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New York City’s socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is facing backlash for criticizing a famous quote from former President Ronald Reagan, who cautioned about the dangers of big government.
Mamdani, a democratic socialist and New York’s first Muslim mayor, voiced his disagreement with the beloved conservative president as he launched the first of his long-promised city-run grocery stores in the Bronx.
“Standing here this morning, I cannot help but think of the words of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. He famously said the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help,’” he said. “It’s a good quote, but I disagree.”
Instead, Mamdani said, “I think nine more terrifying words are actually, ‘I worked all day and can’t feed my family.’”
He went on to promise, “We are going to use the power of government to lower prices and make it easier for New Yorkers to put food on the table,” adding, “When government understands its purpose as serving the very working people that it has left behind, time and again, it can make a difference in the most pressing struggles facing our city today.”
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New York City socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, turned a famous quote of President Ronald Reagan’s on its head, saying that his government-run grocery stores “will serve as physical proof of our conviction that government can be a force for good, that government can drive change that improves people’s lives.” (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images; Michael Evans/The White House/Getty Images)
“It’s not just that government can help, it’s that government must help, and our government will help,” he continued.
Mamdani made his promise of opening affordable, government-run grocery stores throughout the city a central tenet of his campaign. He…
