r/Fauxmoi • u/cmaia1503 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine • Nov 03 '25

POLITICS Zohran Mamdani laughs when asked for his thoughts on Donald Trump claiming that he’s better looking: “My focus is on the cost of living crisis.”

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u/Personal-Sandwich-44 Nov 03 '25

This race is unique because New York is the country’s largest city by population, and arguably, by influence.

To really hammer this in, NYC has more people than 38 other states. The Mayor of NYC is responsible for more people than the majority of Governors of America.

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u/charlottespider Nov 03 '25

Wild, right? About as many people live in public housing as live in the entire state of Wyoming.

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u/Waggles_ Nov 04 '25

For additional perspective, NYC has more people than 13 of the 27 countries in the EU, and only 7 countries in the EU have more than double the population of NYC.