Zohran Mamdani: “For every dollar [California] spent on lawsuits against the…”

“And I look for examples across this country that showcase the best way to respond to Donald Trump's strength, collaboration, his threats, rather, it's responding with strength. And what we see in California is an Attorney General of the state has estimated that For every dollar [California] spent on lawsuits against the federal government's threats to withhold funding, they won more than $30,000. in what would otherwise have been lost. And so we will take that same approach. You visited a synagogue last week over the Jewish New Year over Rosh Hashanah to bridge a divide with the Jewish community that you have had.” (03:02–03:10)

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