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Zohran Mamdani: “Those are the words of Mario Cuomo, that's the former…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Up Close

Published | Video Starts at 21:57

Maybe you did, but I didn't hear you say that. He's a very famous person and he had great meaning, especially because of who said it originally. Yes. And Those are the words of Mario Cuomo, that's the former governor of the state. And those are words that are so iconic that every one of us knows exactly who it is that said it when we utter them. (21:57–22:01)

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Asserts that the quote "we campaign in poetry and we govern in prose" is from Mario Cuomo.

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