Zohran Mamdani: “Eric Adams was on his way to D.C. to make the case and then…”

“And in the critiques that had to be made of how the Biden administration was responding to New York City's needs, Eric Adams was on his way to D.C. to make the case and then turned back because his major fundraiser of his campaign was having her house raided by the feds. So you cannot have an effective leader who is not actually focused on delivering on these kinds of issues when their number one priority is keeping themselves and their close associates out of jail.” (43:36–43:46)

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