Zohran Mamdani: “You were in your 30s. You were running against someone who…”

“A genuine upset. An independent beating both the Democrats and the Republicans. When we started our campaign, we were reading about your path. When you ran for mayor. You were in your 30s. You were running against someone who had been in power for quite some time. Five terms. Five terms. And he struggled to pronounce your last name. Yep. He called you Saunders. Saunders. What took you to the point where you were able to.” (02:21–02:28)

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