Zohran Mamdani: “What I've said is that my inability to say what Rabbi Hersh…”

“Well, what I grew up believing is that every single person should be entitled to the same rights and that equality should be something enshrined in the law. And What I've said is that my inability to say what Rabbi Hersh would like me to say comes from a belief that every state should be of equal rights, whether we're speaking about Israel or Saudi Arabia or anywhere in the world. So you ran as an activist, as an ideologue. Running a city requires compromise. Are you prepared to do that?” (04:02–04:15)

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