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New York City Mayor Eric Adams warned Tuesday that people “don’t know much about the word ‘socialism’” when he was face to face Socialist Zohran Mamani, Run on Democratic tickets in mayoral campaign.
“70% of New Yorkers are not opposed to the term ‘socialism’,” Adams told Coleman Hughes.Conversation with Coleman“Podcast.” Many people don’t really understand the term socialism and its meaning. ”
He added: “You know, I’ve been to Cuba. I’ve been to Venezuela. I’ve been to countries where socialist exists. I’ve seen empty shelves, ration books in Cuba and what it means.” “So we’re in romantic terms and it always sounds good, you know, ‘I’m a socialist.’ But when you get deeper into what it means, you understand when you get something for free and someone pays for it.”
Adams believes Mamdani’s campaign promises, such as city grocery stores, will harm the working class he claims to want to help.
Incumbent mayor Adams is an independent man who faces Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani in November’s elections. (Getty Image)
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“His socialist theory ‘let us open government supermarkets’ – hey, brothers? What about men and women who open supermarkets and shops in the Korean community? What about Chinese communities or Arab communities? What about all these communities?
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New York City Mayor’s Frustration Victory in June (Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Image)
Adams, elected as a Democrat, announced that he would take independence as independence.
Mamdani’s victory shocked many people by openly supporting socialist policies and past comments Using the language of communist revolution.
In 2020, when running for a seat in the New York State Legislature, Mamdani wrote on social media: “Everyone is based on their needs and their abilities,” said Carl Marx’s direct offer for the infamous “Communist Manifesto.”
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani spoke at the main election party in New York on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
The 2021 Mamdani video also showed him his urging people to not compromise on goals such as “seizing means of production” at the American Conference of Young Democratic Socialists.
He also repeatedly argued thatWe shouldn’t have billionaires,“Although New York City has a large population of billionaires, its taxes help fund local governments.
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