Valuetainment - November 03, 2025


“Obama DIDN'T Endorse Mamdani” - NYC Mayoral Race ROCKED By Shocking Obama Snub


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29 minutes

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Word count

6,016

Sentence count

575

Harmful content

Misogyny

7

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Hate speech

13

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Rob and Titi are joined by special guest Vinny Pizzi to discuss the latest in the Democratic primary race between Bill de Blasio and his challenger, Zoran Mandani. Plus, a look at the numbers on early voting in New York City and the surge in turnout among younger voters.

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00:00:00.000 The 60 Minutes lady asked him, comparing Trump to Zoran Mandani.
00:00:02.960 I don't know if you guys saw that or not.
00:00:04.660 Well, you know, a lot of people are saying it's like,
00:00:07.320 and then Trump had to put in the plug to say, but I'm better looking.
00:00:10.440 Did you catch that or no? Go ahead. Go ahead, Rob.
00:00:12.900 I love it.
00:00:13.420 Zoran Mandani, 34-year-old Democratic Socialist.
00:00:16.540 He's the front man.
00:00:17.280 Communist, not socialist, communist.
00:00:18.660 He's far worse than a socialist.
00:00:20.400 Some people have compared him to a left-wing version of you.
00:00:24.200 Charismatic, breaking the old rules.
00:00:26.160 What do you think about that?
00:00:27.600 Well, I think I'm a much better looking person.
00:00:30.000 Mm-hmm.
00:00:31.180 Right?
00:00:31.720 No, no, Rob, you don't have the rest?
00:00:33.620 No, that was where it cut off.
00:00:35.040 Oh, no, no, we got to get the rest because it's a whole exchange.
00:00:37.780 Rob cuts it off when he says good looking.
00:00:40.100 Rob wanted to make sure we emphasize that he is a better looking guy.
00:00:43.620 No, but he continues to go in and explaining what's going on
00:00:47.680 with the whole thing between the two.
00:00:50.060 You need the one that's more than 16 seconds.
00:00:52.220 Yeah, it's funny.
00:00:53.180 Everything that they have is 16 seconds because everybody just...
00:00:56.100 No, you have to watch the rest of it.
00:00:57.700 By the way, so the whole thing was 73 minutes, okay?
00:01:01.600 The whole interview was 73 minutes long.
00:01:04.280 60 minutes only put up 27 minutes of it.
00:01:06.580 So it's false advertising all the way around.
00:01:07.680 I don't know if it's false advertising,
00:01:09.220 but you only have that much anyways to put up.
00:01:11.960 It's not like...
00:01:12.800 With cable TV, it's different than podcasts.
00:01:14.500 With podcasts, you can put the whole thing.
00:01:16.160 With cable TV, you only have...
00:01:18.040 By the way, typically, it's 26 minutes,
00:01:19.740 so they lost a minute of ad time if you think about it.
00:01:22.760 But, yeah, he talked about Mamdani.
00:01:25.000 Rob, it shouldn't be hard to find it when you go to it.
00:01:27.820 Somewhere there, it's...
00:01:28.900 If you type communist...
00:01:31.100 It's fairly in the beginning parts of it
00:01:33.440 when they're talking about it.
00:01:34.380 And the reason why I wanted to show this
00:01:35.940 is because tomorrow they're deciding who's going to be it.
00:01:40.520 Okay, and the numbers came in.
00:01:42.200 Is this it, Rob?
00:01:43.340 This is a whole interview.
00:01:44.420 Give me one minute.
00:01:45.200 I'll find it.
00:01:45.420 So, New York City early voting ends
00:01:47.880 with 735,000 ballots cast
00:01:51.340 as younger voters surge, okay,
00:01:54.140 in the New York City race has taken place.
00:01:58.520 735,000 ballots...
00:01:59.420 Making the highest early in-person turnout ever
00:02:02.840 for a non-presidential election in New York.
00:02:05.700 Sunday, the final day of early voting,
00:02:07.860 saw 150,000 early voters,
00:02:09.460 the most of any day since the polls opened,
00:02:12.320 and more voters under 35 than in the first weekend combined
00:02:15.960 according to the data from City Board of Elections.
00:02:18.320 That brought the median age of early in-person voters
00:02:21.140 down to 50.
00:02:22.460 Turnout among younger age group lagged in early
00:02:24.980 in one week with about 80,000 people under 35
00:02:28.320 from Sunday to Thursday.
00:02:30.040 That number jumped from Friday to Sunday
00:02:31.760 with over 100,000 voters under the age of 35
00:02:34.600 casting ballots, including more than 45,000 on Sunday.
00:02:38.040 More than four times as many early ballots
00:02:40.340 were cast in this year's closely-watched mayoral race
00:02:43.720 in which Mamdani, the Democratic nominee,
00:02:46.260 leads his two virals, Cuomo and Sliwa,
00:02:49.320 rivals as the last mayoral race in 2021.
00:02:52.480 The election, first mayoral race,
00:02:54.140 New York City, where early voting was an option,
00:02:56.080 saw approximately 170,000.
00:02:57.520 So, Rob, did you find a part where they're speaking?
00:03:00.920 Rob, did you find it or not yet?
00:03:02.320 I found a portion of it.
00:03:03.960 I'm not sure if it's the right portion
00:03:05.180 because they bring up Mamdani twice in here.
00:03:07.380 This one's about Bill de Blasio, the portion.
00:03:09.820 No, it's the other one.
00:03:10.520 So, Tom, what do you think is going to be happening?
00:03:11.960 As a matter of fact, Vinny, I'm going to come to you.
00:03:13.280 Okay, well, I think he's going to win, Pat,
00:03:16.600 but I was on the internet.
00:03:18.060 I was, articles, I was up till midnight yesterday,
00:03:20.520 and I saw a clip, and I know, Rob,
00:03:22.300 you're looking for something,
00:03:23.120 but on Sunday morning at 1 a.m.,
00:03:25.760 this is just the character of who this guy is
00:03:27.940 and what his belief is.
00:03:28.720 You guys have to pay attention.
00:03:29.900 At 1 a.m., he was at a gay nightclub
00:03:31.900 called Papi Juice,
00:03:33.700 literally pimping himself for votes, okay?
00:03:36.580 The same guy that pushes...
00:03:37.520 Papi Juice?
00:03:38.340 Papi Juice.
00:03:39.160 Like Jews. 1.00
00:03:39.920 Juice.
00:03:40.380 Jewish people?
00:03:40.900 No, Juice, like Hugo.
00:03:41.720 Oh, Juice.
00:03:42.660 Yeah, Papi Juice.
00:03:43.220 And Bobby, P-A-P-I...
00:03:44.320 Okay.
00:03:44.880 So, Rob, just go ahead and play this.
00:03:46.180 All right, we're not going there.
00:03:46.780 This is him pimping out,
00:03:48.300 and mind you,
00:03:49.000 same guy that puts the Sharia law,
00:03:50.680 they're extremely intolerant towards gay people,
00:03:52.820 and in Uganda,
00:03:54.240 the biggest anti-gay in the world,
00:03:57.900 they say Uganda's number one
00:03:59.300 on how they treat gay people
00:04:00.280 with voting and beating them,
00:04:01.940 and play...
00:04:02.540 This is him at a gay nightclub
00:04:03.660 at 1 o'clock.
00:04:04.220 Play this clip.
00:04:05.500 Are we ready to beat Andrew Cuomo?
00:04:09.900 Yes, yes.
00:04:10.780 Are we ready to win a thing
00:04:11.460 we can afford?
00:04:12.880 Yes, yes.
00:04:14.820 Are we ready to make history?
00:04:18.540 Let's go out there and do it.
00:04:19.840 Thank you, my friends.
00:04:21.700 Now, even me, Tommy,
00:04:23.240 I felt victim,
00:04:24.060 and I was like,
00:04:24.440 They don't understand.
00:04:25.340 I'm ready for this?
00:04:26.100 They don't get it.
00:04:26.680 I was like,
00:04:27.340 what a fraud.
00:04:28.260 I was going to go that angle.
00:04:29.360 What a fraud.
00:04:30.240 All this turning his back on Islam.
00:04:32.200 But let me be clear
00:04:32.920 to everybody out there,
00:04:34.020 he's not turning his back
00:04:35.680 on everything.
00:04:36.360 He's practicing something,
00:04:37.620 and Tom,
00:04:37.860 I know you know this
00:04:38.340 because we talked about it,
00:04:39.220 something called taqiyya.
00:04:40.660 All right?
00:04:40.960 It's a concept in Islam
00:04:42.260 that allows Muslims
00:04:43.580 to deceive
00:04:44.400 or to hide their beliefs
00:04:46.220 if it helps protect Islam
00:04:47.860 or advance their agenda.
00:04:50.540 That's correct.
00:04:51.060 And guess what?
00:04:51.900 Right in the Quran.
00:04:52.400 This is what, guys,
00:04:53.220 it's right in the Quran,
00:04:54.180 and do not be duping.
00:04:55.620 He's duping all of you.
00:04:57.540 Okay?
00:04:57.720 Because in 40 to 50 years,
00:04:59.460 New York is going to be
00:05:00.160 completely Muslim.
00:05:00.940 They're going to have
00:05:01.660 Sharia courts
00:05:02.400 and all that stuff.
00:05:03.020 I'm telling you,
00:05:03.420 it's coming.
00:05:03.840 Look what's happening in Europe.
00:05:05.200 Okay?
00:05:05.560 It's already happening.
00:05:06.860 New York has been
00:05:07.500 completely duped,
00:05:08.800 and the devil is having
00:05:10.120 a field day
00:05:11.040 in the city that never sleeps.
00:05:12.760 Okay?
00:05:13.220 And you know what?
00:05:14.440 Everybody's warning you guys.
00:05:15.860 Nobody's listening
00:05:16.560 because,
00:05:17.120 and here's the thing, Tom,
00:05:18.380 you guys are assuming
00:05:19.460 that Mamdani's God 0.98
00:05:20.960 is the same as your God.
00:05:22.620 It's not.
00:05:23.520 Okay?
00:05:23.860 It's not the same God.
00:05:24.860 They assume that
00:05:25.460 Mamdani's God 0.93
00:05:26.620 tells you not to lie.
00:05:28.280 It's not.
00:05:28.820 They tell him to lie
00:05:30.300 if it benefits their faith, Pat.
00:05:31.700 And you even said,
00:05:32.660 Barack Hussein Obama,
00:05:33.980 a fellow Muslim,
00:05:34.740 called him
00:05:35.120 and they had that conversation
00:05:36.200 on the phone.
00:05:37.340 And would you believe this, Pat?
00:05:38.660 No joke.
00:05:39.280 If a couple weeks
00:05:40.160 after 9-11,
00:05:41.240 I told you,
00:05:42.620 right,
00:05:43.160 with all the craziness,
00:05:44.520 that one day,
00:05:45.720 New Yorkers
00:05:46.620 were going to elect
00:05:47.800 a foreign-born Muslim dude
00:05:50.200 who was anti-cop
00:05:51.700 and took photos
00:05:52.900 smiling in a mosque 0.97
00:05:54.220 with a co-conspirator
00:05:55.780 of the first
00:05:56.640 world trade bombing.
00:05:57.660 Would you guys
00:05:58.140 ever have believed me?
00:05:59.500 Okay?
00:06:00.080 No.
00:06:00.580 And then this gets even better, Pat.
00:06:02.220 Jeremy Corbyn, Rob,
00:06:03.160 can you bring that up?
00:06:04.060 A British politician
00:06:05.300 who's a member of parliament
00:06:07.100 since 1983
00:06:08.300 is phone banking
00:06:09.700 for Mamdani yesterday.
00:06:10.960 Tom, did you see this?
00:06:12.220 Phone banking.
00:06:13.180 For anyone that doesn't know
00:06:13.940 what it is,
00:06:14.600 he's campaigning volunteers,
00:06:16.260 making calls for voters,
00:06:17.640 persuading them to mobilize,
00:06:18.900 getting them to vote.
00:06:20.180 By the way,
00:06:20.880 how is that not Russia?
00:06:22.160 Everybody always talks
00:06:23.280 about Israel,
00:06:24.080 which we all talk about
00:06:25.660 in APEC.
00:06:26.340 Why aren't you guys
00:06:26.900 upset about this?
00:06:28.060 There's a freaking
00:06:28.660 foreign freaking 1.00
00:06:30.120 member of parliament
00:06:31.660 promoting this freaking guy.
00:06:33.560 Okay?
00:06:33.760 Because they want us to fall
00:06:35.180 just like Europe fall.
00:06:36.280 So let me ask you guys,
00:06:37.200 how is that not
00:06:37.900 election interference,
00:06:39.400 Russia collusion,
00:06:40.120 and all that?
00:06:40.660 Do not be duped.
00:06:42.100 This guy is a freaking fraud.
00:06:44.000 And I mean, guys,
00:06:45.300 I see the numbers, Tom,
00:06:46.240 with all the percentages
00:06:47.700 and you're going to do it.
00:06:48.740 You guys still have a chance.
00:06:50.240 New Yorkers,
00:06:51.420 you still have
00:06:52.620 a freaking vote.
00:06:53.720 You can go out there
00:06:54.360 tomorrow and say,
00:06:55.000 okay, I get it.
00:06:56.260 Cuomo is not the choice.
00:06:57.680 Cuomo and all the,
00:06:58.660 you know,
00:06:59.060 people in the nursing homes,
00:07:00.380 I get it.
00:07:01.040 But you have no idea
00:07:02.460 what you're about to get.
00:07:04.680 Buyer's remorse beyond that.
00:07:06.420 This guy's God
00:07:07.020 is not your God.
00:07:08.060 He is deceiving your ass
00:07:09.300 because he wants your vote.
00:07:10.460 And watch what's going to happen
00:07:11.440 to New York in 30 years.
00:07:12.840 Watch.
00:07:13.060 That's right.
00:07:13.180 You've got 24 hours.
00:07:14.220 You've got 24 hours
00:07:15.320 for people that are citizens
00:07:17.380 and are legally registered
00:07:18.560 to vote
00:07:18.980 to find other citizens
00:07:21.180 that might not have voted. 0.57
00:07:22.240 Remember,
00:07:22.620 turnout is everything.
00:07:23.660 You have people
00:07:24.400 that are registered to vote,
00:07:25.600 legal to vote,
00:07:26.500 able to vote,
00:07:27.240 and sometimes the turnout
00:07:28.260 is, well,
00:07:28.760 I had to go to work.
00:07:29.780 Get together with friends.
00:07:30.900 If you didn't vote early,
00:07:32.280 then go to the polls tomorrow,
00:07:34.420 pack four of you in a car,
00:07:35.860 go spend your lunch hour,
00:07:37.080 get in line,
00:07:37.660 and vote. 0.61
00:07:38.360 Vote legally,
00:07:39.440 with ID,
00:07:40.300 do what you're supposed to do.
00:07:41.520 Help an older person
00:07:42.740 that's registered to vote
00:07:44.160 get to the polls.
00:07:45.300 That's not,
00:07:45.720 have you think about it.
00:07:46.380 Real talk,
00:07:46.860 it's not,
00:07:47.360 guys,
00:07:47.720 it hasn't voted.
00:07:49.400 You guys,
00:07:50.020 you still have a chance.
00:07:51.640 I don't believe in this
00:07:52.480 too late,
00:07:52.820 too late.
00:07:53.120 I don't know if that's
00:07:54.100 the best for New York,
00:07:54.960 though,
00:07:55.100 if Cuomo wins,
00:07:55.920 to be honest.
00:07:56.620 But Brandon,
00:07:57.360 I really don't know.
00:07:57.900 Tell us why.
00:07:58.480 Tell me why.
00:07:58.940 Because New York
00:07:59.380 is like a star athlete
00:08:01.160 or somebody who's like
00:08:01.820 the best at what they did
00:08:02.840 that became a drug addict
00:08:03.960 that became addicted
00:08:04.760 to bad policies,
00:08:05.940 and Cuomo's not going to do
00:08:07.240 a single productive thing
00:08:08.160 for the city.
00:08:08.860 He's not going to make
00:08:09.540 it better at all.
00:08:10.240 It's in a pathetic state
00:08:11.140 right now,
00:08:11.800 sadly.
00:08:12.580 It could be a great place.
00:08:13.880 It used to be like
00:08:14.400 the pillar of America,
00:08:15.500 our proudest city,
00:08:16.940 the greatest city in the world.
00:08:18.220 Cuomo's not going to do
00:08:19.040 anything to make it better,
00:08:21.320 and Momdami's going to 1.00
00:08:22.320 make it scary bad,
00:08:24.780 horribly bad.
00:08:25.960 So I see it as
00:08:26.940 New York's the drug addict,
00:08:28.460 Cuomo's like heroin,
00:08:29.660 Momdami's like fentanyl,
00:08:31.180 and maybe New York
00:08:31.820 needs to be scared straight.
00:08:33.380 And I hope they could
00:08:35.160 survive Momdami
00:08:36.240 and get scared straight
00:08:37.680 to the point where
00:08:38.160 they realize
00:08:39.140 they're wrongdoing
00:08:39.940 and reverse it.
00:08:40.900 But Brandon,
00:08:41.340 are you willing to let,
00:08:42.740 you know the saying,
00:08:43.320 the lesser of the two evils?
00:08:44.380 Are you willing to let
00:08:45.480 this evil go in?
00:08:47.500 Because I'm telling you
00:08:48.360 right now, Brandon,
00:08:49.100 it's happening in Minnesota.
00:08:50.540 It's happening there.
00:08:51.600 You're like, bro,
00:08:52.260 look across the pond.
00:08:53.500 There's an example
00:08:54.280 of exactly what's happening.
00:08:56.380 This guy is,
00:08:57.420 by the way,
00:08:57.820 did you see the ad, Rob?
00:08:59.460 You saw the ad?
00:09:02.060 Play this ad.
00:09:03.020 This is, by the way,
00:09:04.080 an American,
00:09:05.320 American,
00:09:06.260 guy that's running for mayor.
00:09:07.400 These are his ads
00:09:08.260 for New Yorkers.
00:09:09.220 Go ahead.
00:09:10.500 I,호,
00:09:10.780 I'm like,
00:09:11.240 Zohrani to hag 0.98
00:09:11.920 and I'm trying
00:09:12.460 to be the new
00:09:12.960 opinion to be
00:09:14.060 in New Yorker.
00:09:15.060 New York.
00:09:15.340 Got it.
00:09:15.960 I don't know
00:09:16.320 what you are thinking.
00:09:17.040 You mean like
00:09:17.820 you're at the beach?
00:09:18.900 But the Arabs, 0.95
00:09:19.720 you just want a little
00:09:20.860 work.
00:09:21.420 Not that.
00:09:22.380 I'm going to ask you
00:09:23.720 to be robs against
00:09:24.460 morning 4th.
00:09:25.740 They've been living
00:09:26.240 in New York.
00:09:27.080 Be more than any.
00:09:28.520 They're great,
00:09:28.920 that's all.
00:09:30.120 You're right,
00:09:31.400 okay?
00:09:32.900 And it's hard
00:09:33.660 to live
00:09:34.360 possibly
00:09:34.840 the greatest
00:09:35.560 model of politics.
00:09:37.560 He's got
00:09:38.100 the greatest
00:09:38.500 model of politics.
00:09:38.960 So, Brandon, and I'm genuinely asking, would you rather have this guy because you know, Brandon, he's anti-cop, anti-this, anti-all that stuff, anti-America, communist.
00:09:51.480 You'd rather have him be in than Cuomo, who made mistakes, by the way, who has a tarnished record, but he's a Christian. 1.00
00:09:59.440 And I'm telling you right now, Brandon, this is not good, bro.
00:10:02.020 No.
00:10:02.620 I don't think this is the same Cuomo.
00:10:04.040 I think what happened when he left office, what happened under COVID, how can it not change you?
00:10:09.480 And what we know of Chris, and when you look at Chris, and I agree, Chris is a free agent.
00:10:13.700 Listen to the passion that's in Chris's voice.
00:10:15.720 Listen to his monologues, his sort of talking point memo.
00:10:19.120 And I know that phrase belongs to somebody else, but listen to what he's saying.
00:10:23.080 My hope is that this is a different Andrew Cuomo with moderation.
00:10:27.300 Now, is he all the way over with all the things that I believe and all the things that I feel in taxes?
00:10:31.700 Of course not.
00:10:32.380 Now, Cuomo and I would sit back here and debate back and forth on a lot of different policies.
00:10:37.440 But is he the same guy that was in office?
00:10:42.700 I do get what Brandon is saying, though.
00:10:45.080 You've got to realize there's a few different things here.
00:10:47.260 Let's kind of look at it.
00:10:48.260 And I'm making a bet, I guess.
00:10:49.460 One, you're from New York.
00:10:50.820 Yes.
00:10:51.400 So you have stories, affinity to the city.
00:10:54.660 You love the city.
00:10:55.320 My family's still there.
00:10:56.080 My aunt's still there.
00:10:56.760 You're a diehard Yankees fan.
00:10:58.160 Big time.
00:10:58.460 Okay, diehard Yankees fan, right?
00:11:00.060 Tom, who his team is from Brooklyn.
00:11:04.820 If we're going to be real.
00:11:06.020 And he knows that.
00:11:07.040 So deep down inside, there's an underlying, like, hey, thank you, New York, for giving us the Dodgers to come to us.
00:11:13.060 But Tom, who has seen this thing over the years in politics in a different way.
00:11:17.800 Brandon, who has nothing to lose with New York City.
00:11:20.960 I know.
00:11:21.620 Nothing.
00:11:22.280 I love New York.
00:11:22.920 I didn't say you don't love New York.
00:11:24.640 I love New York.
00:11:25.420 But to see a case study of what could happen to that state if a Mamdana gets elected, where you almost need to see it. 1.00
00:11:32.780 I think it was George Will that said, you know, every 20 years or so, every 10 years or so, we need to get somebody elected to show that socialism doesn't work, that these ideas don't work.
00:11:43.460 So maybe you're coming from that standpoint.
00:11:46.040 Maybe that's where your position is.
00:11:47.580 But the reality of it is, you know, on what happens here with New York City and what we're talking about, this is the exchange on 60 Minutes that they have with Mamdana when she's saying, hey, you have the same charisma, same charm.
00:12:00.300 No, I'm better looking, Rob.
00:12:01.260 Are you starting it after that part?
00:12:02.740 Right after that part.
00:12:03.380 Okay, go for it.
00:12:04.500 The old rules.
00:12:05.440 What do you think about that?
00:12:07.120 Well, I think I'm a much better looking person than him, right?
00:12:10.120 Right.
00:12:10.380 Well, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who you know is campaigning for mayor, he recently said that if Mondami becomes mayor of New York City, that you will take over New York.
00:12:21.140 Cuomo said this.
00:12:22.120 He said he will be President Trump and Mayor Trump.
00:12:25.120 He's going to take over New York and send tanks down Fifth Avenue.
00:12:29.220 Oh, that's so crazy.
00:12:30.260 Look, when I left New York, we were at the epitome of it was a great city.
00:12:38.060 It was doing great.
00:12:39.660 It was a great city.
00:12:41.240 But there was some bad signs because we had a guy named de Blasio who was the worst mayor.
00:12:46.960 Like I say, Biden was the worst president.
00:12:48.800 De Blasio was the worst mayor in the history of New York.
00:12:50.220 But what if Mondami becomes mayor?
00:12:51.360 It's going to be hard for me as the president to give a lot of money to New York.
00:12:56.200 Because if you have a communist running New York, all you're doing is wasting the money you're sending there.
00:13:03.240 So I don't know that he's one.
00:13:05.140 And I'm not a fan of Cuomo one way or the other.
00:13:07.440 But if it's going to be between a bad Democrat and a communist, I'm going to pick the bad Democrat all the time, to be honest with you.
00:13:15.560 This past Tuesday, while speaking to American troops in Japan, you talked about U.S. cities that are having trouble.
00:13:21.440 Pause it right there.
00:13:22.280 By the way, so then Mondani posts Trump for Cuomo, and he gets a phone call by a guy you guys may recognize, a guy named Obama.
00:13:32.560 Hussein.
00:13:33.300 Obama.
00:13:34.140 Barack Hussein Obama, right?
00:13:35.400 He calls Mondani to praise his campaign and offers to be a sounding board.
00:13:41.080 This is New York Times.
00:13:42.120 Rob, is this the story of that?
00:13:43.400 Yes, it's ABC 7 News in New York covering that call.
00:13:46.700 Covering the fact that Obama called him.
00:13:48.200 Go for it.
00:13:48.700 ABC News has learned former President Barack Obama called mayoral candidate Zoran Mondani today.
00:13:55.140 We are told Obama praised Mondani's campaign and offered to be a sounding board in the future.
00:14:01.140 This was the second phone conversation between the two men, and they discussed potentially meeting after the election.
00:14:07.840 We are awaiting.
00:14:09.780 That's it.
00:14:10.380 But he didn't say, I'll be in Central Park speaking to people.
00:14:13.400 And he didn't say I'm going to endorse you.
00:14:14.900 So apparently it's a five-minute call that they had.
00:14:18.200 No, and he's actually going to be in New Jersey.
00:14:20.280 He's campaigning for the Democrat candidate for New York today.
00:14:23.820 Governor.
00:14:23.900 Governor.
00:14:24.220 Yes.
00:14:24.540 Yeah, governor.
00:14:25.460 So the phone call, 30-minute call, they talk.
00:14:28.320 But then afterwards, when everybody was waiting from Obama to tweet out, can you go to Obama's account?
00:14:34.700 Now, by the way, that doesn't mean Obama may not tweet today.
00:14:37.800 Yeah.
00:14:38.120 But today would somewhat be a little bit late, but instead, Obama recognized the Dodgers.
00:14:44.940 Okay?
00:14:45.160 Go a little bit lower.
00:14:46.720 And there is no Mondani.
00:14:48.720 He's, you know, campaigning for, is that the Virginia one or which one?
00:14:52.360 New Jersey.
00:14:53.140 Okay, go to, and then he was also campaigning for the Virginia one.
00:14:56.700 Go a little bit lower.
00:14:58.040 Yeah, you see nothing there about Mondani.
00:15:00.280 So the question becomes, why is, if he doesn't, it still isn't too late for him to endorse Mondani.
00:15:08.080 If he isn't, why isn't he, Tom?
00:15:12.540 I think, well, first of all, we know he just had the worst political year of his life.
00:15:17.960 He's used to the big crowds.
00:15:19.700 He's used to not really being tested by policy.
00:15:23.400 There was a lot of enthusiasm and euphoria that was in his campaigns.
00:15:26.340 And last year, he didn't move the needle at all.
00:15:30.280 He didn't touch the needle.
00:15:30.700 And he took the L.
00:15:32.420 Yeah.
00:15:32.720 And so I think he's not endorsing it because I think there is a group of core establishment Democrats, Pat, that don't want this guy.
00:15:45.560 I think the AOC side wants it.
00:15:47.880 There's people over there want it.
00:15:49.420 But there's some core establishment Democrats that don't want this guy because I think they know exactly what's about to happen.
00:15:54.840 And they've been going to boomerang safety training.
00:15:57.200 So what was that phone call?
00:15:59.260 Honestly, what is the phone call?
00:16:01.000 You have a 30-minute call with Mondani.
00:16:04.260 You're Mondani. 1.00
00:16:05.800 You're Mondani. 1.00
00:16:06.880 You have the call with Obama.
00:16:08.360 What ask are you making?
00:16:10.200 Your ask is what?
00:16:11.840 You're going to be in New Jersey.
00:16:13.340 Come with me.
00:16:14.540 Hold up your hand with me.
00:16:15.960 And let's do a speech.
00:16:17.160 Role play.
00:16:18.040 What are the chances that Mondani asked Obama for support on that 30-minute call?
00:16:23.500 100%.
00:16:23.980 Okay, what is Obama's answer?
00:16:26.100 I'm going to say it.
00:16:27.160 Role play with me.
00:16:28.520 President Obama, you know, obviously I've always been a big fan.
00:16:31.500 You know, you go down as the greatest president of my generation.
00:16:35.360 And what would it take for me to get your endorsement?
00:16:38.260 Am I Obama?
00:16:38.880 You're Obama.
00:16:40.720 What would it take for the endorsement?
00:16:42.420 Well, I think there's a lot of things going on here, and there's a lot of places I'm going.
00:16:45.180 I'm spread really out with everything I'm doing in Virginia and New Jersey and everything like that.
00:16:52.180 Michelle, I need another pack of Salems. 0.98
00:16:54.300 And I'm just, I'm working through all this.
00:16:58.580 You think that's the answer?
00:17:00.100 I think he gave.
00:17:01.480 And by the way, say you give me that.
00:17:02.840 Keep role playing.
00:17:03.660 And I say, I totally understand.
00:17:05.540 I know what you want.
00:17:06.220 You want me in Central Park with you on the bandstand there?
00:17:08.780 I would love that, but if not, can I at least get a tweet from you?
00:17:13.140 You don't think he asked that?
00:17:14.800 Yep.
00:17:15.100 I don't know what.
00:17:16.920 What do you say for Obama?
00:17:18.380 Give me the answer.
00:17:19.260 I don't know how I spin that.
00:17:19.820 That's the point.
00:17:20.580 Give me the answer.
00:17:21.660 So if you can't be in town, can you at least give me a tweet and give me support?
00:17:26.340 I think, Pat, he's giving Mamdami credibility with the left, but he's keeping his distance just in case things go bad. 0.91
00:17:32.820 It's classic Obama.
00:17:34.040 He's playing both sides, but he doesn't want to take the hit.
00:17:36.060 He's being presidential, but he doesn't want to take the hit because they could go really, really bad.
00:17:39.400 He doesn't want his stamp of approval because, Pat, they have no idea.
00:17:42.940 They have no idea what a communist is going to do to the greatest city.
00:17:46.620 What did Obama say if Mamdami asked for the endorsement?
00:17:51.080 How do you say no if you're Obama?
00:17:52.880 He said, what do I have to gain?
00:17:53.820 I think he would say that because what does he have to gain?
00:17:55.480 It's two Democrats.
00:17:56.280 Why does he care which Democrat wins?
00:17:57.880 No, he's not a Cuomo guy.
00:17:59.520 Not at all.
00:17:59.860 You think he dislikes Cuomo?
00:18:01.660 Oh, him and Cuomo are not on the same page.
00:18:03.640 No way.
00:18:04.980 I agree.
00:18:05.280 I don't think so.
00:18:06.200 He may.
00:18:06.740 It's not like Cuomo's a Republican, though.
00:18:08.740 He's not a Republican.
00:18:10.020 No, Cuomo and the Clintons are tight.
00:18:12.180 That makes you a little bit, it's not MAGA, but it's different wings of that party.
00:18:17.140 I think Mamdami was like, Barack, we're both Muslim.
00:18:19.820 Hook it.
00:18:20.140 Like, come on.
00:18:21.420 Barack Hussein Obama.
00:18:22.660 No, that's it.
00:18:23.640 Hold on.
00:18:24.180 Oh, yeah.
00:18:24.480 Barack Obama's a Christian.
00:18:25.800 Like, I'm a Buddhist.
00:18:27.320 He was like, hey, Keitha Habibi.
00:18:28.700 He's like, Keitha Habibi did the accent.
00:18:30.720 I am simply wondering, either Obama said, I'm going to tweet something out on the morning
00:18:39.100 of Tuesday.
00:18:40.300 Okay.
00:18:40.680 Okay.
00:18:41.140 So none of this conversation is taking place.
00:18:43.540 Yeah.
00:18:43.700 Either he's going to do a surprise last-minute visit, which you don't do a 30-minute call.
00:18:50.240 You don't make that 30-minute call without expressing support.
00:18:54.760 Yep.
00:18:55.320 Either there's going to be a massive surprise something of him showing up and a surprise
00:19:01.120 tweet video that shows up, or Obama said something, and I'd love to know what Obama said.
00:19:07.040 I'd love to know what Obama would say to him to reject him and say no.
00:19:10.620 And because nothing's been brought up.
00:19:12.760 Nothing's been said.
00:19:13.960 I mean, think about it.
00:19:15.700 What's her name?
00:19:16.940 Kamala Harris wrote a book called 107 Days.
00:19:20.500 And in the book, she says, we reached out to my Democrat peers to get support.
00:19:24.280 And when I texted, you know, Newsom, Newsom responded back with saying, I'm hiking.
00:19:30.020 I'll get back to you.
00:19:30.800 And you never call me back.
00:19:32.120 Did you guys hear about this?
00:19:33.320 I'm hiking.
00:19:34.320 And then Newsom was asked about this.
00:19:36.160 Rob, do you have this when Newsom's asked about it?
00:19:38.100 I don't know if you have it where Newsom's asked about it.
00:19:40.920 That's amazing.
00:19:41.600 Do you have that clip or no?
00:19:42.660 And Newsom's asked about it.
00:19:44.060 I texted it to myself.
00:19:45.020 Let me try to find it.
00:19:46.140 Newsom's asked about it.
00:19:47.140 And he's like, no, that's not true.
00:19:49.420 So did that happen?
00:19:51.600 Did it happen where, you know, she did reach out?
00:19:54.500 Yeah, she did reach out.
00:19:55.500 What happened?
00:19:56.220 We were the first state.
00:19:57.760 I was the first governor to endorse Kamala.
00:20:01.680 And, you know, she's just playing games. 1.00
00:20:03.660 There's no hard feelings.
00:20:04.780 We have so much respect for each other.
00:20:06.240 We've known each other.
00:20:07.040 That's the one right there, Rob.
00:20:08.040 Yeah.
00:20:08.540 Right there.
00:20:09.420 Let's talk about it.
00:20:10.280 Yeah, that's the one right there.
00:20:11.340 But you're going to have to.
00:20:12.140 We both jumped Willie Brown.
00:20:13.180 Go a minute ahead.
00:20:16.340 Go about a minute ahead.
00:20:17.460 Go from right there.
00:20:18.500 Go ahead.
00:20:19.280 I think it needs still a little bit more forensics, a little more analysis.
00:20:23.020 Do you think if former President Biden had stayed in the race, given that you did stay
00:20:27.080 with him till virtually the end, do you think he could have won?
00:20:29.580 I think it was.
00:20:30.240 I think the prevailing wins.
00:20:31.560 Fast forward.
00:20:32.180 There were a lot of heavy fun surrogacy.
00:20:34.040 Fast forward.
00:20:34.340 He was best known for people.
00:20:35.160 A poverty.
00:20:36.080 Disconnect.
00:20:36.440 This is the interview, but this is not.
00:20:38.460 She scrambled to reach Palangina Lectio.
00:20:40.680 In her book, the former vice president writes that she scrambled to reach prominent Democrats.
00:20:46.060 Show me where you're at.
00:20:46.780 Hours after President Biden exited the race.
00:20:49.480 And she said that you responded to her call, quote, by saying, Gavin Newsom, hiking will call
00:20:56.300 back.
00:20:56.840 He never did.
00:20:58.140 Is that what happened?
00:20:59.600 A hundred percent.
00:21:00.440 And I sent out an endorsement a few minutes after that.
00:21:03.020 It was one of her first endorsements.
00:21:04.820 The reason she was calling.
00:21:06.660 I've known Kamala all my life.
00:21:08.280 The last person she needs to reach out to is me.
00:21:11.160 So I learned the news.
00:21:13.040 I wanted to get in touch with the Biden folks.
00:21:15.440 I was out on an actual hike.
00:21:18.080 And I said, I was like, Kamala, you got a million people to call.
00:21:21.560 And we were literally working as she reached out.
00:21:25.700 It was a voicemail, by the way, unknown number for the record.
00:21:28.740 Oh, God.
00:21:29.460 And as she was on to her next calls, we were already on to our press release endorsing
00:21:37.360 her.
00:21:37.680 So I don't even know why I was even in the book.
00:21:39.840 Did you feel like she took a swipe at you in her book?
00:21:42.580 It's all good.
00:21:43.260 It's this is we've known each other for 20 years.
00:21:46.100 And I think it's familiarity.
00:21:48.240 I think she was having a little fun.
00:21:49.800 So no hard feelings.
00:21:50.800 Meaning she was just using this in the book to create controversy, to sell more copies 0.68
00:21:55.100 of books.
00:21:55.460 That's what she's saying, because you know why I think the part that people don't give
00:22:00.560 him enough credit is you have to believe him when he says how much he hates liars, Rob.
00:22:06.540 I mean, if he says, Rob, can you do me a favor?
00:22:08.560 I mean, you, Rini, you're laughing as if you don't believe him.
00:22:12.300 He he said in the same interview how much he can't stand politicians that is this the
00:22:17.200 one, Rob, you have to believe him if he says something like that.
00:22:19.680 So the interview on the left is him with Kirk and a watch what happens.
00:22:23.520 Go ahead.
00:22:23.940 Now, one person ever in my office has ever used the word Latinx.
00:22:27.160 So can we finally put that to bed?
00:22:28.660 Yeah.
00:22:28.920 But where did that even know more Latinx?
00:22:30.700 Everybody just didn't even know where it came from.
00:22:32.340 I'm like, what are people talking about?
00:22:34.160 Impactful.
00:22:34.640 This has been on the Latinx community, Latinx community politicians banning not assault
00:22:40.460 rifles, but the word Latinx.
00:22:42.200 Seven.
00:22:42.780 Nothing.
00:22:43.940 I just like more than the politician that is sits there and lies to you.
00:22:48.960 And we all just sit there rolling our eyes going.
00:22:51.000 Give me a break.
00:22:51.780 Now, one.
00:22:53.020 He is so amazing.
00:22:53.600 You think he's lying?
00:22:54.940 Oh, my God.
00:22:57.380 Who would you say is the biggest liar in politics?
00:23:01.880 Governor and heavyweight.
00:23:03.120 Is he in the top five?
00:23:04.100 Oh, my gosh.
00:23:04.880 He's a phenom.
00:23:05.480 He's the GOAT.
00:23:06.300 Guys, he just said he doesn't like politicians who lie.
00:23:09.060 He's the flag carrier of the liars. 0.89
00:23:11.000 So, either what he's saying to the world is, because what words did he use?
00:23:16.680 We don't like, I don't like politicians who lie.
00:23:19.220 So, you know, maybe what he's saying is he doesn't like himself.
00:23:21.380 He hates himself.
00:23:22.380 Exactly.
00:23:22.640 He's really not a lie.
00:23:24.240 He hates myself.
00:23:25.620 He doesn't like him.
00:23:26.660 I hate myself.
00:23:28.220 He's like, this is this new thing.
00:23:30.040 Because all this stuff is old.
00:23:31.980 Because, Pat, I'm not joking.
00:23:34.440 Every single thing that comes out of his mouth is a lie.
00:23:37.880 So, when you know that, if you do, like, for instance, watch this.
00:23:41.060 Watch this, Brandon.
00:23:41.660 Tell me if you're paying attention to the lies.
00:23:43.340 Watch this.
00:23:43.820 I'm black.
00:23:44.880 I'm tall.
00:23:45.660 I'm rich.
00:23:46.480 I'm rich.
00:23:47.880 I work for Fox.
00:23:49.320 Like, it's all, you're not even paying attention.
00:23:52.100 He does this.
00:23:52.860 And this is when he's, like, really serious.
00:23:55.360 He is one of the most slithered.
00:23:56.840 Pat, I remember a while ago, I was like, he might be a sociopath.
00:24:00.480 I was kind of throwing out the word.
00:24:01.620 But in this past six months, Tommy, because he's so in our face, and he's doing all these interviews, I'm going to put him up there.
00:24:09.400 He's number one in my book.
00:24:10.520 I have a leaderboard on this.
00:24:11.620 He's a slithering, lying sociologist.
00:24:13.900 He's now number one.
00:24:15.380 And, Pat, I really don't think, when you're a sociopath, you don't, he believes what he's saying.
00:24:20.980 Like, when he does, really, the politicians, he doesn't know that we know, and I just hope.
00:24:26.520 We know what you know.
00:24:27.640 You think we don't know, but we know it.
00:24:29.140 Yeah, he is, and again, I made it my freaking job for the next four years, every time he says something, because I want people to know, like, do not be deceived.
00:24:38.960 The same thing that's happening with Mamdani, this guy is going to be the frontrunner, and I want you guys, and I love that all the clips are going to come out.
00:24:46.280 Please do not be deceived.
00:24:48.380 He's the guy.
00:24:49.340 That's the guy.
00:24:50.380 That's a slithering snake. 0.74
00:24:51.440 And the first order of business will be to open the border, because he's the guy that said, make it illegal for asking for an identification to vote in California.
00:24:58.940 He's my number one.
00:25:00.160 He just passed Corrine Jean Liar, who was on my, who previously was the GOAT.
00:25:06.820 Corrine Jean-Pierre?
00:25:08.300 Did I pronounce the last name wrong?
00:25:09.620 Pierre.
00:25:10.100 Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:25:11.100 Go ahead.
00:25:11.820 He's the one.
00:25:12.100 It's not Liar?
00:25:12.920 Yeah.
00:25:13.300 So, Rob, what clip is this, Rob?
00:25:15.280 This is just a video, to Vinny's point, about the hand gestures.
00:25:18.480 There was a report out that people were concerned about the use of Gavin Newsom's hands in interviews, specifically this one with ABC News' Jonathan Carl.
00:25:26.440 I can just play it at double speed and go through, but you guys can see the guy is just, it looks like he's trying to land an airplane.
00:25:31.220 Look at his name.
00:25:32.080 With the amount of, like, just the amount of hand gesturing that he does throughout the entire interview.
00:25:37.240 There's this, there's the, there's the, because, and look, guys, when he's doing that, are you really paying attention to his mom?
00:25:43.100 Do you take that seriously?
00:25:43.780 Somebody told him that this creates a distraction.
00:25:45.680 Look, look, look, look, boom, boom, boom.
00:25:47.000 Oh, boom, boom, boom.
00:25:48.200 Left, right.
00:25:49.260 I don't think he takes himself seriously, but he iterates.
00:25:52.160 Like, I'm not even, what is he even talking about?
00:25:56.600 That's my concern.
00:25:57.400 Look at his hands.
00:26:01.200 He's so good.
00:26:03.740 He's so good.
00:26:04.460 Are they really saying that this article, with him using hand gestures, is like a concern of the Daily Mailers?
00:26:09.980 Yeah.
00:26:12.920 Smoke and mirrors.
00:26:13.520 The best speakers tend to be more using their body when they speak.
00:26:18.400 And he is a very animated speaker with the way he does.
00:26:22.460 I don't see anything in it.
00:26:23.440 The part about him saying the fact that he can't sell politicians for life,
00:26:26.980 including a white that's not even here yet, every size.
00:26:30.640 For black and brown, the only thing that was left was 9, 9 1⁄2, 10, and 11.
00:26:35.500 The only sizes that the shipment goes out today.
00:26:37.580 Your order today gets shipped out today.
00:26:39.540 Those are the only sizes that are left for black and brown.
00:26:42.340 Now, Rob, can you go to black if you don't mind?
00:26:45.120 If you go on black, can you officially order size 7 and 8 or not yet?
00:26:49.340 Click on it.
00:26:50.140 Not yet.
00:26:50.720 Okay.
00:26:51.060 So officially, the only sizes that we have left are 9, 9 1⁄2, 10, and 11.
00:26:56.520 But I believe that effective here in the next 24 hours, okay,
00:27:04.000 you can go place the order now because I was under the impression that it was already up, Rob.
00:27:07.800 Oh, it is.
00:27:08.460 I just refreshed.
00:27:09.100 Okay, so that's what it is.
00:27:10.020 You don't refresh it.
00:27:10.640 Oh, all of them?
00:27:11.280 Here's the good news.
00:27:12.340 The good news is folks came back and they said, Pat, can we get 7, 7 1⁄2, and 8 1⁄2?
00:27:18.520 Guess what?
00:27:18.980 We officially bought the mold for 7, 7 1⁄2, and 8 1⁄2.
00:27:23.180 It's going to be done by November 17th.
00:27:24.940 We're building the actual mold for 7, 7 1⁄2, and 8 1⁄2.
00:27:29.220 You can officially order all the sizes, the 7, 7 1⁄2, 8, 8 1⁄2, 9, 9 1⁄2, 10, 10 1⁄2, 11, 11 1⁄2, 12, and 13.
00:27:37.020 Some of the ones are going to come to you first week of February or first week of January.
00:27:42.820 Some are December, 9, 9, 9 1⁄2, 10, and 11 will be right away.
00:27:46.860 But the reality of it is it sold out ASAP.
00:27:50.700 And the feedback we're getting with the people that are wearing new shoes on a daily basis,
00:27:54.500 everywhere I'm going, I'm seeing fans like, Pat, look what I'm wearing.
00:27:57.460 Look what I'm wearing.
00:27:58.020 Look what I'm wearing.
00:27:58.600 Look what I'm wearing.
00:27:59.500 It's great to see people are loving their shoes as much as we're wearing them.
00:28:02.360 If you haven't yet seen the ad, Rob, can you pull up the ad real quick for us to tell you the story of the FLBs?
00:28:06.700 And we'll get right into the podcast.
00:28:08.000 Go ahead, Rob.
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00:28:55.380 the comparable to it is, think about the same factories pretty much that make a lot of these other shoes,
00:29:00.260 the Gucci's, the Zenia's, the Ferragama's, Berluti's, the FLB's.
00:29:04.020 Same type of leather.
00:29:05.280 We're talking about high-quality leather, premium, laceless, craftsmanship.
00:29:10.200 The only difference is it's the only one in the world that has the super foam technology,
00:29:14.380 similar to what OnCloud and Hoka has, making the shoe light and comfortable to wear.
00:29:19.220 However, when you wear it once, you're going to want to wear it all the time.
00:29:22.780 And again, for some of you that are saying,
00:29:24.400 man, I wish I would have had 7 1⁄2, I wish I had had 8 1⁄2,
00:29:27.200 order it now so you're guaranteed to get yours to come in.
00:29:30.400 And who knows, some of them may come in earlier,
00:29:32.300 but go to vtmerch.com, place your order with the shoes.
00:29:35.620 Cannot wait to see you wear it.
00:29:36.740 And by the way, when you do get them, put them on, take a picture, tag us.
00:29:39.460 We want to see the pictures.
00:29:40.360 Take care.
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