STORY: Senator Bernie Sanders hosted Zohran Mamdani at a “Fight Oligarchy” event in Brooklyn on Saturday (September 6) in support of his New York City mayoral bid.

"You have the president of the United States working to make it harder for him to get elected. So what are these people, these oligarchs afraid of," Sanders asked a cheering crowd at Brooklyn College.

Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, has alarmed much of the New York business community and some within the Democratic Party with his leftist views. Election Day is November 4.

Trump has vowed to do what he can to stop the Democratic nominee and frontrunner, 33-year-old liberal state lawmaker Mamdani, from becoming the next mayor of his native city. Earlier this week, Trump said he would like to see two of the three other main candidates - Adams, former Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa - step aside to avoid splitting the anti-Mamdani vote.

Mamdani, a previously obscure state legislator, pulled off a surprising victory over Cuomo in the city's Democratic primary election. His grassroots campaign deftly used clever social media videos to inspire an army of volunteers.

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SHOWS: BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 6, 2025)(BERNIE SANDERS HANDOUT – Access all)

1. NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATE ZOHRAN MAMDANI AND SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS WALKING ONTO STAGE

2. ATTENDEES CLAPPING

3. MAMDANI AND SANDERS ON STAGE

4. ATTENDEES CLAPPING

5. (SOUNDBITE)(English) NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATE ZOHRAN MAMDANI, SAYING:

“The interconnectedness of an attack on working people all to enrich those same billionaire donors that gave us Donald Trump's second term, that is the fight that unites us across this country in this moment. A fight where we make clear that this is a city where we will choose our own mayor. It's not going to be Donald Trump. It's not going to be Bill Ackman. It's not going to be DoorDash. We will choose our mayor”

6. ATTENDEES CLAPPING

7. (SOUNDBITE)(English) NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATE ZOHRAN MAMDANI, SAYING:

“This is a inter-generational struggle. This is a struggle not just for some, not just for the young, not just for the few, not just for those in the beginning of their lives and their careers. This is a struggle for everyone.”

8. ATTENDEES CLAPPING

9. (SOUNDBITE)(English) NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATE ZOHRAN MAMDANI, SAYING:

"The best way to prepare for January is by winning a mandate in November and we will face an incredible amount of money being spent against us. We will face smears and slander. We will face the kind of opposition that we have not yet seen in this city. And yet we know that we have all the same ingredients that defeated those same things in the primary. So what my ask is that each and every one of you, we do not ask for your money because we are finished fundraising. We ask you for something more valuable. We ask you for your time."

10. ATTENDEE ASKING QUESTION

11. (SOUNDBITE)(English) SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, SAYING:

"What I can tell you without any fear of hesitation is the American people in red states and in blue states do not want to live in an oligarchic society. They do not want to live in an authoritarian society. They do not want the White House to be practicing unprecedented kleptocracy and they sure as hell do not want to see a continuation of the oligarchs war against the working class of this country."

12. ATTENDEES CLAPPING

13. (SOUNDBITE)(English) SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, SAYING:

"And what Zohran's campaign is about is an understanding that today we are living in an unprecedented moment in the modern history of our country, and we have got to fight back in an unprecedented way."

14. ATTENDEES LISTENING

15. (SOUNDBITE)(English) SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, SAYING:

"You have the president of the United States working to make it harder for him to get elected. So what are these people, these oligarchs afraid of? Seems to be a nice guy, dresses very nice, beautiful smile."

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