Tom Basilli, Greg Kelly, Bill O’Reilly, Political Analysts, Callers

Episode Overview

In this episode, Rob Carson reacts to the results of the latest New York City mayoral election, focusing on the election of Zoran Mandami, described as a “Marxist” and “radical Islamist communist” by Carson and guests. The conversation spans reactions to local Virginia and New Jersey elections, perceptions of the Democratic Party’s ideological shift, and implications for national politics. The episode is characteristically energetic, combative, and laced with humor, parody, and pointed commentary aligned with Carson's conservative populist style.

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Main Themes & Structure

1. Dissection of Election Results
2. Diagnosis of the Democratic Party
3. Exploration of National Political Trends
4. Analysis of Zoran Mandami’s Victory & Its Meaning
5. Concerns about Policy, Crime, and Socialism
6. Strategic Outlook for Conservatives
7. Notable Moments & Quotes

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Election Night Disappointments & Analysis

• Virginia:
  • Rob expresses disappointment in Virginia’s gubernatorial and lieutenant governor races, citing lackluster Republican candidates and money-fueled Democratic campaigns.
  • Quote: “Winsome Sears… has the charisma of an armadillo. Does it surprise us that she lost? No, not really.” (03:09)
• New Jersey & Maryland:
  • Compares Democratic dominance to “a frog in boiling water” where residents are unaware of gradual decline.
  • Observes that left-leaning states continue to elect Democrats despite mounting problems, and opts for humor: “Same goes with Maryland. It is a frog in boiling water. They've been boiling there.” (09:51)

2. New York City’s “Radical” Turn

• Mandami’s Victory Unpacked:
  • Carson insists Mandami’s election is not a surprise, asserting an overwhelming advantage due to funding ($40 million, including George Soros), weak opposition, and political dynasties.
  • Dismisses the idea that Bernie Sanders’ claim of an “upset” is viable: “No, it's not…For the last, I don't know, about six months, I’ve been saying he's going to win. It was a fait accompli.” (04:30)
• Impact:
  • Predicts Mandami will pursue far-left, socialist/Marxist and “anti-cop, anti-capitalist” policies, leading to urban decline, outmigration, and economic failure.

3. National Implications & The State of the “Far Left”

• The “Democrat Party is Dead” Claim:
  • Carson asserts the Democratic Party, led by figures like AOC, Sanders, and now Mandami, is hurtling further left, ignoring the prior year’s defeat.
  • Quote: “The victory of Zoran Mandami solidified the death of the Democrat Party…They’re leaning into the dustbin.” (07:20)
• Republican Outlook:
  • Downplays the influence of blue state results on the rest of the nation, citing Trump’s purported recent successes and suggesting the left’s extremism is a gift to conservatives.
• Bill Maher Reference:
  • Cites Maher’s analogy of Democrats to “Sears” — suggesting irrelevance and obsolescence — and low polling numbers for the party. (08:58)

4. Parody, Humor, & Satirical Commentary

• Incorporates a satirical New York anthem, lamenting progressive governance with musical parody: “…they’ll make a brand new start of it—outside New York…” (11:37)
• Uses repeated analogies:
  • Dysfunctional romance: “What happened in New York City was essentially, if your daughter moved in with an abusive, bad boyfriend…All you can do is watch her live through it.” (12:05)
  • Culinary disgust: “A crap sandwich. You had a choice between the actual crap and the crap stained bread.” (05:10)

5. Guest Contribution: Tom Basilli on “The Mandami Effect”

• Marxism’s Institutional Progression:
  • Basilli traces a “march through the institutions” culminating in Mandami’s unapologetic socialism.
  • Quote: “This is an inflection point…You will see a Momdami effect where there will be more Islamic, there will be more socialists, there will be more Marxists who will start running for office…” (22:33)
• Legitimacy & Mainstreaming:
  • Warns Mandami’s win will encourage similar candidates in other cities, normalizing radical platforms nationally.
• Comparison to de Blasio & Obama:
  • Basilli likens Mandami to Obama as a “media creation” but, unlike de Blasio, more charismatic and promising utopian ideas.
• Policy Predictions:
  • Forecasts emboldened anti-police measures, possible increase in crime, NYPD retirements, diminished business investment, risk of the city becoming a haven for radicalism, and financial disaster.
  • Quote: “He’s in favor of opening the jails…He wants to go after police officers…I fear that New York will become a safe haven for radical Islamists.” (35:35)
• Call to Action for Conservatives:
  • Urges Republicans and Trump supporters to stay engaged post-Trump, warning that demotivation enables the spread of “Marxist socialists, radical Islamists.”

6. Zoran Mandami’s Own Words

• Victory Speech:
  • Mandami unapologetically names himself a Muslim, a Democratic Socialist, and “far from the perfect candidate.”
  • Quote: “I am young despite my best efforts to grow older. I am Muslim. I am a democratic socialist. And most damning of all, I refuse to apologize for any of this.” (21:03)
  • References Nehru: “A moment comes, but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new…”
  • Carson’s sardonic response: “We were suppressed the last four years.” (30:14)

7. Greg Kelly’s Perspective

• Bemoans demise of NYC’s reputation, hails the era under Bloomberg and his father.
• Quote: “Now run by a communist…this man becomes our poster child for the rest of America. You want this in Oklahoma? … Forget that he's just a communist. He's also a supporter of extremist Islamic terrorism.” (18:48–19:05)

8. Bill O’Reilly Analysis

• Says the election results bear no weight on future midterms, predicting “so many things are going to happen” to reshape the country — particularly economic shifts linked to Trump’s policies and Supreme Court decisions. (37:35–38:40)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Exchanges

• Rob Carson:
  • “I mean, honestly, you had an ex governor who had a history of sexual dalliances…You had a choice between the actual crap and the crap-stained bread.” (05:10)
  • “If you are threatened by the victory of Zoran Mandami, don't be…As far as I'm concerned…just watch it fall apart, then move into, you know, help out when it's…dropped into the toilet.” (07:52)
• Tom Basilli:
  • “There will be more Islamic, there will be more socialists, there will be more Marxists who will start running for office in cities and towns…and that’s something people really need to gird themselves for.” (22:33)
• Greg Kelly:
  • “Now run by a communist. … You want this maniac left wing moron? Forget that he's just a communist. He's also a supporter of extremist Islamic terrorism.” (18:51–19:04)
• Zoran Mandami (Victory Speech):
  • “Most damning of all, I refuse to apologize for any of this.” (21:21)
  • “A moment comes, but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends and the soul of a nation finds utterance.” (29:56)
• Rob Carson (about Mandami quoting Nehru):
  • “I did find it funny that he quoted Jarala Nehru. Nobody's heard of him. Instead of Washington, Jefferson, or Lincoln.” (30:45)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Opening Reaction to Election Results (Virginia, New York, New Jersey): 00:17–08:30
• New York City Election Dissected (Parody & Analogies): 09:51–12:52
• Discussion with Political Analyst (Electoral Cynicism): 12:52–13:56
• Analysis of NYC Results & “Let it Fail” Approach: 14:00–18:06
• Interview with Greg Kelly: 18:06–19:20
• Mandami’s Speech Sound Bite: 21:03–21:33, 29:56–30:35
• Newsmax’s Tom Basilli Extended Interview: 21:44–37:06
• Bill O’Reilly’s Assessment of 2025–2026 Midterms: 37:35–38:40

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Tone & Style

• Sarcastic, combative, and openly partisan
• Heavy use of analogy and parody (“crap sandwich”, abusive boyfriend, frog in boiling water)
• Regular self-referencing to previous predictions (“I told you this…”), confident in forecasts
• Urges listeners not to despair, but to “ride their asses” (Democrats) and stay engaged

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Conclusion

Rob Carson frames the New York City mayoral result as both expected and indicative of the Democratic Party’s terminal leftward drift, arguing that it portends disaster for the city but is ultimately a boon for conservative causes. The recurring message is that blue state setbacks are isolated, that the Democratic Party is in “the dustbin,” and that Republicans must stay mobilized, especially as Trump’s direct political future wanes. The conversation with Tom Basilli provides helpful detail on the ideological lineage leading to Mandami’s win, and the probable “Momdami effect.” Throughout, the show retains its signature satirical, irreverent style, mixing analysis with parody and strong editorial voice.

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For listeners new to these developments or unfamiliar with the players, the episode provides a window into conservative populist media’s framing of recent events, with plenty of pointed quotes, colorful analogies, and an ensemble of familiar voices.

Transcript

[Bill O'Reilly]

Hold it.

[Rob Carson]

Now you are about to hear the most interesting, informative, thought provoking and funny show in America on air and on.

[Caller/Listener]

The World Wide Web.

[Rob Carson]

This is the Rob Carson Show. This is the Rob Carson Show. Welcome to. It is already Wednesday, ladies and gentlemen. Please come on inside and have a seat. We have much to talk about today. Much to talk about today. I, you know, obviously it was up late last night. Last night. Disappointed in what happened certainly because I moved to Virginia. And so I was a little disappointed that now we've got a Abigail Spamberger, a Karen supreme as the governor of, of Virginia, also a lieutenant governor who did not campaign at all. She was funded just like Zoran Mandami and millions of dollars, $8 million brought in to overwhelm the, the system and, and, and shut up. The message of the other, the other you candidates. John Reed could not run ads in the Washington, D.C. area. Too expensive to do that. Then, of course, a little bit of surprise on Jason Miaras being beaten by Jay Jones. That's fine. We live in Virginia. Virginia is controlled by Fairfax and Loudoun County. Right now there is a government shutdown. These people were drilled every day with Donald Trump is causing you to lose your job, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and all of that. So none of it should be a giant surprise. It would have been a pleasant surprise had, for instance, Winsome Sears won't. I haven't said much about Winsome Sears, just a few tweets here and there before because I don't like to tear down the, the candidates before the election. But she has the, she has the charisma of an armadillo. Does it surprise us that, that she lost? No, not really. Literally, the last week I saw the, the margin slip and I, and I knew that she wasn't going to win. Unfortunately, there's nothing we can do about that. I had a little more hope with the Miaris thing, but the thing is vote for anybody. As long as they can win, they will bed down with anything. It happened in New York City. They literally have elected a radical Islamist communist. And now after this, you're seeing some Democrats say, hey, neat, Zo Ron won and all of this stuff. Bernie Sanders, of course, is calling it the, what did he call it? He's called it something stupid. Bernie Sanders. Yeah. Mondami is one of the greatest political upsets in modern American history. No, it's not. For the last, I don't know, about six months, I've been saying he's going to win. It was a fait accompli it wasn't political upset. The left invested $40 million into his campaign with George Soros. And the other two candidates were crap. Were absolute crap. I mean, honestly, you had an ex governor who had a history of sexual dalliances and all sorts of issues. He also killed a lot of people in nursing homes. A complete mismanagement. Part of the hall of a dead New York dynast. I mean, it was a joke. I told you this. It was a crap sandwich. You had a choice between the actual crap and the crap stained bread. And then, of course, you had Curtis Sliwa. And I didn't think Curtis Sliwa was going to win. You heard me. I said, you know what? Maybe if Mondavi is going to win, screw it. Burn the place down and vote for Sliwa. That's what I said. That's what I said. I was hoping because more people were coming out yesterday, that New York would pull this out of the fire. But it didn't happen, did it? I was a little surprised by New Jersey, but New Jersey, a lot like Maryland. A lot of people who liberals who live in New Jersey don't know any better. They are the frog in the boiling water. They are the frog in the boiling water. And when they're in charge, then there's nothing you can do about it but find another place to live. That's basically it. California's Prop 50, you know, was sold by Gavin Newsom. And even the people in California don't know exactly what they voted for. It may mean five more seats for Democrats, but there are a lot of things happening outside of California, California, New York, New Jersey, and Virginia that are great. One year ago, Donald Trump was swept to victory. He took both houses. He won all of the battleground states. He won the Electoral College. He beat a machine that spent $2 billion to sell America a crap sandwich after the Democrat Party appointed a woman to be the candidate without a single vote. All right, so we kicked their asses completely a year ago. And by the way, this was after 10 years of 99% negative coverage. Russia collusion, two impeachments in the last year, four political indictments, 91 counts, a weaponized DOJ, FBI, DHS against all of us to shut down our speech. And then they tried to take him off the ballot, and then they tried to murder him. And then what happened? We kicked their asses. There you go. Do you think that what happens in New York City means D word for Richard? Remember what I said when Kamala Harris was named the candidate? I laughed out Loud. You'll recall, I laughed out loud. I said, oh, my God, this is fantastic. And what happened, I was right. Okay? We voted that out nationally. All of the things that she stood for, all of the wokeness, the dei, the CRT and whatnot. And if you think it's gonna make a comeback in Virginia, I gotta tell you, it's not going to be funded. And the federal government is shutting that crap down in public school. So it ain't going to go that way. There's a lot of things that can happen in Virginia. I get it now. I'm living here. I'm not happy about it, to be quite honest. But I'm going to ride their asses. I'm going to be on it every day. And I know a lot of people who are. There's a lot of other balls in the air that we have right now, the ability to make a difference nationally. But the great thing is the victory of Zoran Mandami solidified the death of the Democrat Party. That's it. The Democrat Party has gone full on communist. That's it. Their de facto leaders are AOC and the nut jobs of the absolute far left. They were rejected completely on November of last year. On election day last year, they were rejected. The Democrat Party didn't learn anything from it. And now they're leaning further left into it, assuring that what I told you the Democrat Party was either going to reinvent itself or disappear into the dustbin of history. And what did I say? They're leaning into the dustbin. They're leaning into the dustbin. If you are threatened by the victory of Zoran Mandami, don't be. All right. Do we need to be a check and balance and put this fire out? Yes. Do we? Do we need to isolate New York City 1000%? But as far as I'm concerned, and it's sad for the city of New York, honestly, I found out this week that the Newsmax Christmas party, we've got several of them. One of them is right here in Washington, D.C. and normally I go to New York City for it and everything, but now I can avoid going to New York City. And guess what? I'm not gonna spend any money in New York City. I'm not going to support New York City. As far as I'm concerned, what happened in New York City was essentially, if your daughter moved in with an abusive, bad boyfriend who rode a motorcycle, and what are you gonna do? There's nothing you can do about it. All you can do is watch her live through it. Okay? That's what we. There's nothing you can do to change New York City. Doing something stupid like electing Zoran Mondami. So what do you do? You just watch it fall apart, then move into, you know, help out when it's, when it's completely dropped into the toilet. There you go. That's it. So you know, New York City, who cares? New Jersey, it really sucks. It really sucks that there are enough Democrats there who don't realize how bad things suck that they want to get better. Same goes with Maryland. It is a frog in boiling water. They've been boiling there. I went to my old neighborhood. I lived a dozen years in Maryland and I went back there and the Chinese restaurant that was there is now a pot shop. And then, and then the, the rent owned. Not the rent owned. There's a, there's a rental place for U Hauls and whatnot that is now a pawn shop. The mall that was abandoned 10 years ago is still sitting there abandoned. And you drive across the river into Virginia and it's like, Oz, we will see if Virginia stays Oz, we can't let Virginia become Maryland. That's it. But as far as some sort of sweeping victory that's changed anything, the trajectory of the Democrat Party was in the. To the toilet. A week ago. You heard Bill Maher say that the Democrat Party is like Sears. It's like a Halloween express. That's it. You've seen the polls from Harry Hinton that shows the Democrat Party is polling at 20%. Most people do not agree with the Democrat Party. The negatives above the Democrat Party are higher than they've ever been in recorded history. So what happened in New York City doesn't mean anything to the rest of the country who, by the way, are down with this president because this president is doing a great job. And despite it all, despite the Democrats shutting down the government, despite nine months of temper tantrums, burning Tesla dealerships, 98% negative press coverage, Donald Trump is bringing back $18 trillion of investments to build in America. That's going to catch fire. Donald Trump is bringing down prescript prices, IVF prices, and he has sealed the southern border. He's working on cleaning out the voter rolls, ending illegals, getting free stuff, largesse to vote for Democrats. So there are a lot of balls in the air. There are a lot of balls in the air. So what you have to do today is slough this off, realize New York doesn't mean anything in the grand scheme of things. And if the Democrat Party wants To go down the zorround communist road I welcome it because it's not going to win okay, We've been through too much.

[Caller/Listener]

To worry about so hot Start packing.

[Rob Carson]

Up soon I wouldn't live in New.

[Caller/Listener]

York start leaving today A lot of people are Mom Donnie's gonna ruin it New York, New York did you really expect us to win the guise of a fool Winsome Sears folks don't wanna.

[Rob Carson]

Stay.

[Caller/Listener]

Destruction he'll be doing it New York, New York Andrew Cuomo Dear God they didn't wake up and see that he's a threat Curtis Lewa a massive tax hike New York's gonna get this.

[Rob Carson]

Is what happens when you serve voters.

[Caller/Listener]

Or craft sandwich these mom Donnie blues.

[Rob Carson]

And put $40 billion behind the cock.

[Caller/Listener]

We'Ll drive people away they'll make a brand new start of it Outside New.

[Rob Carson]

York Ranger bed lying in New York.

[Caller/Listener]

Zoran is taking charge the damage will be large Feel bad for you New.

[Zoran Mandami]

York, New York yeah just like your.

[Rob Carson]

Daughter moving in with a biker. They made their bed, they're gonna lie in it and it won't work. I've got lots of stuff on the show today showing you that this never works. Government run grocery stores. We've got Zoran's big speech last night where he really stepped into total full blown communism, Marxism. Even Van Jones says it wasn't a good move. But you see, here's the great thing. When the left exposes its flank, we can kick their asses. That's the way it generally works. Let's take a break and come back. My friends, this is the Rob Carson Show.

[Caller/Listener]

The Rob Carson show podcast is everywhere. Go to Newsmax.com listen for details.

[Political Analyst]

The second underlying factor that can't be ignored here is it's almost impossible for Democrats to lose two blue states when they're out of power.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Unless.

[Political Analyst]

Unless there's no motivation by the electorate. And so that's where these two issues are tied to the whole. We've been talking about this for on Ruthless for a better part of a month. About how the motivation of the government shutdown was to try to fuel anxiety with government workers in Northern Virginia. You know what?

[Rob Carson]

It worked.

[Political Analyst]

It's an incredibly cynical strategy. It's one that you wish that a political party wouldn't do to play games with the lives of people across the country in order to get a little bit of an edge in an election. But that did happen. There's no question. That's why those two things are linked 100%.

[Rob Carson]

It's a very cynical way to do things. But that's your Democrat Party. You know, I remember when Rush Limbaugh, talent on loan from God, said when, when Barack Obama was elected, it was before he was elected. He said, I hope he fails. Said I hope he fails. And everybody was all butthurt about it. Russia's a racist. No, no. Donald Trump wanted socialism to fail, and it did.

[Political Analyst]

What?

[Rob Carson]

He was out campaigning the other. No, he failed. He failed. Hillary Clinton got beaten right after Barack Obama. If he, if he did so well, if his, if his tenure was so glorious and he was so amazing and he belonged on Mount Rush, she would not have won. Donald Trump swept in and kicked her butt. If socialism worked, if what he wanted to happen worked, then she would have become the president that year. So what did they have to do after that? Well, they immediately had to go after Donald Trump. They had to create Russia collusion. They had to get all of the branches of government against him for four years. They had to pay for a virus that shut down a very good economy, never holding anyone responsible for that at all. Burning the city in the summer of 2020 with a false flag event of George Floyd. And then ultimately they had to rig an election with mail in ballots, shutting down all of the counting in the battleground states, and then usher in a man who had pudding for brains for four years to finally try to fulfill the moist romantic dream of the class of 1968. And guess what? It failed. It failed. It fail. Failed. Even when they sticked every branch of government on Donald Trump, tried to take away his fortune. Trump came up with 91 counts and four different political indictments rigged by people in the DOJ and the FBI. And then they tried to take him off the ballot and then they tried to murder him twice. And they still lost. So do you think that Zoran Mondami winning in New York City means anything? No. It's a fart in a friggin category 5 hurricane. And new York City has been a bleep show for a very long time. Dear God. De Blasio, anyone? I went to New York City for the first time, like five years ago, and I saw a city that I understood why they thought it was at one point the greatest city in the world. And I saw tents outside in the freezing cold where people were forced to sit and eat because they couldn't dine inside the restaurant for some stupid reason. And that was Covid. Oh, and then that time I got Covid. And then they bring in Eric Adams, who beat Curtis Lewa by 40 points. And the Best thing the Republican Party could come up with this time is Curtis Sliwa again. My God. Does this surprise you at all? I told you. It was Zoran Mandami versus the crap Sandwich and Zoran Mandami won to nobody. Nobody's surprised. Guess what? Now we let them fail. Now we let New York fail. Donald Trump cannot give New York one bit of assistance. Zoran Mandani can try like every other. You know. You know when you're a teenager, your dad says, don't do this or don't do that and you do it anyway. And then you crash the car and dad goes, well, you dumb ass, that's why. That's what's going to happen. You've got a bunch of starry eyed morons in New York City. A bunch of people with zero life experience whatsoever. Also a whole lot of very radical, dangerous people funded by George Soros to the tune of $40 million. This being in the plan for around four years now. And then it ultimately culminated in an election where two old, tired, hackneyed, won the part of the hall of a de political dynasty and the other, a guy who had lost by 40 points in the previous mayoral election versus this guy. And you expected anything different? You expected that they'd be able to turn it around? I kind of hope so. I kind of hope that. But. But, you know, desperation is no, no way to win an election Desperation is no way to win an election because unfortunately there are a lot of ignoramuses in New York City that are going to take New York City down. And as far as I'm concerned, New York City, as I've said, two words. Yawn. Yoan Yan. Yo. New York City. John. Yo.

[Greg Kelly]

Well, you can't imagine how disappointed I am with all the work that I did to fix New York City. Pass it on to Mike Bloomberg with your father, Greg Ray Kelly, who kept it going for 20 years, greatest city in the world for 20 years. Now run by a communist. It's already in terrible shape because of Adams.

[Rob Carson]

And.

[Greg Kelly]

This is a horrible blow. Here's the, here's the upside of it. This man becomes our poster child for the rest of America. Yeah, I mean, you want this in Oklahoma? You, you want this in North Carolina.

[Rob Carson]

No.

[Greg Kelly]

You want us in Nevada?

[Rob Carson]

Not going to happen.

[Greg Kelly]

You want this maniac left wing moron now forget that he's just a communist. He's also a supporter of extremist Islamic terrorism.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Greg Kelly]

He embraces the people who support that. So you have to divide the Muslim community into two groups. The peaceful and those who, who support the the warrior Muhammad, he's the one.

[Rob Carson]

You just got to let New York destroy itself on its own. There you go. That's all. Because the Democrat party has gone further left than I could have even imagined. And this is a gift. This is a gift. Trust me on this. We got Tom Bacelli from Newsmax. He's in New York City. He's gonna join us next on the Rob Carson Show. Don't go anywhere. 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. 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 not 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. They were incredibly delicious on salad, veggies, pasta, meat, meat, fish, you name it. And as an introduction to his fresh pressed Olive Oil Club, TJ is willing to send you a full size $39 bottle up one of the world's finest artisanal olive oils fresh from the new harvest for just $1 to help him cover shipping. There's no commitment to buy anything now or later. Get your free $39 bottle for just $1 and taste the difference freshness makes. Go to getfreshrobcarson.com that's getfreshrobcarson.com for a free bottle and pay just one. Do subscribing getfreshrobcarson.com.

[Zoran Mandami]

After all, the conventional wisdom would tell you that I am far from the perfect candidate. I am young despite my best efforts to grow older. I am Muslim. I am a democratic socialist list. And most damning of all, I refuse to apologize for any of this.

[Rob Carson]

Yan Yom New York City Y Tom Bili joins us on the Newsmax hotline. He anchored Newsmax coverage last night which was outstanding. Absolutely. Joining me. Hello there, Tom. How you doing this morning, sir?

[Tom Bacilli]

I'm doing just fine, Rob, and thank you for what you do and appreciate you you having me on today.

[Rob Carson]

Well, you know, this didn't come as a surprise to anyone. Bernie Sanders is saying it's some sort of, you know, political upset. It really isn't. It was predicted. Everybody predicted it you had $40 million, I think altogether behind Zoran Mandami also, by the way, the lieutenant governor candidate here in Virginia, supported by George Soros. And then you had two terrible candidates on the other side, one who lost by 40 points and the other who had been governor and had failed governor, had caused the of a lot of seniors and then of course did a lot of sexual harassment. Other than that, I mean, they were great candidates, Tom. So, you know, honestly, it didn't come as a surprise. It is, it is, it's a disappointment, but go ahead.

[Tom Bacilli]

Yeah. You know, Rob, I think people need to understand that this is an inflection point in our politics. And it started, started a long time ago. And I encourage people to really think about the history here. You know, when we think about Marxism in America. Go back and start with sort of that march through the institutions and then that lead up to the Obama presidency and the change in the tone and the tenor of these people once Obama was elected. And now you're seeing kind of the natural progression of that to a full blown, open out of the closet socialist and Marxist. And there is now going to be this Van Damme effect. You have a lot of people out there saying, oh, it's New York. Those people are all liberal and crazy anyway, it doesn't really matter. There is going to be an effect now because these people, aoc, Bernie Sanders, Zora Mamdani, these are the people who are running the Democratic Party. And you will see a momdami effect where there will be more Islamic, there will be more socialists, there will be more Marxists who will start running for office in cities and towns and states all across the country. Because the fact that he won legitimized the agenda. And so that's something that people really need to gird themselves for, of course, to be ready to respond to it.

[Rob Carson]

Well, it was leftism was defeated with Kamala Harris very soundly, very roundly, and the Democrat Party decided to lurch even further left. This will add some credibility to that movement. I don't think it will succeed, but we do have to be ready for it. We absolutely have to be ready for it. And as far as New York City is concerned, I mean, you live in New. I don't know if you live in New York properly, but you work in New York, as I said earlier, as far as New York City is concerned. And it's very sad. I hate to say this. It's like if your daughter has a bad boyfriend with a motorcycle and is an abusive, what are you gonna do? About it. You can say all you want, you can say he's bad for you, whatever. And there's nothing you can do until she falls and then you have to go pick it up. And that's what's going to happen in New York City and everybody knows it. By that I was looking at some pre election polls, polls that showed that people believe that his election would return the urban decay of the 1980s, anti Semitism new York would become chaos, a bleep hole. Obviously he's already broadcast, but exactly what he has planned on doing. And if you thought de Blasio is bad, it's gonna get lot worse.

[Tom Bacilli]

Yeah, de Blasio was kind of a hapless fool. I mean he was, he was a Marxist. I mean the guy honeymooned in Cuba and helped the Sandinistas. Like, I mean, so he was, he was one of these radical leftist ideologues, but he was sort of hapless. And Zora Mandami reminds me a lot of Obama in that he's a media creation. He got a pass from the sort of the corporate media. He is very well spoken, very charismatic. It's unicorns and rainbows shooting out of every orifice. He'll say anything to anyone, promise anybody, anything. And it's all about grabbing power. And I think we saw that with Obama. We've now seen that kind of put on steroids with, with, with this guy and I think other people, other people yet to come when it comes to New York. Yes. Look, you and I both know we're intelligent people, we're Americans, we believe in the American formula for greatness. Socialism doesn't work. The city of New York is already 100, $150 billion in the hole. Got a whole bunch of unfunded liabilities. And the first thing that this guy did last night, night was he quoted the most prominent American socialist and then he proceeded to attack the people who actually pay the taxes and pay for all of this stuff in New York City. It's not going to work. But that doesn't mean that it won't do a lot of damage in the process or it won't be tried, they won't attempt to replicate it other places and do more damage. And in doing so sort of mainstreaming a lot of these very radical ideas that you and I, 15 years ago would probably never consider that we would be having these conversations.

[Rob Carson]

You know, Tom Basilli, I said that the left exposes its flank so we can kick its ass. This happened with the, the anti semites after October 7th, we didn't realize that it was so deep seated in American universities. Donald Trump has gone after these universities with some degree of success them to change their ways. We still have a long way to go. This is the same with the Democrat Party and, and, and this exposition of its Marxist leanings. Now we at least have a target. Now we at least know that it exists and we can focus on it. This is Chuck Schumer last night who would not admit that he voted for Zoran Mandami because I don't think he did. Today is election day in New York City. Did you vote for Mandani or Cuomo? Look, I voted, voted and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help New York City. Look, I voted. I voted. You notice that Barack Obama didn't officially endorse Zoran Mandami.

[Tom Bacilli]

They still did speak to him by phone more than once during the campaign, including in the previous the weekend before the election. They spoke for a half hour and Obama offered him his full throated support to help enact his, his agenda.

[Rob Carson]

Well, Obama was also, Obama was also instrumental in getting, putting Joe Biden in office and of course attempting to do everything that he wanted to do in the first term while Joe Biden was the president through executive orders, through the use of the auto pin. So a little bit of that again. Again, he's easy. He asked. Plausible deniability. He hasn't officially endorsed. That's the way Obama acts. And that's not a big surprise to me at all. It's not a surprise to me at all. So just in case this fails, he can say I didn't officially endorse it. Go ahead.

[Tom Bacilli]

Yeah, and when it comes to Schumer, look, Zora Mandami last night made it very clear and so has aoc. It's out with the old and in with the new. This old generation, this previous generation of traditional liberals, they are gone. They are out of power. They don't even want to mention their names and they are now in control. The socialists are now in control of the party. Now here's the cautionary tale.

[Rob Carson]

I tell you what. Can you hold that to the other side of the break? Tom, can you hold that through the break? We're going to get back with Tom Bacilli. Great stuff. As we broadcast. He is obviously in New York City covering the the election last night for Newsmax. It did a hell of a job. More on this. Save that thought, Tom. This is the Rob Carson show.

[Zoran Mandami]

Standing before you. I think of the words of Jawaharlal Nehru. A moment comes, but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.

[Rob Carson]

No, actually, we were suppressed the last four years.

[Zoran Mandami]

Tonight, we have stepped out from the old into the new. So let us speak now with clarity and conviction that cannot be misunderstood.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Zoran Mandami]

About what this new age will deliver and for whom.

[Rob Carson]

Okay.

[Zoran Mandami]

This will be an age where New Yorkers expect from their leaders a bold vision of what we will achieve rather than a list of excuses for what we are too timid to attempt.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. And they're also going to experience about a million people leaving the city and the tax base crumbling and all of the promises that he made that we. He has no ability to pay for. We'll do a face plan. It always works out that way. And I did find it funny that he, he quoted Jarala Nehru. Nobody's heard of him. Instead of Washington, Jefferson, or Lincoln, by the way, he was socialists who crush the Hindus and empower jihadis in India. So you know what we're up against. And like I said, they expose their flanks so we can kick their butts. Tom Bacilli, you said you had a cautionary tale you wanted to mention before the break.

[Tom Bacilli]

Yeah, yeah, Rob. So the cautionary tale is this. I heard a lot of times, including this morning, from the president himself, sort of explaining away some of this because he wasn't on the ballot. Now, I give Donald Trump a lot of credit for expanding the map within the Republican Party, expanding the conservative coalition in a way that has not been done before. But Donald Trump's not going to be on the ballot anymore. And Republicans all across the country and conservatives and pro freedom Americans, people in the MAGA community, people who supported Donald Trump, they have a choice to make now. They can stay home or they can engage because I, because this, this wave of, you know, of Marxist socialists, radical Islamists, whatever you want to call, is going to come to a city and a town near you in a state near you, if, if it is allowed to by the majority of this country, which still supports conservative principles. And, you know, we've. There's been sort of this Trumpification of the Republican Party, which in many respects has been a good thing. But we're now at a, we're now at an inflection point where Trump is not going to be running for office again. But people need to, the Republicans need to hold that voter coalition together and continue to motivate them, despite the fact that the president ultimately is, is going to be moving off of the political center stage.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, well, he's also in charge for the next three and a quarter years and he's also made some gigantic leaps in the first year. And the there's a lot of things, there are a lot of balls in the air. I don't have the sound bite in front of me. But Bill O'Reilly was talking about this was not about the midterms. And for a number of reasons. The you've got a variety of different departments in the federal government who are after these Democrat run cities and states to get rid of the largesse being offered illegals to vote. You've got a sealed southern border, you've got deportation of individuals. So there are a lot of balls in the air right now after this defeat. And as far as moving forward without Trump, this party is Donald Trump, the man he chose to be vice president. I said whoever he chose would have to go to Trump University. The Republican Party as was is dead. We saw this in Virginia, Virginia last night because the woman who ran for governor was an anti Trumper and she got her ass kicked. And also by the way, as I mentioned earlier, she has the, you know, the personality of an armadillo. So it wasn't gonna work. It wasn't gonna work at all. Go ahead.

[Tom Bacilli]

Right. But the fact of the matter is though is that you can't use the fact that Trump isn't running as an excuse to stay home.

[Rob Carson]

Well, of course.

[Tom Bacilli]

And that is the secret sauce of motivation. That group of people, the way Trump motivates them hasn't quite been found just yet. And Rob, one of the things and I have to give you have to go back to the way that the Republicans are articulating their message, particularly what they've done so far is they have to do a better job of it in order for it to penetrate. You did a fantastic job in 15 seconds of telling me the things that Donald Trump has done done over the last 10 months. But the White House has difficulty doing that on a consistent basis and so do the Republicans in Congress. So there's a lot of work to be done to things up for 2026.

[Rob Carson]

Well, there's a lot of obviously a massive temper tantrum by the left. The positive is they don't own the media. And more the the attacks on the media of the last eight years have resulted in a new media that has risen from the ashes and his tele and is telling truth. That means, that means a lot. But your point, let me ask you this about New York City, though. What's going to happen in New York City?

[Tom Bacilli]

What's going to happen in New York City? Well, the first thing there's going to be a perception issue. And the perception is that, you know, this guy, you know, is in favor of opening the jails. He's in favor of putting social workers out on the streets instead of police officers. He's antique cop. He wants to be able to appoint the civilian Complaint review Board, and he wants to go after police officers. So I think you're going to have a lot of retirements and resignations from the nypd. And that is going to make New York, unfortunately, I think, a magnet. Also, because he's a radical Islamist who believes in globalizing the intifada, I fear that New York will become a safe have haven for radical Islamists.

[Rob Carson]

That's what I'm afraid of as well.

[Tom Bacilli]

And you'll also see, you'll also see businesses starting to reduce investment here. You're going to see tourism start to drop. There'll be a lot of things that will be there'll be a cascade of events here as he takes office because people will just, even if he doesn't do any of the things that he's talking about, just the fact that the fisherman rocks from the head.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Tom Bacilli]

You know, they will be an impact here, unfortunately.

[Rob Carson]

Tom, I appreciate you so much, man. You guys did a great job last night on Newsmax. I really, really, starting with Carl Higby, I watched all night and you really busted your butts. You had more people on the street. It was, it was, it was the best. I'm very proud to be affiliated with Newsmax and you always do a good job, brother. Thanks for finding the time today, man. I appreciate you.

[Tom Bacilli]

Oh, thank you. And we're proud of you, Rob. Thank you for.

[Rob Carson]

Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. This is not an EV and it never will be. This is Bill O'Reilly talking about this was out about the midterms. He was talking with Chris Cuomo. His brother got his rear end handed to him last night in New York.

[Bill O'Reilly]

This has nothing to do with the midterm terms. Zero. And the reason is so many things are going to happen between now and this time next year and it's going to be a completely different country than it is now. Now, I can't predict which way that's going to go.

[Rob Carson]

Then how do you know it's going to be a completely different country?

[Bill O'Reilly]

Because there are so many things that have to be decided. There are too many undecided. And you can start with the Supreme Court ruling on the tariffs, can start on, on that. And they'll rule in Donald Trump's favor because of the 1974 law that Gerald Ford signed into. And they have to. Supreme Court can't change the law. It has to uphold what's already been impressed. Now, they'll rein Trump in a little bit, but that will give Trump then a free field to see if in the next eight months the tariffs can kick in to bring prices down and to help people. That's what the midterms are all about. It's about economics here.

[Rob Carson]

It's not about and we've got a year of Donald Trump doing what we asked him to do in Washington, D.C. in the meantime. And there you go, you've got a DOJ that is doing what it should do, going after the people who have pursued us politically. You've got a DHS that has shut down the southern border, is getting rid of illegals. They are going to clean out the voter rolls. They are going to get people who are illegal off public assistance. I've got some news on the other side. Donald Trump and I think they're going to nuke the filibuster. And when that happens, things are really going to, things are really going to change. So you know what, you have a down day. But nothing that happened yesterday was that expected. It is that one time of the year that Birch Gold gives away free gold with every qualifying purchase. Right now for Black Friday, when you convert an existing IRA into 401k into a tax shelter, diary and gold Birch Gold will send you free gold to your home for every $20,000 invested. Gold started this year at $2,600 an ounce. By October, it was $4,000 an ounce. Why Global Uncertainty 2025 has been defined by trade wars. Central banks are pulling from the US Dollar as the global reserve currency and military tension continues to build. Gold thrives in times of uncertainty. So text my name, Rob to 989-898 to claim your eligibility for a free gold and an info kit from Burt's Gold. But of course, it ends by November 30th, so don't wait. Text Rob to 989-898 for further details. More good news coming up on the other side of this break. And this is the Rob Carson Show. Don't go anywhere.

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