New York (AP) – US Senator Bernie Sanders And Zoran Mamdani gathered supporters at Brooklyn’s City Hall on Saturday, denounced President Donald Trump, boosting their shared progressive message to help Mamdani work to revitalize his base in New York City’s final week Mayor’s race.
The crowd was friendly and the reception was almost completely warm.
Ideas for healthcare as a human rights? cheers. Just a mention of Trump? Heavy booing. The concept of an olihead? More boos. At one point, the crowd chanted the slogan of a campaign that helped Mamdani win the Democratic nomination in the race.
“Would you like to freeze it?” asked Mamdani. A booming response: “Rent!”
“Make the bus faster?” he continued.
“Free!” cried the audience.
Town Hall – Part of Sanders “Fighting Olgarkie” Tourdepicting a massive crowd of red and blue states – packed Brooklyn auditoriums as barrels of Mamdani’s campaign for the November election.
He is facing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and current mayor Eric Adams. He both run as independents.
The independent Sanders, who represents Vermont, is called Mamdani and criticised the nation’s top Democratic leader for not supporting him, calling him the “Demonstrations future.”
“I think it’s hard to understand that the leading Democratic leaders in New York don’t support Democratic candidates,” Sanders said.
The event felt the Lalaraf Love Fest than the usual caustic questions of most political town halls, but came near the end of the chaotic week of the race.
Adams has spent the past few days dodging reports that Trump’s intermediaries are valuing their willingness to drop out of the contest to get a job with the federal government.
At the same time, Trump doesn’t want reporters to see Mamdani, a democratic socialist, to be the city’s next mayor, but he believes he will win unless two of the other three main candidates leave the race. Trump also believes Cuomo may be able to win a one-on-one race, adding, “If there are candidates running a mam dani, they won’t win.”
Edward Donlon, a 75-year-old Mamdani supporter who trekked from Staten Island to Brooklyn on a rainy day at Town Hall, said it was “outrageous” for the president to take part in the race.
“I want an honest politician,” said Donlon, a retired lawyer. “I want someone who can believe what they’re saying.”
Through the City Hall, through independent Mamdani and Sanders, who represent Vermont, we asked almost friendly questions, but there was a raucous moment when the man was removed by security.
Just minutes after Mamdani’s opening remarks, a man with a shirt who read Cuba and began screaming at him saying you were a communist.
“I know something has changed when it wasn’t enough to call us democratic socialists,” Mamdani said when men were excluded by security.
