Jeffries brushes off concern that Mamdani wins could hurt Democrats in midterms
Key takeaways
- And Mike Lawler s going to be defeated in November.
- President Trump on Wednesday morning railed against Mamdani s candidates victories in the Empire State, proclaiming that America the Beautiful will NEVER be a Communist Country!!!
- Three progressive Democrats endorsed by Mamdani won competitive House primaries on Tuesday night.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
No, Donald Trump has a working relationship with the mayor of the city of New York, and he s made that publicly and explicitly clear to America not once but twice in the Oval Office, Jeffries told reporters Wednesday morning, when a reporter noted Republicans were using Tuesday s primary results to argue that Democrats were moving too far to the left and asked if it would hurt the party.
My condolences are extended to Republicans in the House who spent millions of dollars trying to pick [Rep.] Mike Lawler s opponent, and they failed, Jeffries added, referring to a group with reported ties to House Republican leadership unsuccessfully wading into the Democratic primary in Lawler s battleground district. And Mike Lawler s going to be defeated in November.
Democrats are vying to retake the House majority this November, and Republicans have long sought to use the New York City mayor s success and his democratic socialist leanings to suggest that the Democratic Party is only growing more radical.