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Mark interviews NY Post columnist Michael Goodwin. · The Mark Simone Show

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  Speaker 1: Well, here's the best columnist in America, Michael Goodwin. You
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  Speaker 1: can read his column every Sunday and every Wednesday in
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  Speaker 1: the New York Post. All of his columns are up
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  Speaker 1: on the New York Post website. Michael Goodwin, how are you?
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Mark. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, there's some old political hands, long-time campaign guys that
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  Speaker 1: say the Republicans are actually in a pretty good position.
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  Speaker 1: You want to be a little behind at this point
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  Speaker 1: and surge at the end. You don't want to be
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  Speaker 1: too far ahead too soon. President Trump running around the
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  Speaker 1: country campaigning. What do you think the chances are for
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  Speaker 1: the Republicans?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I agree with Karl Rove's analysis. That is, the
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  Speaker 2: polls are probably overstating the Democrats' advantage. Nonetheless, I think
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  Speaker 2: that is what most people believe. We can argue over
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  Speaker 2: the extent of the advantage. Is it 4 points, 6 points,
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  Speaker 2: 8 points on the generic vote? But combined with President
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  Speaker 2: Trump's low approval rating consistently in all polls, I do
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  Speaker 2: think this is now... a race where Democrats have the lead.
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  Speaker 2: It's not over yet, but time is short. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And Bruce Blakeman in New York, he was 20 points behind.
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  Speaker 1: Now it's pretty much neck and neck in the real polls.
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  Speaker 1: What do you think?
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  Speaker 2: I think Hochul is pulling out all the stops to
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  Speaker 2: use the power of the office to For example, the
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  Speaker 2: way she jumped on this Cornell case is very much about,
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  Speaker 2: you know, me, me, me. It's not about the case.
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  Speaker 2: It's about, look at me. I'm doing something about it. And,
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  Speaker 2: of course, in picking Letitia James, I think she has
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  Speaker 2: tried to guarantee that there will be convictions in a
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  Speaker 2: criminal case. So I think it's hopeful. at her usual,
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  Speaker 2: which is not really taking chances, not really fighting for
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  Speaker 2: anything that isn't already approved by the Democratic Party. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: she is really more a representative of the party than
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  Speaker 2: she is a governor of the state. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Has anybody pointed out that Letitia James has absolutely no
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  Speaker 1: experience prosecuting criminal cases and never done it in her life?
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  Speaker 1: But wouldn't you think she's the wrong choice for this? Also,
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  Speaker 1: she's too political.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that point, Mark, is really a good one.
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  Speaker 2: She's very active on social media and very active press office.
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  Speaker 2: Everything is partisan. I feel like every day I get
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  Speaker 2: an email from her office telling me, we're suing the
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  Speaker 2: Trump administration. So this is what she has turned the
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  Speaker 2: office into, a 24-hour-a-day campaign against the president and therefore
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  Speaker 2: for her and for the Democratic left. It doesn't give
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  Speaker 2: me any confidence that she'll ever do anything fair if
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  Speaker 2: it's a controversy. She will always hurt. her default position
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  Speaker 2: is political, to go back to the outsider outrage at
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  Speaker 2: the politics of it. And so, yes, I think this
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  Speaker 2: is a mistake by Hochul and one that obviously will
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  Speaker 2: not hurt her before the campaign is over. But down
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  Speaker 2: the road, it could turn out to have been a
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  Speaker 2: big mistake.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Hey, our crazy Mayor Mamdani, what is he up to?
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  Speaker 1: A couple of days ago, he puts out a video
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  Speaker 1: all about fighting anti-Semitism. Yesterday, he puts out a bunch
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  Speaker 1: of pictures of him. He went to see some Orthodox
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  Speaker 1: rabbis and have dinner with them. What is he up to?
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  Speaker 2: Well, look, I think he is preaching to his choir
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  Speaker 2: in the sense that some of the Orthodox groups have
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  Speaker 2: been supportive of him. He has been very generous to
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  Speaker 2: them in government programs. And I think he's carving out
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  Speaker 2: for himself not only some votes, but some testimony that
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  Speaker 2: he's not an anti-Semite. Look, I think that does not
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  Speaker 2: carry you in the popular places of the city. Your policies,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the whole thing that You want to arrest Netanyahu,
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  Speaker 2: you still want to arrest him. You want the United
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  Speaker 2: States to recognize the International Criminal Court, which could then
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  Speaker 2: arrest and imprison American soldiers anywhere around the world. This
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  Speaker 2: is a huge mistake. So I think he's trying to
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  Speaker 2: change his image, but I don't believe for a minute
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  Speaker 2: he has changed his stripes. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, his other stripe is that he just talks. He
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  Speaker 1: doesn't do anything. And why don't his supporters notice he's
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  Speaker 1: yelling and screaming about arresting Netanyahu? Netanyahu is here for
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  Speaker 1: two days. He doesn't do a damn thing about it.
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu leaves, and he's yelling and screaming about arresting him.
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  Speaker 1: He just talks. He never actually does anything. Don't his
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  Speaker 1: supporters see that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, Mark, that he's always, in effect, trying
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  Speaker 2: to draw a contrast between himself and And every mayor
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  Speaker 2: who came before him, see, I'm different. Maybe I don't
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  Speaker 2: get it done, but I say things differently. I talk differently.
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  Speaker 2: You know my heart is different. And so I think
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  Speaker 2: he's always speaking to the converted. He's never speaking to
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  Speaker 2: people who don't already support him with ideas that would transcend.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a mistake. a mayor, a governor, a president,
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  Speaker 2: you always have to enlarge your vision and your rhetoric
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  Speaker 2: to get those people who don't support you. And I
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  Speaker 2: get the feeling at this point, he's not even trying.
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  Speaker 2: He's comfortable. The election was so close. He's still in
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  Speaker 2: his first year. So I think at some point, he's
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  Speaker 2: going to have to understand that it's not enough to
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  Speaker 2: carry you through four years just preaching to the choir.
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  Speaker 1: Well, didn't de Blasio get away with that and get reelected?
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  Speaker 2: He did. And that is one of the problems of
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  Speaker 2: such a democratic leading city, that there's no real opposition. Now,
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  Speaker 2: we'll see. Right now, there is no strong opposition to
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  Speaker 2: Mondani in the Democratic in a single person or institution.
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  Speaker 2: But I am confident that if he continues down this road,
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  Speaker 2: he will face increasing opposition and complaints, and he will
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  Speaker 2: have to change his tune to keep his job. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we'll see. Also, this pied-à-terre tax, The Wilbur Ross
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  Speaker 1: lawsuit looks brilliant. It's violating the Commerce Clause. It's taxation
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  Speaker 1: without representation. You're taxing people who can't vote here. I
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  Speaker 1: think that's going to win that lawsuit.
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  Speaker 2: Well, look, I think the fact that another case has
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  Speaker 2: led to it being sent back to the starting line
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  Speaker 2: because the haphazard way they just threw as many apartments
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  Speaker 2: and owners into it as they could. just to get
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  Speaker 2: the numbers up, and really, I think, to harass people
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  Speaker 2: and say, just pay. Just pay us, and we'll leave
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  Speaker 2: you alone. I mean, it's like a mafia shakedown, right?
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  Speaker 2: But look, I do hope this thing fails, and I
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  Speaker 2: hope it fails, and I hope it backfires on Kathy Hochul.
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  Speaker 2: She did this, and she should be penalized as well
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  Speaker 2: as the mayor.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, good point. Well, Michael Goodwin, brilliant as always. Everybody
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  Speaker 1: should read Michael Goodwin in the New York Post every
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  Speaker 1: Sunday and every Wednesday. All of his columns are up
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  Speaker 1: on the New York Post website. Go read them. Michael Goodwin,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for being with us.
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  Speaker 2: My pleasure. Thank you, Mark.
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  Speaker 1: Take care. Hey, let's not forget Andrew Cuomo. He deserves credit.
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  Speaker 1: He was the first guy, I remember, pushing this pied-a-terre tax.
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  Speaker 1: He was the first guy pushing all of that stuff. Remember,
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  Speaker 1: he was the guy pushing no bail, no jail. Give
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  Speaker 1: him credit for all the terrible things that have come out. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: we got a lot to get to. And don't forget,
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