Time to Leave NYC
The Sean Hannity Show
Sean Hannity
4.0 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Sean Hannity leads with New York City's heated mayoral race, spotlighting Zoran Mamdani's double-digit poll lead and ties to far-left figures like AOC, Bernie Sanders, and Linda Sarsour. Hannity frames Mamdani as dangerously radical, citing his alleged anti-American connections and policy promises such as decriminalizing major crimes. Guests like JD Vance slam Mamdani's handling of 9/11s aftermath, while Bill Maher warns Democrats the entire party's fate is now on the ballot. With over 25% of New Yorkers considering leaving, Hannity argues this race is a wake-up call for voters, emphasizing the real-world stakes of this dramatic political shift.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.2 | I thank you, Scott Chanon, and thanks to all of you for being with us. |
| 0:07.2 | Write down our toll-free telephone number. |
| 0:09.7 | If you want to be a part of the program, it's 800-9-4-1, Sean, if you want to join us. |
| 0:15.6 | I'm watching my friends in my former state of New York. |
| 0:19.9 | I guess I have a lot of former states. |
| 0:21.6 | I formerly lived in Rhode Island, California, Alabama, Georgia, back to New York. |
| 0:27.5 | Now my free state of Florida, which is my home, you know, for all time. |
| 0:33.2 | I'm hoping and praying. |
| 0:36.1 | And Sean, I'm getting all these notes. |
| 0:38.7 | Did you see the poll that came out today about the mayoral race? |
| 0:43.2 | And I'm like, yeah, I did see that poll. |
| 0:45.5 | I read it very closely. |
| 0:47.4 | And it has Mamdani, Kami, Marxist Mamdani, you know, with 44% of the vote, |
| 0:55.9 | Quinnipiac University, and Andrew Cuomo at 34%. |
| 1:00.2 | The polls are closing. |
| 1:02.6 | The headline is Cuomo closes gap on Mamdani instead of 14 points. |
| 1:06.6 | Okay, it's 10 points. |
| 1:09.1 | That is not a close poll to me. |
| 1:12.5 | A double-digit lead is a double-digit lead. |
| 1:16.1 | There's an interesting thing we're watching. |
| 1:18.6 | We're not ready to go with it yet, |
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