Zohran Mamdani: “Despite him facing more than $60 million in outside…”

“And if those simple commitments and beliefs are what drives Representative Johnson to these kinds of conclusions, I think it shows you how deeply out of touch the Republican Party is with the concerns of working class Americans. Because what we have seen is Despite him facing more than $60 million in outside spending, he was able to prevail with a focus on a cost of living crisis and the way in which health care is exceedingly out of reach for those who have helped to make this country what it is. Thank you, Kathy. Go ahead. Hey, how's it going? Following up on that, I just wanted to ask you the characterization that some are making as calling him Michigan's Mandani, have you had any conversations with him?” (28:16–28:33)

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