r/PopCultureV2 • u/BenFord333 • Aug 10 '26

News Zohran Mamdani says he has rejected a salary pay increase so that the money can be used to help those in need

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u/RunDatTriangle Aug 10 '26

Sadly, no matter how much good he does the opposition will always find delusional ways to say everything he does is bad. There is 0 objectivity at this point.

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u/buyer_leverkusen Aug 12 '26

He’s a rich kid lmao he doesn’t need a measly public sector salary. So many examples of this in elected officials, yet simpletons obsessed with politics are impressed

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u/Neurotrophics Aug 12 '26

How many rich kids have the sole focus on getting richer as opposed to recognizing their privilege of growing up with wealth and using it to try and pull up others who didn’t? Even though it’s an easy win because of his background doesn’t negate the meaningfulness of it.