NYC Teachers Union Backs Communist Zohran Mamdani

The Rich Zeoli Show

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🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2: 4:00pm- Salena Zito—Award Winning Political Reporter—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss her new book, “Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland.” Nearly one year later, she recounts what it was like standing just feet from the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania when shots rang out. She recalls her daughter telling her: “I wanted it to be fireworks. I didn’t want to think we were literally sitting ducks and being fired at.” You can find the book here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/salena-zito/butler/9781546009146/. 4:30pm- Corey DeAngelis— Senior Fellow at the American Culture Project & Author of the book, “The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Ruining Our Schools”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show and reacts to the United Federation of Teachers endorsing Zoran Mamdani for Mayor of New York City, explaining: “They locked arms with the socialist candidate.” He also reveals that despite opposing school choice, Mamdani attended a private school that costs $66K per year for kindergarten!

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0:00.0	The Rich Zioly Show podcast is sponsored by Mike Vaneria Jr. with Osperity Private Wealth.
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0:15.8	Of course, I'm talking about the book Butler by the author, Selina Zito, who is my guest right now, the untold story of the
0:22.6	near assassination of Donald Trump and the fight for America's Heartland.
0:26.7	Selena, thanks for joining me.
0:28.5	And wow, your hair does look beautiful.
0:31.3	You really have the best hair of any journalist.
0:37.0	Well played, Rich.
0:39.3	Does you use hairspray today, Selena?
0:41.6	No, I never use hairspray.
0:43.5	My hair's big enough.
0:46.2	The conversations between you and the president are these exchanges that you had.
0:51.0	I mean, the day of the shooting and the aftermath and remarkable,
0:57.8	the friendship you develop with the president.
1:01.4	Yeah, I think that our fondness for each other is based on mutual respect.
1:09.0	And what I respect most about him is that he sees the people that have been long ignored by both political parties.
1:18.6	And I respect the heck out of that.
1:21.3	And I think he respects the heck out of that I've never let go and continue to cover everyone with dignity and respect and and
1:29.9	respect to their situation. And so I think that that's where that comes from.
1:35.8	I love the book. I really do. And I love the, the focus on not just Butler, but also on
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