‘The Five’ on socialism on the ballot…

[0:00] Now, if you look at New York, we have all communists running. [0:03] They're all excited. They're going to win their primaries. [0:05] But I can't imagine they can beat a normal Republican. [0:08] So I think it's a good thing. [0:10] President Trump sounding the alarm as his hometown, New York City, grapples with socialism [0:14] on the ballot tonight. Big races all across New York. [0:18] Mayor Zoran Mamdani has put it all on the line. [0:21] His political clout behind a slate of democratic socialists [0:25] who are taking on incumbents with radical positions. [0:28] They have radical positions like these. [0:31] I'm a union organizer, war activist. [0:40] I'm a democratic socialist. [0:42] Running for Congress right here in the hearts of the Capitol. [0:49] We have fascists in the White House. [0:51] We have a climate denier in the White House. [0:56] We have a racist and transrobe in the White House. [1:01] All deportation is wrong. Is that something you still believe? [1:04] That phrase, yes. [1:05] People who were convicted of breaking U.S. criminal law. [1:09] Is the deportation of those people wrong? [1:11] Yes. [1:11] So that is Chevalier. [1:14] She also said that she was asked four times by people who wanted to support her [1:19] if she condemned Hamas and their actions on October 7th, their violence on October 7th [1:24] against Jewish families in Israel, and she wouldn't do it. [1:27] She was asked four times. [1:28] That's Chevalier. [1:28] All right, so it's not just socialism, and this is part of it as well. [1:32] Anti-Semitism also rearing its ugly head in these races and in the Democratic Party. [1:38] A New York City coffee shop banned Jewish Congressman Dan Goldman over his pro-Israel stance, [1:46] refunding the coffee he had purchased and taunting him in a social media caption that said, among other things, [1:51] it said, like, it was really creepy. [1:52] It's like, we saw you. [1:53] We saw you in our store. [1:55] And this is the surveillance photo. [1:57] And then it went on to say, do you see how it doesn't taste like genocide juice? [2:02] The DOJ is now investigating this incident. [2:05] I mean, this was just incredibly appalling. [2:08] Jesse, I want to start with you on this. [2:09] It's like, Dan Goldman was, like, led the Trump impeachment. [2:13] I mean, he has, you know, some would say a pretty good dose of Trump derangement syndrome in many ways. [2:19] He hates everything Trump, but that is not enough anymore. [2:23] You have to also be anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, or you're not. [2:28] It's like a new identity category for politics. [2:31] Like, it doesn't matter who you are or what you believe. [2:34] If they think you fall into that category, they're going to kick you out of the coffee shop. [2:37] Yeah, I don't like the Goldman guy very much, but he should be able to buy coffee and not get banned. [2:42] And they gave him his money back. [2:43] I mean, what, your money is no good here? [2:45] They shouldn't do this to guys wearing MAGA hats, or they shouldn't do it to Greg. [2:50] So I don't like that kind of discrimination. [2:52] But I will say, when the Democrats screw things up, Democrat voters are going to vote socialists. [2:57] I'm sorry. [2:58] Adams blew it. [2:59] De Blasio blew it. [3:00] Biden brought all these migrants here. [3:02] Drove up prices, utilities, rent. [3:04] So Mondani, they're like, I'm going to try a little Mondani. [3:06] You know, he sounds maybe dumb enough to do something. [3:11] And so he's kind of like the Muslim Santa Claus. [3:13] He's got this big bushy beard, and he gives you a bunch of free stuff. [3:17] Socialism, Jessica, does not work. [3:19] Never has. [3:20] Never will. [3:22] But if you've been paying attention to the World Cup, all of these Europeans from socialist countries are coming here, [3:29] and they're dumbstruck by American abundance. [3:33] Dumbstruck. [3:34] They love our options, the variety, their air conditioning. [3:38] They even love our petrol prices. [3:40] That's what they call gasoline in Europe. [3:42] Because they depend on the Strait of Hormuz. [3:43] They're even lower here than they are over there. [3:46] Now, Europe, I think, is ripe for socialism, but so is New York, because you have this huge gap between the rich and the poor that they can exploit. [3:54] And 40% of New York City is foreign-born. [4:00] I mean, foreign-born people vote Democrat. [4:03] They love them. [4:04] They're also more poor, and so they're more on welfare. [4:07] So they want to grow the government. [4:09] 70% of New York City is non-white. [4:12] Non-white mostly votes Democrats. [4:15] You've got a guy, foreign-born, not white. [4:18] He's now mayor, and he's the king. [4:20] Now, he's screwed a lot of stuff up, but he's got a vibe, and he's made friends with Trump. [4:25] So if he can just not mess around with the Trump economy, this guy has it all here. [4:31] Jessica, you know, this is obviously a battle for the heart of the Democratic Party. [4:36] And it's really, it's pretty vicious. [4:38] I mean, the coffee shop, I think, is a really good example of what's going on. [4:44] The coffee shop is on another level of anti-Semitism, to the point that it has broken through to people that I know who do not pay attention to politics. [4:52] You know, they're not into the establishment left versus the DSA left. [4:57] They're like, how is something like this happening in New York City? [5:00] Did they feel that way when Sarah Huckabee got kicked out of restaurants? [5:03] These are not people that are paying attention to politics, so they're not, I don't think they know that story. [5:09] I'm not into anyone being kicked out of a place of business if you are not being rowdy and if you are paying your bill. [5:15] I thought that Congressman Goldman, who's my congressman, handled that beautifully and, you know, complimented the barista who helped them and said, [5:22] I was with my seven-year-old daughter and she couldn't have been nicer to us. [5:27] I think it's a stain that something like that would happen. [5:31] Mom Donnie, if this does not go well for him, it will be a major, major setback. [5:36] And it will call into question a lot of the proverbial riz. [5:39] Or it might save him in November, who might end up saving him in November if some of them lose. [5:44] Well, it's a pretty blue city, so it's not as if, I mean, most of these don't even have a Republican challenger. [5:51] But I think that there is a big difference between, for instance, Claire Valdez, who you played the original clip of, [5:56] and then Daryl Lisa Chevalier, who's challenging Escalade in New York 13th. [6:04] I mean, she is dangerous. It seems pretty dumb also, and I don't know why Mom Donnie would waste capital on that. [6:13] I think also there's a difference between endorsing in an open seat, which is the situation in New York 7, versus going after sitting congresspeople. [6:22] And, you know, Hakeem Jeffries has shown a capacity to be able to push Mom Donnie away from a challenge. [6:29] He's done that before. They have a decent working relationship, and I think that it reflects really poorly on him. [6:35] And certainly if you then do that, and then you lose, it's going to look even worse. [6:39] Totally. Yeah, I think I'm horrified by this. I am horrified. [6:44] When did the Democrat Party normalize monsters like these, and then the New York City mayor has the nerve to call IPOC, IPAC, a group of monsters? [6:56] And just to be clear here, so you just mentioned how he endorsed Chevalier over Espelot. [7:00] Espelot's the chair of the Hispanic Caucus in Congress right now. [7:04] And Chevalier attended a pro-Palestine rally the day after the October 7th attack on Israel. [7:12] There is no gray area here, in my opinion. [7:15] It's pretty obvious that these candidates are absolutely disqualified to even run. [7:20] And yet somehow they're being celebrated and then endorsed by our super smiley, annoying mayor. [7:25] These people are pro-defund the police. [7:27] Every deportation is an abomination. [7:29] They are against prison altogether. [7:33] They are against everything that makes a society run. [7:36] And they continue to display such juvenile comments and tendencies and policies, [7:41] like free buses and free houses, not ever explaining how we're going to pay with them. [7:45] All they say is there's a fascist White House and a trans-trope or phobe, [7:50] and we are supposed to be like, oh, great, you have my vote. [7:53] This city is going to hell in a handbasket because of the mayor. [7:57] And I do not understand, you are right, why he is bothering to endorse all of these psychopaths. [8:02] Instead of saying, you know what, I'm in the office, I'm going to sit this one out as he should. [8:05] I hope there's more national leadership that comes out and says all of these people are tragically [8:11] unqualified and disqualified and turn their backs on everyone. [8:15] For some reason, they're all celebrated because remember, blue is blue. [8:18] I think Donnie's just like feeling it's like he got really lucked out with the Knicks winning. [8:23] And, you know, he like got the big parade and everything. [8:25] He's like, now I want all these socialist candidates. [8:27] Because I want to pull them up with me. [8:28] I'm just still.