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President Donald Trump issued a provocative threat during a Cabinet meeting this week: If New York City elects a “communist” mayor, he might take the city over, just like he might take over Washington,
Trump labels New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani a "communist" as Republicans aim to paint the progressive assemblyman as an extremist ahead of midterm elections.
Former Big Apple Mayor and groundhog killer Bill de Blasio and his aides are clamoring to become relevant again.
During a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump was asked about the New York City mayor’s race. Mamdani won the Democratic primary last month, drawing the ire of Trump. Mamdani is a self-described democratic socialist. Trump has consistently referred to Mamdani as a communist; Mamdani has said that he is not.
Jack Lew, Obama's former treasury secretary, criticized NYC mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani's plans to tax corporations and the wealthy, comparing them to populist policies that may not work.
Socialist mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani is “laundering” his vocal defund-the-police stances by cynically toying with keeping tough-on-crime Jessica Tisch as NYPD commissioner if