Elissa Slotkin Shares Reaction To Zohran Mamdani's Likely Victory In NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary

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At a Center for American Progress Event, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) responded to the likely victory of Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary.

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00:00Just also on cost of living, we had an election in New York City.

00:07Assembly member Mamdani won the election, had a lot of people come out and vote for him.

00:13I guess I just wanted to ask your perspective.

00:16He focused a lot on cost of living issues.

00:19How do you see the election result?

00:20Yeah, I mean, I will admit to not being like a huge student of New York City politics.

00:24But I think that what I can take from it, the message that came across loud and clear, I guess, to me,

00:32was, number one, people, just like in November, are still really focused on costs and the economy

00:38and their own kitchen table math, and they're looking for a new generation of leadership.

00:44Those were, to me, the two big takeaways.

00:47And I think this is why, again, it reinforces for me, like, we may disagree on some key issues,

00:54but understanding that people are concerned about their family budget,

01:00that is a unifying thing for a coalition.

01:04So that, but I think the message, at least for me, was clear.

01:09And then just to follow on that, you know, there's a...

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