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At a “Fight Oligarchy” rally with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in Brooklyn, New York, on Saturday, New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani discussed the impacts of federal legislation on wealth inequality.

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00:00and we know that that oligarchy has an impact right here in New York City we
00:14know it does because when Donald Trump ushered through his so-called big
00:22beautiful bill he did so ushering through the greatest wealth transfer in
00:33American politics his legislation will throw millions of New Yorkers off of
00:41their health care for a man who campaigned on cheaper grocery prices it
00:47will cut snap benefits for the hungriest among us and all of this to give more
00:54money to those who have already have more than they know what to do with that is
00:59the fight that we are seeing taking place here the interconnectedness of an attack
01:04on working people all to enrich those same billionaire donors that gave us
01:09Donald Trump's second term that is the fight that unites us across this country
01:17in this moment a fight where we make clear that this is a city where we will
01:23choose our own mayor
01:31it's not going to be Donald Trump it's not going to be Bill Ackman it's not going
01:36to be DoorDash we will choose our mayor
01:50and we know that this fight is not an easy one it was not an easy fight for Bernie
01:58when he led Burlington it was a fight that took every single thing every single day
02:04but are you committed to continue this fight I need to know are you committed to continue
02:14this fight because I want to be clear we are not just here together with the message to come out
02:30and vote in November though that is critically important we will continue to
02:36organize beyond the election we will continue to organize because we have an
02:44agenda to win the promises we have made our promises we must keep and so together we
02:54will freeze the make buses fast and deliver universal we will freeze the make buses fast and deliver universal we will do these things and we will do them together
03:12if anyone tells you that after you cast your vote you have done your job tell them it is just the beginning it is just the beginning
03:30I don't know
03:33but you know
03:36that if anyone's going to go on it
03:37we will be on this one
03:38and this one by the way
03:39will be able to get through the
03:41HHH.
03:42I'm sorry
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03:43I said, I'm sorry
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