NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is so radical, even far-left Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) can’t bring himself to endorse the socialist.
Mamdani has come under fire for his plans to fund his radical transformation of the city by hiking property taxes for “richer and whiter neighborhoods.’
Mamdani has also waged a longstanding campaign aimed at defunding the New York Police Department, which he claims is designed to “control black, brown and poor New Yorkers.”
Last week, CNN host Manu Raju asked Booker, “If part of the issue with your party, do you think, is not embracing enough of the energy on the left flank of your party? You’re seeing what’s happening in your neighboring state in New York, Zohran Mamdani.”
“He’s the Democratic candidate, democratic socialist candidate there. Democratic leaders are not supporting him. Is that a problem? Do you support him?”
“So you and I are going to have this conversation, and I’m going to say to you one day, I told you so,” Booker responded.
“This is not a left-right issue. It really isn‘t. It is an authoritarian, versus people who want pragmatic government that makes a difference in the lives of the American people. I‘m one of these people that says the lines that divide us in America are not nearly as strong as the ties that bind us.”
“Big corporations, people want to keep our eyes on the screen, want to pit us against each other, and tell us how much we should hate each other. I‘m sorry, the left-right lens is not the right lens to look at this right now. Right now it is, can we get back to the pragmatic work of governing?”
Not satisfied with Booker’s non-answer word salad, Raju asked Booker again if he supported Mamdani.
Booker replied, “I have learned a long time ago, let New York politics be New York politics. We got enough challenges in Jersey. I got a governor‘s race, I’m supporting Mikie Sherrill. I got legislative races. That‘s where my energy is going to go, going into November.”
“New York City, I love you. You’re my neighbor. You’re about 10 miles from where I live. You guys figure out your elections. I’m going to focus on mine.”
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