Trump Tried to Arrest Him Twice, Now He's Running for Congress.

With ICE threatening to flood New York City with more federal agents than it's ever seen, this congressional candidate is already two arrests deep and just walked out of federal court not guilty…

That's why Tara McGowan sat down with Brad Lander, former NYC Comptroller, Democrat who helped Zohran Mamdani defeat Andrew Cuomo and now the leading challenger to incumbent Congressman Dan Goldman in New York's 10th Congressional District. Fresh off his acquittal for "blocking an elevator" at 26 Federal Plaza — where ICE has been running an illegal detention facility on the 10th floor — Brad joins Tara to talk about what's coming for New York City and why he isn't scared.

They get into Tom Homan's threat to deploy the largest ICE surge New York has ever seen in direct retaliation for Governor Hochul's new immigrant protection laws, what Minneapolis taught the country about showing up for your neighbors and why Brad believes the line in the Democratic Party right now isn't progressive versus moderate, it's fighters versus fakers. 

Here's what all they get into:

Inside Brad's ICE Arrest — 1:32

Will ICE Escalate In New York? — 7:29

Why Run For Congress? — 16:54

Who's Brad's Top Target? — 20:32

Where Brad Finds Courage — 22:49

Early voting is open now and the NY-10 primary is June 23rd.

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