Former Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has “the right ideas” to lead the Big Apple, granting the Democratic nominee his endorsement.
De Blasio served as New York City’s mayor from 2014 through 2021, and said in an op-ed Tuesday that he is endorsing Mamdani. The former mayor said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe that Mamdani focused on the “affordability crisis” in the primary election, and the mayoral nominee is “a Democratic socialist” over simply being a socialist.
De Blasio downplayed Republicans’ concern that the Democratic Party is elevating a candidate like Mamdani, calling it “an attempt” at throwing a “monkey wrench” as Democrats are campaigning on “kitchen table issues.”
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