Democratic NYC Mayoral Nominee Zohran Mamdani Says There Shouldn’t Be ‘Any Billionaires’

The Democratic mayoral nominee for New York City mayor, State Rep. Zohran Mamdani (D), stated that there shouldn’t be any billionaires in a new interview.

“You are a self-described Democratic socialist,” NBC’s Meet the Press host Kristen Welker said to Mamdani during an interview on June 29. “Do you think billionaires have a right to exist?”

“I don’t think we should have billionaires because frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequality,” the New York representative responded. “And ultimately, what we need more of is equality across [New York City], and across our state, and our country. And I look forward to work with everyone, including billionaires, to make a city that is fairer for all of them.”…

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