Newly sworn-in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised to lead the Big Apple into “the warmth of collectivism” – a clearly Marxist/communist reference – as he delivered his inauguration speech Thursday.
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MAYOR MAMDANI: “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” pic.twitter.com/3LIOVHdKSy
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Mamdani also embraced the term “democratic socialist,” saying, “”I was elected as a democratic socialist and I will govern as a democratic socialist.”
MAYOR MAMDANI: “I was elected as a democratic socialist and I will govern as a democratic socialist.”
“I will not abandon my principles for fear of being deemed radical.”
“As the great senator from Vermont once said, what’s radical is a system which gives so much to so few and… pic.twitter.com/0dQGdd3BZk
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