{"id":2623624,"date":"2026-07-03T23:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-trashes-usa-on-eve-of-july-4th-as-land-of-inequality-racial-bias\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T23:01:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:01:54","slug":"mamdani-trashes-usa-on-eve-of-july-4th-as-land-of-inequality-racial-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-trashes-usa-on-eve-of-july-4th-as-land-of-inequality-racial-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani Trashes USA on Eve of July 4th as Land of Inequality, Racial Bias"},"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\">28<\/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-trashes-usa-on-eve-of-july-4th-as-land-of-inequality-racial-bias%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=2623624&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>The article features Democratic socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani criticizing the United States during a July 4th event, portraying the nation as an arena of inequality and privilege. Mamdani highlighted the disparities within America, pointing to wealth concentration among a few and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >systemic inequalities based<\/a> on race and accent. Despite his immigrant background and education, Mamdani expressed a Marxist viewpoint, calling for a reevaluation of American values and criticizing capitalism&#8217;s role in creating inequality. The piece contrasts Mamdani\u2019s views with arguments from economist Milton Friedman, who advocates for free enterprise as the key to economic growth and lifting people out of poverty. The article concludes with a call to defend free-market principles and dismisses socialist ideas as harmful to American prosperity.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used part of his July 4th weekend to trash the country as a land of inequality.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani said, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/video\/mamdani-delivers-july-4-remarks-from-behind-george-washington-s-desk-266139205873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seated<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.untappedcities.com\/the-desk-of-george-washington-inside-nyc-city-halls-governor-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Washington\u2019s presidential desk<\/a>, with recently naturalized U.S. citizen immigrants surrounding him, \u201cYou each hold a special power, the power to determine what America means.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe powerful have always known their answer,\u201d he continued. \u201cAmerica, in their view, is an arena of supremacy where only a select few are allowed freedom, where not all are created equal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica, they will tell you, belongs only to those with the right accent or the right shade of skin. The rest of us, they insist, should be grateful for merely being allowed to visit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>What in the world is he talking about?<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani and his parents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cly2rgzye9no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immigrated<\/a> to the United States in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-financial-bubbles-that-made-gamestop-look-like-nothing\/\" title=\"5 Financial \u2018Bubbles\u2019 That Made Gamestop Look Like Nothing\">late 1990s<\/a>. They were given the opportunity, like countless millions of others, to live out the American dream. Mamdani went to elite schools and is now mayor of the largest city in the country.<\/p>\n<p>America allows approximately a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/programs\/data-hub\/charts\/annual-number-of-us-legal-permanent-residents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">million<\/a> people to immigrate legally each year from all over the world, including in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/blog\/founders-lived-through-loved-high-immigration-rates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025<\/a> during President Donald Trump\u2019s first year in office. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-of-bidens-1-9-trillion-coronavirus-relief-bill-has-nothing-to-do-with-public-health\/\" title=\"Most Of Biden\u2019s .9 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill Has Nothing To Do With Public Health\">current fiscal year<\/a> is on pace for just under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/blog\/founders-lived-through-loved-high-immigration-rates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">900,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani continued, \u201cAs we mark 250 years, what do we see? We see a city of contradictions within a nation of contradictions. We see the wealthiest country in the history of the world, one where children go to sleep hungry, while the world\u2019s first trillionaire hungers for more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see a nation whose immense wealth has been built by those with calloused, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/read-mamdanis-address-from-george-washingtons-desk-at-new-york-city-hall\/\" title=\"READ: ...&#039;s address from George Washington&#039;s desk at New York City Hall\">dirt-streaked hands<\/a>. Those who toil on factory floors and chisel into stone, and we see a nation that has allowed so much of that wealth to be held instead in the soft hands of a precious few,\u201d the mayor added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Communist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who just came to this country, chose to become an American, is deciding he is the foremost authority to tell Americans what it means to be American.<\/p>\n<p>He has the AUDACITY, on America\u2019s 250th birthday, to call our great nation \u201can arena of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sayf6IDu90\">pic.twitter.com\/sayf6IDu90<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/2073070537891344669?\">July 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So Mamdani went full-Marxist, class warfare for the Fourth of July. Shameful.<\/p>\n<p>The very reason America has the wealth the mayor is talking about is because of encouraging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vance-gives-perfect-response-view-host-brings-past-criticism-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free enterprise<\/a> and not over-taxing innovators and job creators.<\/p>\n<p>The late talk show host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/emmy-winning-tv-legend-phil-donahue-dies-age-88\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phil Donahue<\/a> employed the same type of rhetoric in a famous exchange with Nobel-winning economist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/friedman-wisdom-late-nobel-prize-winning-economist-explains-dems-600b-inflation-bill-will-not-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milton Friedman<\/a> in 1979.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you see around the globe the maldistribution of wealth, the desperate plight of millions of people in underdeveloped countries, when you see so few haves and so many have-nots, when you see the greed and the concentration of power within \u2014 did you ever have a moment of doubt about capitalism and whether greed\u2019s a good idea to run on?\u201d Donahue asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, tell me, is there some society you know that doesn\u2019t run on greed?\u201d Friedman asked. \u201cYou think Russia doesn\u2019t run on greed? You think China doesn\u2019t run on greed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is greed? Of course, none of us are greedy. It\u2019s only the other fella who\u2019s greedy,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe world runs on individuals pursuing their separate interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2BI7VpU3Ccw?si=m45uQ2W7tHIdLdJ0&#038;start=25\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Friedman contended that Henry Ford did not revolutionize the automobile industry, making the car available to the masses, by taking directives from a government bureaucrat.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cThe only cases in which the masses have escaped from the kind of grinding poverty you\u2019re talking about, the only cases in recorded history are where they have had capitalism and largely free trade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Friedman argued that \u201cthe record of history is absolutely crystal clear that there is no alternative way so far discovered of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The economist asked, \u201cIs it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest? You know, I think you\u2019re taking a lot of things for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He offered the example of communist commissars who govern in their political self-interest.<\/p>\n<p>Friedman wondered where we would find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/victor-davis-hanson-dont-look-now-elites-turned-pigs-animal-farm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> selfless angels<\/a> who could reorder American society in a way better than the free enterprise system in which people make their own choices.<\/p>\n<p>He then turned to Donahue, \u201cI don\u2019t even trust you to do that,\u201d drawing laughter from the audience and prompting the host to go to a commercial break.<\/p>\n<p>And I don\u2019t trust Mamdani or his fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/poll-roughly-one-third-dem-voters-want-candidates-call-democratic-socialists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">socialists<\/a> to organize society for us now.<\/p>\n<p>Let freedom continue to ring!<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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