Mamdani on Abolishing ICE, Borders and Democratic Socialism

Pleasure. So let's start here. You are a self-described Democratic socialist. Yes, I am. And the DSA had- Here on Fox.

You are a self-described Democratic socialist. Yes, I am. And the DSA had- Here on Fox.

Yes, welcome. We welcome all. And we're glad that you accepted our invitation. We're glad to have you.

Yes, absolutely. Um, the DSA had a really good night on election night this week.

Um, but Third Way, which is a center-left Democrat group, has cautioned against reading too much into that. They say this. I'm sure they have.

"Mamdani's policy ideas and the platform of the DSA, which he has failed to repudiate, were drawn from the far left and are deeply unpopular in the red and purple places Democrats must win.

We therefore urge Democrats at all levels to resist the pressure to align with Mamdani's politics and agenda."

I had the DSA co-chair on. We talked about the platform, getting rid of SCOTUS and borders and jails and ICE and all of those things.

What part of that do you repudiate, do you think is acceptable to mainstream America?

Look, I think the thing that is most acceptable to mainstream America is abolishing ICE and making sure we have humanity back in our immigration enforcement.

And the thing that has been offered as a part of a litany of, of policy platforms that I would reject is, you know, after last night, why would we abolish the Senate?

Uh, and I think we're seeing is that Americans across this country are facing a cost of living crisis, and last night's results show us that Americans are tired of waiting.

They are tired of being told that their needs are unrealistic by the very politicians who've been bought by the wealthiest people in the country.

What we saw last night are candidates across the country, no matter how they describe themselves, running on policies that would transform working people's lives.

James Tallarico ran on universal pre-K. Annie Andrews ran on ending endless wars.

Keisha Lance Bottoms ran on streamlining the production of affordable housing.

Jocelyn Benson ran on a data center moratorium.

These are the kinds of things that also characterize what we've been doing right here in New York City.

And yes, I'm proud to be doing so as a mayor who's a member of the Democratic Socialism of America.

Okay, get rid of borders? No