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Zohran Mamdani: “Faith in democracy diminished because they were tired of…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Zohran Mamdani on Trump, Iran war and the future of the Democratic Party | Talk to Al Jazeera

Published | Video Starts at 19:57

… sight of the reflections of so many leaders from decades ago who would speak about the fact that faith in democracy diminished not because individuals changed their mind about the … Faith in democracy diminished because they were tired of being hungry. … of wealth and power to continue at the pace and scale that it has, we will find more and more Americans who are disillusioned by the politics around them because … (19:57–20:01)

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Asserts that economic hardship leads to diminished faith in democracy.

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