In short
The host discusses political outrage over Zohran Mamdani’s claim about a “massive” tax increase, specifically citing New York City/State property taxes rising 9.5%. The episode also criticizes “communism” and references Illinois/Chicago politics and violence, framing a broader national divide.
Guest backgrounds
No guests are mentioned in the transcript.
Key claims
Mamdani’s agenda is portrayed as “everything’s going to be free” while still requiring fundraising; the host claims the tax increase is being pushed despite prior hypocrisy. The host also blames Illinois leadership (“Pritzker nutbag”) and Chicago violence for worsening conditions.
Notable examples
9.5% property tax increase; fundraising for an inauguration party; references to Chicago violence and “snowbirds” relocating to Florida.
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Chapters
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0:45 to 2:32
Discussion on the political climate in New York City and Illinois, focusing on taxation and governance.
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00Hello from the Gulf of America everybody. That's right the Gulf of America pretty sweet. I just wanted to check in. I really hope you guys have been enjoying our President's Week series. Yeah it was nice to have a couple days off but we really felt that you know every now and again we can take a break from the daily grind of politics and do something that's a little more a little more timeless and that gives a little historical context to some of the craziness that that we're dealing with today and that that our founding fathers and presidents of past have had to deal with so i really hope you guys enjoyed that i i love i really love shooting them and we're going to try to do some more stuff like that uh in general um i've been somewhat laying low this week on the news but i'm seeing a lot of crap coming out of new york city i mean surprise a surprise communism isn't going to work you think like obviously i mean now it sounds like mom domi mr everything's going to be free except he needed to raise money to throw literally his his inauguration party well now they want to raise property taxes 9.5 percent and i have to tell you being down here in florida especially this time of year you know winter cold up north so all these snowbirds come down here most of the new york snowbirds they go to the east coast they go more to the miami area palm beach area of florida and from the midwest you get most of the people on the west coast of florida which is where i am now and i'm meeting a lot of people particularly from chicago area and they just can't believe what's going on in their state with this pritzker nutbag and obviously the general violence in chicago itself so it's the city of chicago it's the state of illinois um and we really are seeing this this great divide in the country it kind of is what it is and it's something that the founding fathers uh they warned us about and that and they actually wrote some documents about like if you're bored over the weekend the federalist papers read them and understand how brilliant our founding fathers were uh despite being humans just like us and people of their time uh i didn't see anything else major going on in the news you know it sounds like the Iran situation might might pop off but we'll see about that but in any event I hope everyone had a good President's Week and that you're all enjoying yourselves have a great weekend we're back at the grind on Monday oh and look see free state of pride
From the publisher
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks about NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's proposed 9.5% property tax hike and the rise of socialism in New York; this week's President's Week Series, and why revisiting the Founding Fathers and the Federalist Papers is essential to understanding where we are today; how big government and "free everything" policies impact taxpayers; why Americans are "voting with their feet" by leaving high-tax states like New York, Illinois, and Chicago for Florida; what this red state vs. blue state divide means for the future of federalism, and much more.
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