{"id":2452236,"date":"2025-06-26T09:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T13:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-dems-response-to-muslim-socialists-nyc-win-shows-exactly-where-the-party-is-headed\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T09:23:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T13:23:43","slug":"top-dems-response-to-muslim-socialists-nyc-win-shows-exactly-where-the-party-is-headed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-dems-response-to-muslim-socialists-nyc-win-shows-exactly-where-the-party-is-headed\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Dems&#8217; Response to Muslim Socialist&#8217;s NYC Win Shows Exactly Where the Party Is Headed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-dems-response-to-muslim-socialists-nyc-win-shows-exactly-where-the-party-is-headed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2452236&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent Democratic primary election, New York City voters elected socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani as their nominee for the upcoming mayoral race. His victory was met with enthusiasm from <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >national party leaders<\/a>, such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who praised his campaign focused on economic issues and affordability. Despite the Democratic party&#8217;s close ties to more moderate stances, they are now leaning further left, as reflected in Mamdani&#8217;s radical proposals, including raising the minimum wage and defunding the police. His election has drawn attention to the party&#8217;s alignment with progressive ideals, raising concerns about the implications for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-special-elections-give-trump-wake-up-call-in-his-backyard-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Florida special ...s give Trump wake-up call in his backyard - Washington Examiner\">broader national political landscape<\/a>. Critics argue that the Democrats&#8217; focus on these leftist policies could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buzz-about-buttigieg-as-2024-candidate-overlooks-his-far-left-agenda-analysts-say\/\" title=\"Buzz About Buttigieg as 2024 Candidate Overlooks His Far-... Agenda, Analysts Say\">alienate moderate voters<\/a> and possibly benefit Republican efforts in upcoming elections. Mamdani&#8217;s controversial stances and the support from prominent party figures suggest a significant shift in the party&#8217;s approach to governance in a rapidly changing political environment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>After New York City&rsquo;s Democratic voters chose a socialist to be their standard-bearer for the upcoming mayoral election in November, national party leaders reacted with jubilance on social media.<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Zohran Mamdani <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/24-years-9-11-nyc-dems-pick-muslim-defends-terror-hates-israel-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cruised to an easy victory<\/a> in the New York City mayoral primary, beating former state Gov. Andrew Cuomo and two others.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than take President Donald Trump&rsquo;s resounding win last year as a sign that they should move to the middle, liberal leadership doubled down on Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>This is not super surprising, however, when you realize that Democrats chose New Yorkers to lead their party in both houses of Congress, even though it&rsquo;s one of the bluest states in America.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer posted on social media platform X that he has &ldquo;known @ZohranKMamdani since we worked together to provide debt relief for thousands of beleaguered taxi drivers &amp; fought to stop a fracked gas plant in Astoria. He ran an impressive campaign that connected with New Yorkers about affordability, fairness, &amp; opportunity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I have known <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZohranKMamdani?\">@ZohranKMamdani<\/a> since we worked together to provide debt relief for thousands of beleaguered taxi drivers &amp; fought to stop a fracked gas plant in Astoria. He ran an impressive campaign that connected with New Yorkers about affordability, fairness, &amp; opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chuck Schumer (@chuckschumer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chuckschumer\/status\/1937890929689420209?\">June 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries echoed Schumer&rsquo;s praise, writing: &ldquo;Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on a decisive primary victory. Assemblyman Mamdani ran a strong campaign that relentlessly focused on the economy and bringing down the high cost of living in New York City. We spoke this morning and plan to meet in Central Brooklyn shortly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on a decisive primary victory.<\/p>\n<p>Assemblyman Mamdani ran a strong campaign that relentlessly focused on the economy and bringing down the high cost of living in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>We spoke this morning and plan to meet in Central Brooklyn shortly.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeemjeffries) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hakeemjeffries\/status\/1937889911165645000?\">June 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And finally, controversial Democratic Rep. Illhan Omar of Minnesota chose to insert an Arabic phrase at the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1937900703088799910\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">end of her post<\/a>, which means &ldquo;All praise is due to Allah.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congratulations @ZohranKMamdani! This is an incredible victory and testament to the people powered campaign you put together,&rdquo; she wrote on X. &ldquo;Thank you NYC for not letting the bigots and corrupt billionaires prevail. This victory also belongs to you. As you&rsquo;ll get ready for the general election, know that we will all be cheering you. Alhamdulillah!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m sure this is bound to resonate with American swing-state voters on several emotional levels.<\/p>\n<p>What are Democrats thinking? They seem to hate Trump so much that they won&rsquo;t even take notice of why his policies are so popular.<\/p>\n<p>The stances being championed here are the exact opposite of what the country voted for.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flashback-mom-nycs-muslim-socialist-mayoral-candidate-declares-not-american\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has advocated<\/a> for various far-left positions, including, but not limited to, wanting to raise the minimum wage to $30-an-hour and creating city-owned grocery stores.<\/p>\n<p>He also once said he&rsquo;d arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on an International Criminal Court warrant, despite the ICC lacking jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he pushed for defunding the police and &ldquo;queer liberation&rdquo; and compared the radical term &ldquo;globalize the intifada,&rdquo; to &ldquo;a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If this is the playbook Democrats want to go with, by all means, they should continue doubling down on radical policies.<\/p>\n<p>This will likely result in more victories for Republicans, however, as most Americans are not on board with what Mamdani or the Democrats have to offer.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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State Representative Zohran Mamdani won decisively in the New York City mayoral primary, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo and two other candidates. Instead of moving toward the center following President Trump&#8217;s significant victory last year, liberal leaders chose to support Mamdani. This decision isn&#8217;t surprising given that Democrats have elected New Yorkers to lead their party in both congressional houses, as it is one of the most liberal states in America. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer shared on social media that he has known Mamdani since they collaborated on debt relief for taxi drivers and opposed a fracked gas plant in Astoria, praising his campaign&#8217;s focus on affordability and opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries also congratulated Mamdani, highlighting his strong campaign centered around economic issues and reducing living costs in New York City. Controversial Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar from Minnesota added an Arabic phrase meaning &#8220;All praise is due to Allah&#8221; at the end of her post congratulating Mamdani and expressing gratitude to NYC voters for rejecting bigotry and corruption.<\/p>\n<p>However, this approach may not resonate with swing-state voters across America. Many believe Democrats are ignoring why Trump&#8217;s policies gained popularity among citizens. The positions advocated by Mamdani are far-left and include raising the minimum wage significantly, creating city-owned grocery stores, defunding police forces, and supporting radical movements related to Palestinian rights-stances that could alienate many Americans who do not align with these views. If Democrats continue down this path of radical policies, it may lead to more victories for Republicans as they diverge from mainstream public opinion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2452237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Top-Dems-on-NYC-mayor-race.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[57900,57942,57943,36830,32800],"class_list":["post-2452236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-muslim-socialist","tag-nyc-win","tag-party-direction","tag-political-response","tag-top-dems"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Top-Dems-on-NYC-mayor-race.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452236"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452240,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452236\/revisions\/2452240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2452237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}