Zohran Mamdani: “The New York Times reported that he had a conversation with…”

“He says he had no conversation with the White House whatsoever and knows nothing about it. Are you believing that? No. Why not? Because The New York Times reported that he had a conversation with Andrew, with Donald Trump, all with the intent of figuring out how to stop our movement, our campaign. and I believe the New York Times over Andrew Cuomo. So do you think that the White House getting involved in a race is something that's a good look for somebody who's the President of the United States?” (19:29–19:38)

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