Zohran Mamdani: “The government's job is to deliver a dignified life, to make…”

“Because it is not the government's job to bully talk show hosts off of the air. It is not the government's job to tell us what we can and cannot talk about. The government's job is to deliver a dignified life, to make our city safe, to make them affordable, to make sure that this is a place where all four of those freedoms are lived out each and every day. And I am running to be the next mayor of this city to live up to that responsibility and to finally make clear what it looks like to stand up not just for this city, but also for the Constitution that we hold so dear.” (05:14–05:27)

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