In the wake of the New York post election, Peter Vazquez sounds the alarm on a cultural reckoning. As values crumble and cities shift left, he calls Americans to rise—rebuild faith, family, and freedom before truth disappears from the streets.
The dust has not settled in New York. It shifted. On this episode, Peter Vazquez walks listeners through a post-election landscape where Monroe County’s old firewall collapsed, Greece and Perinton flipped, and City Hall doubles down on “progress.”
Callers light up the lines: Keith demanding Trump turn fully domestic and fix the kitchen table economy; John warning of nickel and dime governance; Lorraine pressing the information war the Right keeps losing; Charles pointing to turnout math and hard lessons ahead; Gary tracing thirty years of classroom conditioning and broken voter rolls.
Peter connects the dots: culture beats campaigns, schools precede city halls, and parties that ignore their own “Growth and Opportunity” playbook keep reliving the same losses. He uses National Men Make Dinner Day as a parable: lead at home first, model dignity, and rebuild the foundations of God, country, and family.
He contrasts poetic promises of “free” solutions with the prose of reality, crime, costs, and a city told “this democracy is yours,” though not for those who still believe virtue, work, and faith matter.
This is not despair. It is a summons. Turnout is a duty. Culture is the battleground. Leadership begins at the dinner table and radiates outward to precincts, school boards, and budgets. Truth has fallen in the streets; pick it up. Join The Next Steps Show and take your place in the rebuilding.
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The Next Steps Show with Peter Vazquez
Episode: Post-Election Breakdown – Culture, Faith, and the Vanboolzalness Crisis
Host: Peter Vazquez
Network: The Voice of Liberty / WYSL
Air Date: November (Post-Election Week)
Peter Vazquez:
Mira la izquierda, mira la derecha—¿qué ves? ¿Dónde estás?
In a world that seems to change daily, what will you do next? Welcome to The Next Steps Show with Peter Vazquez—your starting point for discussion y un poco de dirección.
It is two days after the election, and I want to hear from you—locally and across the nation. I am still trying to wrap my head around some of these results. Here in Monroe County, regardless of who is running or voter turnout, the numbers keep landing around that strange 60–40 split. It is bizarre. Some races went exactly as expected, but others—completely unexpected. Why does this keep happening?
Because, ladies and gentlemen, how can we have a socialist—a self-proclaimed terrorist—running the financial capital of the world? It defies logic. But maybe it is not surprising anymore. It is culture. This is not simply a Republican or Democrat issue. I know great Democrats and great Republicans. I also know Republicans who would sell their own mother to get elected. Just look at what happened in Greece.
We will get back to that later, but first—did you know today is National Men Make Dinner Day? Some of you are thinking, what? It is observed annually on the first Thursday of November. The idea is to encourage men to take initiative, to serve their families.
Now I love to cook—not because I want to be a chef, but because when we talk about men leading their families, setting examples for their children, especially their daughters, it matters. Studies show that a daughter often marries a man like her father. Men, your leadership shapes generations.
Even if all you can do is boil a hot dog, do it. Because one day, your daughter will look at a man and say, “You are my husband,” and you will want that man to lead his family with dignity, in God, country, and family.
And that is where we are going today. As conservatives and people of faith, we cannot keep depending on politicians to fix our problems. That is not happening. New York woke up under new management, and this was not just another election night—it was a political earthquake.
Caller: Keith
Keith shares frustration with President Trump, calling for him to become “the domestic president.” He urges Trump to stop traveling overseas, fix the economy, and connect with voters in key states like Virginia and New Jersey.
Peter:
Keith is right about focus. I would have loved to see Trump work more with leaders like Winsome Sears—people who can effectively communicate conservative values, faith, and family. The Republican National Committee’s 2013 “Growth and Opportunity Project” identified exactly what we needed to do. And what did we do? Nothing.
Two years ago, Monroe County’s grassroots movement broke records. We came together, elected leadership that was supposed to represent you and me. But then the party got scared. Now, even with new leadership, the question remains—why do we keep losing ground?
Because while we’re politicking, the other side is mobilizing. Their revolution is cultural. They are quoting Eugene Debs. They are running open socialists like Zoran Mamdani, who now claims a “mandate for change.” That is not reform—it is a revolution against faith and family.
Caller: John
John condemns dishonesty in leadership and predicts rising costs and taxes. “They’ll nickel and dime us to death,” he warns.
Peter:
John is absolutely right. What we are witnessing in Monroe County—Democrats sweeping key areas, city councils failing families, rising crime—it all points to one issue: culture. We have surrendered the culture war.
Caller: Lorraine
Lorraine highlights the Left’s control of education and media, urging conservatives to counter misinformation and reach uninformed voters.
Peter:
Exactly. This is not just political—it is spiritual and cultural. Cuomo once said believers in God, country, and family “have no place in New York.” And yet, we keep electing worse.
Segment:
Upstate used to be New York’s conservative firewall. But Democrats just flipped Greece and Perinton for the first time in a century. Malik Evans cruises to re-election in Rochester. The question is: did voters choose progress, or just react out of fatigue?
Caller: Mike
Mike calls the current struggle “a spiritual war disguised as politics.” He cites Ephesians 6—“We wrestle not against flesh and blood”—and warns about rising Islamist influence.
Peter:
Mike is right—it is spiritual. Islamism is not a religion of peace; it is an ideology of domination. Mandami talks about “this city is your city, this democracy is yours.” He is not speaking to us.
Caller: Charles
Charles argues that low turnout and emotional voting caused the blue wave. He adds, “Maybe Mandami’s win will show why socialism fails. When the market crashes, I’ll buy property.”
Peter:
Psalm 11:3 says, “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Charles is not wrong—there is opportunity in failure, but only if we wake up.
Caller: Gary
Gary cites Andrew Paquette of New York Citizens Audit, who found major irregularities in voter rolls. He warns that socialism is taught in schools but its reality is never shown.
Peter:
He is right again. This destruction comes from within. It has been happening for decades. This is not entertainment—it is a call to action.
When a socialist mayor says, “This democracy is yours,” he is not talking to us. He is talking to those who reject God, country, and family.
Peter Vazquez (Closing):
Here is the truth: over half of early voters were Democrats. Less than a quarter were Republican or Conservative combined. How can we win if we will not vote?
The GOP once called for “Growth and Opportunity.” Instead, we doubled down on grievance. Democrats talk about rent freezes and free buses. We talk about the past. That must stop.
This is not just political. It is spiritual and cultural. The Left came for our children decades ago, and now those children are raising theirs with the same ideology.
Isaiah 59:14 says, “Truth has fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.” Truth has fallen—but we can pick it up. Lead your homes. Rebuild faith. Restore culture.
God, country, and family.
Be a leader. Be a voice for liberty.
Until tomorrow—this is The Next Steps Show with Peter Vazquez.
