Though Elon Musk now maintains a distance from politics after stepping down from the Department of Government Efficiency, he could not stop himself from expressing his surprise at former president Bill Clinton’s message to Zohran Mamdani, the Indian-origin, democratic socialist who beat Andrew Cuomo and others in the primary of the mayoral election. “Congratulations @ZohranKMamdani on your victory in yesterday’s primary election and a well-run campaign. I’m wishing you much success in November and beyond as you work to bring New Yorkers together to tackle the city’s challenges and shape a stronger, fairer future,” the 42nd president declared in a Wednesday post on X.Social media users explained in reaction to Elon Musk’s post that Democrats love communists.Bill Clinton is not the only Democrat who warmed up to Mamdani, but there are several who are now on their way to embrace the socialist, though the party did not back him for the election. “I had a lovely call with Zohran and we talked about how he inspired voters to support him because of his laser-like focus on affordability,” Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York told The Independent. “I asked for a meeting for to talk about some issues that I have that I want to talk through.”Sen. Gillibrand is the chairwoman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee which works to elect Democratic candidates in the Senate and defend incumbents.But Democratic Rep. Laura Gillen, who represents a swing district outside the city, posted her criticisms of Mamdani on X.“Socialist Zohran Mamdani is too extreme to lead New York City,” she said. “Beyond that, Mr. Mamdani has called to defund the police and has demonstrated a disturbing pattern of unacceptable antisemitic comments which stoke hate at a time when antisemitism is skyrocketing.”
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Game is on: Tom Homan’s warning to Mamdani
Border czar Tom Homan ripped into Mamdani’s mayoral campaign promise to “kick the facist ICE out of New York City,” and told Mamdani in a warning that it’s “game on”. “Federal law trumps him every day, every hour of every minute,” Homan added. “We’re going to be in New York City, matter of fact, because it’s a sanctuary city and President Trump made it clear a week and a half ago, we’re going to double down and triple down on sanctuary cities.
