Zohran Mamdani: “There's a tendency to treat all of these issues that we're…”

“In terms of policy, in terms of people. When I went to speak to those voters on Fordham Road and on Hillside Avenue, There's a tendency to treat all of these issues that we're facing as if they were created by Donald Trump, when in fact, the most salient of them are the ones that existed prior to him, that he has diagnosed and then exploited. Let's talk about one of those issues that. It's of great concern, and I hear it less. I hear a lot of discussion reasonably, about housing prices, food and any number of things.” (17:31–17:44)

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