{"id":2456148,"date":"2025-07-06T17:34:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T21:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/khanna-says-democrats-should-learn-from-mamdanis-focus-on-affordability-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T17:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T21:35:13","slug":"khanna-says-democrats-should-learn-from-mamdanis-focus-on-affordability-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/khanna-says-democrats-should-learn-from-mamdanis-focus-on-affordability-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Khanna says Democrats should learn from Mamdani\u2019s focus on \u2018affordability\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fkhanna-says-democrats-should-learn-from-mamdanis-focus-on-affordability-washington-examiner%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=2456148&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-independent-report-on-uyghur-treatment-finds-china-in-breach-of-1948-u-n-genocide-convention\/\" title=\"First Independent ...ort On Uyghur Treatment Finds China In Breach of 1948 U.N. Genocide Convention\">recent discussion<\/a>, Rep. Ro khanna (D-CA) emphasized that the Democratic Party should draw lessons from the campaign strategies of Zohran Mamdani, a socialist who successfully won the Democratic primary for New York City mayor in 2025. Khanna noted that MamdaniS success stemmed from his strong focus on affordability and economic issues, which resonated with voters. Despite controversies surrounding some of Mamdani&#8217;s statements, Khanna defended him by highlighting that voters embraced his platform that prioritized pocketbook concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Khanna believes that by concentrating on the economy and affordability, the Democratic Party can effectively reach and mobilize voters. He also addressed critics of Mamdani, suggesting that the lessons from his campaign could help inform the party&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-may-have-discovered-a-solution-to-the-egg-shortage-ahead-of-easter\/\" title=\"Trump Administration May Have Discovered a Solution to the Egg Shortage Ahead of Easter\">broader strategy moving forward<\/a>, notably against the backdrop of economic messaging strategies from opponents like former President Trump&#8217;s initiatives. In this context, Khanna&#8217;s remarks reflect a potential shift in focus for the Democratic Party, emphasizing a need to engage directly with the financial concerns of constituents.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Khanna says Democrats should learn from Mamdani&rsquo;s focus on &lsquo;affordability&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2165376\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ro-khanna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ro Khanna<\/a> (D-CA) contended that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democratic Party<\/a> ought to take notes from the campaign of mayoral candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, suggesting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/does-this-study-shift-the-covid-19-narrative-about-when-the-virus-was-in-the-us\/\" title=\"Does This Study Shift the Covid-19 Narrative About When the Virus Was in the US?\">key aspect<\/a> of his campaign could be the strategy to win back voters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani, a socialist who won the Democratic Party&rsquo;s primary in the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York City<\/a> mayoral election, has dodged condemning the phrase &ldquo;globalize the intifada&rdquo; or threats to arrest Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>. When Khanna was asked if Mamdani&rsquo;s issues are welcome in the Democratic Party, the lawmaker argued Mamdani won his primary due to his &ldquo;laser-focus on affordability.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3463724\/joaquin-castro-answers-missing-key-weather-personnel-texas-floods\/\">Texas Democrat seeks answers on &#8216;missing key&#8217; weather personnel as flood deaths rise<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3463719\/jason-smith-calls-for-reforms-cbo-big-beautiful-bill-analysis\/\">Jason Smith calls for &#8216;reforms&#8217; to the CBO amid recent &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217; analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3462159\/congress-records-four-broken-six-months-hakeem-jeffries\/\">Congress breaks four records just six months after arriving in Washington<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Now, of course, I condemn &lsquo;globalize the intifada,&rsquo;&rdquo; Khanna said on <em>Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream<\/em>. &ldquo;I met with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Israel, he&rsquo;s the leader of Israel. I disagree with him, but of course I met with him and I believe Israel has the right to exist as a secure Jewish democratic state. But people who are attacking Mamdani are missing why he won. He was talking about pocketbook issues, he mobilized a lot of people, and that&rsquo;s ultimately the lesson for the Democratic Party: focus on the economy, focus on affordability, focus on good jobs, focus on healthcare.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3017276&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=b9114d81a5dab420eaa14565d54eb1ca\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Khanna was then asked if Mamdani&rsquo;s views on certain issues disqualify him from positions in the Democratic Party, to which Khanna argued &ldquo;the people voted for him.&rdquo; Going forward, Khanna suggested the Democratic Party is &ldquo;very capable&rdquo; of delivering a &ldquo;strong economic message,&rdquo; saying that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> One Big Beautiful Bill Act will be a &ldquo;key issue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ex-MSNBC host Joy Reid has argued Mamdani won his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-overturns-primary-election-calling-evidence-of-fraud-shocking\/\" title=\"Judge overturns primary election due to &#039;shocking&#039; evidence of fraud.\">primary election due<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3463733\/joy-reid-sounds-alarm-2026-election-integrity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">voters embracing &ldquo;a version of socialism&rdquo;<\/a> amid &ldquo;pure fascism.&rdquo; She added that voters are tired of &ldquo;tepid&rdquo; politics from Democratic lawmakers and instead want &ldquo;something equally extreme.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3452088\/wes-moore-2028-presidential-race-naacp-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">WES MOORE INSISTS HE&rsquo;S NOT RUNNING IN 2028. HIS SCHEDULE SUGGESTS OTHERWISE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Mamdani&rsquo;s victory, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3463362\/dallas-mayor-declares-sanctuary-city-from-socialism-after-nyc-zohran-mamdani-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">declared his city a &ldquo;sanctuary city from socialism.&rdquo;<\/a> He has also invited people to move to his city, claiming &ldquo;Common sense and the American Dream&rdquo; reside in it.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of New York City&rsquo;s general election, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman announced on X that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillAckman\/status\/1940602849424969733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he is backing current Mayor Eric Adams against Mamdani<\/a>. Ackman explained that he met with both Adams and Democratic candidate Andrew Cuomo, and said the latter candidate is &ldquo;not up for the fight,&rdquo; whereas Adams is &ldquo;ready to go to battle.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2165376\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2165376\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khanna urges Democrats to adopt Mamdani&#8217;s focus on affordability<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2456149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Khanna-and-Mamdani.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[18297,3685,12748,56552,32076],"class_list":["post-2456148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-affordability","tag-democrats","tag-khanna","tag-mamdani","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Khanna-and-Mamdani.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456148","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456148"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456152,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456148\/revisions\/2456152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}