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Mamdani blasts capitalism, foreign wars in America 250 address – while sitting at George Washington’s desk
The New York Post ^ | July 3rd, 2026 | By Craig McCarthy, Matthew Fischetti, Hannah Fierick and Matt Troutman

Posted on 07/03/2026 1:24:33 PM PDT by Mariner

Zo say can you see…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani decried capitalism and the US’ involvement in foreign wars during an address marking America’s 250th anniversary Friday — while sitting at George Washington’s desk.

The 15-minute speech — which Mamdani gave while flanked by newly naturalized US citizens — balanced critiques with a celebration of a “grand experiment in self-governance.”

The democratic socialist mayor elevated the plight and contributions by downtrodden Americans — slaves, Continental Army soldiers, immigrants of all types — with the alleged smallness of the “powerful.”

“We see a city of contradictions within a nation of contradictions,” he intoned. “We see the wealthiest nation in the history of the world — one where children go to sleep hungry while the world’s first trillionaire hungers for more. We see monopolies that dominate every industry and oligarchs who buy elections.”

Mamdani then took aim at his texting buddy President Trump’s hardline immigration crackdown and fellow billionaires.

“We see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by our undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans,” he said. “We see a nation whose immense wealth has been built by those with calloused, dirt-streaked hands — those who toil on factory floors and chisel into stone — and we see a nation that has allowed so much of that wealth to be held in the soft hands of a precious few.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: kathyhochul; newyork; newyorkcity; zohranmamdani

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He wants completely open borders and state ownership of everything...to be distributed to each according to their need.
1 posted on 07/03/2026 1:24:33 PM PDT by Mariner
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To: Mariner

To give him credit, he is 50% correct.


2 posted on 07/03/2026 1:26:39 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: Mariner

Communism is the scheme of the elite.

They pretend to help the masses, but they’re really stealing from them.


3 posted on 07/03/2026 1:27:02 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: nwrep

“ To give him credit, he is 50% correct.”

Of course this is staged with no argument or explanation


4 posted on 07/03/2026 1:28:25 PM PDT by stanne
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I see what poor people look like in America : no kid is going to bed hungry


5 posted on 07/03/2026 1:29:19 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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6 posted on 07/03/2026 1:31:22 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Mariner

A foreign agent and America-hater who become a citizen 8 years ago - lecturing us about USA history, makes me want to puke


7 posted on 07/03/2026 1:31:40 PM PDT by PGR88
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....one where children go to sleep hungry

....I call bullsh*t. We have the fattest poor kids on the planet. Wr have food stamps, welfare, food banks and many other ways to feed children. It's your Communist friends like ikhan Omar, Tim Walz, Navin Newscum and yourself who look the other way when money that's SUPPOSED to go to feed the hungry end up in the pockets of Maserati salesmen because that's where your comrades spent the stolen money.

8 posted on 07/03/2026 1:33:53 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To give him credit, he is 50% correct

If you’re sitting at Washington’s desk, it’s fair to recall his warnings about foreign entanglements.

9 posted on 07/03/2026 1:34:18 PM PDT by johniegrad
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Just when I thought I couldn't hate communists more than I already did, along comes this Musloid, communist scumbag and his Oct. 7 slaughter and rape-cheering, pig wife.

Right after 9/11 the rallying cry for New Yorkers and indeed all non-commie, non-Musloid Americans was "Never Forget!"

Twenty five short years after the Twin Towers were reduced to rubble by Musloid filth, ~3,500 people slaughtered by Musloid pigs and the lives of millions changed, and sometimes ruined, forever, a Musloid POS is the mayor of arguably the most powerful city on earth.

We forgot. Quickly.

10 posted on 07/03/2026 1:37:17 PM PDT by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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11 posted on 07/03/2026 1:37:35 PM PDT by Dick Bachert
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The capitalists outnumber this communist in NY?


12 posted on 07/03/2026 1:38:33 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: escapefromboston

And personally, I believe a lot of food stamp recipients could do with a little less feeding.


13 posted on 07/03/2026 1:39:26 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Texas Eagle

Exactly.


14 posted on 07/03/2026 1:39:38 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Mariner

chairman of the death to america party sez what?


15 posted on 07/03/2026 1:39:42 PM PDT by joshua c (collectivism has many names but the result is the same; the state is primary, the citizen is a slave)
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To: plain talk
OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC!!! THANKS!!


16 posted on 07/03/2026 1:39:59 PM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: Mariner

He’s a commie traitor, plain and simple.


17 posted on 07/03/2026 1:41:04 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: johniegrad

Very.


18 posted on 07/03/2026 1:41:19 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Mariner

He’s been a citizen for 8 years, he knows so much!


19 posted on 07/03/2026 1:41:30 PM PDT by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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To: No name given

Are food stamps tasty?


20 posted on 07/03/2026 1:41:35 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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