Life in the City is deteriorating before our eyes.

0:00 Speaker 1 With us today is a former Congressman, Peter King, and he is one common sense guy and he’s been working hard for New York City, for Long Island, for New York State, for our country. Peter King, what are you most concerned about our country? You’ve been a congressman for twenty eight years and you’ve seen it a lot happen.

0:25 What are you most concerned about right now? For your kids and grandkids.

0:31 Speaker 2 John, I would say the almost total breakdown in the country between one side and the other, the way every issue seems to be divided along such really bitter artisan lines. And also study with you and I have discussed even in professions like the law, which used to be more highly regarded than it is today. The lawyer is by

0:54 its nature this is an adversarial business. One side fights with the other, but it was always done with a certain rule. Don’t like boxes. They have the market of Queensbury rules. They have to you know, there’s no filing allowed, there’s no budding allowed. It’s certain rules have to be followed.

1:11 And I find out some of these indictments, for instance against President Trump, they are using politics to criminalize a political opponent. I read the indictments of President Trump, whether it’s about January sixth, or certainly here in New York about the payments to a playboy model or whatever she was.

1:33 The fact is the prosecutors know that they are leaving out important facts, exculpatory facts. For instance, in the indictment that was going out with President Trump and January sixth does not have mentioned anywhere that he told of you once to march peacefully. And also the prosecutor gave the impression that he was being indicted for causing an insurrection

1:53 or causing a riot. Yet nothing in the charges adds up to that. They’re trying to really camouflage a political attack by disguising it as an indictment. We saw the same thing, which is can Jurney Bragg in New York, and that to me goes against Listen, you expected to fight, but in that fight, you’re supposed to be no rabbit punches.

2:14 You’re supposed to put everything on the line, and you’re also, if you’re a prosecuty, you’re supposed to put the information that’s favorable to defend it to be made known. That’s not being done here. So I’m using that as just the most recent example of how the criminal law is now being used as a political tool. And also John,

2:34 as far as ethics, we have a situation oby where the state may be almost going broke. The revenues are down so much, taxpayers are moving out of New York, expense is at getting higher, and yet when you see the politicians and Obany, they don’t seem to care. I mean, there’s always going to be political differences about how much

2:51 money you should spend, what programs you should keep going. But again that was always with certain parameters that you’re not going to allow a state or cities to your bankrupt, going to spend money foolishly, You’re gonna have to at least debate it. Now with the super majority Democrats in Albany, they don’t seem to care, and they don’t even care

3:10 what the governess says. I mean, they can override our vetos. So there’s just a break down in basic respect for one another, basic respect for ethics, and I just see it getting worse. And we see it with the Rosevela hotel and people is lined up out in the streets, sleeping in the streets, old people here illegally and yet

3:29 hardworking new Yorkers have to find their way to work, they have to walk around any of these people. They have to pay taxes to subsidize these people. And yet, if you know, listen to the progressives, they’re more worried about the people coming into the country illegally than they are about the hard working middle income families they are

3:50 struggling to pay their bills and put their kids through school.

3:54 Speaker 1 Well, there’s so many veterans are starting to say, how come you know we’re taking care of the people coming through the borders versus taking care of my friends, my veteran friends, or my American homeless friends. I mean, I think the rule should be we take care of American people first before we worry about people in Cexral America.

4:21 Speaker 2 I certainly agree we should take care of Americans first and first and foremost to be Americans. Veterans. They’re the people who put their lives in the lion, I mean literally risk loss of life and limb to protect our country.

4:34 Many of them came back physically wounded, others quite frankly, emotionally or mentally wounded, going through a post traumatic stress syndrome. Many of them can’t afford to live in a decent home, of different decent housing because they can’t get a job that pays enough money. That’s to me so much our efforts to be put into that instead. And again, I

4:56 try to be a friend of Eric Adams, but the fact that he was welcoming people pragg me about the fact that New York was a sanctuary city and basically urging illegal migrants to come to New York. Now we’re being overwhelmed by it. I don’t know what the numbers are you fifty thousand or one hundred thousand.

5:13 Speaker 1 Well, the number the other day was there’s one hundred thousand migrants in New York City. Besides that, there’s sixty thousand homeless. So at what point do we reach? See you know the bad point.

5:32 Speaker 2 I think we’re the point we play almost now and again. But you know, you have to realize that people had a chance in the last election and they voted to keep Democrats and all this movement. I’m not making this protestan because you know enough Republicans that can threw things up too. I mean, you can’t have it both ways.

5:48 People can’t be complaining about what’s happening and then vote for the same people every time. So this is again it’s signed for people to wake up, pay more attention, and realize that being in a democracy, you have to work at it. People have to work out of voters have to work at it, and elected officials have to

6:07 work at maintaining a sense of ethics and decency and realize that their constituents, the hard working men and women, are the one that deserves first and foremost be properly cared for and have there necessary means, necessary requests met.

6:23 And again, as you said, John, first and foremost among that would be our veterans.

6:28 Speaker 1 Let’s take care of them first. Let’s take care of the American homeless and the American people that are in need before we’re worry about the rest of the world. That’s all I’m saying.

6:40 Speaker 2 Yeah, I mean it sounds good to be taking care of the whole world. The fact is you have to be practical, and taking care of the whole world means in fact, no one’s going to be taken care of, which is not the money to go around to everyone.

6:51 And what’s going to lead to is just to break down in society and break down in the quality of life. That’s going to force it’s going to end up with New York working like San Francisco or some third world country.

7:04 Speaker 1 I agree on, Congressman Peter King. Anything else before we sign off for Sunday morning, and you can go out and enjoy the sun.

7:12 Speaker 2 I’m going to enjoy the sun, and I’ll be seeing you tomorrow night in the studio for a catching Cosby at five o’clock on Monday afternoon.

7:19 Speaker 1 Look forward to it. Thank you, Congressman Peter King, and keep fighting hard for America because our kids and grandkids depending on us. Thank you so much.

7:29 Speaker 2 Absolutely, thank you. Job