{"id":306667,"date":"2025-10-16T00:17:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T00:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/306667\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T00:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T00:17:15","slug":"mamdani-refuses-to-take-the-bait-on-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/306667\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani refuses to take the bait on Fox News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/topic\/zohran_mamdani\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Zohran Mamdani;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> stopped by <a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/topic\/fox_news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fox News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Fox News<\/a> on Wednesday, deftly refusing to be baited into talking about the war between <a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/topic\/israel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Israel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Israel<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/topic\/hamas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hamas;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Hamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The progressive candidate for mayor of <a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/topic\/new_york_city\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York City;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York City<\/a> has been smeared as an extremist, blamed for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/york-times-says-grijalva-arizona-211838511.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:electoral losses on the other side of the country;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">electoral losses on the other side of the country<\/a> and criticized for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/mamdani-eats-rice-maga-melts-151054306.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:eating rice;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">eating rice<\/a>. Speaking with Fox News\u2019 Martha MacCallum, Mamdani ducked attempts to paint him as a supporter of Hamas militants. When asked whether he thought Hamas should disarm and leave leadership positions in Gaza, Mamdani pushed the conversation back toward New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI believe that any future here in New York City is one that we have to make sure that\u2019s affordable for all. And as it pertains to Israel and Palestine, that we need to ensure that there is peace, and that is the future that we fight for,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t really have opinions about the future of Hamas and Israel beyond the question of justice and safety, and the fact that anything has to abide by international law. And that applies to Hamas, that applies to the Israeli military, applies to anyone you could ask me about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">President <a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/topic\/donald_trump\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Donald Trump;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Donald Trump<\/a> has been a frequent critic of the mayoral hopeful, even threatening federal funding for New York City in the event of a Mamdani win. During the interview, Mamdani took a moment to address the president directly, introducing himself as a different kind of politician from New York Governor <a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/topic\/andrew_cuomo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Andrew Cuomo;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Andrew Cuomo<\/a> and current Mayor <a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/topic\/eric_adams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Eric Adams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Eric Adams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe may be watching right now, and I just want to speak directly to the president,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cI will not be a mayor like Mayor [Eric] Adams, who will call you to figure out how to stay out of jail. I won\u2019t be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo, who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own. I will, however, be a mayor who is ready to speak at any time to lower the cost of living.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Watch the interview below via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tXG7CSJpr08\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:YouTube;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">YouTube<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2025\/10\/15\/my-focus-is-new-york-mamdani-refuses-to-take-the-bait-on-fox-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201cMy focus is New York\u201d: Mamdani refuses to take the bait on Fox News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u201cMy focus is New York\u201d: Mamdani refuses to take the bait on Fox News<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Salon.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Salon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani stopped by Fox News on Wednesday, deftly refusing to be baited into talking about the war&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":306668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5289,654,4527,99,151393,101291,155283,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,5301],"class_list":{"0":"post-306667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-eric-adams","10":"tag-fox-news","11":"tag-hamas","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-israel-and-palestine","14":"tag-martha-maccallum","15":"tag-mayor-of-new-york-city","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-city","18":"tag-newyork","19":"tag-newyorkcity","20":"tag-ny","21":"tag-nyc","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa","28":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115380973977596897","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}