New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani struggles to define 'working class'

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani struggled to answer who he considers to be part of the "working class" during a New York Times interview on Saturday.New York Times journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro asked Mamdani whether he and the organization he's a part of, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), have a definition for the working class that they claim to fight on behalf of in elections."I think if you have to work to pay your bills, I think that that is one definition of being a part of the working class," Mamdani said.NYC MAYOR MAMDANI CALLS THREAT OF RICH PEOPLE LEAVING NYC OVER TAXES 'IMAGINED'New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani gave a wide-ranging interview with the New York Times over the weekend.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)"So someone making $250,000 a year is working class?" Garcia-Navarro asked."I haven’t sat at home and asked myself where it starts and stops.

What I would say is those who are working to try and afford the basic dignities of life and aren’t able to do so, I think that that is also working class.Oftentimes we’re asked how we divide this country.

I think there’s only one majority in this country — it’s the working class," Mamdani answered.Garcia-Navarro remarked that his answer didn't "ring true" to her because of the idea that anyone who "gets a salary is the working class" and asked if he drew any lines.Mamdani answered that he drew it at "about a million dollars a year.""So anyone under a million dollars a year in income is working class?" Garcia-Navarro asked. MAMDANI PUMMELED ONLINE AS CRITICS CALL POSSIBLE NETANYAHU ARREST ‘PURE POLITICAL THEATER’New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani backed a tax on people earning $1 million or more during the interview.

(Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)"That’s not what I’m saying.I’m just saying, in terms of fiscal policy, I think a lot of our politics has been a debate over who you leave out.

And I’m more interested in debates of how you bring more in.And I think that ...