Jihad Mamdani’s Top Adviser Led All-Out Push for Nazi Platner’s Senate Run

The self professed king maker hoped to box out AOC.

Mamdani adviser pushed Graham Platner’s candidacy in hopes of boxing out AOC from presidential run: sources

By Josh Christenson and Craig McCarthy, NY Post, July 9, 2026:

WASHINGTON — A top adviser to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pushed hard for Maine Democrat Graham Platner in the 2026 Senate race with an eye on a Democratic presidential ticket by 2032, sources told The Post.

Morris Katz hyped up Platner as a Bernie Sanders successor who could captivate the progressive base of the Democratic Party — much better than Squad darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who he saw as a losing nominee, two Democratic sources revealed.

One reason Katz favored Platner’s chances over AOC was