Mark interviews Republican candidate for New York Governor, Bruce Blakeman.

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🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Blakeman discussed the status of his campaign and the increasing role of social media in reaching voters. He criticized Governor Kathy Hochul’s record, pointing out that electricity rates in New York are about 70 percent higher than the national average. Bruce also stated that he had resolved earlier campaign financing issues, alleging that Democrats and Governor Hochul’s allies attempted to block his funding.

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0:00.0	Mark Simone on 710 WOMR.
0:05.7	Well, Bruce Blakman, of course, he's the county executive of Nassau County.
0:09.6	That's like being a governor, and it's the best run county in America.
0:12.7	You can look at all the numbers, so nobody would be a better governor for New York than Bruce Blakeman.
0:17.7	Now, you can help out, you can donate. You can volunteer. Just go to
0:21.1	Blakeman for New York.com. Blakman for New York.com. Also, make sure you're following on
0:26.7	Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, all that great social media. And he's with us now. Bruce
0:31.5	Blakeman, how you doing? I'm doing great, Mark. It's always the pleasure to be with you.
0:37.4	Yeah, you, uh, hey, you spoke with the president on Friday, right, at the same event?
0:43.2	Yeah, the president was great. He was just so wonderful. There was, um, the family of that young
0:49.9	Westchester girl Sheridan, who was murdered by a legal migrant in Chicago.
0:55.3	He was just wonderful to the family.
0:58.2	Then he met the mom of a young man who saved many lives on 9-11.
1:04.6	And of course, Mike Warla, a great member of Congress, all together to talk about American values.
1:13.0	And I was fortunate enough to be able to speak there twice.
1:17.7	He called me up on stage.
1:19.1	He gave me a lot of shoutouts.
1:21.1	And I consider him a good friend, but more importantly, he's a great president.
1:26.2	Yeah.
1:27.0	Hey, Kathy Hochle, you've got to beat her in November.
1:31.5	I think you will. And, uh, as far as the money, she's got 32 million in her war chest.
1:37.4	Now, they tried to block you and they pulled all kinds of funny business to deny you
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