NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani delivers perfect lesson in how to react to being mocked

Zohran Mamdani just gave a master-class in how to handle being mocked.

After a recent Saturday Night Live sketch made fun of his campaign style, he joined a video call with one of the cast members and responded not with anger, but with wit and laughter.

On a video call to SNL cast member Ramy Youssef, Mamdani laughed at the actors' commitment to his trademark extreme smile saying, "I feel like I've been kidnapped and I'm talking to myself."

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