Zohran Mamdani: “We faced an opponent who spent more than two and a half…”

“And I made a few calls to people that I respected, to mentors, to people who had really brought me into the world of New York City politics. And eventually I said yes. And we ran that campaign in 2020. We faced an opponent who spent more than two and a half times as much money as we had [in the 2020 State Assembly campaign]. We had the support, practically was from this organization and a few others who were willing to take a brave stand. And despite all the obstacles in front of us, we won that race in 2020, in June.” (06:44–06:50)

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