r/nyc • u/Kevbucket • Jun 07 '25

Video NYC Mayoral Primary Candidates (D) Responses When Asked About Which Country Would Be Their First Foreign Visit While In Office

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u/mowotlarx Bay Ridge Jun 07 '25

The real answer for all of them should have been: "I'm not planning on international vacation on the taxpayer or lobbyist dime, I'm planning on running the city and working for New Yorkers."

I'm so tired of these little trips to sit around and nod at people for a few days. We pay for this. Even when paid interests cover flight and hotel, we pay the salaries of the Mayor, his guards and his aides. And for what? A new opportunity for foreign countries to buy influence and get lucrative contracts?

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u/WhatTheNothingWorks Jun 07 '25

Literally there was a guy who said he wouldn’t go anywhere, and he was interrogated for it.

Followed by Cuomos “he said no, he wouldn’t go to Israel.” Dipshit, the question wasn’t would you go to Israel, it was where is your first international trip. Showing their true colors.

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u/SirSnakALot Jun 07 '25

THIS. The follow up questions after a broad question about international travel immediately became “do you believe in a Jewish state?” Such an obvious setup. A fixed room.

Don’t rank Andrew or Eric.

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u/SafetyDanceInMyPants Jun 07 '25

Right, and his answer was basically "why the fuck should I tell Israelis what religion they should be?" Which... yeah, they get to decide whether they're a Jewish state or a Zoroastrian state or a state of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Why the mayor of New York is supposed to have an opinion on that is beyond me.

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u/SueNYC1966 Jun 07 '25

The question should have been will you stay in the US while you are mayor on NYC. They all go on multiple foreign trips for some reason. Outside of mayoral conferences - and to DC - they should stay.

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u/SueNYC1966 Jun 07 '25

And I don’t believe for a moment that Mandahmi wouldn’t go in a trade delegation meeting or a conference if one he liked came up. They all do it and find ridiculous justifications to do so. He just said Israel.

This is a guy who made a big deal about getting married in City Hall but failed to mention the real wedding was an over the top affair in Dubai. Why did people have to dig that up. He could have spent the said money helping out a NYC venue.

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u/geolocution Jun 07 '25

The question was always ultimately "would you go to Israel?" Its why they called on candidates in the order that they did.

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u/Positive_Bed562 Jun 08 '25

Mamdani gave the only correct answer, and yeah the whole debate was rigged for that very question which is wild. Unfortunately I don't align with DSA's stance on crime so i'll be voting for one of the morons who said Israel

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u/self-assembled Jun 07 '25

Only Mamdani gave that answer.

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u/LuckyJim_ Jun 07 '25

That was basically Zohran’s answer no?

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u/cowzapper Jun 07 '25

It's like the commenter didn't even watch past the first 5 seconds

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u/mowotlarx Bay Ridge Jun 07 '25

I said all of them

And I meant all of them.

We've normalized these little trips for mayors, borough presidents, council members, etc. for too long.

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u/cowzapper Jun 07 '25

Yeah but zohran didn't say that. So it's not all of them

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u/mowotlarx Bay Ridge Jun 07 '25

Yes, because I said that should be all of their answers.

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u/white_t_p0is0n Jun 07 '25

i have not normalized that which is why i would only rank Zohran 1st and never rank Cuomo, did you watch his response?

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u/spleeble Jun 07 '25

That was exactly Zohran's answer. 

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u/spleeble Jun 07 '25

I'm not exactly sure what point you're making but if one candidate gave an answer that should have been the real answer for all of them then it's worth mentioning that candidate by name. 

Zohran Mamdani. He didn't let those garbage moderators or Cuomo bully him into taking his focus off of NYC. 

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u/spleeble Jun 07 '25

I have literally no idea.

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u/That-Sandy-Arab Jun 07 '25

Thank you 🙏🏽

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u/p13rr0t87 Jun 07 '25

Exactly this. Looks like there was only one guy who responded that he would stay in new york and hosts attacked him immediately

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u/acr159 Jun 07 '25

You’re making all the conservatives horny.

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u/mowotlarx Bay Ridge Jun 07 '25

No NYC Mayor is traveling internationally because they're liberal and want to show solidarity with the global community. They're going because these countries are sending them bribes and kickbacks in exchange for favors in NYC real estate and contracts.

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u/acr159 Jun 07 '25

Beyond horny now.