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The Mark Simone Show

Hour 1: Marco Rubio's moment.

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3694 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Big shake-ups in the primaries last night, Indiana saw several senators who opposed Trump’s policies lose their races, and in Ohio, Trump-backed candidates, including Vivek Ramaswamy, picked up wins. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was at the podium yesterday, filling in for Karoline Leavitt (she’s out on maternity leave), and got grilled about the war in Iran. Rubio hinted that the end might be in sight, but there are still hurdles to clear. Mark breaks it down for us. Mayor Mamdani is pushing his socialist agenda so hard that it’s blocking out any practical talk about how big players like Ken Griffin, who is a billionaire, actually help keep the city afloat with their tax dollars. Mark takes your calls! Mark interviews Boston radio host Howie Carr. Howie’s got strong opinions; he thinks Trump shouldn’t lift the blockade in Iran. And some sad news: Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, passed away at 87. Mark shares some memories about Turner and the early days of CNN, which launched back in 1980. And speaking of Indiana, those state senators who fought against Trump’s redistricting efforts got wiped out in the primaries, a huge win for Team Trump. In New York, Mayor Mamdani seems more like a salesman than a politician lately, raising questions about how that approach is affecting the city. Mark and Howie also talk about JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom, how they might have had a leg up before their big political gigs.

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Marco Rubio surprised a lot of people yesterday. We'll explain. Now, yesterday, last night, there were two races, two primaries, Indiana and Ohio, that were very important to Republicans, to Donald Trump. It won't go through all the...

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It's too boring to go through all the details,

1:12.6

but there were a bunch of people running in Indiana that Trump didn't like.

1:16.7

Some of them were Republicans that had worked against him.

1:19.3

He wanted to get rid of them, so he supported their opponents.

1:22.5

And in Ohio, there were people he was back.

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There were a lot of people who was back in in Ohio and Indiana.

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Yesterday, last night night they all every single one won by landslides now you know whenever a republican candidate

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