The Ben Shapiro Show

Snapshot · The Ben Shapiro Show

Ep. 2452 - Mamdani the Kingmaker

Explore episode Jun 24, 2026

Where this was said

What the Right Should Do: Draw Stark Lines

At 53:40 · chapter starts 52:40

The prescription is simple but requires discipline: if you find yourself agreeing with Brad Lander or Zohran Mamdani, you should not be a Republican. Shapiro plays a clip of President Trump calling out the 'communists' running in New York and agrees with the instinct to name them clearly. But he also turns his criticism on the Republican side: Senator Bernie Moreno is co-sponsoring a Social Security plan with Elizabeth Warren that would eliminate the payroll tax cap above $184,000 — a move Shapiro calls a straightforward tax hike that will not actually fix Social Security's structural problems. He warns that making common cause with redistributionist Democrats blurs the very contrast Republicans need to maintain.

Similar snapshots