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Jon Stewart: “Why take on the label of democratic socialist knowing that…”

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Socialism, Politics & NYC | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Published | Video Starts at 11:39

… how much money you have in your pocket, you understand that if you want to get from point A to point B, best way is to get on that train. Why take on the label of democratic socialist knowing that it comes with a lot of other baggage that may not be helpful to you in your pursuit of what are, what was it about what they were saying that drew you as opposed to running as the things that you're suggesting to me, if you ran on these as a Democrat, I, it's not, I wouldn't say like what, what the heck, you know, it's, it sounds very much in line with that. It sounds like what you're doing differently is you're being competent or, you know, ruthlessly pursuing those goals and chipping away at them. So why take that on? That's for sure. (11:39–12:10)

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Asserts that the policies being discussed align with Democratic values, questioning the need for the democratic socialist label.

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