Mike Sapraicone | Co-Chair of the Columbus Day Parade | 10-14-25
Sid & Friends In The Morning
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🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | So not lost in yesterday's worldwide celebration of my friend, President Donald J. Trump, |
| 0:07.3 | is amazing administration from Whitkoff to Rubio to all of them. |
| 0:12.5 | The unbelievable work they did between Israel and Egypt yesterday was Columbus Day. |
| 0:18.3 | We did have Angelo Vivalo on the show yesterday. |
| 0:23.1 | We spoke to Joe Piscopo, and unfortunately, Mother Nature did not help us. So the parade was canceled. There were still some |
| 0:29.8 | events all over the city, the great Italian people. You know, I grew up my whole life. I wanted to |
| 0:34.7 | be Italian. My whole life. I was so jealous of John Chavolto growing up in Brooklyn you know the story and it wasn't until October 7th when I said |
| 0:42.7 | you know what I'm a proud Jew and that's it but I do love the Italian people my friend Mike |
| 0:47.7 | Sapericone is the co-chairman of the Columbus Day parade and I got to tell you Mike ran last year for state senate against Kirsten Gillibrand. |
| 0:57.6 | And you know, I can't stand her. |
| 0:59.4 | I think she's one of the worst politicians, not just in New York, but in the country. |
| 1:04.4 | And with this government shutdown now going into week number two, Mike, God, I really wish you won. |
| 1:09.8 | She is killing us. Well, thanks, Sid, |
| 1:12.1 | and I wish I won too. And I think we did pretty well, but, you know, it's always hard to lose. |
| 1:17.6 | And that's kind of what happened in a way yesterday, okay? It was such a great thing what |
| 1:22.6 | President Trump did yesterday and so proud to be an American, Sid. But a little disappointed in Columbus Day yesterday that we had to cancel the parade. |
| 1:32.7 | So that was difficult for us to do. |
| 1:35.6 | And, you know, looking at it as the day went on, the weather wasn't as terrible as I thought it would be, right? |
| 1:41.9 | And we've had we've had a parade in the rain before. |
| 1:45.2 | But Governor Hockel decides on Sunday night to cause a state of emergency and therefore |
| 1:52.6 | pretty much ending the parade. Yeah, I mean, there was one woman who was killed, believe it or not, |
| 1:57.0 | in New York City, some solar paddle went flying off the roof. So it was the wind more than the |
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