>> Tucker: GOOD EVENING, WELCOME TO "TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT." PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN TRAVELING MUCH, THEY'VE BEEN STUCK AT HOME. IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT NEW YORK CITY RECENTLY -- IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW THE TRUTH. IT'S AWFUL. AWFUL, AND IN A VERY RECOGNIZABLE WAY. IN NEW YORK LOOKS LIKE IN NEW YORK IN THE 1970s WITHOUT STUDIO 54. THE CITY HAS ONCE AGAIN BECOME DIRTY CHAOTIC AND DANGEROUS -- JUST AS IN THE 1970s, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN NEW YORK ARE FEELING. MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING THE SHOW RIGHT NOW MASK LISTS FROM YOUR PATIO IN FORT LAUDERDALE, GLASS OF WINE IN HAND THINKING TO YOURSELF, WHY SHOULD I CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN NEW YORK? I VOTED TO GET OUT OF THAT PLACE. LET IT ROT. THAT'S A FAIR POINT. CONSIDER ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE. IT NEW YORK IS THE BIGGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES, MORE THAN 8 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE THERE INCLUDING AMERICANS. WHAT HAPPENS IN NEW YORK AFFECTS ALL OF US. IN THE END, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE BENCH ANYWAY. WE MIGHT AS WELL ROUTE FOR THE BEST OUTCOME. TONIGHT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SOMETHING GOOD MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN NEW YORK CITY, IN FACT, SOMETHING GOOD IS HAPPENING. BILL de BLASIO IS HEADING FOR RETIREMENT. WE KNOW THAT FOR SURE. THE SINGLE WORST MAYOR IN THE HISTORY OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT HAS REACHED THE END OF HIS SECOND DISASTROUS TERM. THE LONG MUNICIPAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER. de BLASIO WAS LEAVING. THE QUESTION IS, WHO REPLACES HIM? UNTIL RECENTLY WE ASSUMED THAT WOULD BE ANDREW YANG, A GUY WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. WE TALKED TO HIM AS HE RAN, AND FOUND THAT UNLIKE A LOT OF 20/20 DEMOCRATS, BETO O'ROURKE -- LOOKING AT YOU. ANDREW YANG IS NOT STUPID, HE'S LEGITIMATE SMART, AT TIMES INSIGHTFUL AND WILLING TO TALK ABOUT INTERESTING IDEAS IN PUBLIC. UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE END, THE WEIGHT OF ANDREW YANG'S LIFE CONTRITE AND CHILLS, PULLED HIM BACK TO THE POISONOUS CULTURE THAT PRODUCED THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND HE EMBRACED INEVITABLY THE DUMBEST KIND OF . AT THIS POINT, THE ONLY REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANDREW YANG AND THEN THE NEXT UNHAPPY LADY BROWSING WHOLE FOODS IS ANDREW YANG IS SLIGHTLY MORE ARTICULATE, THAT'S ODD, AND BITES THE DUST. WE WERE WRONG. HE MAY NOT WIN. TURNS OUT, NEW YORK IS CHANGING. ALL OF THE URBAN DECAY APPEARS TO HAVE AWAKENED TO VOTERS ACTUAL ISSUES. ACCORDING TO A NEW POLL, ANDREW YANG IS LOSING TO A GUY CALLED ERIC ADAMS, THE BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT, CONTROVERSIAL FOR MANY YEARS. IN A LOT OF WAYS, ERICA ADAMS IS A CONVENTIONAL BIG-CITY DEMOCRAT, INTO IDENTITY POLITICS, TOO. THE DIFFERENCES ERICA ADAMS IS ECCENTRIC ENOUGH TO SAY WHAT HE REALLY THINKS ONCE IN A WHILE. FOR EXAMPLE, AND HIS SPEECH LAST YEAR ADAMS LAUNCHED INTO AN ATTACK ON THE LIBERALS WHO HAVE FLOODED INTO NEW YORK OVER THE PAST THREE DECADES. YOU'RE JUST AN AUDIENCE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LIVE WITH THEM. QUOTE, YOU WERE HERE BEFORE STARBUCKS, BEFORE OTHERS CAME. FOLKS ARE NOT ONLY HIGH JAEDEN G YOUR APARTMENTS, BUT SAVE THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU ARE NO LONGER IMPORTANT. WHAT WAS ERICA ADAMS TALKING ABOUT? WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT SMOKE FUSSY LIBERALS DON'T WANT TO TO TALK ABOUT? CRIME AND DISORDER MOSTLY, THOSE MATTER. ONCE YOU'RE AFRAID OF GETTING SHOT TO DEATH WHILE WALKING TO THE STORE, NOTHING ELSE REALLY MATTERS. NO MATTER WHAT COLOR YOU ARE, CRIME AND DISORDER RUGER LIFE. WHATEVER ELSE HE IS, ERIC ADAMS IS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT. HE SPENT 20 YEARS AS A COP IN NEW YORK. >> WE ARE FACING A CRISIS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE. BUSINESSES ARE CLOSING, CRIME IS RISING, HOMELESSNESS IS SOARING, AND OUR FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING. WE CAN'T HAVE AN EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT FAILS TO PUT OUR CHILDREN ON A PATHWAY OF FIXED SUCCESS AND LEAVE THEM AT A DEAD END OF EIGHT CRIME AND HOPELESSNESS. >> Tucker: BUSINESSES ARE CLOSING, CRIMES ARE RISING, HOMELESSNESS IS SOARING. ADAMS SAID THAT OUT LOUD. BY ITSELF, THAT'S A VICTORY OF NEW YORK POLITICS, REALITY OVER DILUTION. IF THERE'S BEEN A RIGID CODE AMONG THOSE SMOG FUSSY LIBERALS IN NEW YORK CITY THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO NOTICE AS THINGS FALL APART. IF IF YOU DO NOTICE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO THINK IT'S CHARMING OR DIVERSE OR SOMEHOW RELATED TO EQUITY. MORE DRUG ODs AND PEN STATION, HOW VIBRANT SPIRITED BEFORE DEATH DOESN'T THINK THAT WAY AT ALL. HE THINKS IT'S AWFUL. THERE'S A SOLUTION, DON'T PUT UP WITH THAT MAKE NEW YORK CITY SAFE AGAIN, EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON IT. >> IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY CONSOLATION IF A POLICE OFFICER SHOOT SOMEONE ILLEGALLY OR IF A GANG BANGER AND BLUE JEANS. NO MATTER WHAT COMMUNITY, PEOPLE WANT THEIR FAMILIES TO BE SAFE. THAT RESONATES WITH EVERY DAY YOU NEW YORKERS. I KNOW MY MESSAGE WILL RESONATE WITH THEM. COMPANIES ARE NOT COMING TO NEW YORK, OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY IS NOT GOING TO RETURN IF TOURISTS ARE SHOT GRAND CENTRAL STATION. THE FIRST OF BUSINESS IS TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL. >> Tucker: THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO GET VIOLENCE UNDER CONTROL. HE WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE THE TOP PRIORITY. WHY HAVE A MAYOR OR OTHERWISE? IT'S NOT THERE TOP PRIORITY. EVEN AS HE POLLUTES THE ATMOSPHERE WITH HIS WEED SMOKE. ERIC ADAMS IS ACTUALLY SERIOUS ABOUT FIGHTING CRIME. IF HE BECOMES MAYOR, HE PLANS TO CARRY HIS OWN GUN. HE WOULD SHOOT HIMSELF BY ACCIDENT. >> WOULD YOU CARRY A FIREARM ON YOU? >> I WILL. AND NUMBER TWO, I WON'T HAVE A SECURITY DETAIL, CHILDREN HAVE A SECURITY DETAIL. NUMBER THREE, THE HYPOCRISY OF THOSE WHO HAVE CITYWIDE OFFICIALS THAT SAID, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE GUNS IN CHURCH. OF THOSE GUYS WALKING WITH THEM, THEY'VE GOT GUNS. >> Tucker: YOU CAN TELL HOW TRUE SOMETHING IS BY HOW THE USUAL HYSTERICS RESPOND TO IT. IN THIS CASE, THEY WERE HORRIFIED HOW COULD YOU? ERICA ADAMS LATER SAYS HE MIGHT'VE BEEN JOKING. AS YOU JUST SAW, HE WASN'T JOKING. HE OBVIOUSLY MEANT THAT. NORMAL VOTERS APPRECIATED IT. WHY WOULDN'T THEY? MEANWHILE, ONCE PROMISING ANDREW YANG HAS DESCENDED DEEPER INTO THE SELF DISCREDITING ABSURDITY OF MODERN IDENTITY POLITICS, SOMETHING TURNS OUT MOST VOTERS DON'T LIKE. WHO KNEW? YANG WAS ASKED ABOUT VIOLENCE AGAINST ASIAN-AMERICANS, EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING UNDERSTANDS WHERE THAT VIOLENCE COME FROM, BUT YANG DID NOT SAY THAT. HIS SOLUTION? GIVE MORE TAXPAYER MONEY TO RACIAL AFFINITY GROUPS ALIGNED WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THAT WILL MAKE ASIAN GRANDMOTHER SAFE. EXCEPT IT WON'T MAKE ASIAN GRANDMOTHERS OR ANYONE ELSE SAFE, BECAUSE WE TRIED IT, IT DOESN'T WORK. ALL THAT DOES WORK IS ENFORCING THE LAW, AND MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT. YES, ENFORCING THE LAW IS THE ONE THING ANDREW YANG OPPOSES. YANG HAS CALLED FOR TAKING MORE MONEY FROM THE NYPD BUDGET AND GIVING IT TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, WHATEVER THAT MEANS. IN A RADIO INTERVIEW, GANGS SUGGEST DEFUNDING THE POLICE BY $1 BILLION, WHICH THEY'VE DONE, MAY NOT BE ENOUGH. >> THEY DID SHIFT $1 BILLION FROM THE NYPD. THEY SHIFTED IT TO OTHER THINGS, WOULD YOU DO MORE THAN THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT. IF WERE GOING TO LOOK AT THE CITY BUDGET, THE NYPD IS MOST LIKELY PLACE TO LOOK BECAUSE WERE DEFENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON THE NYPD. >> Tucker: THE SAD THING IS, PEOPLE LIKE ANDREW YANG, EXETER BROWN COLUMBIA ARE SUCH CRAVEN KISSER'S, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE ADVANTAGE IN TELLING THE TRUTH. IF HE SAID, ARE YOU JOKING? IT DEFUND THE POLICE? THAT'S INSANE. THEY PROBABLY WOULD'VE AGREED. HE TRIED TO SUCK UP AND HUMILIATED HIMSELF. HE WENT ON FROM THERE, THE POLICE SHOULD LEARN MARTIAL ARTS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO USE THEIR WEAPONS, JUST WELL-PLACED KARATE CHOPS. THEY'VE ALSO CALLED FOR CHANGING THE UNIFORMS AND TITLES AND POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I MIGHT RENAME THEM GUARDIANS AND ADOPT A DIFFERENT COLOR SCHEME. YOU GOT TO WONDER, IF THERE'S STILL A CONCERN SHE WOULD SEE FOR THINGS THAT ARE STUPID. GRAD SCHOOL LIBERALS LOVE THIS STUFF. IT FAWNING OVER CRIMINALS MAKES THEM FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES, AND WHEN THINGS DISINTEGRATE AS WELL, AND THEY JUST LEAVE. THEY LITERALLY HAD FOR THE HILLS, ANYWHERE WITHOUT THE "CRIME PROBLEM." IF A LOT OF THEM ARE DOING THAT NOW. AT THE LIBERALS WHO STILL REMAIN IN NEW YORK DON'T HAVE MUCH USE FOR ERICA ADAMS, WHERE LEE IS THE ONE BLACK CANDIDATE THEY DON'T LIKE. YOU GET THE FEELING HE DOESN'T LIKE THEM BACK. HE DEFINITELY DOESN'T BELIEVE THEM WHEN THEY TALK. HERE IS ERIC ADAMS AND THE RADIO ON JULY SYMPATHIZE AND WITH ALL PEOPLE, DONALD TRUMP. >> WERE IN THE PERIOD OF HEADLINES. THE TRUTH BE, NOBODY CARES ABOUT TRUTH ANYMORE. THIS IS AN INSTAGRAM, TWITTER UNIVERSE WHERE PEOPLE SAY, LISTEN, WE DO CELLS THAT'S -- PLEASE. MODERATE THINKING, COMMUNICATION, REAL FACTS THAT DON'T EVEN MATTER IN THIS UNIVERSAL AND RIGHT NOW. >> Tucker: COULD IT BE THE THING I FALLEN APART TO SUCH AN EXTENT, GOTTEN SO CRAZY THAT SOMEONE LIKE ERICA ADAMS, WHO YOU WOULD'VE LEFT OFF THE STAGE 18 MONTHS AGO AS CRAZY HIMSELF ACTUALLY IS THE SANEST GUY RUNNING, AND THE ONE
All Asian tourists in NYC should be given a gun on arrival to defend themselves from the violently insane locals
I never understood the love for Andrew Yang. He never struck me as particularly bright or articulate.