Mamdani on Democratic Wins: ‘I See It as a Mandate’; ‘A Mandate to Build Schools, Not Bombs’

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MAMDANI: “I see it as a mandate to deliver on the cost-of-living crisis that has affected Americans across this country. A mandate to build schools, not bombs. A mandate to actually fulfill the trust that has been given to us by working-class voters. And that, to me, is a mandate that understands that politics cannot simply be about better managing the decline of our country. It has to be about inspiring our country to reach heights that we’ve never seen before, and that comes from a recognition of the fact that what makes this the greatest country in the world is the working-class people who build it every single day.”