Mamdani reframes patriotism around immigration ahead of July 4

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used a July 3 City Hall address on the eve of America’s 250th birthday to argue true patriotism means confronting the nation’s flaws and welcoming immigrants, drawing on his own naturalized-immigrant story and imagery of workers and the Statue of Liberty; he criticized Trump-era immigration policies without naming the former president, framed America as continually reshaped by immigrants, and noted his constitutional ineligibility to become president while signaling a larger role within the Democratic Party.