{"id":2623290,"date":"2026-07-03T11:44:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-lashes-out-at-rich-and-powerful-during-america-250-speech\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T11:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:45:09","slug":"mamdani-lashes-out-at-rich-and-powerful-during-america-250-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-lashes-out-at-rich-and-powerful-during-america-250-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani lashes out at rich and powerful during America 250 speech"},"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%2Fmamdani-lashes-out-at-rich-and-powerful-during-america-250-speech%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=2623290&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>New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a nearly 15-minute speech from City Hall\u2019s George Washington desk on July 3, 2026, during teh nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-250th-anniversary-logo-just-dropped-and-its-about-as-inspiring-as-joe-biden\/\" title=\"New ... Logo for ... Released, Equally Inspiring as Joe Biden\">250th anniversary celebrations<\/a>. He criticized the idea of American exceptionalism, emphasizing that the country&#8217;s history is marked by immigrants overcoming oppression and that its <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >true uniqueness lies<\/a> in its capacity for change. Mamdani blamed elites, political leaders, and institutions like ICE, corporations, and the military for dividing the nation and betraying its foundational values.He contrasted his progressive views with President Trump\u2019s upcoming Independence Day speech at Mount Rushmore, which is expected to focus on national achievement and patriotism. Mamdani also touched on issues such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tire-slashing-climate-activists-move-beyond-nyc-heres-the-cities-theyve-hit\/\" title=\"Tire-slashing Climate Activists Move Beyond NYC. Here\u2019s the Cities They\u2019ve Hit\">climate change response<\/a>, criticizing the city\u2019s mismanagement during a recent heat wave, and concluded with a call to continue working toward fulfilling the promises of independence, wishing Americans a happy Fourth of July.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\">New York City<\/a>\u2018s socialist Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> could hardly find anything nice to say about the nation\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"20120\">250th anniversary<\/a> during his speech Friday, and rather focused on accusing wealthy elites, immigration authorities, and political leaders of betraying the country\u2019s founding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seated behind a desk once used by President George Washington, Mamdani delivered <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/videos\/4634931\/watch-live-mamdani-new-york-july-4-speech\/\">the nearly 15-minute address<\/a> from City Hall\u2019s Governor\u2019s Room while flanked by 10 recently naturalized U.S. citizens. Mamdani, who immigrated from Uganda as a child and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2018, sat in the middle of the group as City Hall <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4634936\/mamdani-offers-socialist-challenge-trump-vision-america\/\">sought to contrast itself<\/a> from President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s planned Independence Day address from Mount Rushmore later on Friday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4635610\/read-in-full-zohran-mamdani-america-250-address\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>READ IN FULL: Zohran Mamdani\u2019s America 250 address from George Washington\u2019s desk at New York City Hall<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4635461\/state-legislatures-national-security-fight\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>State legislatures take up the national security fight<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4635403\/man-sets-himself-on-fire-united-nations-new-york\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Man dies after setting himself on fire outside UN headquarters: Report<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers a speech to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States at City Hall on Friday,  July 3, 2026 in New York. (Anna Connors\/The New York Times via AP, Pool)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/07\/localimages\/AP26184512729509.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers a speech to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States at City Hall on Friday,  July 3, 2026 in New York. (Anna Connors\/The New York Times via AP, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the speech, the socialist mayor argued that the United States has been defined by generations of immigrants and other groups overcoming oppression while casting today\u2019s political and economic leaders as forces working against that legacy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4635610\/read-in-full-zohran-mamdani-america-250-address\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4635610\/read-in-full-zohran-mamdani-america-250-address\/\"><strong>READ IN FULL: ZOHRAN MAMDANI\u2019S AMERICA 250 ADDRESS FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON\u2019S DESK AT NEW YORK CITY HALL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a term so often used to describe our nation and those who have shaped it: American exceptionalism,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cAmerican exceptionalism, the conventional wisdom tells us, makes our freedom a little more free, is how we dug the Erie Canal and irrigated the West, is why children in faraway lands grow up dreaming of one day moving here, and yet the irony is that the story of America has so often been written by those who were told by others with power and influence and wealth, that they were anything but exceptional. For generation after generation, we have been told that when the world has sent its people to our shores, it has not sent its best. It sent Puritans and Sikhs and Quakers and Muslims and Jewish people who were banished for praying the wrong way, worshiping the wrong gods, angering the wrong people, it sent peasants and serfs from slums and shtetls who were treated as less because they hardly owned clothes, let alone land. It sent immigrants from whom power was something someone else had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are told that America is exceptional because we are richer, stronger, more powerful than everyone else,\u201d the mayor said. \u201cThe truth, my friends, is that America is exceptional, because here nothing is fixed into place.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mamdani sought to paint a picture of division in the country as a tool of the rich and powerful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt every moment in our past, those who led through exclusion and isolation have tried to win power and enrich themselves by turning us against one another. Division is the oldest trick in politics, and the cheapest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mamdani also accused <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> agents of \u201cterrorizing our streets\u201d by arresting illegal immigrants, criticized \u201coligarchs who buy elections,\u201d attacked corporate landlords and health insurance companies, and denounced what he called a nation that spends tax dollars on \u201cbombs and bailouts.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remarks, which also paid homage to New York\u2019s place in history as a haven for immigrants, amounted to a progressive counterweight to Trump\u2019s expected America 250 speech at Mount Rushmore, where the president is expected to celebrate the nation\u2019s founding and achievements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4634936\/mamdani-offers-socialist-challenge-trump-vision-america\/\">MAMDANI OFFERS SOCIALIST CHALLENGE TO TRUMP\u2019S VISION OF AMERICA WITH JULY FOURTH SPEECH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The address also came as Mamdani has faced criticism over his handling of New York City\u2019s recent heat wave. Earlier this week, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-and-officials-condemn-attack-on-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"Lawmakers and officials condemn attack on U.S. Capitol\">mayor urged<\/a> U.S. residents to conserve electricity by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4633605\/mamdani-new-york-air-conditioning-heat-wave\/\">setting thermostats to 78 degrees<\/a>, while the <em>New York Post<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/02\/us-news\/mamdani-cant-even-get-city-hall-to-stick-to-his-78-degree-ac-rule-as-temps-in-building-hit-as-low-as-54\/?utm_campaign=nypost_health&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=facebook&#038;fbclid=IwY2xjawS0qM9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFJR0hjVDRnQVZVZG1hYjJ6c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgNqUByRvwZn6aWpfDDh8MEU9WijUcrK7iKZGrEzKSY7_-LN5-JIp9ukO-vy_aem_8qUQ9E5jL5Ez3lgr_7c5zQ\">reported<\/a> that temperatures inside City Hall ranged from 54 to 63 degrees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mamdani concluded by urging citizens to continue what he described as the unfinished work of fulfilling the Declaration of Independence before wishing New Yorkers and the rest of the nation a \u201chappy Fourth of July.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYC Mayor Mamdani criticizes US 250th anniversary, blames elites<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2623291,"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\/2026\/07\/AP26184512729509.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[54061,5014,56552,4542,4554],"class_list":["post-2623290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-america-250","tag-inequality","tag-mamdani","tag-protest","tag-speech"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26184512729509.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623290","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\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2623290"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2623294,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623290\/revisions\/2623294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2623291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2623290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2623290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2623290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}