Pete Davidson takes fresh aim at Zohran Mamdani with biting critique: ‘Is he Staten Island?’
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Pete Davidson questioned Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s affiliation with his beloved hometown of Staten Island.
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Davidson — a loud and proud local — wondered if the mayor had any connection to the borough during a recent sit-down with Variety.
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I don’t know,” Davidson said.
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“I don’t think he’s from Staten Island.”
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The “Saturday Night Live” comedian debated if Mamdani had “Staten Island’s heart,” before admitting, “I don’t think he’s Staten Island.”
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He added, “I don’t have a problem with the guy, but I definitely don’t think he’s Staten Island at all.
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Staten Island’s the only red place in New York, and it’s violently red.”
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Davidson, 32, explained, “You know, most of my family is, you know, on the red side.
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It’s not that, like, storm the capital vibe.
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It’s more just like, ‘[Trump is] funny.
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Like, I don’t care.
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I just need something different.'”
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He continued, “Like, it’s not like a racist, misogynistic sort of thing, it’s just like … it’s 1985 over there.
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You are not a real Staten Island politician unless you have a secret family and know one mobster.”
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“I would not trust you to run Staten Island,” he added.
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The BQE, short for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, is a major New York City highway that runs through Brooklyn and Queens and has long been criticized for traffic congestion and aging infrastructure.
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Davidson’s request was immediately met with cheers and thunderous applause from the studio audience.
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“You hit on something,” Kimmel said.
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“Look at that,” Davidson said, gesturing toward the crowd before Kimmel noted, “That’s the loudest response I’ve ever gotten.”
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“The BQE has been under construction since before I was born.
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And here’s my problem with it,” Davidson said.
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“They’re never doing anything.
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Someone’s just standing there eating a sandwich or on the phone, and there’s all these cones around.”
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He added, “So I don’t know what mob front or whatever, who’s getting money from whatever, but just fix it, please.”
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At the end of Mamdani’s appearance on the show, Kimmel presented the mayor with Davidson’s question as promised.
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“Pete Davidson wants to know what’s going on in the BQE,” Kimmel said.
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“He says he drives by it and he sees nobody doing anything.
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He said it’s been like since before he was born.”
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Mamdani responded by highlighting his office’s BQE Central Project, a $4 billion plan to rehabilitate the city-owned section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street, with construction expected to begin in 2030.
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“We’re going to be putting a multibillion-dollar plan to actually repair the part the city owns,” Mamdani said.
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“Which is the part that is currently the most at risk and that’s going to be proceeding over the next 10 years.
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“So you’re saying Pete’s daughter will also be complaining about this,” Kimmel joked as Mamdani and the audience laughed.
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