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Zohran Mamdani rebukes Trumpism with pro-immigrant speech for US’s 250th birthday
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this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2026
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“My fellow Americans” Mamdani knows the context of this phrase. Not my fellow New Yorkers.
He held it in front of recently naturalized immigrants. One line I'll paraphrase I found interesting when he referred to them: they didn't see themselves not just as New Yorkers, but American too, just like he did some 10 years ago.
This tells immigrants in New York that they may not be American (yet), but they are New Yorkers. Very beautiful notion.
I see comments from people all over the world who say Mamdani is their mayor, too ❤️🔥 Certainly hope more Americans outside of NYC can feel the same.
He's turning into an amazing Mayor... Here's hoping he can carry it off. The part the conservatives are most afraid of is that his plans will work...because they will (are already to an extent) work and serve as a template for other cities and states if they do.
He will also make a amazing governor
I think so too...but that's a much harder fight... NY state isn't as left leaning as NYC....
True but the entire state's politics are based off of the millions of voters in the city.
I don't think it's that disparate...they've had republican governors in the recent past...the state is closer to 50\50
It’s still possible, he can still become governor
He can...but he'd have to get western new York onboard...and western new York is much more conservative...
Yeah, but it’s not impossible
Nope. Not impossible. Just improbable.
They talk about "mini mamdanis" like it's a bad thing lol
I want a maxi-mamdani.. Like 3 or 4 of them in one candidate. ;-)
MASTODON
I will vote as far left int he primaries as I can..
But in the general, I will vote as far left as I can. Don't care who it is.
Definitely setting himself up for a future presidential (or at least Congressional) run.
And given his track record so far, I'd be happy to see that. Too bad the DNC will stop at nothing to prevent it from happening.
Sadly, he can't be president under the current constitution. But he would be far superior to any current and upcoming candidates.
Well, and the constitution. Mamdani can't be president and he's well aware of that and fine with it I think
Well Trump can't be president either. Yet here we are.
Is he not a natural born citizen? Ah, too bad. I wasn't aware of that.
I’m done he knows when he says that, he means it
However, refreshing to vote for a politician, who doesn’t have to lie
I expect him to have a way bigger audience than Trump.
A moderately well baked potato would have a way bigger audience than Trump.
Whow! hold up, are you saying you would not show up for a baked potato? At least the baked potato shares your views on butter!
I watched the whole speech. It's about 15 minutes long but really good. About the best I could have hoped for from a political America 250 speech.
It's the best kind of patriotic speech, talking about the things that make America great (diversity and community and opportunity) and acknowledging faults past and present. And throwing shade at Trump and white nationalists.
Pro immigrant speech for 4th of july is way more appropriate than anything trump says ever
possibly my favorite gif in the last 5 years, maybe ever
I keep seeing this, what’s it from? Is it a good show?
I don't know if it's specifically from the Ms Rachel show, but the clip is from when she and Zohran met up and sang to kids in a New York elementary school around his inauguration.
My face when they say taxing billionaires will make them leave the state.
Mfw they say the DSA is taking over the Democratic party.
"Oh no! The people who aren't paying taxes are going to leave? Whatever will we do!?!"
Even if they aren't paying a fair or even reasonable percentage, the tiny fraction they do pay in taxes is still a massive majority of total taxes paid.
It's the corporations gaming the system at the top to report losses on record profits and not paying taxes that is even worse. Tax codes as a whole desperately need to be overhauled.
He gives me so much hope. I know better, but it still happens.
Hope changes the world...even if it's a little bit at a time.
He's going to run for president, and the DNC is going to sabotage the fuck out of his campaign ... even in the general election, if it comes to that. They'd rather see a Republican win than a Democratic Socialist.
He can't run for president unfortunately because he was born outside of the US.
Ah, damn. Didn't know that.
Didn't stop Rafael Theodore Cruz
Yeah it did lol
no that was Cruz being a dickass.
Props for telling the truth about the Irish Famine.
Shit, props for mentioning it at all
I think it’s a good way to attempt to provoke empathy in Irish descendants by drawing parallels between shared immigrant experiences.
He's new in politics and he's already acting like a president. Could we see a new FDR in our lifetime? Both are New Yorkers after all.
He's not eligible because he isn't a natural born citizen. That said I'd totally vote for him
And yet America is about to crown a 3rd term President. Interesting indeed.