Zohran Mamdani Gives Closing Message of Campaign
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What are the main challenges facing New Yorkers today?
Mr. Minister of Budget, what kind of signs do you see in the air at the moment? No signs at all. Instead, I see amazing signs on the streets, on the streets, on the slopes, wherever and on the ground. What are you talking about? Not anything, but the winter season of Budgesport. I mean, what? Whatever, all the signs are coming from there. We're offering the best signs with a 60% discount.
Tiedä milloin on paras aika laittaa virrat päälle tai akut lataukseen. Fortumin sovelluksella otat sähkönkulutuksen haltuun. Pohjoismaista energiaa arkeen. Fortum.fi
And you can't make this up. While the American people are suffering during this government shutdown, as people are fearful they may lose their health care, their SNAP benefits may go away. Donald Trump is posting this.
How does Zohran Mamdani view Trump's impact on New York?
I renovated the Lincoln bathroom in the White House. It was renovated in the 1940s. In Art Deco, he's posting about marble floors and marble toilet bowls. And I mean, it's been post after post and golden handles in the sinks. I mean, is he just trying to rub it in right now in people's faces who are suffering? I want to bring on Zoran Mamdani to the show. Great to see you again. And, you know, we had you on here before the primaries. And one of the things we talked about is how you took a tour across the boroughs and you were listening to what people were saying, including Trump supporters. And as you see right now, the American people are suffering. Trump made all of these promises, none of them being delivered on the issue of affordability or any of this stuff.
He's posting marble this and the Kennedy Center is going to be expensive rugs and carpets. I mean, what's going on, Zora?
You know, there was not a single New Yorker that I spoke to that told me the reason they were voting for Donald Trump was for him to spend $300 million on a renovation of a White House ballroom. And what I heard instead is exactly what you alluded to.
What strategies is Mamdani using to connect with voters?
New Yorkers who are fed up with the cost of living and who wanted a president who would deliver on the promise of cheaper groceries, deliver on the promise of lowering that cost of living. And instead, this $300 million, which could have been used to feed 100,000 New Yorkers, provide them with SNAP benefits, is instead being used for these personal refurbishments. And I think it just speaks to the fact that this isn't about whether it's possible to do so. It's just a question of want. Donald Trump does not want to provide healthcare for 4 million Americans. He does not want to ensure that SNAP benefits continue for close to 2 million New Yorkers. He does not want to actually take care of the very people whose despair that he diagnosed and then whose support that he betrayed.
And it's time to actually offer a politics in this country that doesn't just say that working people are struggling, but then does something about it. And that's at the heart of the campaign that we have here in New York City. It's the heart of many campaigns across this country. We're looking to call the question on the authoritarianism from Washington and show that democracy can deliver right here at home.
I mean, he keeps going out there and bragging. I brought in $22 trillion. The number always changes.
How does Mamdani address the affordability crisis in New York?
$17 trillion, $18 trillion, $20 trillion. I think the people of New York and the borough know a Ponzi schemer now and a con man when they see one. Don't you worry. Those Doge dividend checks... They're coming right around the corner. Your tariff rebates, just it's all right. The workers, I think Treasury Secretary Scott Besson said this yesterday. This year was Wall Street. He said this. Next year, we got you workers. Next year is your year. Isn't that what they're always next year?
Just always next year. It's always next year. And I think people voted with their pockets in mind.
What insights does Mamdani have about Trump's promises?
They wanted to see if they could actually be able to afford the things that they would afford four years prior. And what they're instead seeing is Donald Trump was focused on his own pockets. And that's the politics that's on offer in this moment.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the main challenges facing New Yorkers today?
0:01–0:48
2
How does Zohran Mamdani view Trump's impact on New York?
0:48–1:57
3
What strategies is Mamdani using to connect with voters?
1:57–3:01
4
How does Mamdani address the affordability crisis in New York?
3:01–3:36
5
What insights does Mamdani have about Trump's promises?
3:36–4:52
6
Why is volunteer engagement crucial for Mamdani's campaign?
4:52–5:55
7
How can New Yorkers get involved in the campaign?
5:55–6:52
8
What is Mamdani's closing message to voters?
6:52–10:26