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“I don’t think we should have billionaires.” NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks candidly on Trump, immigration, and his democratic socialist vision 🚇🔥
Democratic socialist mayor led historic push to lead New York, speaking on immigration, Trump and subway burritos.
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Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who is now mayor of New York City, ran a campaign known for its soaring political rhetoric, its viral memes and its candidate’s witty quips.
Here
are some of the quotes that came to define his historic push to
lead one of the world’s most important cities:
1. In
his victory speech,
Mamdani, who was born in Uganda and
moved to New York City with his family at age seven, asserted his direct
opposition to Donald Trump’s
aggressive anti-immigration agenda, celebrating the contributions of immigrants
to the the city, and vowing to protect those communities against US Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
New York will remain a city of immigrants: a city built by
immigrants, powered by immigrants, and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant. So
hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have
to get through all of us.
2. In a
heated exchange with independent candidate Andrew Cuomo during
an October mayoral debate, Mamdani clapped back to
criticisms about his lack of experience by highlighting grave failures under
Cuomo’s tenure as state governor.
What I don’t have in experience, I make up for in integrity. And
what you don’t have in integrity, you could never make up for with experience.
3.
Mamdani, who grew up in the shadow of 9/11, has spoken many times about his
experiences of Islamophobia –
an issue that remained very much alive during the racially charged election.
In a pointed response to Islamophobic attacks against him, Mamdani declared in
his victory speech that
rhetoric like that would no longer win elections in New York City.
No more will New York be a city where you can traffic in
Islamophobia and win an election.
4.
Mamdani’s snappy retort to a heckler yelling “communist” at him was an instant
hit. The clip of the democratic socialist mounting a Citi Bike and cycling off
became a viral moment in his campaign, bringing together his focus on
affordable transit, cycling infrastructure, and his sense of humor.
It’s pronounced ‘cyclist’.
5.
Mamdani remained unapologetic about his identity and values in his
victory speech.
I am young, despite my best efforts to grow older. I am Muslim.
I am a democratic socialist. And most damning of all, I refuse to apologize for
any of this.
6. With
affordability at the heart of Mamdani’s campaign, he made many statements on
economic inequality and wanting to raise taxes on the city’s wealthiest.
I don’t think that we should have billionaires because, frankly,
it is so much money in a moment of such inequality, and ultimately, what we
need more of is equality across our city and across our state and across our
country.
7.
Mamdani’s “response to #burritogate”
– where he had been pictured on
the subway eating a burrito with a knife and fork.
I hear you. I see you. And if you’re a burrito on the Q train, I
eat you.
8.
Mamdani’s victory speech was watched far beyond the borders of New York City.
It had resonance across the US, and the rest of the world,
and into the White House itself. Mamdani, in directly taking on Trump during
the address, showed he knew exactly who was watching.
If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to
defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him. So, if there is any way to
terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to
accumulate power. This is not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next
one. So, Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you:
turn the volume up!
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