Democrats’ embrace of NYC mayoral candidate who wants to ‘seize means of production’ signals alarming shift in party ideology. And it has implications for Republicans, too.
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Assomeonewhoranahard-foughtsenateraceagainstElizabethWarrenin2012,Idon’tagreewithheronmanypolicies,butI haveto givehercreditforherhonestyabout politicalsensation ZohranMamdani.
AskedabouttheNewYorkCityDemocraticmayoralcandidatethisweek,theMassachusettssenatorurgedherfellowDemocratstoembraceMamdani’ssocialist plansasthe“Democraticmessage.”
Imaginethat:aclear(albeitextreme)answertoadirectquestionratherthancontrivedtalkingpoints.OtherDemocratsareofferingmealy-mouthedcannedresponsestoquestionsaboutMamdani,includingmyopponentintheNewHampshireSenaterace,U.S.RepresentativeChrisPappas,D-N.H., whowon’ttakeaposition onMamdani’scandidacy,andiscallingme“pathetic”forraisingtheissue.
TOPDEMSENATORREVEALSSOCIALISTMAMDANIISWHATHERPARTYSHOULDLOOKLIKE:‘YOUBET’
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