Zohran Mamdani: “He fought to expand Social Security to the countless…”

“He protected workers as he investigated labor abuses and called for a stronger National Labor Relations Act. He provided English literacy lessons to thousands of newly arrived immigrants. And He fought to expand Social Security to the countless domestic workers who had been excluded. In the words of the great Dorothy Day, the poor of East Harlem felt that he loved them and was interested in them.” (01:09–01:14)

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