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Zohran Mamdani confirmed to reporters that he spoke to former President Barack Obama on the phone soon after declaring victory in New York City's Democratic primary in June.

"It was a call that I was honored to receive," Mamdani said during an anti-Trump event in the Bronx on Thursday.

The 33-year-old mayoral hopeful told reporters that after winning the primary, he discussed with Obama "the importance of hope in our politics and the ways in which we govern to deliver on that." Mamdani said they focused on the campaign he ran, calling it an "honor to receive that time" with the former president.

"We spoke about the importance in a moment such as this, where politics is often characterized by a language of darkness, the ne

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