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What a message for these times. He is incredibly impressive.

Mamdani is a balm for a world in fire.

Not the usual St. Paddy Day cheer. Interesting.

Holy shit. Wow

Bless that man. I still remember how the hunger strike made the front page of the Boston Globe for a long time and Bobby Sands is the bright smile that haunts me still.

Man this mayor gets it even if parts of my Irish American family doesn’t. Céad míle fáilte

Goddamn I love that guy.

Right?! It’s so great!

Now I need a Mamdani-Dennis Duffy collab

Is there going to be a QUIZ before the next round of drinks??Most history discussions in the bar today consist of explaining what an Irish Car Bomb is.

If he thinks the plantation of Ireland is "plantations in Ireland," then I regret to inform you that this is not as smart a video about Ireland as you believe.

Who is this young man? I think he's going places.

Wowza. Someone knows history. What a beautiful composition.

parade people: *stares blankly with half-drank BORG of green concoction*

Leopoldville is the Belfast of New York

Goes so hard. Was not expecting the hunger strike or the shop workers to be mentioned

Show this to that American tourist in Ireland who complained about being asked how she voted

Yes!

New York City is the Dublin of America

today (and every day) I'm proud to be half Irish! Hats off to my full Irish Grandmothers and Great Grandmothers - STRONG women!

Bullshit deluxe

Sounds like Obama, except interesting and not just permutations of “lots of regular folks are just regular folks who are folks that are regular like most regular folks”

I wish we had a mayor like that out here in L.A.

Giving me strong "The Invention of the White Race, Volume 1" vibes

A lot un said. Like all the lynching's Irish people did to black people, the riot, becoming openly violent to back people, organized crime.

Would be amazing if instead of the famously over-the-top NYC St Patrick day bar crawls the parade would resolve itself in a teach-in at Gracie Mansion!

He has really embraced the role of mentor, like Trump.

Not wild about contrasting "what we now know as Ireland" with "a British warlord". If you're going to be that particular about Ireland, then equally, it's not "a British warlord", it's "the Pictish king of Strathclyde." Using "British" is a choice, and not a good one.

not a drop of green beer what are we even doing here smh

He is such a professor’s kid!!

I make it a rule to not like politicians the way I do other people, but I do appreciate the man, a lot.

Wtf.

He legitimately gives af

"Not that I am implying any resemblance to current events. I'm not not implying it either."

Snake lobbyist: "So you're just going to ignore the greatest injustice of Irish history and your so-called 'Saint'?"

A lesson in coopting others' history for your own purposes...

I don't need to watch Zohran explain Ireland to me ...I watched 1997s limited series, Roar, starring Heath Ledger for that

I thought this was a joke and omg it goes so hard I love it.

Leopold II totally deserved it too. He knew what he did!

Only way this could have been better for me is having The Cranberries - Zombie playing in the background

Mamdani getting a statue in St Stephen's Green by the end of the week

It's funny because it's true!

Bipartisanship is a Democrat lauding (Irish) Republicans.

That was NOT what I was expecting to hear!

I thought you were kidding and then watched the video, nope

Fair fux to him

Just the video playing with you reacting to it in a split screen like "Hell yeah, tell'em about British colonialism in Ireland!"

Now I want to be Irish!

This man pays attention to his father.

coming from a 2nd generation belgian, we fully deserved that call-out

If he ever gets tired of NYC, he is more than welcome to move to Seattle.

I mean he WAS the most evil man of the 19th century. Which is SAYING SOMETHING PRETTY SERIOUS. Even the rest of the European powers said "FUCK, Leo, knock it off, you're making US look bad." They made Belgium take over Congo from him (it was his personal property) in 1908. He was pure evil.

The smash cut is absolutely destroying me right now

That was so f*g amazing.

Yes and also those killed by loyalist paramilitaries.

Yes it does, and he specifically mentioned those who endured the Troubles in his speech.

Yes

I like this guy!

the man simply does not do anything by halves

It’s good to remind people once in a while 😏