00:00Tell me what democracy looks like.
00:02This is what democracy looks like.
00:05We are standing in front of Federal Plaza,
00:08the very site where New Yorkers are being stolen,
00:12whether from their families, their friends,
00:15or from the city that they call home.
00:18It is at this very site that we understand the cost of this news
00:23that former Governor Cuomo has been conspiring with President Trump.
00:29About the fate of this city, about the future of this city,
00:32about the facts of this race.
00:35It is knowledge that is a betrayal of everything that we stand for as New Yorkers.
00:41We know that this former Governor has very little regard,
00:46whether it be for the Democratic Party, the Democratic process,
00:51or for Democrats themselves,
00:53because he would rather look past having been beaten
00:56by close to 13 points,
00:59by a campaign that amassed more votes
01:02than any Democratic primary winner in New York City history,
01:05to the extent that he would actually have a conversation
01:08with the very President,
01:11who is stealing food from the hungry,
01:14who is throwing New Yorkers and Americans
01:17from coast to coast off of their health care,
01:19and doing so all in service
01:21of yet another significant wealth transfer
01:24between those who do not have enough in their pocket
01:27to those who have more than they know what to do with.
01:29It is time for us to say enough.
01:32It is time for us to make clear
01:34that what this city deserves is a mayor
01:37who, when he sees Donald Trump attacking the people of this city,
01:42will stand up and fight back against that vision,
01:45will not get on the phone with the architect of that vision
01:49to speak about a race that we already know
01:52should be a referendum
01:53on how to make the most expensive city
01:56in the United States of America affordable,
01:58not a question of how we can install yet another ambassador
02:01for Washington, D.C. in City Hall.
02:03The job of mayor is not to audition
02:07to be the jester for a want-to-be king.
02:11It is to be the person that stands up
02:13for the values of this city,
02:15for the fabric of this city,
02:17and for the people of this city.
02:19And that is what I am running to do.
02:21I believe the New York Times
02:23over President Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
02:25And we've seen, as of this morning,
02:28that they stand by their reporting.
02:31I've appreciated the conversations
02:34that I've had, fruitful and productive ones,
02:37with Leader Jeffries,
02:38with Senator Schumer,
02:40with Governor Hochul.
02:42And I look forward to the partnership
02:43that we will continue to build
02:45for the benefit of people across this city
02:46and across this state.
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