Zohran Mamdani: “The working people of New York have been told by the wealthy…”

“The sun may have set over our city this evening, but as Eugene Debs once said. I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity. For as long as we can remember. The working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well connected that power does not belong in their hands. Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor. Palms calloused from delivery by candle bars. Knuckles scarred with kitchen burns. These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power.” (00:22–00:31)

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