Radicalization of the Democratic Party as Mamdani heads for Mayor of NYC

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

1. Radicalization of the Democratic Party

The hosts argue that the Democratic Party has moved from moderate liberalism (e.g., Bill Clinton) to embracing far-left ideologies.
They claim that figures like Mamdani, AOC, and Bernie Sanders represent a dangerous shift toward communism and anti-American sentiment.

2. Criticism of Zohran Mamdani

Cruz and Ferguson scrutinize Mamdani’s background, including his father’s academic statements and Mamdani’s own comments post-9/11.
They interpret Mamdani’s remarks as lacking patriotism and empathy for 9/11 victims.
They highlight Mamdani’s association with controversial figures, including Imam Siraj Wahaj, whom they label as a jihadist.

3. Media and Political Hypocrisy

The podcast mocks media outrage over President Trump building a ballroom at the White House while allegedly ignoring more serious issues like Mamdani’s political rise.
They accuse Democrats of failing to police their own party and enabling extremism.

4. Gavin Newsom and Elite Hypocrisy

Newsom is portrayed as a privileged elitist pretending to be a man of the people.
His political persona is compared to Mamdani’s, with both accused of promoting Marxist policies under a polished public image.

5. Bill Maher’s Critique

Bill Maher is cited as a liberal voice warning Democrats about the dangers of embracing far-left candidates like Mamdani.
His comments are used to support the podcast’s argument that even mainstream liberals are alarmed by the party’s direction.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:04.4	There is a guy that is a socialist who is about to be elected to be the leader of New York City.
0:12.6	How did this happen?
0:14.1	How did we get to this point?
0:16.0	Senator Cruz and I sat down to talk about this and what it means for the Republican Party as well moving forward.
0:21.6	So, Senator, this is a really interesting moment. And I really do think it's important for us to
0:27.6	just kind of take a step back, look at the Democratic Party. I was doing Shannon Breem Show Fox News Sunday.
0:35.2	And the first topic we talked about was Mendani winning.
0:39.3	We talked about the race in New Jersey and a couple others.
0:41.9	But everyone was focused on Mendani.
0:44.3	And I made the argument that this is now just the Democratic Party embracing what they are.
0:49.5	Marxists, socialist, communists, they're fully embracing it.
0:53.3	He is the face of the Democratic Party.
0:56.1	I actually think this is a gift that's going to give to conservatives and Republican
0:59.6	kids and midterms like we've never seen before.
1:02.8	And if this is the type of leader they want, AOC 2.0, even more extreme than AOC.
1:08.0	That's hard to say.
1:09.1	It's shocking.
1:09.8	But, I mean, we went from AOC, we went from
1:12.0	Bernie Sanders to AOC to Mnani. And the Democratic Party has decided not to police this at all.
1:20.7	So, Ben, I've got to say I came up with a mnemonic today. So pronounce the guy's name who's
1:26.0	about to be mayor of New York. Mandani. Nope. So I got it wrong. Mandani? Mundani. I sent around a tweet. I'm fine with any of them. I sent around a tweet and I realized I misspelled his name. And look, it's not a name you and I are terribly used to. But I came up with the mnemonic to figure it out. It's M-A-M as in Mary, D-A-N-Y. And I actually invert the N and the M. I call them Mandami, and that's not it. And the way I figured out the mnemonic was, ma'am, it's Danny. Because it's Mam-Danny, which is really hard. Like you keep saying Mondani, but it's not M-A-N-N, it's M Danny, which is really hard.
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