This week, I sat down with Caroline Shinkle, the Republican candidate for Congress in New York’s 12th District. Caroline studied economics at MIT and graduated from Harvard Law School before going on to work at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Israel, and as a corporate lawyer in New York City. In this frank conversation, Caroline lays out why she believes the Democratic Socialists of America have hijacked the Democratic Party and why she thinks the chaos that is happening in France could soon find its way to America.
We cover congestion pricing, sanctuary cities, the importance of supporting Israel, the rise of anti-Semitism in New York, the best gluten-free bagel in the city, and why she believes a Republican can finally win in Manhattan.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Trailer
00:01:01 Intro
00:02:17 Mapping New York’s 12th District
00:04:29 How the DSA hijacked the Democratic Party
00:07:02 Congestion pricing, or how to tax the problem you created
00:11:18 A second Cold War in our own backyard
00:16:39 Running as a Republican in an 80% Democratic district
00:19:04 No federal income tax up to $150,000
00:21:37 Why supporting Israel matters to America
00:24:19 Is Zohran Mamdani an anti-Semite
00:28:43 Sanctuary cities and the Bronx ICE shooting
00:32:22 The best gluten free bagel in Manhattan
00:34:19 The biggest political realignment since FDR
00:37:20 Outro
