By Katherine Tinsley
12:51pm PDT, Jun 30, 2025
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Democrat New York City mayoral candidate
Zohran Mamdani is working to address the rising class divide in the city that has the most billionaires in the world.
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Zohran Mamdani discussed his commitment to New Yorkers in the Sunday, June 29, episode of Meet the Press: "You are a self-described democratic socialist. Do you think that billionaires have a right to exist?" Kristen Welker asked the politician. "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," Mamdani replied. "And I look forward to working with everyone, including billionaires, to make a city that is fairer for all of them."
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Donald Trump has branded Zohran Mamdani a "communist," which the mayoral candidate denied: "No, I am not," he said when asked if he identifies as a communist. "And I have already had to start to get used to the fact that the president will talk about how I look, how I sound, where I'm from, who I am — ultimately because he wants to distract from what I'm fighting for."
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Zohran Mamdani also shared that his voter base is comparable to Donald Trump's: "I'm fighting for the very working people that he ran a campaign to empower, that he has since then betrayed," the democratic socialist said. "And when we talk about my politics, I call myself a democrat socialist in many ways inspired by the words of [Martin Luther King Jr.] from decades ago who said, 'Call it democracy or call it democratic socialism. There has to be a better distribution of wealth for all of God's children in this country.'"
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Zohran Mamdani, who recently won about 44% of the votes in the Democratic mayoral primary, noted how New York is devolving: "As income inequality has declined nationwide, it has increased in New York City. And ultimately, what we need, is a city where every single person can thrive," he said.
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Donald Trump slammed Zohran Mamdani in a passionate Truth Social post on Wednesday, June 25: "It's finally happened, the Democrats have crossed the line," he wrote. "Zohran Mamdani, a 100% Communist Lunatic, has just won the Dem Primary, and is on his way to becoming Mayor. We've had Radical Lefties before, but this is getting a little ridiculous."
