This is a lightly edited transcript of the October 31 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Patrick Gaspard: Thank you so much, Perry. Excited to be able to chat with you. Bacon: So I’m gonna start with—I mean, for the people who, a lot of people, I’m guessing, who don’t follow us as closely—but Patrick is a huge, influential figure in politics. Worked in New York politics, worked for Mayor Dinkins, worked his way