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Zohran Mamdani: “Spending more than $500 million a day to kill people in Iran…”

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

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Zohran Mamdani says Iran war speaks to a "broken kind of politics" | Newsmakers

Published | Video Starts at 08:45

… of people at a time when working class people across this country cannot afford the bare minimum. And to be told that a city run grocery store is implausible. But Spending more than $500 million a day to kill people in Iran and Lebanon is not only plausible, but necessary. It speaks to a broken kind of politics. And what we're showing is that we can put forward not just our principles, but also the practical impacts of this work. (08:45–08:53)

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Asserts that the U.S. spends over $500 million daily on military actions in Iran and Lebanon.

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