Liberal YouTubers

directly at YouTube's site -- once there, click "more"after the short description of the video, then click "show transcript" and it appears to the right of the video box. You can do this with every YouTube video if you watch it at YouTube website vs here within a DU post.

Welker: Let me ask you about what Donald Trump the president of the United States has had to say. He's had a lot to say about your campaign -- he called you a communist. Because he's the president I want to give you a chance to respond directly to him. How do you respond? Are you a communist?

Mamdani: No, I am not. And I have already had to start to get used to the fact that the president will talk about how I look how I sound where I'm from who I am ultimately because he wants to distract from what I'm fighting for. And I'm fighting for the very working people that he ran a campaign to empower that he has since then betrayed. And when we talk about my politics you know I call myself a democratic socialist in many ways inspired by the words of Dr King from decades ago who said "Call it democracy or call it democratic Socialism. There has to be a better distribution of wealth for all of God's children in this country." 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.