Mamdani to Trump: If You Send ICE or Prosecute Your Political Enemies, “Then You Will Have To Get Through Me”
In an interview with Katie Couric, New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani warned President Donald Trump not to send ICE to the city or punish his political enemies
KATIE COURIC, HOST: Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for you. He’s threatened to take federal money away from the city. He’s called you a communist. He said you’re going to destroy New York. And we wanted to give you a chance to tell Donald Trump what you think of that. So you have the floor, Mr. Mamdani. What would you say to the president? ZOHRAN MAMDANI, NYC DEMOCRATIC MAYORAL NOMINEE: Well, to the president, I would say time and again that when you ran your campaign to lead this country, you did so with one of your most prominent promises being to take on the cost of living crisis, to deliver cheaper groceries. If that is ever a conversation you want to have with me, I am here and I am ready to have that conversation because I’m committed to transforming the most expensive city in the United States of America into one that’s affordable for everyone who calls it home. But if you want to pursue your promise to create the single largest deportation force in American history or your promise to persecute and punish your political enemies, then you will have to get through me to do that here in New York City. Because for far too long, what we found City Hall to be is an embassy for Washington, D.C. And what it needs to be is a shining light of what it can look like to actually fight for the people who call the city home.
