Zohran Mamdani: “We are talking about people whose crime simply seems to be…”

“Ones that keep New Yorkers safe. And I've told the President this directly, which is that we, what we are talking about is not people who We are talking about people whose crime simply seems to be being in New York City. And if they were to make good on this threat it would rip the civic fabric of the city apart.” (07:09–07:14)

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