“The bar is so low. So many people have come to expect nothing from government, and so many people who have no idea what they should be demanding from government because we’ve pushed civics out of the conversation. … I think that’s the Mamdani special sauce: I’m telling you in real time what I’m doing. I’m also telling you why I’m doing it.”
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