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Welcome to The Truth with Lisa Booth, where we try to get to the heart of the issues that

matter to you.

Today is Election Day in New York City, and the city's next mayor could be and will probably

be socialist Zoron Mamdani.

He holds a commanding lead in the race right now, and he will oversee 8.5 million

residents as well as a massive economy. So we'll talk to E.J. and Tony, chief economist at the

heritage, about how much damage Zoron can do in the next four years. Plus, it's concerning because Axios recently found that 67% of college students view socialism

favorably.

This also comes as AOC and people like Bernie Sanders have now become part of the mainstream

and the Democrat Party.

So where is this all heading? We'll dig into what socialism is

and the impact it could have in New York City and potentially elsewhere in the country with the

rise of some of these figures on the left. Also, we'll get a snapshot on the economy heading into

the 2006 midterms and get EJ's take on if President Trump's tariff strategy is

working. So stay tuned for E.J. and Tony.

Well, E.J., it's great to have you on the show. Appreciate you making the time, my friend.

Oh, Lisa, thank you for having me again. It is great to be back with you.

You always do a great job of explaining some of these complicated issues. You know, E.J., I wanted to start.

I don't know if you saw that Axios poll recently that surveyed U.S. college students, but they found that 67% of the respondents hold a positive or neutral

association with the word socialism compared to only 40% for the word capitalism.

You know, I think we talk about capitalism, we talk about socialism, but like how would you

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