FULL SHOW: Reverend Jesse Jackson has passed; The GOP might need a new way.

The Mark Simone Show

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🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke at the Munich Security Conference, and her remarks sparked Democrats to possibly rethink how she is representing her own party. Hillary Clinton was also there and used very strong language about Donald Trump. Mark highlights the passing of Civil Rights leader the Reverend Jesse Jackson at the age of 84. Mark interviews Newsmax and WOR host Rob Astorino. Rob and Mark break down why it's hard for Republicans to run as one in NYC and across the entire NY region. He also explains what a county executive actually does, essentially acting as the CEO of county government, overseeing budgets, departments, labor contracts, and public safety operations. Is Ronald A. Hicks, the new Archbishop of New York, a little too “woke” with his views? More names are expected to testify regarding the Jeffrey Epstein files. JB Pritzker’s cousin has resigned from the board of Hyatt Hotels Corporation amid a fallout connected to the documents. Steve Bannon was mentioned multiple times in the files, and Mark explains what that could mean for him politically and legally moving forward. Mark interviews streaming host Bill O'Reilly. Bill shares his thoughts on the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson, offering mixed views on his legacy. He argues that Democratic-run states are facing fiscal trouble and says the Left will continue to attack President Trump because their cities are struggling financially. AOC was also in Munich, Germany, and made a very intense comment about Taiwan. Could that complicate relations between China and the United States and impact overall strategy?

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0:00.0	This is 710 W.O.R.
0:03.4	Where the Mark Simone show starts now.
0:17.0	Hey, we got a lot of stuff to get to today.
0:19.9	No, don't forget, it's Tuesday. It's not Monday. It's Tuesday. Today we'll get to, we'll get to this Munich conference, which destroyed a lot of Democrats' careers over there. We'll get to Jesse Jackson, Robert DeVall. We'll get to the Guthrie kidnapping. We'll get to Jeffrey Epstein, Stephen Colbert, is all bent out of shape again. We'll get to the Guthrie kidnapping. We'll get to Jeffrey Epstein. Stephen Colbert is all
0:38.1	bent out of shape again. We'll get to Iran. Lots of stuff to talk about today. We'll get to
0:44.1	Barack Obama. So, yeah, this Munich conference took place over the weekend.
0:51.2	Major, major world leaders were there and it was a it's become a bigger deal than
0:56.9	davos it's a major major major political event and aOC went over there this is a chance for her
1:05.0	to launch a presidential campaign because the one thing she's not known for is foreign policy, being a figure
1:13.4	on the world stage.
1:14.6	This was her debut.
1:16.0	And it was total disaster.
1:19.5	It was absolutely childish, juvenile.
1:23.9	People always kind of thought she was dumb.
1:26.4	This confirmed that she is an absolute babbling yo-yo,
1:30.2	dumber than Kamala Harris, word salads, beyond anything Kamala Harris could put together.
1:36.3	Even just simple questions, I mean, some of it was complex foreign policy, but some of it was
1:42.1	pretty simple. If China invades Taiwan, would the U.S. do
1:45.0	anything? Of course, the answer is yes. It's always been yes. That's U.S. policy. But she didn't
1:50.4	know what the hell to say. So, and listen, she's cute. She's got a cute way of talking. She
1:56.3	looks good. But she's got an IQ, maybe 80, 85, maybe.
2:05.8	So she tries to answer this question, and it just came out as absolute gibberish. I think what we identify is that in a rules-based order, hypocrisy is vulnerability.
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