{"id":21138,"date":"2025-11-03T18:42:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=21138"},"modified":"2025-11-03T18:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:42:04","slug":"top-house-dem-slams-nyc-mayoral-candidate-mamdani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=21138","title":{"rendered":"Top House Dem Slams NYC Mayoral Candidate Mamdani"},"content":{"rendered":"
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Sunday dismissed the idea that socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani represents the future of the Democratic Party, instead positioning himself as the party\u2019s strongest path forward.<\/p>\n

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Appearing on CNN\u2019s State of the Union, Jeffries argued that his leadership of the House Democratic caucus makes him best suited to guide Democrats toward electoral success in the years ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I think the future of the Democratic Party is going to fall \u2013 as far as we\u2019re concerned \u2013 relative to the House Democratic Caucus and members who are doing a great work all across the country, as it relates to our need to both take back control of the House, but, in doing so, make sure that we\u2019re communicating to the American people, like, we understand, you deserve better than the country that you have received,\u201d he said in response to a question about Mamdani\u2019s meteoric rise.<\/p>\n

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Jeffries only recently endorsed Mamdani\u2019s mayoral campaign after months of hesitation. His late backing came alongside endorsements from New York Governor Kathy Hochul and several other state and national Democratic leaders.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, members of the party\u2019s left-wing faction \u2014 including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) \u2014 have long rallied behind Mamdani, actively campaigning for him in the lead-up to the election.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI asked you if Mamdani was the future of the party, and you didn\u2019t answer the question,\u201d host Jake Tapper followed up with Jeffries, who essentially deferred to a rambling list of boilerplate talking points bashing President Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cDonald Trump and Republicans have gone way too far and have failed to deliver anything meaningful for the American people, and, as Democrats, we\u2019re going to focus on lowering the high cost of living, on fixing our broken healthcare system that Republicans continue to make worse with their toxic policies, and, of course, on cleaning up corruption in the Congress, in the courts, and within the administration with Donald Trump running the largest pay-to-play scheme in the history of the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Democrats under President Biden presided over some of the highest inflation in decades. Also, the party is hyper-focused on \u201cwoke\u201d issues like transgenderism, climate change, and pronouns \u2013 all of which\u00a0has been rejected<\/a>\u00a0by a majority of Americans.<\/p>\n

Tapper continued to press the issue, mentioning that the House Democratic leader took a considerable amount of time to endorse. \u201c[Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer [D-N.Y.] still has not endorsed him. Are you concerned about Republicans using him as a lightning rod so as to hurt your ability to win back the House in 2026?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

But the Democratic leader simply dodged again.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, the lightning rod in terms of what\u2019s going to impact the ability of either side to win control of the House or hold control of the House in 2026 is going to be the failure of Republicans to actually deliver on the promises that they have made and to actively make life worse for everyday Americans,\u201d Jeffries said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe country knows that we\u2019re heading in the wrong direction. We see it repeatedly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeffries\u2019 remarks come less than 48 hours before Tuesday\u2019s state and municipal elections, which feature high-profile races in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York City.<\/p>\n

In the Big Apple, socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani is widely expected to win comfortably in a three-way contest against perennial Republican contender Curtis Sliwa and former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is mounting an independent bid after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary earlier this year.<\/p>\n

That said, Mamdani\u2019s lead over Cuomo in the race has narrowed to just 6.6 points \u2014 the tightest margin since July \u2014 according to a new AtlasIntel poll released Saturday.<\/p>\n

The survey shows Mamdani leading with 40.6% of the vote, while Cuomo, running as an independent, has climbed to 34% just days before Tuesday\u2019s election, The New York Post\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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