"To ICE: get the fuck out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here. Your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety and you're doing exactly the opposite."
"We will transform the culture of City Hall from one of 'no' to one of 'how?' We will answer to all New Yorkers, not to any billionaire or oligarch who thinks they can buy our democracy. We will govern without shame and insecurity, making no apology for what we believe. I was elected as a Democratic socialist and I will govern as a Democratic socialist. I will not abandon my principles for fear of being deemed radical. As the great Senator from Vermont once said: 'What's radical is a system which gives so much to so few and denies many people the basic necessities of life.'"
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without any thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."
Content juxtaposes confrontational critiques, progressive promises, historic reflections on struggle, and varied rhetorical tones. A forceful demand urges ICE to leave Minneapolis, framing enforcement as creating insecurity. A mayoral commitment pledges to shift City Hall from denial to problem-solving, prioritize New Yorkers over wealthy interests, and govern openly as a Democratic socialist without abandoning principles. A historic reflection asserts that struggle is essential for progress and that power yields only when demands are made. Civil-rights resolve stresses refusal to keep giving in, and humor is offered as a tactic to undermine opponents while contrasting remarks target immigrants.
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