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About 1 in 10 voters supported Zohran Mamdani Last month he also cast his vote for the mayor of New York City. donald trump A year ago, a surprise nbc news exit poll Has disclosed.
The 34-year-old elected mayor launched a campaign potency The platform promised a freeze on fares, free bus travel and community-owned grocery stores and attracted a torrent of alarming messages from the president’s MAGA allies. This did not affect the 9 percent people who supported Trump. However, Kamala Harris will be supporting him, reports NBC.
One such man was 30-year-old Brooklynite Adalberto Rodriguez, who told the broadcaster that, after feeling sympathy for Trump during his Manhattan criminal trial, he felt compelled to support his return to the White House. He later became excited by Mamdani’s campaign for City Hall.
“I pray for these two guys especially,” Rodriguez said. “And this is the first time in my life I have felt this level of enthusiasm towards a politician.
“It’s funny, because a lot of people think I’m joking or trolling or trying to create a mood. I get this all the time. I know it’s going to sound silly, but it’s actually the opposite.”
Another supporter of both men was Ron Barba, an actor and stock trader who went viral for wearing a “MAGA for Mamdani” T-shirt at campaign events, who said he was only a “reluctant” Trump voter because he “couldn’t stand” Harris.
“I was going to vote for Robert Kennedy [RFK Jr] Because he was in the middle at the time,” Barba told NBC. “But then all of a sudden, he moved to the right and went to Trump,” he said.
“And then I said, ‘Well, now I don’t have anyone I really want, so I’m going to vote for Trump again.’ And immediately, about three months later, I was like, ‘We’re ready to fight again,’ he added.
“So I was looking for someone new. I didn’t realize I was, but I was looking for someone new. And when Zoharan won the primary mayoral election, I started researching her, and I fell in love with her… love with an underdog.”
The first meeting of both of them in Oval Office sets social media on fire When – despite the ups and downs in business – Trump publicly called out the former Queens Assembly member “100% communist maniac” and threatening withdraw federal funding They had a remarkably cordial exchange – from their old hometown.
While most already expected sparks to fly, As he did when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the White House for the first time In February, Trump instead said: “I think you’ll, hopefully, get a really great mayor – the better he does, the happier I’ll be.”
He said, “I would say there is no difference in party. There is no difference in anything, and we are going to help them realize their dream of a stronger and much safer New York.”
When Mamdani was asked if he even laughed Still consider Trump a “fascist” And intervened to tell her: “It’s OK. You can just say ‘yes’.” It’s easy. This is easier said than done. It doesn’t matter to me.”
Speaking to reporters afterward, the president said: “A lot of my voters actually voted for him…one in 10. And I have no problem with that.”
His surprisingly friendly attitude towards progressives, who Her MAGA colleagues were shockedWas Betrayed on NBC Saturday night Live Last weekend, a sleeping James Austin Johnson, playing Trump, could be seen muttering drowsily: “Stop it Mamdani, you can freeze my rent anytime.”
The mayor-elect has since told NBC a key factor in his crossover appeal: affordability.
“I asked New Yorkers who they voted for and why, and the majority of New Yorkers I talked to voted for the president. And when I asked them why, they came back cost of livingCost of living, cost of living,” the mayor-elect told the broadcaster.
“And I told the president that one of my focuses in the campaign was how to bring these voters back, and chief among them were not just young people, but Asian voters, immigrant voters.”
He said: “There were a lot of obituaries being written about the Democratic Party’s ability to connect with these voters or win them back. And when I asked these voters what it would take to come back, they told me it was a focus on an economic agenda.”