Colbert Audience Applauds Zohran Mamdani’s Primary Win: ‘Electrified’ Younger Voters While Older Voters Still Run on Diesel

COLBERT Oh my goodness ░░░░░░░░ is an historic week ░░░░░░░░ in New York City ░░░░░░░░ not just because in ░░░░░░░░ last three days the ░░░░░░░░ broke the Guinness record ░░░░░░░░ most swamp ass Laughter ░░░░░░░░ everybody got talcum powder ░░░░░░░░ home Good Yesterday here ░░░░░░░░ why Yesterday in a ░░░░░░░░ upset Democratic Socialist Zohran ░░░░░░░░ won the Democratic mayoral ░░░░░░░░ Cheering and Applause That ░░░░░░░░ extraordinary That s extraordinary ░░░░░░░░ Mamdani is now on ░░░░░░░░ to become the city ░░░░░░░░ first south Asian mayor ░░░░░░░░ Muslim mayor and the ░░░░░░░░ mayor in over a ░░░░░░░░ Cheering and Applause Unless ░░░░░░░░ mayor unless of course ░░░░░░░░ count the star of ░░░░░░░░ hit 90s show Teen ░░░░░░░░ This city stinks And ░░░░░░░░ does homework Is that ░░░░░░░░ Mmm I ve never ░░░░░░░░ this before Ooh my ░░░░░░░░ is really hot Laughter ░░░░░░░░ joke is based on ░░░░░░░░ true story Google it ░░░░░░░░ to put this victory ░░░░░░░░ perspective back in February ░░░░░░░░ was polling at 1 ░░░░░░░░ he was up against ░░░░░░░░ money s favorite candidate ░░░░░░░░ New York governor and ░░░░░░░░ at the diner who ░░░░░░░░ t blinked in an ░░░░░░░░ Andrew Cuomo Audience boos ░░░░░░░░ are not booing They ░░░░░░░░ just going Cuuuoooomoooo Between ░░░░░░░░ campaign and his billionaire ░░░░░░░░ PACs Cuomo raised over ░░░░░░░░ million while Mamdani relied ░░░░░░░░ volunteers and a relentlessly ░░░░░░░░ campaign based on issues ░░░░░░░░ affect everyday New Yorkers ░░░░░░░░ freezing the rent no ░░░░░░░░ childcare and free buses ░░░░░░░░ and Applause That s ░░░░░░░░ good That s pretty ░░░░░░░░ And I for one ░░░░░░░░ wait to get my ░░░░░░░░ bus Laughter I m ░░░░░░░░ paint mine like the ░░░░░░░░ Doo mystery machine and ░░░░░░░░ fight ghost crime According ░░░░░░░░ experts with this message ░░░░░░░░ generated excitement among minority ░░░░░░░░ and electrified younger voters ░░░░░░░░ older voters still run ░░░░░░░░ diesel It turns out ░░░░░░░░ is one of the ░░░░░░░░ surprises This election wasn ░░░░░░░░ close As of right ░░░░░░░░ Mamdani is ahead of ░░░░░░░░ by over 7 points ░░░░░░░░ and Applause Seven points ░░░░░░░░ you know how hard ░░░░░░░░ is in New York ░░░░░░░░ to be that far ░░░░░░░░ from another person Take ░░░░░░░░ look at this map ░░░░░░░░ won decisively in Manhattan ░░░░░░░░ and Queens while Andrew ░░░░░░░░ won Staten Island The ░░░░░░░░ and the secret 6th ░░░░░░░░ of Groper s Island ░░░░░░░░ it s not no ░░░░░░░░ s not what it ░░░░░░░░ like It was named ░░░░░░░░ Emmanuel Groper a Dutch ░░░░░░░░ farmer who enjoyed touching ░░░░░░░░ employees Last night Mamdani ░░░░░░░░ his victory speech and ░░░░░░░░ could feel the Mam ░░░░░░░░ Clip starts MAMDANI My ░░░░░░░░ we have done it ░░░░░░░░ will be your Democratic ░░░░░░░░ for the mayor of ░░░░░░░░ York City In the ░░░░░░░░ of Nelson Mandela it ░░░░░░░░ seems impossible until it ░░░░░░░░ done Clip ends COLBERT ░░░░░░░░ words It s what ░░░░░░░░ tell myself every time ░░░░░░░░ fold a fitted sheet ░░░░░░░░ And then at a ░░░░░░░░ point I say screw ░░░░░░░░ and crumple it into ░░░░░░░░ ball.”