House Democrats say Zoran Mamdani is “too extreme and unable to lead New York City.”
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Medium house The New York Democrat has criticized the New York City Democratic candidate for mayor, Assemblyman Zoran Mamdani.
“Socialist Zoran Mamdani is too extreme to lead New York City. His entire campaign was built on the last thing New York needs: the unattainable promises and higher taxes,” DN.Y. Rep. Laura Gillen said Wednesday.
“Beyond that, Mamdani called for police to be refunded, demonstrating a deeply disturbing pattern of unacceptable anti-Semitism comments he hates when anti-Semitism is surged. He is an absolute wrong choice for New York.”
This is the first pushback from a Democrat official to Mamdani’s astounding victory in the first round of the major tally of New York City’s ranked optional votes.
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Zohran Mamdani, a New York State Senator and mayoral candidate for New York City, was the first to come in a ranked optional vote count. (Reuters/Bing Guang)
Mamdani surpassed the former New York state government. Andrew Cuomo In the first round, he won 43.5% of the vote, compared to Cuomo’s 36.4%.
Cuomo announced he would resign from primary, but left an unresolved question as to whether he would join current New York Mayor Eric Adams to run independently in the race.
The former governor, including accusations of sexual harassment that derailed his time in Albany, told Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo that he hasn’t ruled out him again in November.
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Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has dropped out of the mayoral Democratic primary. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Gillen is a Long Island Democrats In the 2024 election, he was Anthony D’Esposito, former member of the House of Representatives of Rn.Y.
She is known to infiltrate issues from her party on law enforcement and illegal immigration during her short time in Congress.
Gillen has also been invading from Democratic leaders with her criticism of Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-proclaimed democratic socialist who has included a platform that includes a city-owned, operated grocery store.
House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, DN.Y., and Senate minority leaders. Chuck SchumerDn.Y. said in an official statement Wednesday that they had spoken to Mamdani since his victory.
Rep. Laura Gillen is a moderate Democrat from Long Island. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, Getty Images)
“He has run an impressive campaign that connects with New Yorkers about affordability, fairness and opportunities,” Schumer said.
“Mumdani has implemented a strong campaign to reduce high living costs by focusing relentlessly on the economy,” a statement from Jeffries said. New York City. ”
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Fox News Digital has contacted Mamdani’s campaign for comments on Gillen’s criticism.