Mayor Mamdani's 12 Billion Dollar Lie
Making the Argument with Nick Freitas
Nick Freitas
4.9 • 991 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Zohran Mamdani stood in front of cameras and said he closed a $12 billion deficit without raising taxes on working New Yorkers. The only problem? It's not true. Not even close. And I'm going to walk you through every single trick — one by one — so you can see exactly how socialism fakes success before it destroys everything
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, I was so wrong. |
| 0:03.5 | I was so wrong. |
| 0:04.6 | I was so skeptical of Mayor Mamdani, the jihadi socialist currently running New York City. |
| 0:11.8 | I thought for sure he would be a failure, but no, no. |
| 0:14.9 | This guy has somehow magically, using all of his socialist powers, |
| 0:20.6 | balanced the budget in New York City in such a way that really |
| 0:25.6 | makes him a hero. And don't just take my word for it. No, no, no, no. Don't just take my word. |
| 0:30.7 | That's the last thing you'd want to do. No, we want to go directly to Twitter and see all the |
| 0:34.9 | people that are just explaining this. Unity and Prosperity said, Mayor Mondani balanced the $12.4 billion deficit he inherited through a combination of |
| 0:43.2 | aggressive savings and high taxes on high earning individuals. Despite early fears of corporate |
| 0:48.5 | flight, the wealthy tax base has largely remained and his public approval is high. But it goes on. |
| 0:54.5 | Mayor Mondami balanced the budget and reduces a $1 billion deficit in his first few months. |
| 0:58.7 | He's doing a great job. |
| 1:00.5 | No, no, that's not enough. |
| 1:01.7 | It's not enough praise. |
| 1:02.5 | An American hero who balanced the budget and paid New York bills without increasing taxes or cutting services. |
| 1:09.7 | I'm talking newly elected mayor Democratic socialist Zoran Mamdani despite our reservations. |
| 1:15.1 | Mayor Mondami has proving us wrong. |
| 1:17.5 | Let's all congratulate Mayor Mandani coming from definitely not a bot. |
| 1:22.5 | Definitely. |
| 1:23.3 | Not a bot there at all. |
| 1:24.9 | No. |
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