Hayes: Endorsing against incumbents really is kind of the unwritten rule in this. Tish James, who was a very vocal backer of yours when you were running for mayor—and even a backer of yours when I think it was pretty politically controversial to be so—had this to say. She said she and other political leaders she’s spoken to are disappointed in Zohran Mamdani. “All of us are a little frustrated with the Democratic Party, but you don’t blow it up. That’s what MAGA has done.” What do you say to that?
Mamdani: I think, what is the Democratic Party if not its voters? And what we saw yesterday evening were Democrats across the city turning out and voting for a new kind of politics.
And I’ve been clear time and time again that I believe the only majority in our country is that of the working class. And what we saw is that a focus on the working class.
And I have a deep amount of respect for my friend, Attorney General James. And I also believe that these are the kinds of candidates that we need to see in Congress, as well as the five state legislative candidates that I endorsed that also won yesterday evening.
I made a promise to New Yorkers that I would use every tool at my disposal to actually transform this city into one that they could afford.
And one of those tools is using your political capital to ensure that the people who will fight hardest for that same agenda are going to be there, whether it’s in Albany or whether it’s in D.C.
Conan O’Brien says he turned down millions from Fox because all he wanted was The Tonight Show.
“Fox came to me with a huge offer. It was something like $28 million.”
“NBC basically said, ‘We can’t match that, but when Jay retires, The Tonight Show is yours.’”
“So I stayed.”
“I never made career decisions based on money.”
“All I ever wanted was a body of work.”
“The idea of leaving NBC and losing access to 16 years of work I was proud of was crushing to me.”
“When everything with The Tonight Show fell apart, I made a decision not to complain about it.”
“Any time I talked about it, people would say, ‘Conan just can’t let it go.’”
“But if a guest asks you about it on live TV, what are you supposed to do?”
“I don’t regret trying.”
“I don’t regret taking the shot.”
“A lot of life is about how you play the cards you’re dealt.”
“I’ve been incredibly lucky, but I’ve also had moments where the cards weren’t great.”
“And I’m proud of how I played them.”
@PrezLives2022 Hakeem can screw right off. Mamdani did more in his first week than Hakeem has done his whole career. Besides, the establishment is not and has never been his friend.
Watching the World Cup has me asking questions. Do Europeans get issued 8 weeks of vacation, unlimited airline miles, and a trust fund at birth? Because every match I turn on there are 40,000 fans following their team to a different state or country on a Tuesday afternoon while Americans are hiding in a work bathroom checking scores.