Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) defended New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a fellow progressive, in a heated interview on Monday.
“The issue is affordability. Do you know how many working families are chased out of New York City every day because they can’t afford housing, they can’t afford groceries, they can’t afford child care?” Warren mentioned throughout an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.”
“What Zohran is saying [is], ‘I want people to be able to afford to live in New York City.’ That’s what keeps it a vibrant city. That’s what makes people want to live here,” she added.
“Nobody disagrees with that, senator, but raising taxes in order to do it? Why is that the answer?” CNBC’s David Faber shot again at Warren.
“Oh my goodness,” Warren lower in, utilizing a mocking tone. “Oh dear, are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?”
Within the June Democratic major for New York Metropolis mayor, Mamdani toppled political heavyweight and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a shock upset.
Mamdani’s platform states that he has a plan to “raise the corporate tax rate to match New Jersey’s 11.5%, bringing in $5 billion.”
“And he will tax the wealthiest 1% of New Yorkers—those earning above $1 million annually—a flat 2% tax (right now city income tax rates are essentially the same whether you make $50,000 or $50 million),” the Democratic candidate’s platform continues.
In an opinion piece for Rolling Stone revealed Monday, Warren mentioned that Mamdani “pulled off an inspiring 12-point victory to become the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York.”
“How did he do it? He campaigned relentlessly on lowering costs for families, helping him build a grassroots movement so strong that millions of dollars in attack ads couldn’t touch him,” she added.
