The far-left progressive socialists are getting bolder in their plan to take over the Democrat Party.
From CNN: Democratic socialists in New York City emboldened by Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral primary win are warning that they may go after five House incumbents next — and Hakeem Jeffries, the minority leader at the top of their list, is daring them to try.
Jeffries’ political operation even has a nickname for those talking up threats to the House minority leader back home: “Team Gentrification.”
That phrase reflects that Mamdani turned out young progressives who, according to unofficial election data, were largely Whiter and wealthier as a whole than the longtime residents of the districts represented by Jeffries and others being targeted. But it also speaks to the resentment many Democratic politicians in the nation’s largest city — and in places around the country that aren’t as deep-blue as New York — have at being told by Mamdani supporters there’s a new reality that they now need to adapt to, and quickly.
Mamdani’s allies, notably key leaders of the Democratic Socialists of America, are talking about running primary challengers against Jeffries and several other incumbents, including Reps. Ritchie Torres, Jerry Nadler, Dan Goldman and Yvette Clarke.
Ashik Siddique, a national DSA co-chair, pointed out that Mamdani himself got his start organizing for a Palestinian pastor running for a Brooklyn city council seat in 2017. Mamdani’s win, Siddique said, “feels full circle,” and for future races, “it’s really proof of concept.”
CNN reported that when they asked whether Mamdani believes those House incumbent challenges should happen — of if he’d make any effort to stop them – his press secretary declared he will not be commenting on the matter.
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During an MSNBC ‘Meet The Press’ interview in late June, Mamdani refused to condemn the Islamic phrase “globalize the intafada,” which is considered by some as a call to violence.
Suddenly a day after this article @EspaillatNY endorsed @ZohranKMamdani. Afraid? Scared? Who will be next? @sidrosenberg
@JCats2013 @NYCMayor @politicony @NYGovCuomo @fud31 https://t.co/Ydy3sx84Zd— Rev Ruben Diaz, Sr. (@revrubendiaz) July 10, 2025
DNC Chair Ken Martin is falling in line, saying in a PBS Newshour interview on Wednesday, “We have centrist Democrats. We have labor progressives like me, and we have this new brand of Democrat, which is the leftist. And we win by bringing people into that coalition. And, at the end of the day, for me, that’s the type of party we’re going to lead. We are a big tent party.”
VIDEO: DNC Chair callously dismisses Mamdani not condemning intifada slogan
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