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Under legal attack from the President donald trumpState Attorney General of New York letitia james The 33-year-old democratic socialist has supported Zohran Mamdani To become the next mayor of New York City.
In a fiery speech at a mayoral rally in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood on Monday night, James, in a defiant tone, praised Mamdani as a “courageous” leader who will rally New Yorkers to oppose Trump and “fight for a better future.”
James declared, “Like me, he knows what it’s like to be attacked – to be called names, to be bullied, to be harassed.” “Each day he wakes up with this fire in his belly, because he wants to build a better New York.”
Federal prosecutors have charged James with bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.Apparently as part of a broader campaign of retaliation against Democratic politicians and others who oppose the president.
James, the first woman and first African-American elected Attorney General of New York, Led the state’s successful civil case against Trump for financial fraud,
He himself has denied any wrongdoing, calling the allegations against him “baseless”.
“You look, I know what it feels like to be attacked just for doing my job. But I also know what it feels like to overcome adversity,” James told the cheering crowd Monday.
“And so I stand on solid rock, and I will not bow. I will not break. I will not bow. I will not surrender. I will not give in. I will not give up.
“You come for me, you have to come for all of us! For every single one of us!” He concluded his speech with great enthusiasm.
“You see I have learned to stand on the shoulders of my ancestors who came before me and weathered the storm… and so I fear nothing.”
He described Trump as trying to “weaponize justice for political gain” and as someone who “destroys and destroys our democracy.”[ding] Our system of government”.
“Let us stand together to defend our rights, to defend every protection, every institution, every immigrant, every norm and every rule of law,” he told the crowd.
He ended his speech by calling on Mamdani’s supporters to “make some noise”, repeatedly shouting: “Let them hear you!”
Zohran Mamdani has taken a decisive lead in the race for New York mayor Since winning the Democratic primary in Junewith recent survey He is shown strongly against Democrat-turned-independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
In his speech on Monday evening, Mamdani portrayed the Trump administration as a totalitarian force that is “snatching our immigrant neighbors from our city in broad daylight” and waging a “scorched earth campaign” against transgender people, political opponents like James, and noncompliant judges.
He positioned himself as a champion of vulnerable New Yorkers against these predations, but also as an antidote to established Democrats beholden to corporations.
He said, “For too long, we have been asked to be satisfied with abstract and strongly worded letters; to be satisfied with politics built only on the weak foundation of what we are against, without explaining what we really want; to accept leaders who will sell us out to the highest bidder.”
“This movement is not, nor will it ever be… a movement by the people and for the people that answers only to the people.”
According to his campaign platform, what is Mamdani for?This includes universal free childcare, free travel on city buses, a comprehensive rent freeze, city-owned grocery stores, and a new public safety agency to deal with low-level problems currently handled by armed police officers — all paid for by raising taxes on corporations and high-income earners, increasing tax audits, and cutting government waste.
Trump responded by calling Mamdani a “100 percent communist lunatic”. supported by “dummies”, while some Republicans have called for him to be deported and MAGA influencers Islamophobic abuses,
Democrats are divided on whether to adopt his campaignSome people accused him of anti-Semitism His past criticisms of Israel (Who Mamdani strongly refuted,
“There are some people who oppose [my] Vision,” Mamdani said on Monday. ”Billionaires like Bill Ackman and Ronald Lauder Millions of dollars have been spent on this race because they say we pose an existential threat.
“And I’m here to admit something: They’re right.
“We are an existential threat to billionaires who think their money can buy our democracy. We are an existential threat to a broken status quo that drowns the voices of working people beneath corporations…
“And we are absolutely an existential threat to discredited politicians like Andrew Cuomo, who undermine public trust, harass women, and act shamelessly in their desperation to cooperate with Donald Trump and his donors.”
Cuomo, Who resigned as Governor of New York after a report by the state Attorney General found that he had sexually assaulted at least 11 womenHas denied any wrongdoing.