reSee.it Podcast Summary
Dave Rubin opens his show on election day, November 4th, 2025, focusing on the New York City mayoral race, where socialist candidate Zorhan Mandami is predicted to win with 92% odds. Rubin expresses deep concern, labeling Mandami a communist, Marxist, socialist, and jihad-adjacent figure, whose policies like defunding the police, freezing rent, and establishing city-run grocery stores are destined to fail and destroy the city. He draws parallels to London under Sadiq Khan and historical instances of socialism leading to societal collapse and flight. Rubin emphasizes that New Yorkers, many of whose ancestors fled communism and socialism, are now on the verge of electing such a system.
Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor, joins the discussion, expressing profound depression over the potential outcome. He laments that Mandami's victory would undo decades of progress, including his own efforts to clean up the city after David Dinkins' tenure. Giuliani criticizes Mandami's socialist agenda but highlights an even greater concern: his enthusiastic support for Islamic extremism and association with individuals linked to terrorism, which he believes makes Mandami a national security risk for New York City, a primary target for such attacks. Giuliani also criticizes the apathy of New York voters and the city's long history of political corruption, which he argues Mandami's incompetence would exacerbate.
The conversation touches on John Fetterman's rejection of socialism as the Democratic Party's future and Donald Trump's threat to withhold federal funds from NYC if Mandami wins. Giuliani, however, disagrees with Trump's call to vote for Andrew Cuomo, arguing that supporting a flawed Democrat would prevent the Republican Party from building a necessary alternative in New York. He asserts that Cuomo's past policies as governor contributed to the city's current crime issues and that voting for him would compromise principles. The hosts also criticize CNN's Erin Burnett for failing to challenge Mandami's false claims about federal funding and White House renovations, highlighting a broader issue of media bias.
Rubin further emphasizes the dire economic consequences of Mandami's potential victory, citing polls that predict hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, particularly high earners, are prepared to leave the city, leading to a massive population and tax revenue flight, with Florida being a primary destination. He views this as a pending disaster for the country, though he acknowledges a cynical "silver lining" that New York's collapse might galvanize Republican momentum nationally. The podcast concludes with further criticisms of Democratic figures like Nancy Pelosi and Gavin Newsom, portraying them as power-hungry and out of touch, and a clip from Palantir CEO Alex Karp, who suggests that people ultimately desire peace and safety over "woke pagan ideology."