New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has a history of dodging important questions about political matters in the United States and the world, as well as clarifying his own positions.Since winning the Democratic primary and the mayoralty of New York, the self-described democratic socialist has become a national figure and has faced pushback from both Republicans and Democrats over his past rhetoric and policy proposals, with critics saying he is too radical.Mamdani has led a wider shift in Democratic Party politics, including backing three far-left New York congressional candidates who won recent primary contests against more establishment figures.The growing divide among Democrats has grown so large that even longtime strategist James Carville proposed a schism to keep such far-left candidates from taking over the party.Where Mamdani stands on key issues has been the subject of repeated questions in interviews, which the mayor has often dodged.FAR-LEFT SURGE: MAMDANI-BACKED CANDIDATES OUST DEM ESTABLISHMENT INCUMBENTSNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has a history of appearing to tactically dodge controversial questions.
(Angelina Katsanis / AP)In mid-July, New York Times journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro asked Mamdani whether he and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), have a definition for the working class that they say they represent. "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."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," Mamdani answered."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."When Garcia-Navarro pressed him further, s...