Adams rebukes Mamdani for 'romanticizing' socialism in NYC mayoral campaign

New York City Mayor Eric Adams warned on Tuesday that people "don’t really understand the term ‘socialism’" as he faces off against democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, running on the Democratic Party ticket, in the mayoral race.

"70% of New Yorkers are not anti the term ‘socialism,’" Adams told Coleman Hughes on the "Conversations with Coleman" podcast. "And many people don't really understand the term socialism and what it means." 

"You know, I've been to Cuba. I've been to Venezuela.