Zohran Mamdani: “The mayor of New York City is considered to have the second…”

“And I would say that because also too often Democrats are worried about what Donald Trump will say about something. And so we retreat and allow there to be a void when, in fact, mayors of our cities, The mayor of New York City is considered to have the second largest bully pulpit in America. That's a bully pulpit that should be used to define the truth of what is happening and to push back on these horrific kind of narratives that are then used as the justification to, to disappear people hundreds of miles away.” (05:05–05:10)

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