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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a> struggled to answer who he considers to be part of the “working class” during a New York Times interview on Saturday.<\/p>\n

New York Times<\/a> journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro asked Mamdani whether he and the organization he’s a part of, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), have a definition for the working class that they claim to fight on behalf of in elections.<\/p>\n

“I think if you have to work to pay your bills, I think that that is one definition of being a part of the working class,” Mamdani said.<\/p>\n

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“So someone making $250,000 a year is working class?” Garcia-Navarro asked.<\/p>\n

“I haven\u2019t sat at home and asked myself where it starts and stops. What I would say is those who are working to try and afford the basic dignities of life and aren\u2019t able to do so, I think that that is also working class. Oftentimes we\u2019re asked how we divide this country. I think there\u2019s only one majority in this country \u2014 it\u2019s the working class,” Mamdani answered.<\/p>\n

Garcia-Navarro remarked that his answer didn’t “ring true” to her because of the idea that anyone who “gets a salary is the working class” and asked if he drew any lines. Mamdani answered that he drew it at “about a million dollars a year.”<\/p>\n

“So anyone under a million dollars a year in income is working class?” Garcia-Navarro asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“That\u2019s not what I\u2019m saying. I\u2019m just saying, in terms of fiscal policy, I think a lot of our politics has been a debate over who you leave out. And I\u2019m more interested in debates of how you bring more in. And I think that that is part of what I’m looking to be a part of is a vision where people understand no matter what you call it that there’s room for them. But yes, I do want to raise taxes on people who make more than a million a year,” Mamdani said.<\/p>\n

Garcia-Navarro pointed out that his definition could lump a janitor in the same “working class” label as a lawyer and wondered if that was accurate. Mamdani appeared to deflect from the conversation by commenting about New Yorkers in general.<\/p>\n

“When I was running, a question I would face was: What does it mean to be a democratic socialist<\/a>? And I only bring that up because I think sometimes there\u2019s a fixation on a definition of something. And what I found is, when I would knock on New Yorkers\u2019 doors, they would just ask, ‘Am I part of your vision?’ It\u2019s not that everyone is making the same amount of money or facing the same amount of struggle, but that they just want to know, is there any way for them to actually be able to work this hard and afford a good life in the city?” Mamdani answered.<\/p>\n

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Fox News Digital<\/a> reached out to the mayor’s office for comment.<\/p>\n

Mamdani’s interview garnered attention after he revealed that his administration is in an “active conversation” with the city’s Law Department over any legal action the city could take against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits New York for September’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).<\/p>\n

In the interview, Mamdani called Netanyahu<\/a> a “war criminal” who “belongs in The Hague,” repeating his intentions to honor an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Netanyahu.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/new-york-city-mayor-zohran-mamdani-struggles-define-working-class <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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