Adams rebukes Mamdani for 'romanticizing' socialism in NYC mayoral campaign

New York City Mayor Eric Adams warned on Tuesday that people don t really understand the term socialism as he faces off against democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani running on the Democratic Party ticket in the mayoral race of New Yorkers are not anti the term socialism Adams advised Coleman Hughes on the Conversations with Coleman podcast And a great number of people don't really understand the term socialism and what it means You know I've been to Cuba I've been to Venezuela I've been to countries where socialism exists I saw the empty shelves the ration books in Cuba and what it means he added So we're romanticizing the terminology and it perpetually sounds good you know that I'm a socialist But when you dig into what it means you understand when you get stuff for free someone is paying for it Adams argued that Mamdani s campaign promises such as city-owned grocery stores would harm the working class he suggests to want to help ERIC ADAMS REVEALS CUOMO URGED HIM TO DROP OUT OF NYC MAYORAL RACE CALLS FORMER GOVERNOR ARROGANT His socialist theory of 'let's open regime supermarkets' hey what about the bodegas brother What about those men and women in the Korean society that open up supermarkets that open up stores What about the Chinese society or the Arab population All of these communities have used their feeding of their constituencies as a way to hire people and a move up in the American dream So we're going to totally disregard them and collapse their entire industry Adams commented Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani s campaign for comment Mamdani won the Democratic New York City primary race for mayor in June defeating former New York Gov Andrew Cuomo who has not yet dropped out of the formal race ERIC ADAMS BACKS CENT SAYS DEM SOCIALIST S ECONOMICS DESERVE 'ONE-WAY TICKET TO FANTASYLAND'Adams elected as a Democrat reported that he would be running as an independent Mamdani's win shocked numerous with his overt endorsement for socialist policies and past comments utilizing communist revolutionary language In while campaigning for a seat in the New York State Assembly Mamdani wrote on social media Each according to their need each according to their ability a direct quote from Karl Marx s infamous Communist Manifesto A video of Mamdani also displayed him urging people at the Young Democratic Socialists of America conference to not compromise on goals such as seizing the means of production He has also repeatedly argued that we shouldn t have billionaires despite New York City s large billionaire population whose taxes help fund the local ruling body CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP