From Fox News: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is the leader of the Democratic Party during an interview on Tuesday.
Speaking to CNBC host Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bessent said, “I was in the room, and I think that you’ve got to have some admiration for a candidate who ran a campaign the way he did. It was a great, great campaign.”
“He is clearly the leader of the Democratic Party now. And I think it speaks to how open-minded the president is, that he invited him into the Oval,” Bessent said.
The treasury secretary pointed out that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., did not endorse Mamdani in the mayoral race. Other key New York Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Gov. Kathy Hochul, did endorse the mayor-elect.
“President Trump wants the best for New Yorkers,” Bessent added. “I can tell you, my impression of the mayor-elect is he’s a young man with a lot of old ideas that have never worked. Point to one example where policies like his have led to anything other than a decline.”
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🚨 BREAKING: Secretary Scott Bessent says Zohran Mamdani is “clearly the LEADER of the Democratic Party now”
“He’s a young man with a lot of old ideas that have never WORKED!” 🤣🔥
“Point to ONE example where policies like his led to anything other than a decline.”
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