Mamdani's Own Supporters Label Him a Traitor
Ruthless Podcast
October 9, 2026
Fun Time Friday delivers chaos as Zohran Mamdani faces backlash from his own supporters, a Vermont debate turns brutal, Keith Ellison faces questions over lavish travel, and Tim Walz becomes the punchline.
Speakers Josh Holmes, John Ashbrook, Alex Latcham, Comfortably Smug
Josh Holmes (0:00)
One of the things that we enjoy the most is when the left turns on itself.
John Ashbrook (0:06)
Careful, Zohran.
Josh Holmes (0:08)
You gotta face your people every once in a while.
SPEAKER_3 (0:23)
The dog caught the mail truck. He jinned all these people up. He said, I'm gonna arrest Netanyahu, and all this bullshit, and then they show up and attack him.
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SPEAKER_4 (1:35)
Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please.
SPEAKER_5 (1:39)
This program has become one of the most influential podcasts in America.
SPEAKER_4 (1:44)
I love the personality.
SPEAKER_5 (1:45)
You guys are killing it.
Alex Latcham (1:46)
I just saw your number one.
SPEAKER_5 (1:47)
So congratulations.
Josh Holmes (1:48)
It's an honor and a pleasure to welcome the great Sean Hannity.
SPEAKER_3 (1:53)
Guys, I love you.
SPEAKER_8 (1:55)
Congratulations on all your success.
Alex Latcham (1:57)
This is why you listen to the Ruthless Podcast, because nobody else would ask that question. The only political podcast worth listening to is the Ruthless Podcast.
SPEAKER_9 (2:04)
It's time for our main event.
SPEAKER_5 (2:07)
The Ruthless Podcast.
John Ashbrook (2:10)
Fun Time Friday.
Josh Holmes (2:14)
Welcome back to the Ruthless Friday program. I'm Josh Holmes along with comfortably smug, Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook left to right across your radio dial.
We got a hell of a fun time for you. I want to start by saying, Alex Latcham is in the house. If you haven't heard his name before, he runs the Senate Leadership Fund, a little outfit that's in charge of, I don't know, hundreds of millions of dollars of campaign, spending, this cycle. And I think basically, basically every media outlet in America wants to sit down with him. It's one place that he wants to come to.
Comfortably Smug (2:52)
Yeah.
Josh Holmes (2:52)
It's the Ruthless Variety Program.
Comfortably Smug (2:54)
And the interview was tremendous. You get a lot of great info. You get a great update on exactly what's happening with these Senate races. If you're in one of these states and you see an ad where the Democrats getting the shit kicked out of them, chances are, that's Alex's team at work.
They're also going to let us preview an ad for the first time anyone's going to be seeing, which is amazing. And for the folks on the audio only, this is the time. We're like 200 away from 200k. Go to the YouTube, hit that subscribe, because you're going to want to see these ads. There are some amazing ads that they're going to be running.
SPEAKER_3 (3:26)
Yeah. And also like what a week for guests on the Ruthless Variety Program. When you think about it, you got one of the founders of Palantir, you got the Attorney General of the United States of America, and the head of one of the largest super PACs in Republican politics, all in one week, for free, you, the listener and viewer.
SPEAKER_8 (3:45)
Yeah. You know what?
SPEAKER_3 (3:46)
Another reason to like and subscribe.
Comfortably Smug (3:48)
Subscribe to the YouTube.
SPEAKER_9 (3:49)
It's a real show.
SPEAKER_8 (3:50)
Yeah.
SPEAKER_9 (3:51)
It's a real show. We have a great time, lots of laughs, lots of fun.
SPEAKER_8 (3:55)
It's a rollicking podcast. There we go.
SPEAKER_10 (3:58)
Rollicking podcast.
Josh Holmes (3:59)
Yeah.
SPEAKER_9 (3:59)
That's exactly right, Bray Hulme.
Josh Holmes (4:03)
Let's let you in on a little joke before we get started. We're busting balls before we start.
SPEAKER_11 (4:08)
Or her cat was named Vagina.
Josh Holmes (4:12)
In that, the board, which was a critical feature of the early days of this podcast, has been neglected.
SPEAKER_3 (4:19)
It's not just neglected. It's that every time we're doing sound check, go ahead, interrupt me with another.
SPEAKER_4 (4:24)
Filthy, dirty, disgusting.
SPEAKER_3 (4:26)
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