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I'm Ben Myelis from the Midas Touch. Network and this is a special edition of. the Midas Touch podcast, the. postelection edition where we will talk. about the massive blue tsunami that hit. the United States. We're talking at the. federal level, the state level, the. local level. A huge victory for. democracy, a huge victory for the. American people. And we're gonna have. some special guests on this special.

episode. The first guest, Governor. Shapiro. The Commonwealth of. Pennsylvania off a major victory in his. governor's race there, beating the MAGA. Republican extremist by over 20 points. Also in the Commonwealth, there's now a. trifecta, the House, the Senate, and the. Executive over there, the governor's uh. seat, all controlled by Democrats. And I. think you'll see some major legislation.

work its way through, like doubling the. minimum wage. Let's have a livable wage, please. A wage with dignity. I know. Governor Shapiro fighting for that. And. I want to talk to him also about other. major victories in Pennsylvania. Uh. Democrats flipping a lot of. congressional seats there in the. Commonwealth. And I want to get his. perspective about where we are as a. nation right now, 24 hours after the. midterm election uh results. How do we.

push forward a true agenda of. affordability, which I think there is a. major nationwide mandate for? I want to. get his perspective on that. as a former. top prosecutor, the former AG of the. great commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I. want to get his insight and perspective. on an oversight agenda, what that looks. like, cuz to me, it's inextricably. intertwined with the affordability. agenda. Because these right-wing MAGA.

oligarchs with their corruption, they've. been making the cost of living. impossible while they've enriched. themsel. No wonder corruption and the. economy are inextricably intertwined as. the top issues that were on people's. mind. Then I want to bring in New York. City Mayor Zoron Mom Donnie. And of. course, when he ran for mayor, he framed. the issue rightfully so, after listening. to the people, after standing.

shoulderto-shoulder with the people, recognizing the biggest issue, affordability, cost of living, the. issues that need to be addressed, everything from dealing with the. potholes to universal prek to actually. delivering for the people. And by the. way, you have someone like Governor. Shapiro whose approval is skyhigh. And. you have someone like New York City. Mayor Zoran Mdani whose approval is. skyhigh as well. And of course, there. are differences between them which are.

fairly obvious and don't even need to be. delved into so much. Uh suffice to say, they are both trying to address the. issues of affordability and what matters. to the people. And I think that what you. saw for example and how mayor mom Donnie. worked with Governor Hokll provides an. incredible framework that we can think. nationwide and we can take the best. ideas to just improve people's lives.

Right? So as I think about the. incredible speeches the victory speeches. of Dr. Abdul Elsed and Senator Assaf and. Dr. Ranny Andrews and Adam Hamilton and. James Taler Rico and Roy Cooper and I I. could keep on going on with these. incredible victory speeches that we. heard. One of the themes that I saw were. these are people trying to actually. fight for people, fight for American.

people, smart, dignified, empathetic, intelligent. It was great to see them. So, I want to have these types of. conversations that we are uniquely. positioned to have here on the Midas. Touch Network with Governor Shapiro. first. Then I'm going to bring in New. York City Mayor Mam Donnie next. And I. think that that will make for a real. unique show. I just want to talk about. this for a moment. The wave that took. place, the tsunami that took place was. so dang blue that Democrats who dropped.

out of their races and didn't even want. to be there were actually getting. elected. Here's an example of it. In an. illustration of the force of the blue. wave that hit Iowa, Eric Armstrong, a. Democratic nominee who had suspended his. campaign in September, comfortably won. his race in a red leaning state house. district. According to the Associated. Press, most Iowa Democrats expected to. lose the district after Armstrong said.

he was stepping down because personal. health issues required my full attention. and care. But now after he won after. stepping down, he says, "I'm going to do. my best to represent the district. because I won," Armstrong said in a. phone interview on Wednesday morning. "But I still have health issues that I'm. struggling with, so I'm going to do my. best." Now, part of the accountability. agenda is going to be bringing in a lot. of these oligarchs to have to answer. questions about algorithmic. manipulation. What's been going on here.

with the collusion with the Trump. regime? I've been seeing these memes of. Zuck this morning. Did you see this over. here? Other notable other notable. developments as well. MAGA Mike Johnson. quitting from his leadership position. He will not be running for any. leadership position ever again in the. MAGA Republican caucus. Bye-bye MAGA. Mike Johnson. Then of course the big. story getting a lot of attention is JD. Vance putting forward a statement which.

Don Jr. also reposted blaming the MAGA. Republicans catastrophic evening and. election results and catastrophic. midterms on the catastrophic war in. Iran. But buddy, bud, you are. inextricably intertwined in that war. It's your regime that got involved in. this catastrophic war. You're. shoulderto-shoulder with Donald Trump. telling everybody, "Oh, it's two weeks. away from being resolved. Two weeks away. from being resolved." But JD Van says.

the top four answers accounting for why. He says Republicans lost big throughout. the country. He says ending the war, focus on the cost of living inflation, putting America first, and changing our. relationship to Israel. He says our. voters showed up and above four reasons. are why many of them voted Democrats. a. very unique uh I mean just the idea that. the VP right would come out with a. statement like that that would basically. implicate the regime right I mean they.

they were involved in it but is he they. they did it is he trying to he was. obviously trying to distance himself. thinking about the 2028 election but. also you can see the civil war taking. place already within this despicable. Trump regime. According to CNN. reporting, Donald Trump feels misled. over the Iran war and may seek to blame. senior officials following Republican. midterm election defeats. Pete Hexith,

Admiral Brad Cooper, uh Ratcliffe, the. CIA director, and others. Um, also, where's Marco? Hey, Marco. Where are you, Marco Rubio? Another data. point I want to talk about for just a. moment. If the remaining results go as. expected, as Nate Silver says, Democrats. will hold governorships in states. totaling 392. electoral votes. Meanwhile, Treasury. Secretary Bessant still behaving like a.

deranged maniac. Here's what he posted. today. As we have said many times under. Operation Economic Outcast, you're. either with us or against us. We know. where you are. We will we will sanction. those who continue supporting the. Iranian regime, whether by land, sea, or. air. or Treasury Secretary Bessent. Tough guy. Tough guy. Treasury Secretary. Bessant. You're going to post a mean. tweet and that's going to do it. How. utterly pathetic is he? Then how utterly. pathetic is Mark Wayne Mullen? The.

deportations will continue. The. deportations will continue. Again, this. is just loser behavior by a loser regime. of evil and dangerous people. That's. what you're seeing right there. All. right, I want to bring in right now. first the gov the governor of the great. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Let's. bring in the interview I just did with. Governor Shapiro. Let's bring him in.

Let's bring in Governor Josh Shapiro off. a big victory in his governor's race. Also a trifecta now in the great. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Democrats. taking control of the Senate there as. well. I want to talk about that. We'll. talk more about what happened. nationally. But let's focus on your. race. I mean, you won by over 20 points. It felt, you know, like a was a big. overwhelming victory. It felt like all. around a great night. Talk to us about.

your race, the trifecta, why it's such a. big deal, and what message you think the. voters were sending. Well, look, obviously I I'm just honored and humbled. to have received that kind of support. here in Pennsylvania, the toughest swing. state in the entire country. And when I. set out on this campaign, I don't know, a year or so ago, I made clear that. victory for me would not be enough. I I. wanted to make sure we used our power. here in Pennsylvania to literally tilt. the balance of power in Washington. We.

had four competitive congressional. races, which would have been enough to. make up that difference. I recruited. four candidates. These are common sense. GSD Democrats and got all four of them. through their primaries and all four of. them won last night. It was pretty. incredible. Now, at the end of the day, Hakeim Jeff had some help from other. states. It ended up being great, but we. did our job in getting those four. And. then the other thing we're able to. accomplish is to win a trifecta in. Harrisburg for the first time, believe.

it or not, since 1992. And so now having that power, it's going. to allow us to raise the minimum wage, codify abortion rights, and a whole lot. more. So we were able to win up and down. the ballot. We ran an incredible. coordinated campaign, and just couldn't. be more proud of everybody on the team. lifting everybody up. >> You know, you make it look easy, and I'm. not just saying that to glaze you and be. nice to you because you're on. I mean, but but for real, I mean, you know, this. is a this is Pennsylvania. This is the.

battleground of battlegrounds. And so. the idea that a Democratic governor on. reelection is winning by 20 plus points. and bringing up all these other. Democrats and leading a trifecta, you. know, just I mean, talk to I mean, you. know, you're there. I see you going to. every town and city and and and whether. it's a red or a blue or a purple, it. never mattered to you, but like what. what what do you think that you're doing. there? you know that that's that's.

really just resonating with voters. There's no drama. There's no weirdness. You're not talking about John Houston's. ass. I appreciate that. I mean, [laughter] you know, you you're just you're just doing the. work, man. You're just doing the work. >> Just doing the work. You know, it's show. up, treat people with respect, listen to. their problems, see the issue firsthand, and then go do right. Get stuff done. Well, there there was something to me. that that I I thought was really deeper.

in this election beyond just the work. people appreciate that I've done for. them in rural, urban, suburban. communities. There was something deeper. I I was showing up in communities where. Donald Trump beat Kla Harris 8020 in the. last election. So, not exactly swing. counties. And I was getting the same. reaction there that I was in communities. that were 8020 the other way. And the. reaction, I mean, it's not just, you. know, affirmative for me. The reaction. was people showing up in tears. People.

showing up worried about our democracy, worried about this country that they. love, you know, feeling anxiety about. the way in which, you know, they were. going to have to leave this world to. their kids in a world that they didn't. hardly recognize anymore. And so that. was one thing I found to be really. extraordinary is that wherever I went, there were people showing up worried, really worried about this world. The. other thing I noticed was when I was.

showing up in those 8020 Trump counties. Um, these are people who voted for Trump. because they wanted lower prices, no. wars, and to drain the swamp, as Trump. would say. And I think a lot of them. now, two years later, realize prices. went up. um the swamp not only wasn't. drained, it was added to and corruption. is rampant. and we're seeing more wars. And so I. think what a lot of them are saying. without me sort of poking them in the.

eye and saying you made the wrong. decision, a lot of them were saying we. need to do something different. So I. think it was a combination of folks like. the work we're doing, two, they're. really, really, really worried about our. country and the direction it's heading. And third, they feel like they got sold. a bill of goods and so they wanted to. vote differently. So there are a bunch. of rural counties the Democrats have. never won before or haven't won in a. really really really long time. I won. those counties and I think it was. largely because of those three factors.

>> Yeah. You won 10 counties at least by. the time you know this is all done. It. may be more but I believe you won 10. counties that Trump won. So, you know, to me, as I've been saying though, if we. always think about things in terms of. elections, then you get into the. gamification of politics, the tricks of. elections, and who's up and who's down. [clears throat] and who's winning and. who's loing losing and who's sucking up. more attention than the other person. And I said, we have to get beyond that.

And really, the hard work even more than. a campaign for a specific day of voting, which is very important, is like today. it's the day after. It's building the. trust generationally. And so, how do you. do that in those 10 counties and all of. the counties that comprise the great. commonwealth? Because I think that's how. we need to be thinking. And I think the. problem with Democrats is they just. thought, okay, election season, who we. got? Let's do the debate. Okay, we've. got good ideas. And it's like, nah,

well, you were thinking about that. these other people who were the. arsonists, they were pretending they. were the firefighters and they were in. the communities though. >> No, it's really well said and I mean. that's why I think showing up, treating. people with respect, listening to their. needs and then doing something for them, it matters so much and it matters when. you do it not at election time. I mean, look, I'm working on like two and a half. hours sleep, and I'm right back at my. desk today doing the work, making sure. Democrats and Republicans, independents.

know I'm working for them, and I want to. deliver for them. I think there's also. something that um I have noticed when I. show up in those communities, even those. communities again that overwhelmingly. voted for Donald Trump, they're also mad. about the small, selfish men who are. plundering our nation, stealing for. themselves, and making everything for us. cost a whole lot more. They feel that, too. And so I I think a lot of them are.

reassessing our politics right now. And. I think it's incumbent upon Democrats to. show up in those areas and to put. policies forth in those communities that. can help them. On the politics here, I. know you get politics better than. anyone. I'll just sort of rattle off a. stat that I found really interesting. It. seems like the Democrats in in the House. Democratic caucus will increase by I. guess about 35 or 40 seats, right? You. might have the specific number at this.

hour, but the important point here is 23. of those 3540 seats are in districts. that John Donald Trump won by close to. 10 points or more, including say Paige. Cognetti here in Pennsylvania. And so if. we want to keep those congressional. seats, keep getting the support of that. community, we have got to deliver for. them. We got to show up in those. communities and treat them with respect. That's the Pennsylvania way. That's what.

we do here. And I think we've got to be. cognizant of that all across America as. Democrats work to push put forward uh uh. you know an agenda that's going to get. stuff done for those communities and the. American people at large. >> You know, when we were heading into the. election, I was telling people, I said, I'm not a prognosticator or I'm not a. poll guy. I said, 'But I can tell you. what prior elections what happened. And. I said, 'Look at the special, one of the. ones I pointed to, Lancaster, right,

where Democrats. >> Lancaster. >> Lancaster. >> Lancaster. >> Lancaster. >> and Democrat Lancaster and and the. Democrats didn't flip that seat. What. the last time was 1892. in Lancaster and I said, "Look at that. result over there. that was like a plus. 30 or something or four. I said so that. to me is a data point but um you know. let's let's you have the trifecta.

though. Um what is that? >> I I just have to note I won Lancaster. last night. That has always been the. center of the universe for Republican. activity. I mean that is where the. Republicans dominated and we won it last. night. I mean, that that tells you that. a whole bunch of folks in that. community, by the way, are still. registered pretty overwhelmingly. Republican. They're sick of higher. prices. They're sick of these wars. They're sick of the corruption also. And. they're trying to find something new.

I'm sorry to interrupt, but I. >> you know, when you when you had divided. chambers, though, you had to forge. actual deals. You would go deal deal, and it's not a real deal. You had to do. real deals. Now you still have to do. deals, but you have people on your team. that you're doing it with. You know, you. don't have an adversary that's also. trying to undermine you in a way that. sometimes the other side was, although. you've navigated that well. So talk to. us. I know minimum wage. What are areas. though that you address the issues of. Lancaster and all of the other areas.

that you that you got? You know, there's. a bunch of common sense stuff that. Republicans and Democrats both are for, but the Republican leadership in the. state senate who have been there again. since 1992, they've always stopped it. So, for example, raising the minimum. wage is incredibly popular um all across. our state. They've stopped it. So, that's the kind of thing that we're. going to do. I want that to be act one. of 2027. and I want it on my desk in.

January. So, we can immediately raise. the minimum wage to at least 15 bucks an. hour here in Pennsylvania. Here's. another thing that's common sense in. Pennsylvania. Um, victims of sexual. abuse have not had the uh legal ability. to confront their abusers in court. because the Republicans have blocked it. at the request of the Insurance. Federation and the Catholic Conference. That's the lobbyist for the Catholic. Church. and um we're not going to listen. to those lobbyists. Instead, we're going.

to get that bill on my desk and bring. about more justice here in Pennsylvania. Those are just two of the many things. we're going to do, but they're examples. of common sense things that you'll see. when they come up for a vote. We'll have. broad bipartisan majorities behind them. But now, what we don't have is a. Republican leadership that is trying to. stop progress in Pennsylvania. So, I'm. going to keep doing common sense things. I'm gonna welcome Republicans to join us. in this, but I'm also not going to be. stopped by them. If they don't like.

something, they can vote no, but we're. going to keep moving forward. >> Got to pick your brain on a few other. topics. Vice President J. D. Vance. posted his post-mortem of the election. and he said that the voters were. primarily voting because they hate this. catastrophic war. When you read what. he's saying, I mean, it's like, dude, you that's you like you were in the. room. like that. So that that's your. thing, guy. Like what are you talking. about? Um but you know, he was posting. that which he appears to be kind of.

setting himself up, you know, for you. know, so what what what what also this. is a freaking weird dude, man. He is a. weird guy. I don't know if you saw his. Halloween costume. I I could go on and. on about my JD stuff. I we won't go. there, but what do you make of his What. do you make of his post? >> If that's even his name, if his name is. really even JD, man. >> He's shameless. I mean, h how about that. we're not even 12 hours or whatever. since the polls closed and he's already. trying to distance himself from Donald. Trump. Let's be clear, you can't delete. the stink of Donald Trump. Once it's on.

you, it is stuck on you. And JD stinks, man. And he is not going to be able to. tweet his way out of that. I think um JD. Vance has proven to be um a real. liability for this administration and. someone that the American people. seemingly don't like or trust. Um I wish. he would have come and campaigned here. for my opponent. I might have been able. to get a couple extra points in the. election. And so yeah, I think what is.

clear is that those who attach. themselves to Donald Trump, they paid a. price in this election. They'll pay a. price going forward. and JD will be. exhibit A. >> Let's talk about some other smelly men. with Donald Trump stank on them. How. about uh Governor Dantis? You know, he's. out there today also making these. statements. You know, we need to be a. little more civic-minded and you know, and I I he's now Mr. They They should. have released the Epstein files. And. it's like all I remembered is that you.

were like hugging Donald Trump when he. gets off Qatari Air Force One. I mean, this guy was the biggest bootlicker and. he's out there shameless, too. The day. after he's setting him he actually even. started the day before because his. pollsters told him what was about to. happen. But, you know, he's been. relentless about it also. >> I I mean, it's amazing these guys all of. a sudden are finding religion and they. want to, you know, find a way uh to. separate themselves from Trump. I I do.

think it it's interesting. you know, we. didn't get the result we wanted in. Florida in the governor's race or or the. Senate race. But if you actually just. look on the governor's race side, of the. top 10 states by size, only one now has. a Republican governor. That's Florida. All of the others are represented by. Democratic governors. Texas with, you. know, Hosa is obviously the best example. now of a big state flipping our ways. I. I think that that is is an important.

thing for governors, Democratic. governors to, you know, to highlight. that this election night was not just. great in Washington, but across the. country, again, with the exception of of. Florida, we're dominating in those big. states. >> How about this data point? And look, I. don't want to just focus on one group. cuz the coalition that actually brought. this is a diverse, incredible what makes. America actually truly special. But I do. want to focus on this because, you know, as someone who's kind of mentored young.

men, you know, one of the storylines out. of 2024 is that Trump got all of these. young men and all of these young men. were becoming MAGA. And it was. disheartening to see what these awful, you know, the treatment of marginalized. communities and the bullying and the. nastiness and the misogynism. I'm like, that's not how it it disheartened me. that that's how young men were like. following these right-wing pod people. But the latest data was actually under.

30. Almost 70% swung for Democrats, young men. I thought that's a that's a. big I think that that that's notable. >> Notable. And and I'll offer another data. point to sort of back that up. We. registered more college students in this. election cycle for Democrats than any. other election in modern Pennsylvania. political history. And these were, you. know, young people, again, just on. college campuses. I know your point was.

a little bit broader, but it shows that. young people, young men, um, really feel. like they also got sold a bill of goods. by Trump. So, look, whether you're a. farmer, a Republican in a rural. community, um, or whether you're a. college student somewhere in Pittsburgh. or Philly or someplace in between, you. know, you both understand the same. thing. Trump screwed you and and he made. life worse for you and he sold you a. bill of goods the last few times and I. think the truth is now catching up to.

him. Look, former AG, prosecutor, lawyer, want to get your view broadly. about a robust oversight agenda because. I think that is also part of the agenda. of delivering a cost of living agenda. because these issues are inextricably. intertwined. The corruption was taking. the money that should make people's cost. of living easier and transferring it to. the oligarch. So you can't just, you.

know, they're they're both the same. they're different sides of the same. issue or the same sides of the same. issue. So as a prosecutor, I mean, what. what what do you see? I mean, there's. Qatari jet, there's ballrooms, there's. foreign influence, there's crypto, there's so much out there like how do. you how do you dive in? Look, Congress. member Garcia already, you know, he's. lawyer up, he does the video, he's ready. to go. They're ready to go on the House. But what's your general view about that? because I think you need robust. oversight across all committees.

>> I think you absolutely have to have. accountability. But one thing I would. stress is that um the new Democratic. leadership and Democratic majority. caucuses must be able to walk and chew. gum at the same time. And what do I mean. by that? You can do robust oversight on. the committees of jurisdiction while at. the same time advancing legislation that. is going to reduce people's costs, create more affordable and accessible. health care for people, just to name two.

things, and put those bills on Trump's. desk where he'll either have to sign. them or veto them. But either way, you. know, something positive comes from. that. either the American people get the. relief, which obviously would be my. preference, or if they can't get the. relief, they at least see that it's. Donald Trump and the Republicans that. are vetoing this legislation and. stopping the progress. And so, I think. it is really important for the Democrats. in DC to do both, have real.

accountability and advance real policies. that reduce people's costs. >> Know, you hung out with Jordy recently. and uh you know, you you you were with. Midas from day one. I mean, back to the. AG days. And so, it's been really just. incredible over the past, you know, six, seven years. Um, I know Jordy showed you. WTF America. What's your favorite. chapter? Recite each chapter right now. that you like. [laughter]. Here's my favorite chapter, the personal.

note you guys wrote me in the in the. book. But, by the way, congratulations. I think you guys are number two. I I saw. on New York Times bestseller list. That. is amazing. Um, and as someone who's. been number three on the New York Times. bestseller list, I must say very. impressive to to be there. But no, I. think it is amazing what you guys have. built. I mean, truly amazing what you. built. Now you got the 24-hour, you. know, uh uh feed, which is stream, which. is amazing. >> Um, a lot of people are going to you to.

find information and and find trusted. information and really appreciate you. guys and wish you continued success. Final question before we go or not a. final question just kind of what's your. message to the American people out. there? I mean a lot of people are saying. feels good right now. you know, if you. know, the the world was watching this. too, like you know, it's why our title. is called WTF and America, like what. what the hell was this, you know, but. but as as I said, I mean, my view is we. have to now think not just in terms of,

you know, 2028, 2030, like we really, you know, we got outflanked by to me a. kind of global network of these. authoritarians and you see them working. together, you know, the Trumps and the. Bolson Aaros and the M, you know, all. these people, the or bonds. They're. they're coordinating. And Democrats. would often just show up to an election. and be like, "We're here. We we we like. each other, right? We're fighting for. you." And people would be like, "Um, actually, these other people have been.

telling me that you're the worst thing. imaginable, and I'm not sure, you know, where where were you?" I that's my. observation which is we've got to now. build this trust and systems and. structures and like the way they have. their federalist society. We need to. start talking about how we get lawyers. from college to law school to judge. You. know, to me we have to build structures. But I'd love to hear, you know, you. describe how we solve the world in the. next a minute or so. >> No, I I I agree with you. I I guess I. would I would add something to that.

because I I actually am hopeful and and. I'm optimistic. And I was thinking about. this. I I talked about last night in in. my remarks, thinking about what what I. think may have been the most important. chapter in our American story over the. last 250 years. It was at the conclusion. of the constitutional convention. Franklin had just Ben Franklin had just. led the way as the elder statesman to. get everybody to agree on this really. imperfect and incomplete document. They.

signed the Constitution and then. Franklin walked out on the cobblestone. streets of Philadelphia and a woman. named Elizabeth Willing Powell came over. to him. Now remember, she didn't even. have the right to vote at that moment. based on the Constitution they had just. signed inside Independence Hall in. Philadelphia. And she asked him, "Dr. Franklin, what do we have here? A. monarchy or a republic? And Franklin. looked her in the eye and said, "A. republic, if you can keep it." I think.

the if you can keep it, that has been. the calling for our nation since it all. started two and a half centuries ago. And what it really means is that there. is a responsibility from generation to. generation to pick up the work from. those who came before us and carry us. forward. So, as people showed up in my. rallies, people showed up at different. events, you know, with a tear in their. eye or worry in their minds or their. hearts about what was happening in this.

great country that we love so much, I. couldn't help but think about Franklin's. words. And when people showed up in. record numbers last night, Democrat, Republican, independent, and voted to. keep our republic, voted to try and help. move this American chapter forward in a. way that is more principled, more kind, more just. To me, that filled me with. optimism. And I know there's going to be. rough days ahead, and he's still going. to be around for another two years. But.

the American people did something last. night. They put a check on this guy and. they showed that our nation won't be. defined by his cruelty, but instead by. the kindness of people from all. different walks of life coming out and. voting as they did yesterday. >> Governor Josh Shapiro, congrats on the. big victory. Congrats to the people of. the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania because. they're going to, I think, see a lot of. positive results that are going to. really benefit their lives and see. government work for them, not against.

them. So, great to have you. Great being. with you. And listen, congrats to you, Jordy, the whole crew on the book. Really, really proud of you guys. Um, and keep it up. We're we're looking for. more great things from you guys. Wow, it was a great interview with. Governor Shapiro. Always great chatting. with him. Now, I want to bring in New. York City Mayor Zoron Mom Donnie for our. very special postmidterm election.

edition here on the Midas Touch Network. Let's bring in New York City Mayor Zoron. Mom Donnie. Now, let's bring in New York City Mayor. Zoron Mom Donnie. Mayor Mom Donnie, great to see you. We're 24 hours out. from a historic day for the country, a. historic day in New York. I would love. to hear your reflections of everything. that just took place 24 hours out. >> You know, it is it is lovely to be back. on and I have to say that yesterday.

showed that the American people are. tired of being told that their needs are. unrealistic by the very politicians that. have been bought by the wealthiest. people across the country. And you know, JD Vance asked Americans for a couple. more years to fulfill the promises that. he'd made to them. Americans cannot. afford to wait two more years when their. rent is due on the first of the month. They can't afford to wait two more years. when they have to take their kids to. child care. They can't afford to wait. two more years when they have to buy. groceries for their family today. And.

that that urgency is something that we. now need to meet. And we have a historic. opportunity to use this mandate to drive. down costs, to build schools instead of. bombs, and to actually fulfill the trust. that working-class voters have given us. across the entire country. >> Let's talk about all the money that came. from these outside groups, these super. PACs, the dark money. I mean, hundreds. of millions of dollars that we know. about probably when we figure it all out.

was in the billions of dollars that were. trying to deceive and spread hate. Like. that that's not what our founders were. envisioning. I mean, as you think about. this, you're like, there was once a. bipartisan piece of legislation, McCain. fineold, which could have gone farther. further, but the Supreme Court ripped. that apart. And this is where we're at. post Citizens United. talk to us about. your observations there. >> And I think that's the context that we. need to understand uh last night through.

because we're talking about historic. victories from South Carolina to Kansas. to Iowa to Texas in the face of $517. million being spent by crypto, by AI, by. online betting companies. You know, if. if we're talking about Elon Musk, the. world's first trillionaire alone spent. $440 million on these midterm elections. And in the face of all of that, the. American people stood up and said that.

they could not be bought and neither. should their politicians be able to be. >> Right. And that's why I've been. emphasizing, I want to get your take on. this. We can't simply be for. pro-democracy thinking in terms of. elections because to me these oligarchs. and authoritarians have created systems. and structures to destroy the very. fabric of our democracy. So I said. elections are very important. People got. to get out to vote of course. But if we. just get caught in a gamified election.

cycle, I say I think we're missing some. of the bigger picture and these. generational forces that are at play and. how we need to think generationally, internationally, systemically to try to. get out of this hell. >> Absolutely. And we need to act with an. understanding that democracy must mean. more than simply a value or an ideal. Democracy must mean dignity and it must. be able to be measured in the lives of. working-class New Yorkers. that must be. able to be felt in their wallets. And.

that is something that I see so many. operating with an understanding of. And. it also means that we have to look at. yesterday's victories and understand. that it gives us power. And now the. moment is what will we do with that. power? We have to use it not simply to. debate about the crises that workingass. Americans are facing, but start to now. deliver on those same crises. >> Let's talk about what we do. I see what. you're doing in New York City. I mean, that's your jurisdiction and you're.

doing everything from potholes to. universal prek and you're thinking long. term and every day you're showing the. results there. But people are also. looking to you as someone who's getting. stuff done with a 70 plus% approval. rating there of what can we do. nationwide? How do we take out this. money from the politics? What what what. do we do? I mean, you know, it it's not. like the New York City mayor has to be. called upon to answer necessarily these. national questions. I know your focus is. New York City, but there is a template.

there and you are a leader, you know, that's viewed nationwide. So, what do we. do? I mean, how do we approach this now. the day after and the day after that? Well, I think first we have to. understand that the struggles that New. Yorkers are facing are not unique and. neither are the solutions that we've. been delivering over these last 10. months. You know, I've been told time. and time again that what we've been. doing here can't apply to the rest of. the country. And yet what last night. showed is that these same struggles are. being felt in Anchorage. The same.

struggles are being felt in Allentown. The same struggles are being felt in. Atlanta. And these are struggles that we. can deliver on in the same way we've. done it in Atoria. And that is our. opportunity to understand that there is. only one majority in this country. And. that's the working class. And whether. you're a working-class American who's. living in California, whether you're. living in Minnesota, whether you're. living in Texas or South Carolina, you. deserve dignity that you can actually. measure and feel in your day-to-day. life. And that is exactly what we've.

been doing here in New York City. And. that's why we're proud not just of. delivering on universal 2K child care. for free for thousands of 2-year-olds, but also, as you've said, paving over. 220,000 pothles at the same time because. it's not enough to look at a status quo. and see the fact that Americans are fed. up with it. We have to now deliver a new. kind of politics. That is how we can. retain their faith. That is how we can. inspire more to believe that politics. can be more than something that is just. a hobby for those who can afford it.

Such a good point. This kind of. gamification. leads to this culture of who's getting. the most attention and then you end up. in a dystopian reality show where people. are programming it, the oligarchs with. their billions of dollars and we all. feel like non-consensual extras in this. dystopian reality show. And so when I. think about the campaigns that were run, it almost felt like the least political. political campaign cycle from the. perspective of American voters because.

what was really on the line were values. and principles and empathy and what do. we stand for or and what do we stand up. against? I mean, there was so much hate. and venom from this kind of right-wing. oligarchy as they were doing the. Islamophobia from everywhere, Frank, with the Islamophobia and the hate. And. then we got to see, you know, all of. these incredible candidates from Dr. Abdul Elsed to Senator Osaf, different. types of politicians, but Dr. Annie.

Andrews and then you had, you know, Adam. Hamilton, you could go Roy Cooper, you. know, former government. But when they. spoke, I was like, "All right, you know, they're not talking about, you know, John Houston's behind and they're not. talking about Ballroom." Like, they're. talking like, "Okay, this is like. grown-ups." Like, let's be serious. is. I'd love to get your reflection on that. >> Well, I I I think it's it's been. incredibly inspiring to see the ways in. which they've all run campaigns on. values. And I also think that beyond the. values though, they have also grounded.

those campaigns in the tangible things. that would transform workingclass. Americans lives. You look at James. Tarico, he campaigned on universal prek. You look at Annie Andrews, she stumped. on an end to endless wars. You look at. Kesha Lance Bottoms, she was running. with the belief that we had to. streamline affordable housing. production. These are all the different. parts of what progressive governance. looks like. And it's something that. we've been working towards fulfilling. here in New York City. And now it's.

exciting to see not only a unity of. diagnosis of what is plaguing. workingclass Americans at this moment, but also a unity of purpose as to how we. can deliver on that for working-class. Americans. Because we cannot mistake. last night as the end of the story. Last. night creates an opportunity for us. And. now it is up to us as the Democratic. Party to fulfill that opportunity and. deliver on hope in a way that Americans. can live, breathe, and feel every single. day of their lives.

>> Yeah. Cuz I think that there is a. nationwide mandate right now for. affordability. I think that's what's. clear. And you already see on Fox. they're saying I don't want the. Democrats to take this as a mandate and. they're it's like because because they. don't want that. They lie about that. They say they want the and then they. screw over people. But I think there is. And so what do you want to see, you. know, in the first 100 days? What are. you looking for both to benefit the. people of New York City, the people of. New York? You've been working very.

closely with Governor Hokll. That's been. awesome to watch and just for this. country in general. I want to see urgency. I want to see. action. And I want to see delivery. And. I think that's what has to characterize. our politics at every level of. government. Because if we want Americans. to continue to believe in what. government can do for their lives, we. need to demonstrate that it can in fact. deliver on the problems that they're. facing, big and small. And when it comes. to Washington, there's no shortage of.

problems to take on. And I'm excited at. seeing candidates across the country. who've been campaigning on a new era of. leadership to now be the ones who will. be in the driving seat of determining. what the next chapter of our country. looks like. Because it cannot simply be. something that is infused with a. nostalgia of the country we had a few. years ago. It has to be imbued with the. purpose of a new kind of country that. recognizes the struggles of workingclass. Americans and elevates those struggles. to the heart of the conversation as.

opposed to what politics has become. which is all too often a game where we. measure who's up and who's down where we. look to pundits to to give us a sense of. what the palace intrigue is of the day. when in fact politics should be a way. that we deliver for the very. working-class people who've often been. denied by it. I think there's an. important connection as well to. workingclass people across the world. because one of the things that I point. out a lot is that in this right-wing. there's a global authoritarian network.

They coordinate with each other. The. Trumps, the Netanyahus, the Bolsinaros, the Orbons, they work the Javier Mala. They meet, they discuss, they use the. same playbook. The way they try to. divide. You've seen it in your race. You. see it in Dr. Abdul Alai's race. You see. it in a lot of races over here. They're. often the first to cry. Oh, it's all. rigged. Everything's unfair. You know, they're interfering with us. It's the. same stuff. And so, how much do you. think we need to be paying attention to.

all of that that's been kind of. infecting our politics here and how we. fortify ourselves to realize that that. actually exists. And and then there are. these messages being pushed by people. who don't really even give a crap about. countries. They just want to take the. resources for themselves to enrich. themselves. >> Well, you know, I look to Congresswoman. Okasio Cortez who once described the. fact that this is a global struggle. against working people and a response. must also be global. And I think that.

there's a truth to that, that we have to. understand the solidarity that is. required of us in this next chapter. It. is one that has to also see the fact. that working people across the world are. facing many of the same struggles and. that dignity is something that cannot. simply be delivered in isolation. And. I'm excited to see a Democratic party. that understands the urgency of not just. what it looks like to deliver for for. those of our constituents, but also to. do so while being able to oppose the.

kind of endless wars that have caused a. crisis of political confidence, economic. confidence, and moral confidence in what. politics can actually mean today. Mayor. Manny, I remember. right after that dark day in 2024, the. Trump election. Then you immediately. started interviewing people who voted. for Trump. You asked them why you went. out and you listen. Here we are now. November 4th when we're recording this. Um there's hope now, but there's a lot. of listening, you know, about how people. were feeling and people were being.

ignored. Uh before we go, just what's. your kind of final message out there? you know, this opportunity, this uh. responsibility. How do you want to frame this before we. go? You. >> know, our job is not to lecture. Americans on the choices that they've. made. Our job is to listen and then our. job is to lead. And now we have the. opportunity to lead with a mandate the. likes of which we haven't seen in our. country for generations. And that is an. opportunity to deliver the kind of.

change that Americans can feel in their. wallet. to deliver the kind of change. that inspires a newfound faith in. politics and to deliver the kind of. change that understands that dignity is. a non-negotiable for every American. across this country. >> New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani, great. to see you as always and a nation has. been inspired by your platform and you. getting stuff done in New York City and. we're seeing that that was really the. storyline of this election. Thank you. for everything.

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