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Michael Rapaport | Actor/Comedian Returns to S&FIM to Talk Mamdani, Trump, Bibi & Israel · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Taking a page out of your book, Michael Rappaport, you're
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  Speaker 1: already a brilliant, I don't mean good, brilliant actor, amazing comedian.
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  Speaker 1: You're one of my favorite people. You and I become brothers,
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  Speaker 1: but you can really act. I'm not that good, but
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to be in Grey's End again on Friday,
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  Speaker 1: so that's kind of cool, right?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. I love that show. I love the guys on
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  Speaker 2: that show. I love the actors. I love the... the
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  Speaker 2: New York of it. And I'm looking forward to seeing
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  Speaker 2: more Sid Rosenberg on the small screen. And maybe we
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  Speaker 2: get you in 70 millimeter IMAX or something, get you
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  Speaker 2: in some films. You're doing it all over here, Sid.
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  Speaker 2: I am.
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  Speaker 1: And look who's talking. I mean, I saw your brilliant documentary.
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  Speaker 1: And this show, again, it's on Amazon Prime. It's a
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  Speaker 1: cable TV show. And again, a lot of the actors
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  Speaker 1: you just You know all these guys. They love you.
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  Speaker 1: But I just saw your documentary over the summer, and
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  Speaker 1: I know some place in the Hamptons elected not to
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  Speaker 1: run it. They ran some other movie instead, which pales
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  Speaker 1: in comparison to yours. Your documentary about Israel, October 7th
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  Speaker 1: and what happened after, and your wife, Kibi, who's just
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  Speaker 1: an amazing young lady, beautiful and ultra-talented. I mean that, Mike.
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  Speaker 1: What is going on with that? Why isn't that thing
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  Speaker 1: on some streaming network?
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  Speaker 2: It's coming. My documentary, Am I Cancelled Yet?, is coming
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  Speaker 2: this year. I will bring the details, like the other announcements,
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  Speaker 2: I promise you. But I'll have them actually very soon,
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  Speaker 2: how everybody can see Am I Cancelled Yet? I'm very
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  Speaker 2: proud of it. I think people are going to really
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  Speaker 2: appreciate the honesty. It's sort of about my journey post-October 7th, advocating, fighting,
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  Speaker 2: like so many of us, to free the hostages. And
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  Speaker 2: just the rising anti-Jewishness that's going on around the world,
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  Speaker 2: specifically in New York City. It's very honest. It's very emotional.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's also very funny. And I can't wait
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  Speaker 2: to share it with everybody.
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  Speaker 1: You're right.
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  Speaker 2: It's been very, it's been, you know, making any kind
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  Speaker 2: of film is always a challenge. It's something that's so
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  Speaker 2: emotional and personal. And I feel responsible to tell, you know,
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  Speaker 2: our story because so much of a you know, the,
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  Speaker 2: the nonsense and the bull crap out there, it gets
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  Speaker 2: so much play, so much discussion, uh, whether you like
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  Speaker 2: it or not. Um, I feel like, you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: imperative to make sure, you know, we, we tell our
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  Speaker 2: stories and stay focused and not, you know, give the, the,
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  Speaker 2: the negativity and the nonsense and the bull crap, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not trying to curse here. Um, uh, you know, any,
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  Speaker 2: any more attention than, uh, than it needs.
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  Speaker 1: Folks, trust me. It's so good. I sat there at
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  Speaker 1: that theater in, um, Down in Tribeca, I laughed. Like
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  Speaker 1: Mike said, he's very funny. I cried. The scenes with
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  Speaker 1: you and your wife were reminiscent of what I go
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  Speaker 1: through with Danielle at home. Just an amazing piece. You
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  Speaker 1: really were great, and I hope that this thing hits
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  Speaker 1: the streaming networks and theaters sooner than later. So I
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  Speaker 1: did something last night that I do often. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I go to bed at night, I lay down with Danielle,
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  Speaker 1: and she watches the Bravo channel. You know, she still watches,
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  Speaker 1: although I don't anymore, but She's at every Real Housewives show, Miami,
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  Speaker 1: New Jersey, Salt Lake City.
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  Speaker 2: Great.
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  Speaker 1: So am I. I know you are. So am I.
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  Speaker 2: So am my wife. We don't miss a beat. Real
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  Speaker 2: Housewives of everywhere. No, too.
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  Speaker 1: She doesn't miss. And now New York is on. This girl, Erin.
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  Speaker 1: So the show, it ends, whatever show was on last night.
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  Speaker 1: And here comes Andy Cohen in the clubhouse. He's got Erin,
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  Speaker 1: one of the New York Housewives, this snooty, bougie girl
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  Speaker 1: from New York. The Hamptons whose house had a flood
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  Speaker 1: or something. I just don't care. But the other girl
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  Speaker 1: in the seat in the clubhouse was one of the
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  Speaker 1: people that I really dislike. I mean, one of my
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  Speaker 1: least favorite TV people in the country. She's not a housewife.
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  Speaker 1: She doesn't work on the Bravo channel. She's on the
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  Speaker 1: five every day on Fox News. And she's a raging,
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  Speaker 1: insuperable liberal by the name of Jessica Tolove. Did you
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  Speaker 1: see that last night?
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  Speaker 2: I actually didn't see it. I was out to dinner.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I'll catch it later. But no, I didn't
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  Speaker 2: see it. But she loves the Housewives.
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  Speaker 1: She loves the Housewives. She loves Andy Cohen. And Andy,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he's a liberal, too. He's another, you know,
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  Speaker 1: he works on CNN with Anderson Cooper. and he was
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  Speaker 1: loving having her there. You know, she's actually said bad
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  Speaker 1: things about me on Fox News more than once. So
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  Speaker 1: when I saw her, I'm like, are you kidding me?
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  Speaker 1: I never watch this Clubhouse show. Can't you throw me
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  Speaker 1: like a Teresa or a Dolores or I don't even care, Portia.
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  Speaker 1: It's got to be Jessica Tarloff, really? Come on, Mike.
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  Speaker 2: Listen, everybody loves the Housewives. Sid, you're a polarizing figure,
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  Speaker 2: and you should take it as a badge of honor
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  Speaker 2: that any of these people will speak disrespectfully or try
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  Speaker 2: to be rude about you. This clown, this terrorist cheerleader.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not cursing. This Hassan Piker, the rest of these
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  Speaker 2: people that speak ill of you, Sid, take it as
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  Speaker 2: a badge of honor. Your head should be raised proud
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  Speaker 2: that you incite feelings because you speak the truth. You
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  Speaker 2: don't back down. And, you know, they all think they're funny.
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  Speaker 2: They're not funny. They all think they're tough. Hassan Piker
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  Speaker 2: is not a tough guy. He's an ex-jockstrap model. You know,
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  Speaker 2: this guy used to be a jockstrap model.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: And he would walk around in a jockstrap, and now
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  Speaker 2: somehow an ex-jockstrap– a failed jockstrap model is now the
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  Speaker 2: biggest voice. of uh the the wacky left can you
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  Speaker 2: imagine only in america you know these things sometimes you
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  Speaker 2: got to look at them and go only in america
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  Speaker 2: quote don king like it's frustrating it is you have
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  Speaker 2: to look at it especially for young people like anything
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  Speaker 2: is possible because if a failed jockstrap model like hassan
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  Speaker 2: piker could become the voice of the democratic party yeah
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  Speaker 2: Anything is possible. Do not put limits on your dreams
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  Speaker 2: and your aspirations, people.
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  Speaker 1: But if the Knicks can win a championship after five-plus decades,
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  Speaker 1: anything can happen. And what's funny is Hasan Piker also...
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  Speaker 1: Makes fun of you all the time. Not just me,
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  Speaker 1: but you too. He goes after you quite a bit.
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  Speaker 1: But I got to ask you about the optics about Monday.
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  Speaker 1: You know I love President Trump more than anybody. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: his daughter, Laura, was on right before you.
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  Speaker 2: I was listening.
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  Speaker 1: You were listening. The optics were terrible. And look, you've
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  Speaker 1: come a long way with President Trump. He went from
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  Speaker 1: Dick Stain to you to the guy that you actually
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  Speaker 1: give credit to in the documentary for getting our hostages home.
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  Speaker 1: So what were the optics like for you with Trump
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  Speaker 1: and Mom Donnie on Monday?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I didn't like it. I understand what Lara said.
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  Speaker 2: You know, me and you, you know, people like us,
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  Speaker 2: we could sit here and criticize. He is the president
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  Speaker 2: of the United States. And, you know, I would have
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  Speaker 2: preferred if he made Zoran the moron, who I agree
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  Speaker 2: with you, is a terrorist, because I don't think all
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  Speaker 2: terrorists will blow things up. I don't think all terrorists
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  Speaker 2: have the courage to you know, carry out violence. But
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  Speaker 2: he has been terrorizing New Yorkers emotionally. He's been mustering
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  Speaker 2: up fear. He's been mustering up division. And that is
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  Speaker 2: a form of terrorism. I would have preferred if they
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  Speaker 2: met behind closed doors. You know, I get wanting to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, go to Gracie Mansion. I'm surprised he didn't
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  Speaker 2: leave the joint saying, you know, we need to renovate
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  Speaker 2: it because I live right near Gracie Mansion and you
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  Speaker 2: could smell the mold. You walk down and East End Avenue,
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  Speaker 2: you could smell the mold. And, you know, it's just
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  Speaker 2: gotten worse since Zora on the morn has got in there.
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  Speaker 2: But I didn't like it. But also, politician, politician, whether
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  Speaker 2: you say he's a businessman first or a politician first,
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  Speaker 2: you know, this is part of the job. And I
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  Speaker 2: think he knows what he's doing. You know, I'm with
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  Speaker 2: you on Zora on the morn. I think he's just rotten.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's no good. I am concerned about his wife, Rama.
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  Speaker 2: the racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic wife of Zoran the Mormon, because
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  Speaker 2: where is she? Do we need to do a wellness
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  Speaker 2: check on this woman? The last time we saw her
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  Speaker 2: was at the Knicks parade. She was out there. They
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  Speaker 2: popped her on the stage, and she had on her dress,
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  Speaker 2: her Knicks shirt. I wouldn't even call it a schmata.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what that was. But where is this person?
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  Speaker 2: Does she not feel proud to be the quote-unquote first
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  Speaker 2: lady of New York? She was all at the fashion shows.
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  Speaker 2: She was all in the media. And then when we
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  Speaker 2: found her tweets from October 7th and her tweets, her
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  Speaker 2: racist tweets and her homophobic tweets, she disappeared. Where is
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  Speaker 2: this person? I would be so proud. When your wife,
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  Speaker 2: let's say you were the mayor of New York. Wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: your wife be so proud to be the first lady
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  Speaker 2: of New York and want to go out and see
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  Speaker 2: kids and people and older people and try to get
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  Speaker 2: a sense of what the pulse of New York is?
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  Speaker 2: Where is this woman? Where is Rama Dhawani?
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  Speaker 1: She's a skank, Mike. Who cares? But you're right. You
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  Speaker 1: would think if Danielle was in that position or Kibu
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  Speaker 1: is in that position. They'd be everywhere with us. They'd
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  Speaker 1: be proud. They love this city. And she's not like that.
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  Speaker 1: So what do you think about.
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  Speaker 2: She was everywhere. You couldn't turn a page without seeing her.
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  Speaker 2: Now she's disappeared since we found out what she's really about.
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  Speaker 1: Which is a horrible person. So what do you think
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  Speaker 1: about these politicians? Some are Jewish. I called out Julie Menon.
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  Speaker 1: I'll call her out again. I don't care. She called
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  Speaker 1: out Bibi yesterday, said, hey, Bibi, that video you put
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  Speaker 1: out there, you know, cool. Cool it down, the rhetoric.
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  Speaker 1: Wait a second, wait a second. Julie, the day before
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  Speaker 1: Bibi did that video, for the millionth time, this creep
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  Speaker 1: mayor asked for the arrest of Bibi Netanyahu. He also
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  Speaker 1: called Bibi a war criminal, which is a lie, a
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  Speaker 1: genocidal murderer, which is a lie. Wait, is Menon or
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  Speaker 1: any of these politicians or people in New York come
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  Speaker 1: off yelling at Bibi to cool it down when all
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  Speaker 1: this mayor does in a city that's falling apart is
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  Speaker 1: talk bad about Bibi every single day?
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  Speaker 2: I don't– when the world is throwing crap at Jews
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  Speaker 2: and the world is throwing crap at Zionists– and me
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  Speaker 2: and you have had this discussion. I don't believe we
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  Speaker 2: should be publicly insulting each other, especially politicians, especially– In
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  Speaker 2: New York, and especially, you know, on our own, from
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  Speaker 2: our own, I feel like you could pick up the phone.
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  Speaker 2: If you have a feeling, you have a thought, especially
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  Speaker 2: about Netanyahu or anybody, you know, these politicians, you can
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  Speaker 2: do it, you know, behind closed doors. I think when
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  Speaker 2: the world is throwing crap at us, we don't need
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  Speaker 2: to add insult to injury. So I'm not down with it.
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  Speaker 2: And you mentioned Zoran the Moron. You know, he talks
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  Speaker 2: about Bibi Netanyahu being a war criminal. And he always says,
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  Speaker 2: this is my belief. You know, I was listening to
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  Speaker 2: this dog yesterday. He says, this is my belief. This
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  Speaker 2: is my feeling. Well, your feelings are not the facts.
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  Speaker 2: He learned these words. If you hear a lot of
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  Speaker 2: these manipulators, the manipulators, they learn this from the debate
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  Speaker 2: club in the 11th grade debate club. Talk about your feelings.
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  Speaker 2: It's hard to argue about your feelings. It's hard to
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  Speaker 2: argue about your beliefs. The ICC, the International... A criminal court,
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  Speaker 2: which is really the international clown court, is not valid.
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  Speaker 2: The United States is not a part of the ICC,
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  Speaker 2: the international clown court. It's never been a part of
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  Speaker 2: the ICC, the international clown court. The United States has
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  Speaker 2: never been a part of it. So when you're referencing that.
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  Speaker 2: As your North Star of all your information about Jews, Israel,
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  Speaker 2: and the Prime Minister of Israel, I think you're an
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  Speaker 2: enemy of the state. Because the United States, our country
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  Speaker 2: is not part of it. You're a politician in America.
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  Speaker 2: Why are you referencing the ICC when we're not a
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  Speaker 2: part of it? Are you an enemy of the state?
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  Speaker 2: Do you hate this country? What is your agenda? And
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  Speaker 2: I don't care about your feelings, Zoran the moron, or
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  Speaker 2: any of these lowlifes. I don't care about your beliefs.
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  Speaker 2: I care about the facts and the reality. Listen to
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  Speaker 2: how they talk. It's just something that I think people
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  Speaker 2: should really listen to because it hit me yesterday. He said,
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  Speaker 2: my feeling is that he has done this. My belief
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  Speaker 2: is that he's done it. Who cares about that?
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: His mother and his father, they spoiled him and coddled him.
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  Speaker 2: And he manipulated his mother and his father. And now
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  Speaker 2: he's trying to manipulate New Yorkers in the world. We're
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  Speaker 2: too smart for this low life and we're going to
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  Speaker 2: get ahead of it. I don't care. Your facts ain't
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  Speaker 2: the feelings. No.
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  Speaker 1: So in the final literally 45 seconds here, Michael, I
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  Speaker 1: press Michael. I press Marco Rubo yesterday. I said, Marco,
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  Speaker 1: I just went to visit J.D. Vance last week. A
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  Speaker 1: lot of my Jewish friends were very angry with me
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  Speaker 1: because they want you. I said, I want you too, Marco.
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  Speaker 1: I like J.D. I was a nice meeting, but I've
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  Speaker 1: been friends with you for 16 years. I want you.
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  Speaker 1: Are you ready, willing and able right here, right now?
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  Speaker 1: This is yesterday morning. To tell me you're running for president.
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  Speaker 1: He laughed. He said, no, I'm not going to do that.
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing the same thing with you. I know you're
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  Speaker 1: going to come in and deliver a McDonald's, but just
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  Speaker 1: in case you feel it this morning, because I want
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  Speaker 1: you to do it. And I know Brian Kilmeade wants
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  Speaker 1: you to do it. And a lot of folks want
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  Speaker 1: you to do it. Michael Rappaport, will you run for
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  Speaker 1: mayor of New York City?
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  Speaker 2: I am not ready to make my declaration, but I
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  Speaker 2: will say this. I told you I will come into
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  Speaker 2: the office. I will come face to face. I will
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  Speaker 2: deliver you piping hot McDonald's. We will eat it on
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  Speaker 2: the air. If and when I make that announcement. But
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  Speaker 2: I do want to say this. You met with J.D.
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  Speaker 2: Vance because you thought it was the smart thing to do,
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  Speaker 2: the adult thing to do. You thought it was the
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  Speaker 2: mature thing to do. We have the same feelings about him,
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  Speaker 2: same concerns about him. And again, I'm not who would
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  Speaker 2: ever think that I'm defending Trump. But again, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you know, as adults. It's better to sit down, and
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  Speaker 2: I think whether we can't stand these animals or not.
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  Speaker 2: You were talking yesterday with Rubio about sitting down with
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  Speaker 2: Zora on the morning. If he said, no cameras, you
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  Speaker 2: come into the office, or I'll come to the studio,
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  Speaker 2: or I'll come to your place, would you sit down
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  Speaker 2: with this terrorist? No. I get it.
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  Speaker 1: He's a terrorist. He's different. I mean, J.D. Vance, I've
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  Speaker 1: got issues with a lot of people, including J.D. This
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  Speaker 1: is a completely different level. This is a terrorist. He's
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  Speaker 1: a very, very bad man. And only Hasan Piker and
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  Speaker 1: El Saeed and these other people are in the same boat.
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  Speaker 1: That's it. It's a very, very dogs. Exactly. Rap, another
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  Speaker 1: amazing appearance on this show. You're so great on this show.
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  Speaker 1: I love you so much. Thank you for doing this
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  Speaker 1: again today. Let's do it again very, very soon, buddy.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Anytime soon. We need to get you an IMAX 70
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  Speaker 2: millimeter big screen.
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  Speaker 1: Let's do it. Come on, Michael. Let's go. The great
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  Speaker 1: Michael Rappaport right there.
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