Mandani defeated former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa on Nov. 4, ending the race to replace outgoing Independent Mayor Eric Adams. “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker asked Mamdani about his past verbal attacks on Trump following Friday’s surprisingly congenial meeting between the two New Yorkers in the White House.
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“So you do?” Welker pressed.
“That’s something I’ve said in the past,” he responded. “I said it today and what I appreciated about the conversation that I had with the president that we were not shy about the places of disagreement and the politics that has brought us to the moment.”
“You’ve also said in the past that President Trump has engaged in ‘an attack on our democracy’ and called him a despot. Do you still think that President Trump is a threat to democracy?” Welker asked.
“Everything I said in the past I continue to believe and that’s the thing that’s important about politics,” Mamdani replied.
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Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was fatally shot Sept. 10 while taking part in a “Prove Me Wrong” event at Utah Valley University. Trump survived two assassination attempts during the 2024 presidential campaign, including a similar attack during a July 13, 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania and a Sept. 15, 2024 attempt to ambush him at a golf course.
Then-Vice President Kamala Harris also escalated attacks on Trump in the closing weeks of the 2024 presidential campaign, devoting a major speech to attacking the then-former president as a threat to democracy and portraying him as “unstable” days after calling him a “fascist” during an Oct. 23, 2024 CNN town hall.
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WATCH: Forget their recent ‘lovefest,’ Mamdani doubles down on calling Trump a ‘fascist’