Fentanyl Frontlines in South America as Socialist Surge Shakes NYC Politics

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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Politics, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 2 November 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

1. Radicalization of the Democratic Party

The hosts argue that the Democratic Party has moved from moderate liberalism (e.g., Bill Clinton) to embracing far-left ideologies.
They claim that figures like Mamdani, AOC, and Bernie Sanders represent a dangerous shift toward communism and anti-American sentiment.

2. Criticism of Zohran Mamdani

Cruz and Ferguson scrutinize Mamdani’s background, including his father’s academic statements and Mamdani’s own comments post-9/11.
They interpret Mamdani’s remarks as lacking patriotism and empathy for 9/11 victims.
They highlight Mamdani’s association with controversial figures, including Imam Siraj Wahaj, whom they label as a jihadist.

3. Media and Political Hypocrisy

The podcast mocks media outrage over President Trump building a ballroom at the White House while allegedly ignoring more serious issues like Mamdani’s political rise.
They accuse Democrats of failing to police their own party and enabling extremism.

4. Gavin Newsom and Elite Hypocrisy

Newsom is portrayed as a privileged elitist pretending to be a man of the people.
His political persona is compared to Mamdani’s, with both accused of promoting Marxist policies under a polished public image.

5. Bill Maher’s Critique

Bill Maher is cited as a liberal voice warning Democrats about the dangers of embracing far-left candidates like Mamdani.
His comments are used to support the podcast’s argument that even mainstream liberals are alarmed by the party’s direction.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:05.2	The U.S. is now sending an aircraft carrier to South America as the narco strikes are intensifying.
0:14.7	This as Democrats are claiming that, well, we don't really know if the people on these boats are actually narco terrorists.
0:22.7	Congressman McCormick, who is a veteran that served his country, set the record straight on that
0:27.7	on Newsmax, regret of ancestral. Listen to what he said about these strikes, including the submarine
0:33.6	that was blown up earlier this week. A lot of this is due with our intelligence gathering capabilities.
0:39.3	Obviously we don't take out people just based on a hunch.
0:42.3	They get confirmation from real intel on what these boats have on board.
0:47.3	Like he knew with the submarine, for example, I had mostly fentanyl, bad guys.
0:51.3	We knew what gangs they belong to and we take out the bad guys.
0:55.0	It would be very careful in selection. When we used to be on floats and we'd have an idea
0:59.0	what we're going to take down a ship that we couldn't even talk about, we had real live intelligence.
1:06.0	If we had any doubt at all, it would be called off. So these are confirmed targets. These aren't just, we hope they're bad guys. Why don't we, there's no effort to contact them and board them? I mean the old days you could contact if they have a flag from Venezuela, you call Venezuela and say can I board it or from Panama. Sure you can. You can. But are we boarding, are we attempting to board any of these or we just make the determination these are bad and boom. And we've done it in the past. Two things things can happen first of all they can run and they can get away and go back and they go back in the international while they're they're home free or they can shoot back and kill our Marines and our sailors or seals or whomever is trying to board that ship now you have a very dangerous situation the question is are you willing to risk lives to take somebody who you know is smuggling in jail?
1:46.9	Now you're going to put them in jail in our jail system and eventually get them back there, the expense and the danger to our troops versus just taking out bad guys who are literally coming here that have caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, more than all the wars we've ever fought together, when you start
2:02.3	combining all the deaths that have happened from fentanyl and overdosing and drugs in the gang wars
2:07.4	in the inner cities.
2:08.4	If you look at the mortality and morbidity of a male black man in America, and I got this
2:12.8	from Dr. Satchel when I was a student at Morehouse, it declined dramatically with the cocaine
2:17.2	wars with crack cocaine. It declined dramatically with the cocaine wars with
2:17.8	crack cocaine. It's only escalated with this sort of warfare that they're basically having on us.
2:23.0	You listen to Congressman McCormick there. He's absolutely right. And he's saying, why would we risk
2:28.0	our lives knowing that these are bad guys that need to be taken out? Which brings us to the new
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