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@baslow@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Zohran Mamdani on his run for NYC mayor, taxing the rich and tackling hate head-on

"you said that you didn't believe that billionaires had the right to exist. What does that mean?"
"I was speaking about the stark nature of income inequality in this city and in this country, and ultimately, I think the better question is whether working people have the right to exist"

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https://www.npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5449040/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayoral-candidate
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@baslow@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

"Just a few days after I received a number of death threats from someone who said that he was going to blow up my car (which was news to me, because I don't own a car) I walked the length of Manhattan to speak to New Yorkers.
And I did it because I think the way that we defeat this bigotry is by showcasing just how small of a minority it actually represents."
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@baslow@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

"a lot of what you're promising is out of the mayor's hand. It's something that will have to happen at the state level."

"Any mayor that has an ambition that meets the scale of the crisis of the people that they're seeking to represent will have to work with Albany. And the reason that I put forward this agenda is not only because it's urgent, but because it's feasible. I say that to you as an assembly member who won the first fare free bus pilot in New York City"