From Fox News: Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio endorsed democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani for mayor on Tuesday morning.
Penning his endorsement in an opinion piece for the New York Daily News, the former mayor highlighted Mamdani’s commitment to affordability for working-class New Yorkers.
“We don’t just need Zohran Mamdani to be our mayor because he has the right ideas, or because they can be achieved. We need him because in his heart and in his bones he cannot accept a city that prices out the people who built it and keep it running,” de Blasio said.
Mamdani’s Democratic primary win proved that New Yorkers are aligned with his progressive mission, including freezing the rent, providing free child care and establishing city-run grocery stores, de Blasio said.
De Blasio then joined MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ Tuesday morning to make his case for why he thinks New York City needs the Democrat socialist for mayor.
Host Joe Scarborough confronted de Blasio about Mamdani being a Democrat Socialist, which he admitted was true.
“Are you a capitalist?” Scarborough asked.
“I’m a social Democrat,” de Blasio replied.
De Blasio claimed “free buses have been proven to work in many parts of the country” but when Scarborough asked where, he didn’t name a single city.
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Going on @Morning_Joe soon to discuss why we need @ZohranKMamdani to be our next Mayor. https://t.co/V6l6cd57FL
— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) September 2, 2025
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