Trump FACT CHECKED to HIS FACE as KARMA IS SERVED!!!

What this episode is about

The content discusses the challenges faced by Donald Trump and his administration as internal chaos unfolds and key figures shift blame amidst a perceived collapse. It highlights a recent event where Trump was publicly fact-checked during a speech in Iowa, illustrating the disconnect between his claims and the reality experienced by citizens, while pointing to a broader sense of struggle in America.

Key takeaways

• When truth meets Trump: Fact-checking by diner patrons is the ultimate reality TV twist.
• Karma's real, and it's a dish best served cold—just ask Magga Mike Johnson and crew.
• Amid rising inflation, Trump's low-income housing criticism is like bringing a water gun to a fire.
• Last-minute executive orders: Trump's chaotic governance looks less like leadership, more like a magic trick gone wrong.
• Unemployment yo-yos? The economy shouldn't be a carnival ride—Americans deserve stability, not spectacle.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Ben (Guest) · 17 min speaking
• Kathy Hochul (Guest) · 11 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: Donald Trump, low-income housing, Chrissy Gnome, Jerome Powell
2. 5:00 – 10:00: Melania Trump, Donald Trump, MAGA, Alex Jeffrey Prey
3. 10:00 – 15:00: Donald Trump, Kathy Hochul, Alex Jeffrey Prey, Steven Little Miller
4. 15:00 – 20:00: Donald Trump, Kathy Hochul, Hurricane Sandy
5. 20:00 – 25:00: Donald Trump, Chrissy Gnome

Notable quotes from "Trump FACT CHECKED to HIS FACE as KARMA IS SERVED!!!"

• Of the things to mention as well is that so he did the speech in Iowa earlier in the week. Then he did the speech where he did like a speech with Nicki Minaj the rapper and…

  about Nicki Minaj · at 1:35

• This is one of the richest neighborhoods in the world. And now, Donald Trump was also fact checked by the Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell. And Jerome Powell made it clear that job gains have remained low. Non-farm payrolls.

  about Donald Trump · at 3:55

• Up this deficit and they MAGA Republicans, it is awful. A new CBO analysis reveals that the Trump regime spent about $496 million last year to deploy the National Guard to six cities.

  about National Guard · at 5:02

• That. But Maggamike did have time to hug Nicki Minaj and talk about her coat and her nails. This is what it means to be a MAGA Republican today. Just being completely and utterly demented. Play this clip.

  about MAGA · at 6:37

• Cake. It is let's do more eyes wide shut style parties non-stop at Mara Lago. As the country is reeling right now from the murder of Alex Prey, from the ice Gustapo raids that…

  about Alex Jeffrey Prey · at 8:10

• Let's bring in New York Governor Kathy Hokll. Governor Hokll, great to see you.

  about Kathy Hochul · at 10:39

• And now you have people in the administration pointing fingers at each other. You have Chris Dome saying, The reason why I used the term domestic terrorists was because Steven…

  about Steven Little Miller · at 12:45

• I'm I'm sorry it took their deaths, but also it is now time for us to say enough is enough. Christine Gnome needs to be held responsible. They're right now thwarting…

  about Chrissy Gnome · at 23:30

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Donald Trump — Person · Primary referenced political figure / main subject of criticism · 14 mentions · first at 0:11
  The episode centers on criticizing Trump’s speeches, economic claims, immigration enforcement posture, and alleged misuse of federal power (disaster relief, National Guard, ICE).
• Kathy Hochul — Person · Main guest (interviewee) · 3 mentions · first at 10:39
  Appears as the interviewed governor arguing against Trump’s immigration enforcement approach and discussing New York policy priorities (child care, affordability, infrastructure).
• Alex Jeffrey Prey — Person · Referenced victim / flashpoint in narrative · 3 mentions · first at 6:32
  Cited as a person allegedly murdered by ‘Trump Gestapo’ and then defamed as a ‘domestic terrorist’ by DHS in the episode’s framing; used to argue abuse of power and misinformation.
• Melania Trump — Person · Referenced public figure (subject of criticism) · 3 mentions · first at 7:01
  Discussed in relation to promoting a film and appearing at the New York Stock Exchange; framed as an example of oligarchy/corruption in the episode’s narrative.
  That are unclear other than the right-wing oligarchy giving us all the middle finger. She was she went to the New York Stock Exchange to promote her movie Melania that was funded by $70 million, maybe even more from Bezos.
• Chrissy Gnome — Person · Referenced government official (accused/blamed; likely mis-transcription) · 2 mentions · first at 0:22
  Presented as an official involved in labeling people ‘domestic terrorists’ and blaming Steven Miller; the name appears to refer to a real-world figure but is spelled inconsistently in the transcript.
• Jerome Powell — Person · Referenced expert / authority (economic) · 1 mention · first at 4:02
  Used as an authoritative counterpoint to Trump’s economic narrative; quoted discussing unemployment and payroll declines.
  This is one of the richest neighborhoods in the world. And now, Donald Trump was also fact checked by the Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell. And Jerome Powell made it clear that job gains have remained low. Non-farm payrolls.
• Steven Little Miller — Person · Referenced political operative (blame/infighting) · 2 mentions · first at 0:22
  Mentioned as part of internal finger-pointing within the ‘regime’ narrative; blamed by/for actions and language used by officials.
• Nicki Minaj — Person · Referenced celebrity used in political anecdote · 2 mentions · first at 1:41
  Mentioned in a story describing a bizarre Trump event where she allegedly appears and receives a “gold card”; also referenced in a clip with Mike Johnson.
• Elon Omar — Person · Referenced public official / victim of attack (name variant) · 1 mention · first at 6:21
  Mentioned as the target of an assault that Mike Johnson allegedly did not condemn; likely refers to Rep. Ilhan Omar but transcript uses 'Elon'.
  That's right. Going back to Magam Mike Johnson, Magga Mike Johnson has not condemned the attack on Elon Omar by that deranged demented individual who sprayed things on her with a syringe. No statements about Magamike on that. No.
• Governor Tim Walz — Person · Referenced political figure (state-level context) · 1 mention · first at 12:09
  Mentioned as ‘my friend Tim Walz’ in discussion of alleged federal ‘occupation’/actions in Minnesota and cities; used to ground the critique in state impacts.
  They're treating as if they're criminals. And that's just wrong. And what is happening in my friend Tim Wall's estate and in the cities is abhorentt on every level. It is unAmerican. And as I'm continuing to watch again Ken Burns American.

Companies & orgs

• Amazon — Company · Business focus · 1 mention · first at 7:30
  Mentioned in the context of corporate layoffs and controversial financial decisions, highlighting broader economic and political themes.
  Cutting 16,000 jobs and we've seen job cuts announced this week and other major companies as well, Amazon cutting 16,000, but 70 million to Melania, that makes sense. That's…
• CBO — Company · Referenced expert · 2 mentions
  Mentioned as a source of analysis on government spending, adding credibility to fiscal discussions.
  Mean, the way Trump is running up this deficit and they MAGA Republicans, it is awful. A new CBO analysis reveals that the Trump regime spent about $496 million last year to deploy the National Guard to six cities.
• Pinterest — Company · Business focus · 1 mention · first at 7:44
  Mentioned in the context of corporate layoffs, reflecting broader economic trends.
  16,000, but 70 million to Melania, that makes sense. That's what the people want to hear right now. Pinterest laying off 15% of its workforce. Croup laying off tons of employees. ASML plans to cut 1,700 employees. Cuts, cuts, cuts.

Products & tech

• National Guard — Product · Case study · 1 mention · first at 5:12
  Discussed in the context of government spending and military deployment, reflecting on political and fiscal policies.

Concepts & topics

• MAGA — Concept · Key argument · 2 mentions · first at 5:02
  Central political concept associated with Donald Trump and his supporters, frequently mentioned in the context of political strategy and criticism.
• low-income housing — Concept · Core topic · 3 mentions · first at 2:23
  Discussed in the context of political debate and policy criticism, particularly in relation to urban development and social equity.
  Smack in the middle of it. And that's not the American dream. you didn't do that. And low-income housing is great. I built a lot of low-income housing, but you don't put it there.

Places & events

• Hurricane Sandy — Event · Setting · 1 mention · first at 18:21
  Mentioned as a historical event impacting infrastructure projects and political decisions.
  Trump pulled the plug on the largest public sector infrastructure project in America today to rebuild a tunnel between New York and New Jersey for trains that was damaged…

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 That right there is the face of a beaten and defeated man. Just look at Magga Mike Johnson being hit with the ultimate karma he deserves heading into the midterms. Or take a look at Donald Trump in fear, in panic as his regime is in collapse. And we have different cabinet members and top officials pointing fingers at each other. Christy Gnome blaming Steven Miller, Steven Miller blaming Christine. They're all leaking to corporate news and regime media. They're blaming the border patrol. It is utter chaos. And when Donald Trump's been giving speeches over the past 24 to 48 hours, he's really being hit by that instant karma as he's getting kind of fact checked to his face. He had that disastrous appearance in Iowa where there was someone there at this like diner where he was trying to stage this affordability event. And as Daniel Dale says, in an unusual moment, Trump was fact checked by a woman in the crowd at

1:01 his Iowa speech yesterday who was on scene. Donald Trump said, "I've lowered gas to $1.95 or $1.85 in Iowa." The woman shouted, "No, you didn't. Gas is $263. Stop lying. It was $269 at the station right outside the venue." when the state averages $257. Gas Buddy found just four stations out of 2,36 in the state were actually selling for under $2. He's just out there making things up, folks. And one of the things to mention as well is that so he did the speech in Iowa earlier in the week. Then he did the speech um where he did like a speech with Nicki Minaj the rapper and then he handed her a gold card where she now gets to be like a citizen and she was she didn't she was undocumented but then she professed her love to Donald Trump and MAGA and she was given a gold card and the whole thing was really weird and Donald Trump was like Nicki Minaj has these great long nails and look at her.

2:04 I want nails like that. But one of the things I want to focus on right now is that as the American people are struggling, as the American people are suffering psychologically tortured, living paycheck to paycheck, if they're lucky enough to even have a paycheck right now, they can't afford homes, can't afford groceries, but and inflation's rising. It's not dropping. Let's be very clear about that. And then Donald Trump's attacking the idea of lowincome housing as though lowincome housing is some sort of disease or plague. And Donald Trump in the speech, he was attacking Governor Gavin Newsome of California and saying and he was lying about like what Newsome's plans are. And Donald Trump's like, "You can't ever put lowincome housing in rich, wealthy areas that were burned down by the fires. You can't do that." And then Trump signed like a madeup executive order saying that the federal government

2:57 is now taking over disaster relief in Los Angeles based on the fires from last January. And it's like just give the disaster relief money. Basically the $40 billion that's needed to rebuild these communities that the Trump regime is withholding. But instead of actually giving the money, Donald Trump is bashing the idea of lowincome housing in general. like low-income housing, some horrible thing, even though that's not even what the plan is in Los Angeles, and doing fake executive orders, saying that he's going to be taking over Los Angeles and just give the money. Here's what Donald Trump said, though, where he said, "Lowincome housing." This is like a horrible thing. Here, play this clip.

3:38 And I don't want a big section of the area built into lowincome housing. They want to put lowincome housing right smack in the middle of it. And uh that's not the American dream. You know, you didn't do that. And low-income housing is great. I built a lot of low-income housing, but you don't put it there. This is one of the richest neighborhoods in the world. And now, Donald Trump was also fact checked by the Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell. And Jerome Powell made it clear that job gains have remained low. Non-farm payrolls declined. This is not good stuff. The economic data is horrible. Play this clip. The unemployment rate was 4.4% in December and has changed little in recent months. Job gains have remained low. Total non-farm payrolls declined at an average pace of 22,000 per month over the last 3 months, excluding government employment. And as the economic data is horrible, as people's pocketbooks are

4:35 being hit hard, as 96% of the tariffs were passed through to the consumers who had to eat it, the consumers. It is a tax on the consumer, on Americans. The corporation in America pays the pays the tariff and it's passed on. But setting that aside, federal spending is through the roof. I know that is I guess it's only when Democratic presidents exist where people start talking about, oh, the deficit is up and all of the debt. I mean, the the the way Trump is running up this deficit and they MAGA Republicans, it is awful. A new CBO analysis reveals that the Trump regime spent about $496 million last year to deploy the National Guard to six cities.

5:16 It's about $100 million a month is what the that's our taxpayer dollars going to torture people using Trump's military forces when he tries to um use the National Guard. Take a look right here though. This was when Donald Trump was at that diner that I mentioned earlier. It's in Iowa. And Donald Trump's like mocking the people there and mocking the Americans, bragging about making your life savings into a yo-yo. Trump's like, I can make the economy do a yo-yo if I want it. I'll make it do a yo-yo. Here, play this clip.

5:51 Would you like to see the dollar's value decline more? Would that be helpful? No. I I'd want it to be just seek its own level, which is the fair thing to do. You could have it I could have it go up or go down like a yo-yo. I'll give you an example. Unemployment. I could create the greatest unemployment numbers or employment numbers ever. All I have to do is hire three million people and put them into the federal government and you have 10 people, you know, for one job. Right.

6:17 That's right. Going back to Magam Mike Johnson, Magga Mike Johnson has not condemned the attack on Elon Omar by that deranged demented individual who sprayed things on her with a syringe. No statements about Magamike on that. No statements about the murder by the Trump Gustapo of Alex Prey. Magamike didn't do that. But Maggamike did have time to hug Nicki Minaj and talk about her coat and her nails. This is what it means to be a MAGA Republican today. Just being completely and utterly demented. Play this clip.

6:53 I almost wore this boot today. I'm so glad I did. And then also the uh the the cor utter corruption, the right-wing oligarchy on full display as Melania, for reasons that are unclear other than the right-wing oligarchy giving us all the middle finger. She was she went to the New York Stock Exchange to promote her movie Melania that was funded by $70 million, maybe even more from Bezos. Gave her $40 million for a licensing deal for the film, another $30 million for marketing. Nobody wants to see this. The film's like banned, by the way, in South Africa. Um, and so while Amazon's cutting 16,000 jobs and we've seen job cuts announced this week and other major uh companies as well, Amazon cutting 16,000, but 70 million to Melania, that makes sense. That's what the people want to hear right now. Pinterest laying off 15% of its workforce. Croup laying off tons of employees. ASML plans to cut 1,700 employees. Cuts, cuts, cuts.

7:54 Melania, though, is right there ringing in the bell here. Play this clip. Oh, and this is what's going on at Mara Mara Lago. It's not even let them eat cake. It is let's do more eyes wide shut style parties non-stop at Mara Lago. As the country is reeling right now from the murder of Alex Prey, from the ice Gustapo raids that continue at Mara Lago, guests were greeted by showg girls in outfits uh shipping champagne by the pool with their legs spread at Mara Lago. That was go that's what was going on. They were in bubble balls with their legs spread. Show girls at Mara Lago.

8:40 The the family values party, everybody. The family values party. And meanwhile, Donald Trump is whining that his golden ballroom is not being built. A federal judge appointed by George W. Bush, Judge Leyon, is presiding over a lawsuit by the Washington DC National Historic Preservation Society to block the construction of the ballroom. And they're doing a pretty good job in front of this federal judge, Leyon, who's very skeptical about Trump's ability to tear down the East Wing and build a ballroom. I think Trump may be permanently enjoined or blocked from building this thing. Federal Judge Leon said the following. Where do you see the authority for the president to tear down the East Wing and build something in its place? And when the Trump regime lawyers tried to compare it to Gerald Ford using private donations for a swimming pool, Judge Leon said, "You compare ripping down the East Wing and building a new

9:38 East Wing to a swimming pool? Are you absolutely out of your mind? And speaking about out of your mind, you've got Melania on state regime media saying uh that Brett Ratner, Brett, disgraced individual Brett Ratner um is very talented at the box office as she continues to promote her film. Play this clip right here.

10:02 Uh the director was that that's Brett Ratner. Yeah. How did that go? That he's been he hasn't been involved in movies in a couple of years. How did that how was that relationship?

10:10 Very good. He was very talented. I know that and box officers could tell you right that he was very talented

10:18 and uh we had other uh suggestions and looking into it and he was the one that he

10:26 I said you know the most important is that he puts out my idea what I have and cinematic film that I want to achieve. So he was the best one and he was great to work with.

10:39 Let's bring in New York Governor Kathy Hokll. Governor Hokll, great to see you. You've repeatedly called for the end of Donald Trump and his regime's occupation of Minnesota and cities and towns across this country. And you use that term that this is an occupation that essentially it's an invasion of our cities and towns. get out now and just shuffling the deck and removing Bevino as bad as he is and bringing in Tom Hman. That's not what the people want, right? I mean, they just want get ICE and Border Patrol back to what you just get him out of there. Talk to us about that.

11:17 Yeah. Put ICE where it was January 19th, 2025. Can we go in the wayback machine to prior to Donald Trump's militarization of this force that's supposed to protect our borders from transnational criminals and terrorists and you know work with the border patrol to keep our streets safe? They have no they've totally lost their way. They've lost the original mission which is to protect our communities. And their definition of criminals is someone who left their home country under dire circumstances like my own grandparents did. They left great poverty. They were told they had to leave because they would starve. They came here became migrant farm workers and worked at factories. But that's so people who just come here in search of that life, they're treating as if they're criminals. And that's just wrong. And what is happening in my friend Tim Wall's estate and in the cities is abhorentt on every level. It is

12:16 unAmerican. And as I'm continuing to watch again Ken Burns American Revolution and I think about those rag tag groups of individuals who banded together as patriots and stood up to this abuse of power and put us on a track to have a democracy that is held strong for 250 years and it's becoming unraveled before our eyes. So we must be the ones who stand up to this and call it out and use all the powers at our lever to fight back. you know, and now you have people in the administration pointing fingers at each other. You have Chris Dome saying, "The reason why I used the term domestic terrorists um was because Steven Miller wrote it and then Steven Miller said the Border Patrol was telling me that it's their fault." And so they're all pointing fingers and no one's taking accountability. And now you have the Department of Homeland Security saying, "Well, the reason we came out and said that Alex Prey was a domestic

13:11 terrorist." It was a chaotic situation. So, we just thought that's what we had to say. And I mean, everybody knows that's just not how leadership is conducted. You don't just go out and start defaming people, but that seems to be their instinct with everything is just they don't think about things and it's just immediately attack, defame, rip apart. You know, it's it's it's we see this over and over again. not just here but everything they do

13:35 the the whole crew has to go then right if they don't know how to run agencies that have been run you know for decades before then ICE was basically established in its current form after 9/11 yes to protect us from terrorists and they just don't know what they're doing and so we can't have this level of incompetence and an agency that's so important to our society if they did it right the way it's done now it's just it's a joke so they should clean house kick their asses out of down and say we're starting over and stop militarizing our streets with people who have, you know, literally days or weeks of training compared to the police officers that I go to their graduations.

14:14 I support our our police here in the state of New York and they have six months of, you know, in-person training. They leave their families and they're trained in conflict deescalation and all the other strategies you want someone to have before you give them a gun. And I'm sick and tired of masked people roving our streets, terrorizing kids, taking kids, using them as bait, and I'm New York's first mom governor, and you start messing with kids, I'm going to be pissed off more than anybody. And so that's my state of mind right now.

14:45 There's an anger, but is also leading to policies and changes here in New York as we all try to figure out at the state level how we can protect the integrity of our states and our and our morals and our values that have gotten us through all these decades and now they're under attack and we have to we have to stand up.

15:03 I think that's an important point and it gets lost in sometimes how corporate news covers politics as you know gamification. who's ahead, who's up, what what this per is this person really g versus can we just take a step back here and say like what are we doing? This is good versus evil in many cases. This is just about basic morality and decency. I mean having masked individuals walk through the street and terrorize people is bad. I mean when Donald Trump and his regime take away people's health care and don't extend affordable care act subsidies like that's bad. It is it is hurting people.

15:41 when RFK is out there changing the vaccine recommendations and we're seeing measel surge and other diseases that have been prevented before on the rice like that's just these are just bad things that government should not be inflicting pain upon us at like just a basic level

16:00 and I don't know what their political calculation is but you basically antagonized everybody in the country right you know the you know Hispanics who thought they you promising just to get rid of the the baddest of the bad, right? The criminals, the terrorists, the you know, the human traffickers, the drug dealers. You know, many of them supported the president, not all Sterling, but many did because they talk, they bought into his message of affordability. A lot of people bought into the message of affordability.

16:28 Prices are going to come down day one. Remember that one? My god, the cost of ground beef and, you know, all the things that you need to buy for your families are just going off the charts. And I'm trying here in New York to make it more affordable. And it's a challenge because I've got tariffs driving up costs for my farmers and so therefore their products must be more expensive and the cost of everything's going up for my small businesses and for God's sakes we're at war with Canada. You know, I have a 432 mile border with Canada. They're our friends. They come and spend money in our hotels and our little bed and breakfast and our tourism areas and and stimulate our economy and buy our products. It's our largest trading partner. We're at war with Canada. So it is we need a project 2029 to know when we have a democratic president which we must have how to put it all back. We'll have put the genie

17:22 back in the bottle and regain some sense of normaly. So generations from now when they say what did you do when your democracy is being shredded by people in search of unfettered power in Washington and surrounding themselves with a bunch of cronies who have no spine? Uh where were you? Did you stand up and try to save our country? The answer better be yes. And it's going to be yes for those who look at what New York did because we have no choice. So what is being I just feel like we're under attack. There's the farmers are under attack.

17:54 The the migrant communities and immigrant communities are under attack. Uh struggling parents are under attack. I don't know who doesn't feel other than people making a ton of money on Wall Street right now. And okay, that's why our economy looks good, but it's really not. And we have layoffs. People are now starting to lose their jobs. Donald Trump pulled the plug on the largest public sector infrastructure project in America today to rebuild a tunnel between New York and New Jersey for trains that was damaged during Hurricane Sandy decade ago. We're ready to do this. We've been working on it. 10,000 jobs. And all of a sudden he says, "No, you guys aren't very nice to me." And he pulled the plug. Seriously?

18:36 These people may have voted for you. These union guys might have voted for you, Mr. Trump and now you're going to be laying them all off because the money is running out in a matter of two days. So these are the kind of fights that we have to take on in addition to I have hospitals that are teetering on the edge because they lost the money they needed from Medicaid. So states like New York that strongly are proud of our heritage as being a a progressive state where we led the women's rights movement and the LGBTQ plus movement and the environmental movement and you know early in the fights and civil rights.

19:10 We're proud of that heritage, but this is the equivalent of that combined because this is an attack on everyone, not just one group or another. This is an attack on everyone and the consequences are so severe. So, I can rant all day, Ben, because you could tell this has hit a nerve as a leader of a state that I cherish and and I want to continue to be that guiding light for others and say we do it differently in New York. But, but we certainly have a fight on our hands.

19:37 Here's what he said about you yesterday on the Sid Rosenberg show. He said, "Governor Hokll, she calls me. Hi, President. Hi. Hi. How you doing? Could not be nicer. She wants to build windmills all over the place. She cannot be nicer. And then I'll see her the following day on television knocking the hell out of me. I mean, setting aside that these seems to be the musings of a of a second grader because the fact that you say hi, that's nice to me. When I read things like this, like what are you talking about? You have a job to do as the governor of New York to defend and protect your state, especially when he's invading it. Saying hi to somebody, you know, he views, "Wow, so nice." It's just a very strange framing of I don't know. It just doesn't even seem the way adults communicate. I I can get into him saying these things about you, but like this isn't the way like grown-ups talk to each. It's very strange.

20:35 You know, Ben, um, bullies hate being stood up to, right? They don't like it. And I grew up in Buffalo, you know, family with a lot of brothers, big Catholic family, a big family, packed in a tiny house. We didn't have much when we started out. My parents used to live in a trailer park. And I know how to fight back. I've been trained to fight back my whole life. So when I said to the president when he first got elected, I called and congratulate him. Mr. President, there are areas we can work on together. Let's redo Penn Station. It looks like a hell hole. Everybody hates going there. Let's redo that. Let's work on building infrastructure. Let's do big projects. But if you come after New York State, our people, our values, our beliefs, you're gonna have to have a fight with me because that's who I am.

21:19 So we can be nice and work together. I had to call him because he literally shut offshore wind, which is scheduled next year to bring clean renewable power to half a million homes in Brooklyn. Just turned it off because I don't like wind. You just threw a whole lot of people out of work, too, Mr. President. And they voted for you. I know they did because they're from Long Island. So these are the kind of convers I'll open up and say hi. I'll call up and say hi. Yeah. Hi. That's the first thing you say in a normal conversation, right? Hi. How you doing? Then they go off on telling him about Venezuela and all sorts of tangents. That's fine. I mean, I want to keep the dialogue open. It's important.

21:54 But don't think that's going to censor me the next day when I get asked about what I think about what's going on because I'm going to speak out.

22:02 I'm from Long Island and so uh I think we're changing. I hope we're I don't know what happened to us there in Long Island. That's right. I I grew up in Nassau County. I went back and I But I think things are actually changing now uh in Long Island as I think they're seeing, you know, some of the

22:17 they are now. Well, I think I think that, you know, an area like Long Island. I'm running, you know, my challenger is the county executive of Nassau County uh in the November election who has, you know, who Donald Trump said is 100% mega. That's all I need to put on the ads. 100% mega. And that'll that should serve us well. He is out there defending ICE, by the way. He is defending ICE. He started his own militia. He actually has 10 of his county paid for police officers deployed with ICE directly. So he's I love Nassau County, but the leadership is really challenged and compromised right now.

22:54 And we'll put an end to that uh next November. So that being said, I do think a nerve has been touched in this country. There's been an awakening which I think you add up all these indiv individual fights that are now finally culminating in the death of two individuals. Two 37 year olds who are doing nothing other than just exercising their rights of free speech and the right to protest. Those have been with us since the very beginning, the founding of our nation. And we're not going to surrender those. And so I think finally this is a a change. This is a sea change in people's attitudes. And I'm I'm sorry it took their deaths, but also it is now time for us to say enough is enough. Christine Gnome needs to be held responsible. They're right now thwarting investigations because they're lying about them. They cannot be trusted. They cannot be trusted any longer. They must be called to resign,

23:50 fired, or impeached. get out of town and stop doing the damage and try to rebuild the trust that we work so hard with local law enforcement to have with the communities that is broken because people don't know who they're dealing with. You have a mask on. I don't know who you are. You know, I I was in an interesting encounter with an ICE officer uh when I was trying to free an elected official from ICE custody a few months ago. Uh they literally took our our city controller at the time and arrested him and I marched up there and stood outside the door and said, "I'm not leaving until you free this individual." He was simply trying to help people being escorted to court. And they alleged that he assaulted somebody, which is a flatout lie. Any surprise there? No. So I stood there for an hour in the hallway talking to ICE agents and I said, "Why do you have to wear the masks? Like what's the mask all about?"

24:41 They said they're worried about being doxed and harassed by people. I said, "But FBI agents don't do that and my police don't do that. Our sheriffs don't do that and they're exposed. They're on the front lines of people every day. Like, why do you need to do this?" And they really didn't have an answer. It's part of the intimidation tactics to have us be submissive, you know, to have the population terrified that this person could do something, so I must surrender my rights. And we're not doing that. They this is the nerve that I said has been touched. You cannot do that in this country and we have to stand up and say no more.

25:16 Finally, you had a big announcement beginning of this year. You and Mayor Mom Donnie announced uh expanding uh child care as part of a broader vision of expanding child care, you know, eventually to everybody, but uh to uh everybody two years old in New York City. It just shows government working and actually doing things for the people and not against the people, you know, and I know that affordability is a big priority of yours. And throughout this year, you mayor Mam Donnie and other state and local officials who are actually working to help people are going to be announcing things throughout this year as well. I know that's that's a big priority of yours.

25:54 No, I'm looking forward to continuing to partner with the mayor. Uh we have a very strong relationship. My job is as governor, I also represent 8.5 million New York City residents. So, I've got to focus on their challenges as well. So, I'll work with the mayor. Uh I've been talking about child care for a very long time as someone as a young mother working as an attorney for Senator Moan a long time ago. Uh I had to leave my job because I couldn't find child care for for my babies. And so, this is personal to me. is something I feel bad is like one generation later, they still have not figured this out when those babies are not having their own kids, my grandkids, and they can't find affordable childare either and are struggling. So, so I could not wait to dive into this issue with the mayor. Uh we're putting a lot of state dollars behind it, but the only reason people need child care is to go to their jobs.

26:44 So, I'm encouraging the business community to support this whole effort as well because it's in their interest to have less turnover and be able to attract more moms to be able to come to work and young dads who want to be able to, you know, see the children during the daytime if they do an on-site facility. So, this is something that we're going to keep leaning into and not look back from. So, uh, stay tuned.

27:06 Governor Kathy Hokll, thanks for joining us as always. We appreciate you. All right. Thanks, Ben. Appreciate you.

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