{"id":2602231,"date":"2026-05-13T14:11:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-warns-of-mini-mamdanis-taking-the-country-far-far-left\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:13:21","slug":"johnson-warns-of-mini-mamdanis-taking-the-country-far-far-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-warns-of-mini-mamdanis-taking-the-country-far-far-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson warns of \u2018mini Mamdanis\u2019 taking the country \u2018far, far left\u2019"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fjohnson-warns-of-mini-mamdanis-taking-the-country-far-far-left%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=2602231&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>Republican Rep. Mike Johnson says the Democratic Party is seeing a new wave of left-wing \u201cinsurgent\u201d candidates modeled after New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, warning that progressives who openly embrace socialist and Marxist ideas are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-push-to-lower-voting-age-to-16-to-boost-voting-share-among-people-with-undeveloped-brains\/\" title=\"Dems Push to Lower Voting Age to 16 to Boost Voting Share Among People With Undeveloped Brains\">gaining momentum nationwide<\/a>. He argues this shift is unprecedented and poses a serious threat to the country, saying it reflects a move away from a constitutional republic toward a \u201ccommunist utopian\u201d ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson points to other progressive candidates gaining prominence or winning primaries, and contrasts Democrats\u2019 current direction with the GOP\u2019s earlier Tea Party shift, which he says was primarily about fiscal obligation.He also cites Mamdani\u2019s NYC election performance-winning 50.8% versus Andrew Cuomo\u2019s 41.3% and Curtis Sliwa\u2019s 7%-as evidence of an internal Democratic change from moderates to progressives. Johnson concludes that with the far left controlling much of the energy and funding in the party and facing little resistance, the trajectory is dangerous.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) raised the alarm about progressives similar to New York Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> \u201cpopping up\u201d in elections across the country as more <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >left-leaning candidates gain momentum<\/a> within the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democratic-Party\/\">Democratic Party<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson cautioned against the shift in an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2054519176224440361\">interview with Fox News<\/a> released Wednesday, saying it is something that has \u201cnever [been] seen before in American history.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4566609\/karen-bass-keep-lead-la-mayor-race-after-debate\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                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                                                                                                           <\/div>\n<h3>Spencer Pratt trolls Karen Bass with fake attack ad<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cThe way I describe it in summary is there are mini Mamdanis popping up all around the country,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cThey\u2019re openly about socialist, Marxist ideology.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The speaker\u2019s comments come as more progressive candidates across the country either win their primaries or gain more national attention, including Senate candidates <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4539844\/five-things-maine-senate-graham-platner\/\">Graham Platner<\/a> in Maine and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4565560\/abdul-el-sayed-physician-license-michigan-senate\/\">Abdul el Sayed<\/a> in Michigan. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson pushed back on critics who equate Democrats becoming more progressive with Republicans starting the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tea-party\/\">Tea Party<\/a> after former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\">Barack Obama<\/a> was elected, arguing the change in the GOP was about \u201cfiscal responsibility.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Tea Party reset in the Republican Party was about fiscal responsibility,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cThis is about moving away from a constitutional republic to a communist utopian ideology.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a dangerous thing for the future of the country,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>Mamdani\u2019s election signaled a shift within the party, as the mayor ran a campaign as a self-described \u201cDemocratic socialist\u201d touting progressive policies and earning endorsements from more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-calls-for-gun-control-after-shootingeven-though-it-happened-in-a-gun-free-zone\/\" title=\"MSNBC Calls For Gun Control After Shooting\u2026Even Though It Happened In A Gun-Free Zone\">left-leaning politicians<\/a>, including Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT) and Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez <\/a>(D-NY). <\/p>\n<p>The results of the New York City mayoral election further exemplified this, with the results indicating a changing of the guard within the Democratic Party from moderates to progressives.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani earned 50.8% of the vote, with moderate-turned-independent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andrew-cuomo\/\">Andrew Cuomo<\/a> \u2014 New York\u2019s former governor \u2014 trailing behind with 41.3% and Republican Curtis Sliwa coming in third with 7%, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2025\/results\/new-york-city-mayor\">according to CNN<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Since Mamdani was elected, more progressives across the country have felt encouraged to enter politics. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4462958\/democrats-learn-from-republicans-midterm-elections\/\"><strong>W. JAMES ANTLE: THE COMING PROGRESSIVE TEA PARTY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But Johnson warned against this shift, saying Democrats are moving too far left and going unchecked. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem we have is the insurgent Left; the far Left has all the energy, excitement, and money in the Democratic Party,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is not our father\u2019s Democratic Party anymore. They are going far, far left, and no one is there to stop it, and that is a dangerous thing for the future of the country.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker Mike Johnson warned that progressive candidates like Zohran Mamdani are \u201cpopping up\u201d nationwide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2602232,"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\/2026\/05\/image-collage-grmomwfkq-1778688835012-e1778689338147.jpg?1778675450&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3728,7940,4356,5894,3646],"class_list":["post-2602231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-election","tag-ideology","tag-jordan","tag-politics","tag-security"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-collage-grmomwfkq-1778688835012-e1778689338147.jpg?1778675450&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602231","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\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2602231"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2602235,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602231\/revisions\/2602235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2602232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2602231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2602231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2602231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}