Maud Maron: Nikole Hannah-Jones Sacrificed Her Daughter

Former public defender and former NYC candidate Maud Maron joins Lou to talk about Nikole Hannah-Jones's confession about her daughter's education, what happened to the "tough New Yorker," drug dealers on her stoop, and why she's done with the Democratic Party. Maud is a New Yorker, a woman, an independent, and currently "independently unemployed." She ran against Alvin Bragg for Manhattan DA on the Republican line. We get into Mamdani and Rikers, the DSA takeover, why registering as a Democrat is a trap, the teachers union nobody mentions, Lou's Queens public schools and the SHSAT, Soho encampments with furniture, and why the sidewalks are yours for the taking. Watch full episodes on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Vb53s4I0A&list=PLb5trMQQvT077-L1roE0iZyAgT4dD4EtJ Listen on Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lou-perez-podcast/id1535032081 Listen on Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/2KAtC7eFS3NHWMZp2UgMVU 🍺 Co-host of Happy Hour Econ → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-hour-econ/id1863476697 📖 Lou's book — That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r 👕 Rock XX-XY Athletics. Get 20% off with promo code LOU20: https://www.xx-xyathletics.com/?sca_ref=7113152.ifIMaKpCG3ZfUHH4 🌐 TheLouPerez.com | 📧 [email protected] ✉️ Newsletter: https://substack.com/@louperez 🎬 Watch my sketch comedy streaming on Red Coral Universe: https://redcoraluniverse.com/title/the-lou-perez-comedy-68501a2fd369683d0f2a2a88?loopData=true&ccId=675bc891f78f658f73eaa46d 0:00 – Intro: Maud Maron, independently unemployed 0:36 – We met at FreedomFest in Memphis 1:42 – The face cream the government doesn't want you to have 3:51 – Keeping tabs on Brooklyn through Nextdoor 4:33 – What happened to the tough New Yorker? 5:43 – Drug dealers on the stoop and two cops in the living room 8:38 – "He looked like Boston Rob from Survivor" 9:37 – Push-in robberies: safety is the baseline 13:03 – What's changed since Maud's public defender days 13:32 – Her grandfather and the old Democratic machine 14:39 – Mamdani, Rikers, and the Trinitario gang member 16:55 – Jumaane Williams vs. Target over ICE 18:28 – Democrats who defend gang members 20:44 – Maud's question: is there a path for NYC Republicans? 21:33 – The registration trap 23:31 – Pataki, Giuliani, Bloomberg, and Larry Sharpe 26:29 – The DSA took over the party 28:13 – Politics is a street fight 28:25 – Nikole Hannah-Jones and her daughter 33:11 – The teachers union nobody mentions 33:45 – $50,000 a year per student 37:18 – Lou's Queens public schools and the SHSAT 40:26 – When Asian kids don't count as people of color 41:06 – Argentina and Tucumán pride 42:41 – Running against Alvin Bragg, and what's next 43:17 – Saritha Komatireddy vs. Tish James 44:57 – Trump cleaned up Union Station 45:33 – Soho encampments with furniture 46:32 – The sidewalks are yours for the taking