Transcript of #BecauseMiami: Miami Mamdani

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That's how it started in September of 2023, and 14 months later, this is how it went. Breaking news. Charges have been dropped against former Miami Commissioner Alex Díaz de la Portilla. Former Miami Commissioner Alex Díaz de la Portilla was facing charges connected to alleged bribery and money laundering, but all of those charges have been dropped. Prosecutors concluded there was no reasonable likelihood of conviction in this case. Díaz de la Portilla was arrested in September of last year. He was accused of accepting money from the owners of a private school in Edgewater. $245,000 in exchange for voting to approve the construction of a local sports facility. Happy Halloween because Miamians. This year, I got a trick instead of a treat because AlexDLP, Dias La Portilla, or Degenerate Lying Prick, was supposed to be on this show last week, and then again this week, and he is a no-show. That's great, Billy. Good job closing the deal on There he is sitting next to Roy, as you can see with his headphones on. Díaz La Portilla was arrested for bribery and money laundering and corruption and campaign finance crimes, and then exonerated by the same state attorney that arrested him.

We've covered it on this show repeatedly. He is now running for mayor of the city of Miami in this clown car of a race that is going on right now as we speak. Early voting is already underway. He was going to come on the show and take the tough questions. And he was going to. He was never going to. What am I talking about? I'm glad you finally realized that. It was never going to happen. Well, because you didn't introduce me to Polymarket in time for me to see how low the odds were on him showing up. Could have consulted with DraftKings to find out that this was a losing bet for me all the way. What's amazing, though, Roy, is that we actually have had three of the top contenders in this 13 candidate mayoral race on the show. We had, of course, Emilio Gonzales, we had Miami Dade County Commissioner, Eileen Higgins, and we had former City of Miami Commissioner, Ken Russell. Of them, the only person who I think is polling to potentially make the runoff is Joe Carollo. He's a wife, be her wife, be her. Yeah, that's Joe Carollo. Now, to be fair, Díazla Portillo is not going to break double digits, I think.

So I think he's in a race for, I don't know, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth place, probably. But it was going to be interesting to talk with him because he is quite the character, as you can discern from the beginning of this program. I'm a little frustrated about this, although it was entirely, entirely predictable. Speaking of Joe Correo. He's a wife. He's a wife. Oh, wow. I was going to make a joke. It was right on the tip of my tongue. It was right on the tip of my tongue. You have a governor's amount. What I have is very small. And it didn't, fortunately, it didn't escape my lips. But The headline this week is, No, Donald Trump hasn't endorsed Joe Carollo for mayor of Miami. He sent out a flyer, a mailer, entirely in Spanish, which is unusual because Donald Trump signed on March first of this year an executive order they're declaring English, the official language of the United States. But this flyer shows a litany of pictures of Joe, some with his wife Marjorie, and, well, then not even candidate Donald Trump, because this was all back from Joe Correo's days as the...

He was the city manager in Dural for about 15 months before he got fired for trying to hijack the entire city from the mayor and the government who hired him. Again, it was like, what did that expect? What did I expect inviting- A coup. A DLP onto the program? I should have expected- You expected a coup. Oh, I expected nothing, and clearly Dural should have expected a coup. He's got this flyer. It says, more than 25 years with President Trump defending our Republican principles and values. He's really pandering to his base. A lot of these guys, Díaz La Portilla, Corrello, and Emilio González, are running what appears to be a Republican primary and really cannibalizing the conservative vote here in the the city of Miami. It's an interesting tactic, but I will say that the New Times, their reporter, Alex DeLuca, spoke with someone at the White House who said that despite the fact that these mailers looked like an endorsement of some sort from the President of Joe Correio, it is absolutely not the case. He has not endorsed or engaged in this race, is what the White House spokesperson said in an email.

But he sent these misleading flyers, of course, to Republican Supervos voters all over the city of Miami. So, Roy, what is the state of the Miami mayor's race? Because as you know, is on his way out. He's been term limited. He tried to steal an extra year and hold on to power without the people voting on it, and he was unsuccessful, thanks to Emilio González's lawsuit. But what do you do? Because there are 13 candidates running for Miami mayor, and 40% of voters are undecided. What's the maximum amount of the percentage that you have to win? So that's the thing. By the way, the 40% of voters that are undecided, understandably so. Esto es un arrozco mango. It's too many people. It's like a cheesecake factory menu. Early voting is already underway, so it's time to make a tough decision. To your point, Roy, it's most likely that no candidate will get the majority of the votes required to win outright on November fourth. The top two will face off in a December runoff election that will ultimately decide the mayor's race. You got to vote now, and you got to vote again in December if you want to help pick the next mayor of Miami.

But who the hell do you vote for? Right now, we're really just choosing the two people that will wind up in the runoff. If you want what's best for Miami in this race, these are the candidates that you should, hope, make it through. That is Emilio Gonzales and Ken Russell. Now, what are the odds of that happening? Probably not great. To be clear, I'm not picking winners here. I'm just saying if you want the best choice out of these 13 candidates, we didn't get to pick the candidates, we now have to pick from the candidates, from the talent pool here, shallow, though it may be. This choice in December is what's probably best for the city of Miami. Now, I've talked shit about both of these guys, but again, we're picking from the crop that we have. I will say that both of them have city hall experience, and both of them have fought the corruption that has plagued this city. They testified in that corruption trial, the civil corruption trial against Joe Correo. That was the case, of course, that resulted in a 63. 5 million dollar judgment against Joe for weaponizing city government against business owners in Little Havana.

Another thing we've talked about a lot. I also should say that these local races in Florida are non-partisan, which means there's no R or D beside the candidate's names. But unfortunately, They're often hijacked by party politics irregardless. I know some people will never vote for a Democrat, and some will never vote for a Republican. As a proud NPA, I think that's unproductive. But the upside here in this race is there's something for everyone. If you lean Dem, Ken Russell is unfortunately your best choice in this race. If you care about the environment and affordable housing and climate change, He is certainly more legitimate than Eileen Higgins, who you saw come on this program- And lie. And be less than ingenuous, I would say. Okay, there you go. I would say. Much better than me saying lie. I would say. With Eileen Higgins, you'd be trading overt corruption for covert corruption. She is a wolf in sheep's clothing. If you follow the money, you can predict her votes and how she will act. Ken Russell is, believe it or not, a little bit more of a good faith actor. Eileen Higgins will sell you out with a smile.

If you lean Republican, then Emilio Gonzales is certainly your guy. He has tried to outmaga everybody else in this race, touting endorsements from Ron DeSantis. Oh, that's BS. No, totally BS. From US Senator Rick Scott and from that Canadian. What's his name? Ted Cruz. Yes. Is it Knuck or Knuck? It's Knuck. What Are you Rose? It's not the Vancouver Knucks? No, it's the Vancouver Canucks. So that Knuck, Ted Cruz. Yes. Canuck cowboy from Texas. Yeah. Ted Cruz. Emilio Gonzales certainly has his conservative bona fides or Republican bona fides established. So setting aside partisan politics, if you want what's best for Miami, those are the two candidates you should want in the runoff. And if you want to know who to vote for in December, well, we'll burn that bridge when we get there. We'll be right back. Folks, listen up. Guy Fiery's got culinary chaos on his Christmas list. Don't miss the brand new series, Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas on Food Network. For the first time ever, Superstar Chef duels will go head to head in high pressure, high flavor matchups, all for charity. Get ready as game day Intensity meets holiday heat in the biggest culinary competition of the season.

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Who wouldn't vote for that? If you're down on your luck, that sounds like a great deal. The only problem is it never works. It never has worked, and it's never going to work. That was the exact same promise that a young, charismatic leader made in Cuba in the 1960s. He did effectuate equality. He effectuated equality of misery, equality of repression, equality of poverty. I don't even know where to begin with this. Underhanded man-child fail, son. So this is outgoing, Miami mayor Francis Suarez, reacting to the Polymarket report that in the New York mayor's race, Zora Mamdani has a 95% chance, 95% odds of winning this race. I don't know a lot about Mamdani. I don't follow the New York mayor's race that carefully because if it's not entirely clear. #becausemiami. I don't live in New York. I live in Miami. I know that New York mayor's races tend to make more national news, but nonetheless, this is just crazy talk. First of all, the interchangeable way in which he uses terminology like communism and socialism as if they're exactly the same thing. There are certainly similarities, but they are not the same ideology, number one.

Number two, the idea that This is called Righteous Anger. Is it Righteous? I'm just... I mean... Only in the Banana Republic, baby. Only in Miami. Or maybe it's just Anger. This idea that he's like Fidel Castro. Fidel was a tyrant, a dictator, an authoritarian. He was a left-wing dictator. Before him, Cuba had a right-wing dictator in Batista. What he's describing is one dictator being better than another dictator. How about no dictators? Or how about in the words of our founding father's, no kings? I don't even know that he understands what he's talking about. He's obviously just trying to get some hits on Fox News. But look at the way these guys operate down here in Miami right now. It's all socialism in Miami Dade. We have these Robert King High Towers, which is a 300 plus unit public housing for the elderly, where all of these guys go to campaign because they're super voters, these elderly voters. First and foremost, it's public housing. You know what that is? Socialism. Socialism. They're all getting food stamps. You know what that is, Roy? Socialism. Socialism. They're all... I got Obamacare, Medicare, Medicaid. You know what that is?

Socialism. Socialism. They're all in Social Security. You know what that is? That would be Socialism. Socialism. These guys, like Francis Suarez, they'll go and they'll get gift cards for groceries or go buy food and things for some of these folks with our money, with taxpayer money, public dollars, and then go and give them that. You know what that is, Roy? I believe that's socialism. Socialism. Then I got to hear from these people that Mamdani is a Communist and a Socialist all at once. All at the same time. Yeah, I got to hear from some of these same folks that I'm looking for the cart, dude. This is always what happens. You've got glasses on it. Certainly.. There you go. I will say I do vote against my own best interest, which is to say I vote to raise my taxes so that I can help people who need help in this country have an opportunity to live the American dream and to create opportunity for themselves and their families. Certainly, I think a society should be a civilized society, the richest country in the history of the world, should be judged on how we treat our most vulnerable and infirm, our children, our elderly, our sick.

How long you've been living here? I know. It's pretty twisted. I don't believe that that's socialism. I believe that that is capitalism creating opportunity. That is people paying their fair share to contribute to a society that has created these opportunities for us to succeed. Oh, Bernie. That's what I think. No, he's a democratic socialist, which, to be fair, Mamdani says that he is not a Communist. He's a democratic socialist. I'm not a democratic socialist. That is not my ideology. But the hypocrisy of someone of Miami Mamdani. That is Francis Suarez. Francis Suarez is Miami Miami, Mamdani. Not a bad name for the episode, by the way. I'll write that down. I'll write that. Ponzi Postalita, Miami, Mamdani. I'm really loving the cutaway to our guest. I should interview our guest. Anyone listening is really not going to get the benefit of this site gag here. We do these radio sight gags that we do on the program. But I just find the hypocrisy really telling and really frustrating. Roy is now moving the mic over to what is a plastic Halloween decorative skeleton with cans on, with headphones on his head. Somebody tells me that he is more sober and engaging than DLP would have been.

There we go. That was Wait, who left, Roy? Was that the skeleton? Hocus-pocus. I had that one. I had that one locked in. Mr. Mayor, you're brilliant. You were super smart. So speaking of socialism in Miami, a lot of Miami Cuban Trump supporters are super scared, bro. At Little Havana's Domino Park, fear among those we spoke with about the possibility that in just days, those who benefit from Snap, a federal assistance program, might not get the benefits in November because of the government shutdown.. Enrique González, who's 79 years old, says he benefits from Snap, $28 a month helps him a lot.. He'll be greatly effective, he says, asking the President for help, reminding us Mr. Trump likely won the presidency because of Cubans here in South Florida. The senior citizens are almost going to starve. Almost 3 million Floridians could suddenly be without vital food assistance. This number includes over a million children, over 700,000 seniors, and over a quarter of a million Floridians with disabilities. I think it's important to note, that Miami Dade has the nation's highest share of elderly food assistance beneficiaries. Of the more than 215,000 households in the county, three out of five have one or more elderly member over 60.

This is according to Miami Harold's analysis of data from the US Agriculture Department. As you heard, nearly 3 million Floridians may lose access to the supplemental nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as Food Stamps, as soon as tomorrow. We're just minutes away here from a lot of people going hungry. You have the local Catholic charity A lot of the food banks are working over time. These are folks who already serve upwards of 600 seniors every month. Of those, I think 40, 50, 60% of them already receive Snap benefits. To hear people talking about the possibility of going starving in, again, the richest country in the world where we are spending $350 million, the price of the Staples Center is okay to build the Epstein Ballroom, while a very serious conversation about Americans-It's Crypto. Com, Marine Ball. Going starving. Is it really? It'll always be- Yeah, they change the- It'll always be Staples Center. Yes, it will. It'll always be Joe Robby to me. It'll always be FTX Arena to me. Speaking of which, are you going to Francis Suarez's American Business Forum next week? Next week? No. Why not? It's right across the street due to the FTX Arena.

I guess I don't want to. You're going to have the Argentinian President. Malay is going to be there. You're going to have Lionel Messi, Donald Trump, Rafael Nadal. You're going to have Jamie Dimon. You have who It's quite- Rafael Nadal is going to be there? Yeah. Now, have I sold you a ticket? I think you can get some Diamond tickets for $10,000. This is not an event for Miamians. This is like some late-stage capitalism oligarch festival or something. It's OF. It's the oligarch festival. Now, for everybody else in Miami, that's OnlyFans because we are also, Roy, entrepreneurial and capitalist as we are. We are the OnlyFans capital of the United States of America as well. And Bang Brothers. Which could also be why we're the Snap capital of the Bang Brothers. Can we get BBC? Bang Brothers Center? They tried. They tried. They offered like 10 million bucks, I think. Didn't they? Yeah, and they didn't take it. The county did not take it. The BBC. I just like saying that over and over again. I'm sure the Brints love that. Bang Brothers Center. Roy, you're not going to believe this. What's that, It turns out Miami has some waste, fraud, and abuse.

Yeah, it would kill me. Florida Doge came to town. If this was a business, the city of Miami would go bankrupt. Florida's chief financial officer says the city of Miami is burning through tax dollars. Blaise Ngooglia says the city's general fund skyrocketed past what it should be, even with taking population growth and inflation into account. The city of Miami blew past that number by $94 million. N'goglia says his mission is to root out wasteful spending in local governments across the state as part of an effort for property tax reform, floating the idea of eliminating them altogether. The city of Miami is the latest target. With this general fund increasing more than 358 million dollars since fiscal year 2019. Government is taking your money and squandering it. And Guglia says he's done similar audits in eight local governments, uncovering more than $1. 1 billion in wasteful spending this year alone. This feels like the meme with Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man. These are not exactly... I mean, Blaze and Golia is not exactly a good faith. Don't have a name. Don't have a name, man. It's also my drag name, Blaze and Broglia. I've never- ZNP West.

Angolia is how you pronounce it. Angola? Angola. Angolia. This guy has been going on this Florida Doge tour. The problem is he's talking about saving... When he says that Miami has overspent by $94 million and that Miami's budget growth is not consistent with inflation and cost of living and all this. Okay. But he didn't actually point to any particular line items. I could be more specific about it. The guy is using a formula that I don't know applies to the city of Miami as it would to a more rural community. And not to mention that this is all a scheme so that the governor, Ron DeSantis, can introduce legislation next year in the legislative session to get rid of property taxes, which on its face sounds really compelling. And then when you think about where do our taxes go, it's a little frightening because they go to first responders, fire, police. They go to public hospitals. They go to transit. They go to making the lights go red and green. They go to schools. They go to trash. They go to all of the essential services that impact all of us every second of every minute of every hour of every day.

Eliminating those would, I It would just be an absolute, not even a cannon blast, but a nuclear explosion in the budget of these municipalities. Have they all been responsible? No. Is the city of Miami been responsible? Obviously not. I talk about that all the time. But it's hard when you They have a state government who themselves, their budget, has grown from $92 billion, fiscal year 2020 to 2021, to 117 billion in fiscal year '25, '26. A $25 billion increase. They're talking about what amounts to rounding errors in some of these municipalities. Yes, there is waste, there is fraud, there is abuse. But when you don't have responsible, good faith actors who are legitimately examining it and not coming to the table with their own baggage and their own hypocrisy and their own agenda. It's really, really hard. That's the challenge of this moment, too, in this world, is that you have to immediately question why people are saying and doing what they're saying and doing, even when you agree with it, even when it sounds like a good idea or it seems to be well meaning. You have to be quintuply skeptical than ever before.

Well, you look like you have something to say, or maybe it's our guest would like to contribute something. Thank you. So certainly said more than DLP. Yeah. Degenerate loser prick. Is that what we... Degenerate lying prick. No, you want me to change the title. He'll be a loser after this election. Yeah, we have to worry about potential defamation lawsuits. From the word loser? I don't think loser is defamatory. I'm not saying it's factual, but you have to look at his record. What he did win was an exoneration from the Broward County State Attorney's office. I wanted to congratulate him for that and talk about how he was railroaded on that. But DLP, what do you think about that? I cannot sanction your Oh, there you go. We're thinking about our friends in Jamaica and all throughout the Caribbean today. For this Miami moment, we're going to share a friend of the show, John Morales, the meteorologist for Miami's NBC 6. At the moment, he was live on television and found out about the storm being upgraded not only to a Category 5, but the absolutely petrifying pressure of the storm being updated in real-time. Those of us who have experienced hurricanes of this magnitude, like the Category 5, Hurricane Andrew, that, fortunately, I say, was a fast-moving storm, whereas this one has just been stewing in the Caribbean, the eye directly over Jamaica.

I hope everybody is well and has survived the storm and that we will have a Jamaica to visit once again. Cocaine's. I've gone for about 10 minutes here. And? 180 now. Not 180. What's the pressure? Pressure. This is Air Force flying into that. Yeah, this is Adam Berg. He's giving me this information. Pressure is now down to 896. Oh, my Jesus Christ. Okay. Now is a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila. Cuervo. What are you doing here? Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up. Well, I do know that to be true, but even during an ad, reads like... Cuervo. I think he could lay out, especially for one of our great partners. Sweet, delicious Cuervo. Since then, Cuervo has stayed true to its roots. The same family, the same land, the same passion. Cuervo. So enjoy the tequila that started it all. Cuervo. Cuervo. The tequila that invented tequila. Ervo. Com. Please drink responsibly. Cuervo.