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Zohran Mamdani\u2019s democratic socialist allies are reportedly considering primary challenges next year against several congressional Democrats in New York City, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.<\/p>\n
However, a senior political advisor to Jeffries has vowed that anyone attempting to unseat the top Democrat in the House during next year\u2019s primaries will face a \u201cforceful and unrelenting\u201d response, Fox News is reporting.<\/p>\n
Mamdani, the 33-year-old Ugandan-born democratic socialist assemblyman from Queens, sent political shockwaves nationwide with his decisive victory two weeks ago over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates in New York City\u2019s Democratic mayoral primary.<\/p>\n
His win marks a significant step toward potentially becoming the city\u2019s first Muslim mayor, but would also signal the Democratic Party\u2019s increasing shift to the extreme far-left.<\/p>\n
In the wake of Mamdani\u2019s primary victory in June, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) highlighted that \u201cthis movement is bigger than one person, election, city, or organization.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe encourage all people inspired by the Zohran campaign to join their local DSA or YDSA chapter and get involved so we can continue to fight alongside Zohran and DSA elected officials across the country to create the future we all deserve,\u201d the party added.<\/p>\n
Now, following Mamdani\u2019s victory, DSA leaders are reportedly considering mounting primary challenges not only against Jeffries but also other House Democrats representing New York City districts, including Reps. Ritchie Torres, Jerry Nadler, Dan Goldman, and Yvette Clarke, Fox added.<\/p>\n
Jeffries, who succeeded longtime House Democratic leader and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi two years ago, has faced criticism from some of New York City\u2019s far-left leaders, who label him a moderate and establishment Democrat.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis leadership has left a vacuum that organizations like DSA are filling. I think that is more important right now,\u201d New York City\u2019s Democratic Socialists of America chapter co-chair Gustavo Gordillo said in a CNN interview recently.<\/p>\n
Democratic socialist state Sen. Jabari Brisport, who represents some of the same areas of Brooklyn that Jeffries does in the U.S. House, told Fox News in a statement that the longtime congressman is \u201crapidly growing out of touch with an insurgent and growing progressive base within his own district that he should pay more attention to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Democratic strategist Andre Richardson, a senior political advisor to Jeffries, highlighted the sweeping actions taken by President Donald Trump during the early months of his second term in the White House that the left vehemently opposes, said, \u201cLeader Hakeem Jeffries is focused on taking back the House from the MAGA extremists who just ripped health care away from millions of Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richardson also sent a warning in a statement to CNN against a hard-left primary challenge to Jeffries. \u201cIf Team Gentrification [Mamdani allies] wants a primary fight, our response will be forceful and unrelenting. We will teach them and all of their incumbents a painful lesson on June 23, 2026,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n
The tension is escalating as pressure mounts on state and local Democrats in the city to support Mamdani in the general election, amid fears they could face primary challenges if they fail to join his coalition. Mamdani will face Republican Curtis Sliwa in November, while former Governor Andrew Cuomo and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams will appear on the ballot under minor party lines, the New York Post noted.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn State Assemblywoman Phara Souffrant Forrest, a DSA member whose district overlaps with Jeffries\u2019 congressional seat, cautioned Jeffries to be careful what he wishes for.\u201cWeird threat to make since Hakeem already went after @JabariBrisport [DSA state senator] and I.How\u2019d that go for him, again?\u201d Forrest said in a statement on X on Thursday.<\/p>\n
In a stunning upset,\u2013 who had been a heavy favorite until recent weeks \u2013 conceded after it became clear the the 33-year-old democratic socialist had built a substantial lead over the more experienced but scandal-scarred former governor.<\/p>\n
In a speech to supporters, Mamdani said: \u201cTonight, we made history,\u201d adding: \u201cI will be your Democratic nominee for the mayor of\u00a0New York\u00a0City.\u201d<\/p>\n
If his win is confirmed, Mamdani will be seen as the frontrunner for the 4 November mayoral election in New York, a city where\u00a0<\/p>\n
After 93% of votes were counted in the primary\u2019s first round, Mamdani, a state representative, had 43.5% of the vote. Cuomo was on 36.4%.<\/p>\n
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New York City uses a ranked-choice voting system, and as neither candidate is likely to reach 50%, the board of elections will now tally people\u2019s second-choice candidates.<\/p>\n
Mamdani, who cross-endorsed with Brad Lander, a progressive who came third with 11.4% of the vote, last week, is predicted to benefit more than Cuomo from the count. He thanked Lander in his speech, telling supporters: \u201cTogether we have shown the power of the politics of the future: one of partnership and sincerity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mamdani\u2019s rapid rise will serve as a rebuke to the Democratic establishment and give hope to other progressives hoping to run in elections around the US. Cuomo was backed by deep-pocketed donors and endorsed by a wave of centrist figures including Bill Clinton, but Mamdani benefited from a rise in grassroots support among young people in particular.<\/p>\n
Cuomo said he had called Mamdani to congratulate him. \u201cHe put together a great campaign and he touched young people and inspired them and moved them and got them to come out and vote,\u201d Cuomo said. \u201cI applaud him sincerely for his effort.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cuomo told the New York Times he may still run in the November mayoral election as an independent. \u201cI want to analyse and talk to some colleagues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
But given the heavily Democratic makeup of New York, and the unpopularity of the incumbent Eric Adams, Mamdani would be favorite to become New York\u2019s 111th mayor.<\/p>\n
The race for New York mayor has been closely watched across the US. In pitting two drastically different Democrats against each other, it offered a vision of what voters want from a party that has struggled to present a coherent alternative to Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
Cuomo, a centrist, and Mamdani emerged as the frontrunners in the final weeks of the primary, Mamdani closing the gap on Cuomo through an abundance of enthusiasm from young New Yorkers.<\/p>\n
Mamdani had hoped to benefit from the voting system that allows voters to rank five candidates in order of preference.<\/p>\n
Cuomo, who was elected to three-terms as governor before resigning in disgrace amid accusations of sexual harassment, entered the race with the far superior name recognition, and at one point had a 30-point lead in polling. Mamdani ran on a progressive platform, promising to freeze rent and make buses free citywide, and his campaign was propelled by a social media following that dwarfs his rivals\u2019. He was endorsed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at an event attended by thousands of people in June, and has also won the backing of Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator.Cuomo was much less visible, eschewing large rallies for tightly managed appearances at union offices and other small venues. As the race narrowed, his campaign and the organizations backing him \u2013 some of which were funded by billionaire Republican donors \u2013 focused almost exclusively on attacking Mamdani, spending millions of dollars on mailers and TV adverts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has been a historically contentious race,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cI hope now that this primary has come to an end, I can introduce myself once more, not as you\u2019ve seen me in a 30-second ad or in a mailer in your mailbox, but as how I will lead as your mayor.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will be the mayor for every New Yorker, whether you voted for me, for Governor Cuomo, or felt too disillusioned by a long, broken political system to vote at all.\u201d<\/p>\n
Early voting started in New York on 14 June, and the city said more than 380,000 people had voted by Sunday, more than double the number that voted early in the 2021 primary. A heatwave on Tuesday \u2013 temperatures in New York reached 100F (38C) \u2013 appeared not to have suppressed turnout with more than 1 million people estimated to have voted, CBS New York<\/p>\n
The winner of the primary is not guaranteed to become the 111th mayor of New York, but it is highly likely in a city where registered Democrats heavily outnumber Republicans.<\/p>\n
Adams, who won the 2021 election as a Democrat but is running this year as an independent candidate, is deeply unpopular. He was charged last year with taking bribes and accepting foreign campaign contributions but the charges were dropped in April after the Trump administration intervened.<\/p>\n
Kid Rock has officially declared that he will no longer be performing in New York City, blaming what he calls the city\u2019s \u201cnew communist regime\u201d under recently elected mayor Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n
The 54-year-old rocker, known for blending southern patriotism with unfiltered Twitter tirades, announced the decision Thursday morning in a post that read like a declaration of independence \u2014 if the founding fathers had written theirs in all caps and misspelled half of it. \u201cSORRY NYC, BUT I DON\u2019T SING FOR COMMIES,\u201d he wrote. \u201cY\u2019ALL ELECTED MARX LITE, AND I DON\u2019T POUR MY WHISKEY OUT FOR THAT.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an interview later that afternoon on a Nashville radio show, Kid Rock elaborated. \u201cI took one look at that guy and said, \u2018Hell no.\u2019 You can\u2019t be calling yourself a socialist and expect Kid Rock to roll into town with the American flag and a six-pack of freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n
The host tried gently to point out that Mamdani identifies as a democratic socialist, not a communist. Kid Rock wasn\u2019t having it. \u201cThat\u2019s what they always say,\u201d he replied. \u201cFirst, they\u2019re \u2018democratic socialists.\u2019 Next, they\u2019re telling you to share your lawnmower with your neighbor and report to the nearest tofu ration line.\u201d<\/p>\n
His stance has sent ripples of laughter, confusion, and mild indifference through the city he\u2019s now boycotting. Many New Yorkers were unaware Kid Rock had even scheduled concerts there. \u201cWait, Kid Rock was coming here?\u201d asked one Brooklyn resident, sipping a cold brew in disbelief. \u201cI thought his last tour was just yelling at beer cans.\u201d A bartender in Queens was more blunt: \u201cBro canceled something that wasn\u2019t sold out. That\u2019s like me canceling my yacht trip to Mars.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, Kid Rock insists this is not about ticket sales \u2014 it\u2019s about standing up for principle. \u201cThis is bigger than me,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s about the American dream. You think George Washington fought the British just so Zohran Mamdani could raise taxes on Bud Light?\u201d When asked what specific policies offended him, Rock hesitated before responding, \u201cI don\u2019t know, man. Probably something about free subway rides. You know what\u2019s free in communism? Nothing. Except misery.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mayor-elect Mamdani, for his part, seemed unbothered. His office released a short statement thanking Kid Rock for his input and assuring fans that New York City remains open for all artists \u2014 even those who \u201cconfuse universal healthcare with gulags.\u201d When asked by reporters for his personal response, Mamdani smiled and said, \u201cHonestly, I had to Google him. I thought Kid Rock was a TikTok prank.\u201d<\/p>\n
On conservative talk shows, however, Rock\u2019s decision was hailed as an act of modern patriotism. Fox & Friends dedicated an entire segment titled \u201cKid Rock vs. Red City: The Battle for Freedom.\u201d One commentator even compared the musician\u2019s boycott to the Boston Tea Party, \u201cexcept with more fireworks and less reading.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tucker Carlson reportedly recorded a surprise monologue from his Maine home titled \u201cWhen the Music Dies \u2014 Because of Marxism,\u201d featuring slow-motion clips of Kid Rock waving an American flag, set to a mournful guitar solo.<\/p>\n
Economists were less impressed. \u201cThis will not affect the city\u2019s GDP,\u201d said an NYU analyst flatly. \u201cNew York\u2019s entertainment economy is worth billions. Kid Rock canceling two nights is like one pizza place running out of pepperoni.\u201d Still, the singer maintains the move is purely about values. \u201cI don\u2019t care if I lose money,\u201d he told fans. \u201cYou can\u2019t buy freedom. Except, of course, at my merch table \u2014 hoodies are 20 percent off with the promo code LIBERTYROCKS.\u201d<\/p>\n
Social media reactions have ranged from supportive to gleefully sarcastic. Fans from red states praised Rock for \u201ctaking a stand against tyranny in Times Square,\u201d while New Yorkers joked that the city\u2019s air quality had already improved. \u201cMaybe now we can hear the subway rats again,\u201d one commenter wrote. Others wondered how long it would take before Rock realized that a mayor doesn\u2019t control concert permits. One viral tweet summed it up: \u201cKid Rock boycotts NYC. NYC: Okay.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a group of Brooklyn musicians has announced plans to hold a free \u201cWelcome to the People\u2019s Republic of New York\u201d concert on the same night Rock was scheduled to perform. The lineup includes a jazz trio, a drag queen poet, and a folk band called \u201cThe Red Scares.\u201d Event organizers promise \u201cplenty of communal snacks and no cover charge \u2014 because that\u2019s socialism, baby.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rock, undeterred, says his tour will continue in what he calls \u201cfreedom-loving states.\u201d His next shows will be in Florida, Texas, and \u201canywhere the government still lets you grill in peace.\u201d He\u2019s reportedly writing a new song inspired by the controversy, tentatively titled \u201cBorn Free, Except in Brooklyn.\u201d His management has also hinted at a line of \u201cPatriot Approved\u201d beer cans \u2014 because if you can\u2019t beat socialism, you might as well sell something off it.<\/p>\n
Political analysts have struggled to interpret the symbolism of Kid Rock\u2019s rebellion. \u201cIt\u2019s part performance, part protest, and mostly marketing,\u201d said columnist Erin Delaney. \u201cHe\u2019s turning outrage into income \u2014 ironically, the most capitalist thing imaginable. In a weird way, he and Mamdani are both working-class heroes. One\u2019s fighting for higher wages, the other for higher merch sales.\u201d<\/p>\n
For most New Yorkers, though, the story barely registers. \u201cWe\u2019ve survived blizzards, blackouts, and Rudy Giuliani,\u201d said one cab driver. \u201cWe can survive Kid Rock staying home.\u201d As the city moves on with its usual chaos, residents continue doing what they do best \u2014 rolling their eyes, paying too much for coffee, and ignoring celebrity tantrums.<\/p>\n
By evening, the controversy had already faded into the endless scroll of internet noise. But in Nashville, Kid Rock remained resolute, sipping whiskey and promising that his stand against \u201cMarxism in Manhattan\u201d will be remembered. \u201cHistory will thank me,\u201d he said. \u201cSomeday, when America is free again, people will say, \u2018Kid Rock saw it coming.\u2019\u201d Then he paused. \u201cNow if you\u2019ll excuse me, I\u2019ve got a freedom soundcheck to run.\u201d<\/p>\n
Back in New York, a saxophonist busking near Times Square shrugged when asked about the boycott. \u201cIf Kid Rock doesn\u2019t want to play here, that\u2019s fine,\u201d he said. \u201cMore space for the rest of us. The revolution will have better music anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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