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New York's mayor, Zohran Mamdani, exalted the city's legacy of immigrants on Friday in a historically laden, ideological counterpoint to a US semiquincentennial address that was expected later in the day from Donald Trump ...

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani argued a true celebration of patriotism should confront both the nation's ideals and its flaws, in a speech Friday on the eve of America's 250th birthday. https://cnn.it/3SIGe02

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-- CNN (@cnn.com) 8:31 PM · Jul 3, 2026

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Full address here: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is the future of the Democratic Party

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-03 04:27 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Pretty lame IMO and apparently with leagl immigrants. What is it with ridiculously sitting behind a desk with the back of the desk towards the front? IMO doubt this garnered much of an audience.

#2 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-07-04 12:48 PM | Reply

#1 | POSTED BY C0RI0LANUS

Link doesn't work.


IMO doubt this garnered much of an audience.
#2 | POSTED BY MSGT

Looked like a hostage video.

We are told that America is exceptional because we are richer, stronger, more powerful than everyone else.
~ Mamdani

I have never heard of American exceptionalism in this way. This is someone that was indoctrinated by someone influenced by Communism/Marx/Mao, that America exceptionalism is oppressive, and we are the oppressed.... then Mamdani believed it to be true.

#3 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-07-04 01:13 PM | Reply

"I have never heard of American exceptionalism in this way."

Okay, I'll bite.

What, exactly do you think that term - "American Exceptionalism" - means?

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-04 01:21 PM | Reply

Re 4

It's like he lives in The Upside Down.

"Donald Trump interprets American exceptionalism as the inherent supremacy of the nation's economic, military, and cultural power.

Rather than emphasizing moral leadership or the spread of democratic values, his vision centers on an "America First" framework that prioritizes strict sovereignty, unilateral national victories, and wealth accumulation over multilateral cooperation and international agreements."

carnegieendowment.org

#5 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-04 01:28 PM | Reply

What, exactly do you think that term - "American Exceptionalism" - means?#4 | POSTED BY DOC_SARVIS AT 2026-07-04 01:21 PM | FLAG: I'll let your GOOGLE answer that for you....

AI Overview American exceptionalism is the belief that the United States is inherently unique, distinct, or morally superior to other nations. It suggests that the country's founding ideals"like liberty, democracy, and equality"make it a "shining city on a hill" destined to play a transformative role in world affairs

#6 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-07-04 01:51 PM | Reply

When you listen to Mamdani, you hear what a leader is supposed to say. A uniter. An American. An adult.

It makes sense conservatives hate him. He's looking out for Americans. Making NYC better for everyone. Reinvesting taxes back into the city.

It's horrific for people raised on Fox News and brainwashed to believe the rich are our betters and they deserve to spend every penny of our taxes.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-04 01:56 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

POSTED BY MSGT

This ------- moron gets all his information from Facebook memes and ai.

What a dumb ------- idiot.

He's the perfect Trump voter.

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-04 01:59 PM | Reply

What, exactly do you think that term - "American Exceptionalism" - means?#4 | POSTED BY DOC_SARVIS AT 2026-07-04 01:21 PM | FLAG: I'll let your GOOGLE answer that for you....
AI Overview American exceptionalism is the belief that the United States is inherently unique, distinct, or morally superior to other nations. It suggests that the country's founding ideals"like liberty, democracy, and equality"make it a "shining city on a hill" destined to play a transformative role in world affairs
#6 | POSTED BY MSGT

Talk about a glorious own goal! LOL.

I asked another poster what he/she/it thought the term meant. They've gone radio silent, of course, so you wade in.

But you can't even tell me what you think it means, and are forced to just shovel some AI definition onto the boards.

Typical lazy, low-information, know-nothing MAGAt.

No wonder Trump says he "loves" you guys.

#9 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-04 03:03 PM | Reply

When you listen to Mamdani, you hear what a leader is supposed to say. A uniter. An American. An adult.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-04 01:56 PM | Reply | Flag:

LMAO Prior to his entry into politics he was a housing counselor and a rapper.

He based his campaign on pie-in-the-sky free stuff and $30 minimum wage, while taxing the shit out of people who make north of $1 million a year. Freebies include, but not limited to, free transportation, free childcare, city owned grocery stores and a rent freeze/reduction scam.

Can he accomplish all of this? Maybe, but if he's successful, he will essentially turn most of the city into a ghetto.

If you pay attention to one detail, make sure you pay attention to his net worth.

#10 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-04 05:50 PM | Reply

LOL I forgot one detail, his college degree is in Africana Studies. Can't even make this shit up.

#11 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-04 05:53 PM | Reply


Rightwing MAGA Robert Barron, Bishop of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota:

"What an appalling speech the Mayor of New York delivered for the 250th anniversary of the nation.

"Sadly, it reflects the view of America propagated for years by Howard Zinn and his like-minded colleagues in the universities and believed by armies of the young: a dark, oppressive country where common people are denigrated by tyrants and oligarchs, where immigrants are treated with contempt, where those with soft hands' hold the wealth created by those with dirty hands.

"No sensible person would claim that our country is without flaws, but the relentlessly negative picture painted by Mayor Mamdani is just absurd. And it is the fruit of the Marxism that, sadly, is all the rage today."

~snip~

#12 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-04 07:03 PM | Reply

When you listen to Mamdani, you hear what a leader is supposed to say. A uniter. An American. An adult.

If you understand english, the message is divisive. There's white people and immigrants, thats literally the message. I understand you hear it differently, but as an educated person that speaks and writes English as a second language, I can tell you thats what he said.

Literal division... there's nothing unifying about the transcript below, "health insurance industry" (people), "landlords" (people)... and on and on it goes ...
He's dividing the country between those that he feels "has", and those he feels "have not"

Yes, we see America in a health insurance industry(people to hate) that exploits the sick, but that is not all I see when we look for America. We see it too in the nurse who works a double shift and then stops on her way home to check on an ailing neighbor.
Yes, we see America in corporate landlords (more people to hate) for whom negligence is a business model. We see it too in the father who tucks his children into bed beneath a ceiling stained with leaks, who wakes before dawn to go to work and still believes his country can do better by his family.
Yes, we see America when we spend our tax dollars on bombs (MIC more people to hate)and bailouts (more people to hate), when we sell our elections to the highest bidder. Yet we see it just as clearly in every American who still believes this country belongs to we, the people.

Clearly not uniting.

#13 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-07-04 07:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"There's white people and immigrants, thats literally the message."

Doesn't know white people were immigrants, you're a hateful bigoted moron.

#14 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-07-04 07:29 PM | Reply

He's dividing the country between those that he feels "has", and those he feels "have not"

#13 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-07-04 07:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

If the guy was poor, he might have a leg to stand on, but he's not and he grew up entitled.

#15 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-04 07:32 PM | Reply

Obama .. clearly uniting ...
x.com

Obama would call mamdani a pundit.

#16 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-07-04 07:54 PM | Reply


If the guy was poor, he might have a leg to stand on, but he's not and he grew up entitled.

#15 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

I have read that too, I have read that many of these "new" immigrants (AOC, Hassan, etl) that are DSA supporters are really just rich 2nd gen immigrants, and White liberals are rallying around them.

That Obama speech is excellent... BTW, completely opposite of mamdani's whining and divisive speech

#17 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-07-04 07:57 PM | Reply

Trump abuses people every day.

"They're Eating the Dogs,They're Eating the Cats, They're Eating the Pets."

Where was your outrage then?

Mamdani is Fighting, like Trump is Fighting.

You stand with Exploiters and Money used to Bludgeon People, to Make more Money from their Misery.

Mamdani, ISN'T DOWN WITH THAT.

So you call him names and Pout like babies, Cuz' he Won.

History will Show Who has Staying Power.

#18 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-07-04 08:13 PM | Reply

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