Zohran Mamdani: “In California, the attorney general there estimates that for…”

“And what I mean by fighting is actually being willing to not only publicly oppose this kind of an agenda, but also to ensure you're using every tool at your disposal. You know, In California, the attorney general there estimates that for every dollar they spent in legal fees, they recovered more than $30,000 in federal funding. that would otherwise have been stripped of the state. And I'm lucky to be here in a state where we have an attorney general and Tish James, who's done an …” (28:12–28:21)

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