{"id":2453631,"date":"2025-06-30T05:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T09:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zohran-mamdani-doesnt-think-we-should-have-billionaires-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T05:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T09:41:14","slug":"zohran-mamdani-doesnt-think-we-should-have-billionaires-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zohran-mamdani-doesnt-think-we-should-have-billionaires-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani doesn\u2019t think \u2018we should have billionaires\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzohran-mamdani-doesnt-think-we-should-have-billionaires-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2453631&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent interview on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a self<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-messenger-matters-latino-republicans-in-congress-reflect-on-gop-gains-with-hispanics\/\" title=\"\u2018The Messenger Matters\u2019: Latino Republicans In Congress Reflect On GOP Gains With Hispanics\">-proclaimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-parents-demand-schools-defund-school-resource-officers\/\" title=\"Maryland Parents Demand Schools \u2018Defund\u2019 School Resource Officers\">democratic socialist<\/a><\/a>, expressed his belief that billionaires should not exist. Mamdani highlighted the extreme wealth disparity in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >society adn emphasized<\/a> the need for greater equality. He conveyed his vision of creating a fair city for all rather than allowing such concentrated wealth to persist. During the interview, he also responded to accusations from former President Donald Trump, who labeled him a communist, stating that he is not and dismissing Trump&#8217;s tactics as distractions from the real issues he advocates for, such as improving the lives of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matters-most-prominent-chapter-launches-drive-targeting-police-unions\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter\u2019s Most Prominent Chapter Launches Drive Targeting Police Unions\">working-class people<\/a>. Mamdani drew inspiration from civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., arguing for a more equitable distribution of wealth in the nation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Zohran Mamdani doesn&rsquo;t think &lsquo;we should have billionaires&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2160069\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York City<\/a> Democratic mayoral candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> doesn&rsquo;t believe that society should have billionaires.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The current New York State Assemblyman made the admission when answering a question from Kristen Welker on Sunday during an interview on NBC News&rsquo;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/meet-the-press\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Meet the Press<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3456163\/supreme-court-death-knell-universal-injunctions-changes-trump-legal-landscape\/\">Supreme Court&#8217;s death knell to universal injunctions changes Trump legal landscape<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3457739\/two-shot-in-new-york-city-after-pride-month-parade\/\">Two shot in New York City after Pride Month parade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3457728\/pope-leo-xiv-feast-day-vatican-launches-campaign-erase-deficit\/\">Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57 million-$68 million deficit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;You are a self-described democratic socialist,&rdquo; Welker <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/zohran-mamdani-says-dont-think-billionaires-rcna215821\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;Do you think that billionaires have a right to exist?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani chuckled and then gave his answer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think that we should have billionaires because, frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequality, and ultimately, what we need more of is equality across our city and across our state and across our country. And I look forward to working with everyone, including billionaires, to make a city that is fair for all of them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Welker then pivoted the conversation to President Donald Trump&rsquo;s recent comments calling Mamdani a communist. It was an accusation that Mamdani denied.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let me ask you about what Donald Trump, the president of the United States, has had to say,&rdquo; Welker said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s had a lot to say about your campaign. He&rsquo;s called you a communist. Because he&rsquo;s the president, I want to give you a chance to respond directly to him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How do you respond? Are you a communist?&rdquo; she asked.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3457647\/mamdani-rebukes-slander-after-ogles-calls-for-deportation\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;No, I am not,&rdquo;<\/a> Mamdani said, smirking as he answered.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I&rsquo;ve already had to start to get used to the fact that the president will talk about how I look, how I sound, where I&rsquo;m from, who I am,&rdquo; Mamdani said. &ldquo;Ultimately, because he wants to distract from what I&rsquo;m fighting for, and I&rsquo;m fighting for the very working people that he ran a campaign to empower, that he has since then betrayed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3455502\/andy-ogles-asks-doj-investigate-mamdani-citizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OGLES ASKS DOJ TO LOOK INTO WHETHER MAMDANI SHOULD BE STRIPPED OF CITIZENSHIP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mamdani also explained what he meant when he characterized himself as a democratic socialist, claiming he drew inspiration from civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And when we talk about my politics, I call myself a democratic socialist in many inspired by the words of Dr. King, from decades ago, who said, call it democracy or call it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-populism-beats-progressive-populism\/\" title=\"Conservative Populism Beats Progressive Populism\">democratic socialism<\/a>, there has to be a better distribution of wealth for all of God&rsquo;s children in this country,&rdquo; Mamdani said. &ldquo;And as income inequality has declined nationwide, it has increased in New York City. And ultimately, what we need is a city where every single person can thrive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2160069\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2160069\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zohran Mamdani believes society shouldn&#8217;t have billionaires<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2453634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-at-4.46.52%E2%80%AFAM.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[53575,34402,32171,50018,56601],"class_list":["post-2453631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-billionaires-2","tag-economic-policy","tag-political-commentary","tag-wealth-inequality","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-at-4.46.52%E2%80%AFAM.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2453631"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2453636,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453631\/revisions\/2453636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2453634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2453631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2453631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}