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Zohran Mamdani: “Our politics too often creates incentives to spend moments…”

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

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Zohran Mamdani Addresses New York City Mass Shooting and Public Safety Policies

Published | Video Starts at 36:46

And part of that means admitting as I have grown. And part of that also means focusing on the people who deserve to be spoken about, because Our politics too often creates incentives to spend moments of mourning discussing other candidates, when, in fact, many of these victims have not even been buried yet. We are speaking of families who are organizing funerals, and these families focus is solely on those that they have lost. And we have seen that what they deserve is a moment of empathy, of support, of honor. (36:46–37:01)

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Asserts that political discourse often shifts focus from victims to candidates during mourning periods.

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