Candidate for the mayor of New York Mamdani becomes the pronunciation of the name of viral correction

Zohran Mamdani, the 33 -year -old Democratic candidate for the mayor of New York, took advantage of his media literacy when the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called him “Zamdani” during a press briefing.

“The name is Mamdani. Mamdani”, the democratic socialist said in a viral tiktok video From the debate of the mayor of the city of New York taking place to the rhythm of “Hollaback Girl” by Gwen Stefani.

When he was asked about President Donald Trump who did not approach a candidate in the elections of the mayor of New York, Leavitt said that Trump “absolutely did not want to see Zamdani elected, who is a known communist, who supports the abolition of private properties (and) police financing …”

Leavitt added that it would be a “disaster for New York and for this country” if Mamdani won in November.

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The Democratic candidate for town hall Zohran Mamdani speaks in the primary democratic debate of the Democrat mayor of New York at NBC studios on June 4, 2025, in New York. (Yuki Iwamura-Pool / Getty Images)

“I think that it would be quite indicative that this known individual, a known communist, spent time in Washington this week, meeting leaders at Capitol Hill. It is really there that the Democratic Party is heading. Obviously, they learned nothing from November 5 and the overwhelming victory of the president,” said Leavitt.

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Mamdani would be the first Muslim and first mayor of the New York millennium if he was elected in November.

Despite the meeting with the head of the minority of the room, the representative Hakeem Jeffries, Dn.y., last week in New York, Jeffries and the head of the Senate minorities, Senator Chuck Schumer, Dn.y., who also plans to meet Mamdani, has not yet approved his mayor campaign.

Mamdani also met Democratic leaders in Washington, DC, last week, while representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., organized a “breakfast of communication and organization skills” with the town hall candidate.

Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive champion and the youngest woman elected to the congress, was an early Mamdani endorser. Gradual “squad” members, such as representative Ayanna Pressley, D-MASS., Sitted breakfast, and Mamdani then met the senator Bernie SandersI-VT., Which has also approved its main campaign.

New York town hall candidate Zohran Mamdani talks to supporters at an electoral night meeting at the Greats of Craft Lic on June 24, 2025, in the Long Island City district of the Queens district in New York. (Getty Images / Michael M. Santiago)

During the primary debate in New York, Mamdani retaliated on former governor Andrew Cuomo, who lost the primary but decided to stay in the race as an independent candidate. “The name is Mamdani,” broke the young progressive after Cuomo has badly pronounced his name.

The video has since become viral on social networks while Tiktok users have crushed its fiery reaction to the rhythm of “Hollaback Girl”. It is a social media strategy that recalls the brief presidential campaign of the former vice-president Kamala Harris in 2024, which was fed by memes “Mamala” and “Brat Summer” references.

The campaign of mayor of Mamdani played in the hands of an evolving electorate – and online chronicle – in New York.

By browsing Mamdani’s social media, its Tiktok and Instagram pages resemble that of an influencer from New York. Filters in the shape of a film and coherent fonts on its vertical videos, to the Caées des Celebrités, including the model Emily Ratajkowski and the actor Bowen Yang, Mamdani’s videos have raised millions of views.

Zohran Mamdani, New York town hall candidate, arrives for a press conference in Astoria Park during the Democrat primary of the New York town hall in the Queens of New York’s arrondissement on June 24, 2025. (Christian Monterrosa / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“I think he would have a good chance of winning,” Trump told Cuomo journalists last week.

Mamdani’s campaign spokesman Jeffrey Lerner quickly seized Trump’s comments, writing that “we would like to congratulate Andrew Cuomo for winning the approval of Donald Trump. Obviously, this triumph talks about himself.

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Trump criticized Mamdani’s campaign on social truth and repeatedly speaking to journalists.

“As president of the United States, I will not let this madman from the Communist community destroy New York. Rest assured, I hold all the levers and I have all the cards,” said Trump, promising to save New York from the socialist candidate.