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New York City Mayor Candidate Zohran Mamdani NBC News host Kristen Welker repeatedly pressured him on Sunday, saying why he didn’t want to condemn the “globalization uprising” and insisted that he didn’t want “police language.”
“I want to ask you a split question New Yorker In recent weeks. Recently, you were asked about the term “globalization uprising” if it makes you uncomfortable. At that moment, you did not condemn this sentence. Now, what people understand is that this is a sentence that many people hear, a call for violence against the Jews. “Welk said: “So I want to give you the opportunity to respond here and now, do you condemn this sentence, ‘Globalization uprisings? ””
Mandami, a democratic socialistLast week, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was defeated in the mayoral primary.
“That’s not the language I use. The language I use, the language I will continue to use to lead the city, is clearly stated in my intentions, which are based on belief in universal human rights.” “Ultimately, that’s the basis of many of my politics, that freedom, justice and security are things that must make sense and must be applied to all, including Israelis and Palestinians.”
NBC News host Kristen Welker recruited New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mandami to condemn the term “globalization uprising.” (NBC News/Conference)
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Welk asked Mamdani again if she condemned the sentence.
Mandani said he had talked to several Jewish New Yorkers about their Anti-Semitism and added: “I don’t believe the role of the mayor is the police speaking.”
“Ultimately, I think what I need to show is to be able to not only talk about something, but solve the problem, and to make it clear that there is no room for anti-Semitism in the city. We have to be rooted in paranoid, and ultimately, we do it through action, and that’s the mayor, and that’s my Jewish, which can be achieved through Jewish and Jewish commitments, and he keeps working, he keeps working.
Welk asked again why he wasn’t just “condemning” the sentence, citing those who care about the language and feel concerned about it.
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani arrived at Astoria Park on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at the Mayor of Queens, New York City, New York City. (Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Image)
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“What I’m worried about is to start going down the language route, to know which language I think is allowed or not allowed, to take me to a place similar to the president, and they want to do those very types of things that put people in jail, to put people in jail for writing because I’m talking my words. Action,” Mandani said.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, DN.Y. , Calling Mamdani During a fierce exchange with WNYC radio host Brian Lehrer, condemned the sentence on Thursday.
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Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani held the main election party in New York on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
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In an interview with Stephen Colbert before elementary school, Mamdani was also suppressed About anti-Semitism in New York.
“Do State of Israel Is there a right to survive? Colbert asked the 33-year-old democratic socialist.
“Yes,” Mandani replied. “Like all nations, I believe it has the right to exist and the responsibility to uphold international law.”
