Zohran Mamdani said "He said those things about me — someone who stands to be the first immigrant mayor of this city in generations, someone who would also be the first Muslim and the first South Asian mayor in this city’s history — less so because of who I am, because of where I come from, because of how I look or how I speak, and more so because he wants to distract from what I fight for." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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He said those things about me — someone who stands to be the first immigrant mayor of this city in generations, someone who would also be the first Muslim and the first South Asian mayor in this city’s history — less so because of who I am, because of where I come from, because of how I look or how I speak, and more so because he wants to distract from what I fight for.

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Zohran Mamdani

Democratic · New York

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huffpost.com

Editor's note · Context

Mamdani discusses Trump's attacks on his identity as a distraction from policy issues.

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