Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday condemned reports that President Donald Trump is seeking to influence the New York City mayoral race to block his bid as the Democrat candidate, the Washington Examiner reported.

Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman and self-described “democratic socialist,” said outside meddling from Washington undermines New Yorkers’ ability to decide their own leadership.

“This is … about an affront to our democracy, an affront to what makes so many of us proud to be Americans, that we choose our own leaders, not that they get to pick themselves, not that they get to be picked by the president of the United States,” Mamdani said.

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