Zohran Mamdani (guest)

He released a statement on the weaponization that refused to name either Donald Trump or Tish James.

And so my point being, there already exists retribution here in the city, the likes of which that has immense consequences.

We have a candidate who is running on the promise of being able to stand up to Trump while he can't even name him.

And what I will do is no doubt face these kinds of threats, including those that have been made about Trump.

Deporting me, arresting me, denaturalizing me.

I will face them knowing that just by virtue of Donald Trump saying something, it doesn't make it law.

What actually makes it law is when we go through the court system.

And what we've seen is a approach in California where the attorney general, the mayor of LA, the governor of the state came together to file a lawsuit that where a federal judge recently found in their favor, the deployment of the National Guard was illegal.

And also an attorney general who found that for every dollar that they spent on legal fees, they were able to recover more than $30,000 in federal funds that would have otherwise been stripped of them.

Why not?

I'm not looking to assist Donald Trump in his attempt to fulfill his campaign promise to create the single largest deportation force in American history.

illegal immigration to be treated differently than it has.

What I've heard from my supporters and what I've heard from New Yorkers, frankly, is a desire for dignity.

And in looking at what ISIS's presence has been in New York City, what it has meant for our city, seeing at the very least an absence of that, and in fact, an attack, not only on the question of dignity, but on the very fabric of the city, right?

Where

I know of who took down the numbers on every apartment on their floor so that ICE wouldn't know where anyone lived.

Wow.

And no, I'm not going to help Donald Trump in doing so.

I'm, in fact, going to fight Donald Trump when he looks to tear families apart.

And I'm going to do so because I know what the stakes are.