{"id":2471682,"date":"2025-08-06T18:27:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T22:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-chairman-ken-martin-warms-to-mamdani-says-party-is-big-tent\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T18:28:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T22:28:01","slug":"dnc-chairman-ken-martin-warms-to-mamdani-says-party-is-big-tent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-chairman-ken-martin-warms-to-mamdani-says-party-is-big-tent\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Chairman Ken Martin warms to Mamdani, says party is \u2018big tent\u2019"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fdnc-chairman-ken-martin-warms-to-mamdani-says-party-is-big-tent%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=2471682&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>Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Ken Martin has expressed support for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, emphasizing that the Democratic Party is a &#8220;big tent&#8221; that includes a wide range of ideological views-from conservative Democrats to progressives and leftists. In interviews, Martin dismissed concerns that progressive candidates like Mamdani or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez harm the party&#8217;s national prospects. He stated that winning elections requires bringing diverse groups together rather than excluding any faction. Martin also rejected the Republican model of strict party conformity, highlighting the Democratic Party&#8217;s inclusiveness. Despite controversies surrounding Mamdani, including criticisms from Jewish leaders over some of his statements, Martin congratulated him on his primary victory. the upcoming New York mayoral race is shaping up to be a four-way contest, including Mamdani, incumbent Eric Adams, Republican Curtis Sliwa, and independent Andrew Cuomo.  <\/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\">DNC Chairman Ken Martin warms to Mamdani, says party is &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-drifts-further-from-gop-orthodoxy-in-bid-to-beat-harris-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump drifts further from GOP orthodoxy in bid to beat Harris ... Washington Examiner\">big tent&#038;rsquo<\/a>;<\/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_2178831\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic National Committee\">Democratic National Committee<\/a> Chairman Ken Martin waved off concerns about Democratic socialist New York City mayoral candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic Party\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, saying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic Party\">Democratic Party<\/a> was a &ldquo;big tent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Fox News, Martin disputed the assertion that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize\/\" title=\"Stacey Abrams Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize\">left-wing candidates<\/a> like Mamdani would hurt the party&rsquo;s national chances.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3492619\/trump-muslim-michigan-maga-streak-hamtramck-mayoral-race\/\">Trump&rsquo;s Michigan Muslim MAGA streak continues in Hamtramck mayoral race<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3492444\/beto-orourke-says-texas-redistricting-rolls-red-carpet-for-third-trump-term\/\">Beto O&#8217;Rourke says Texas redistricting rolls &#8216;red carpet&#8217; for third Trump term<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3492522\/democrat-jolanda-jones-holocaust-apology-redistricting-texas\/\">Texas Democrat Jolanda Jones apologizes after comparing redistricting to Holocaust<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think they make it difficult at all,&rdquo; Martin answered when asked if progressive Democrats like Mamdani, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and others complicate his job. &ldquo;At the end of the day, the difference between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party is that we&rsquo;re a big tent. We have lots of people in that tent from all of the different ideological wings, from conservative Democrats, to centrists, to progressives, to these new leftists.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And the reality is, I&rsquo;ve always said that you win through addition, not subtraction. You don&rsquo;t win by putting people out of your coalition. You win by bringing people into your coalition, and that includes people from all different ideological wings,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican National Committee quickly latched on to Martin&rsquo;s comments, saying he &ldquo;warmly welcomes communist Zohran Mamdani to the Democrat Party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DNC Chair Ken Martin warmly welcomes communist Zohran Mamdani to the Democrat Party.<\/p>\n<p>Martin: There&#8217;s room in our &#8220;big tent&#8221; for &#8220;people from all different ideological wings.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N47KSsf9KL\">pic.twitter.com\/N47KSsf9KL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1953185131797332315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Martin made similar comments in July in an interview with Fox News Digital, saying he rejected leadership that tries to make the party ideologically aligned.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Republicans expect people to march lockstep. If there&rsquo;s any dissent, they&rsquo;re drummed out of the party. They&rsquo;re pushed out of the party. I reject that type of leadership,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Martin has been trying to put out fires in the Democratic civil war that erupted over Mamdani&rsquo;s shock victory on June 24. He <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2025\/07\/dnc-chair-ken-martin-calls-jewish-leaders-adl-aipac-zohran-mamdani-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"called Jewish leaders in July\">called Jewish leaders in July<\/a>, assuring them that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >party doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t condone the phrase &ldquo;globalize the intifada,&rdquo; which some Jews interpret as antisemitic and a call to violence against them and which Mamdani has previously refused to condemn.<\/p>\n<p>Martin gave Mamdani a simple congratulations after his victory in June.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3487890\/zohran-mamdani-hates-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ZOHRAN MAMDANI WANTS YOU TO STOP TALKING ABOUT HOW HE HATES POLICE\">ZOHRAN MAMDANI WANTS YOU TO STOP TALKING ABOUT HOW HE HATES POLICE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on a big victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, and to all of the Democrats across the ballot who prevailed tonight,&rdquo; he said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on a big victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, and to all of the Democrats across the ballot who prevailed tonight.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ken Martin (@kenmartin73) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenmartin73\/status\/1937720657397043506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The New York mayoral election is now set to be a four-way faceoff between Mamdani, the independent and embattled incumbent Eric Adams, Republican Curtis Sliwa, and former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is also running as an independent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_2178831\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2178831\"}});<\/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>DNC Chair Ken Martin embraces Mamdani, calls party a &#8216;big tent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2471683,"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\/02\/AP25032620406830.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[60781,7705,45303,56552,5894],"class_list":["post-2471682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-big-tent","tag-dnc","tag-ken-martin","tag-mamdani","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25032620406830.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471682","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2471682"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2471686,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471682\/revisions\/2471686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2471683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2471682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2471682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2471682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}