Zohran Mamdani: “New Yorkers do not want to support our current president's…”

“Whatever Donald Trump seeks to do to influence the outcome of this election, I have more faith in New Yorkers themselves, who have shown, whether it be in the previous presidential election or whether it be through this primary race, that they New Yorkers do not want to support our current president's vision of a New York City that is detaining New Yorkers on the basis of political expression. that in fact, what they want is someone who can stand up to an authoritarian administration and to the billionaires that gave us that administration.” (01:05–01:39)

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