‘Everything I said in the past I continue to believe and that’s the thing that’s important about politics’
Democratic New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani stood by his past characterizations of President Donald Trump as a “fascist” and “threat to democracy” during a “Meet the Press” interview recorded Saturday.
Mandani defeated former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa on Nov. 4, ending the race to replace outgoing Independent Mayor Eric Adams. “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker asked Mamdani about his past verbal attacks on Trump following Friday’s surprisingly congenial meeting between the two New Yorkers in the White House.
“In that press conference with President Trump, a reporter asked you whether you believe that President Trump is, in fact, a fascist, a word that you’ve used in the past. You were about to answer and President Trump sort of jumped in and said, ‘That’s okay. You can just say yes, it’s easier than explaining it,” Welker asked.
