Mamdani’s spot-on Mandarin draws praise, pisses off haters

“Bro they def calling you a COMMUNIST now,” X user @Amirochakzai commented.

Aug 19, 2026

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has drawn a wave of praise, as well as AI allegations, after posting a video promoting free Broadway tickets for New York City high schoolers in surprisingly fluent-sounding Mandarin.

Free tickets

Mamdani’s video was released over the weekend as part of a Theater Development Fund lottery of…

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