“Good grief, you are either obtuse or intentionally lying. We are not merging our military with the IDF."”
“The president's policy is 'a head for an eye.' I mean, honestly, that's what it's going to be.”
“This war has killed 18 US service members, cost billions of taxpayer dollars, and displaced millions of civilians.”
“If Republicans actually wanted to stop congressional stock trading, they’d pass our bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act,"”
“The point is that tariffs contributed to inflation.”
“We support open-source AI and the innovation it unlocks. But open source is not open season on American IP.”

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On the recordJuly 3, 2025
Donald Trump is attacking me because he is desperate to distract from his war on working people. We must and we will fight back.
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Zohran Mamdani
Democratic · New York
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newsweek.com

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Mamdani responds to Trump's attacks during his campaign.

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