New York Primary... Are We Surprised? artwork

New York Primary... Are We Surprised?

Hammer + Nigel Show Podcast

June 24, 2026

Mamdani gets a clean sweep, a bad night for Hakeem Jeffries See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Speakers: Nigel, Hammer, Scott Jennings
**Nigel** (0:00)
Were you, like, I woke up this morning, I was like a little bummed about that New York primary, all those weirdo, leftist, Democrat, socialists, getting their, getting elected, all Mamdani's crew, the mayor of New York City, the guys that he was backing. You know, some of these people, AOC and Bernie Sanders aren't touching.

**Hammer** (0:24)
Right.

**Nigel** (0:25)
And like, I was kind of bummed about that, like, well, what does this portend for the rest of the country? What does this mean for Hakeem Jeffrey? Like Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader, what a huge loser last night in New York City.

**Hammer** (0:39)
In his own state.

**Nigel** (0:40)
In his own state.

**Hammer** (0:41)
Yeah. Like, he's the high-ranking House Democrat, and that's his backyard.

**Nigel** (0:46)
So my question for you, were you at all like, did you wake up this morning and say, oh, man, that, like, what is going on in this country?

**Hammer** (0:53)
Are you kidding me? I pop champagne. OK, I love what's happening in New York because one, let them fail.
Let them. If you want to elect people to turn you into Gotham City before Batman becomes Batman, be my guest. If you want to elect socialists that have government ran grocery stores and all this other garbage, be my guest. I hope you fail.
Now, as for the rest of the country, I think this is great for the Republicans. I think it's great for conservatives because while this act plays, in these crazy big cities, it will not play in a general election for the swing states required to win. You cannot be a president of the United States with the socialist background these people have and pick up all the states you need, like Ohio and Georgia and Wisconsin. There are pockets of Michigan that love this crap, but I don't know if you could win state-wide. Maybe if anybody could do it, maybe it's Michigan of the swing states, but I don't think you can pull enough to make this happen. So I think this was a good thing for the conservatives. Let the Democrats show you who they are now. They are the party of 9-11 was your fault. They are the party of we hate America. We love socialism. We hate rich people. And I'm telling you, the happiest people alive last night were real estate brokers in the state of Florida, because there's going to be a lot of folks that are moving the hell out of New York down to Florida.

**Nigel** (2:26)
I feel better now. I feel better now. I'm sorry. Excuse me.

**Hammer** (2:30)
Now, House Speaker Mike Johnson, he I think feels like you, Nigel. He's talking a little bit about what last night really mean.

**Scott Jennings** (2:40)
And these kind of people have been popping up. You've been hearing me say for weeks, there are many Mamdani's popping up all around the country. It is a dangerous thing. This is not a joke.
We're in a fight right now to save the Republic. And every American needs to take this seriously. You need to wake up. This upcoming midterm election is not the midterm elections of years ago. It's going to decide the direction of the country. Are we going to maintain our status as a constitutional republic on our 250th anniversary? Are we going to make a new choice and go down some road towards a communist utopia? That's the choice right now. We've been saying for months, it's a contrast election. We've been saying it's a contrast between common sense and crazy.
That's exactly what's going on. They give us new illustrations every day.

**Hammer** (3:19)
I don't think there's enough of them to go countrywide.
You can take New York City, you can take Chicago or parts of Minneapolis or Michigan or LA. You could have cities, but statewide, countrywide, I don't think it's going to fly.

**Nigel** (3:37)
In this, again, it was just a primary. I understand that the midterms are in November and the turnout was very low, even in places like New York, New York City, the turnout was low.
Mamdani, the mayor of New York City, he's got his minions, he's got his people, the horses he was backing, the grassroots campaign there for the people. But I mean, the Democratic Party is now definitely, without a doubt, unequivocally, the Democrats Socialist Party of America. And that's what needs to be highlighted, as you pointed out, Hammer.

**Hammer** (4:11)
Now, if you're going to say that Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader, was the big loser last night, I think the silver medal would go to Congressman Dan Goldman. Now, this was a never Trump guy. He was just a little mealy mouth weasel the entire time. But he's Jewish and he thinks Israel has the right to exist.

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