Speaking at the Polk County Democrats’ Steak Fry in Iowa last weekend, he said, “Many Democratic members of the Senate and the House representing New York have stayed on the sidelines,” a dig at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) both of whom have waffled on Mamdani after the Democratic Socialists of America member won the Democratic Party primary this summer. Van Hollen continued, “That kind of spineless politics is what people are sick of. They need to get behind him and get behind him now.”
Just hours later, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) did so, writing that Mamdani has “the courage, urgency and optimism New York City needs to lead it through the challenges of this
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