Zohran Mamdani: “To have a sitting elected official call for me to be…”

“… forth with Republican Councilwoman Vicki Paladino, who took to social media to call him, quote, a radical leftist who hates everything about the country. She said he should be deported. To have a sitting elected official call for me to be deported is a glimpse into Trump's America and what it means to be an immigrant in this city and in this country. It's reminiscent of what Donald Trump did to Barack Obama and it shows that the same poison that he has brought to this country is one that is alive and well through his mouthpieces on the City Council.” (01:41–01:51)

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