Even New York City’s socialist mayor thinks the Democratic Socialists of America have gone too far.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, one of the most prominent elected leaders of the DSA, said on “Fox News Sunday” that he does not support erasing U.S. borders, replacing the Supreme Court or eliminating the Senate, ideas that sit at the top of the group’s wish list, The Washington Times reported.
“The thing that has been offered as a part of a litany of policy platforms that I would reject is, after [the midterm elections] why would we abolish the Senate?” Mamdani said. “And I think we’re seeing that Americans across this country are facing a cost of living crisis … and that Americans are tired of waiting.”
Let that sink in. The DSA platform calls for replacing the Supreme Court and the presidency with an executive branch chosen by a newly formed Congress that would eliminate the Senate. Mamdani also said he does not support getting rid of jails or erasing the U.S. borders, both part of the DSA platform.
But don’t mistake this for a move to the center. Mamdani said Democrats, fresh off winning control of Congress, should build their agenda around lowering the cost of living and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement. His list of priorities includes free childcare, ending the war against Iran, affordable housing and a moratorium on data centers, according to the Times.
He said those are the “policies that would transform people’s lives,” and that they helped Democrats win swing seats on Tuesday.
“We have to take it as the moment where we earned the trust of so many Americans across this country, and now it’s up to us to sustain that trust,” Mamdani said. “And you can only sustain it through action, and that’s why it’s important that what comes next is an agenda of urgency, an agenda of action, and an agenda that recognizes affordability.”
The DSA’s footprint in Washington is growing. Six DSA-backed Democrats won House seats, alongside other DSA-aligned victories including Democrat Troy Jackson’s win in Maine’s Senate race. Now the movement’s best-known mayor is publicly sorting its platform into what he will defend and what he won’t, a rift Democrats will have to manage as their new majorities take power in January.
Mamdani also talked up his dealings with President Trump. The mayor said he communicates regularly with the president in person and by phone about New York City, and credited that relationship with helping end ICE enforcement in the city and easing regulations to build affordable housing.
“I would describe it as a productive relationship,” Mamdani said.
Even New York’s socialist mayor, it turns out, calls working with Trump productive.
Source: washingtontimes.com
