Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) said Monday that New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani “should be in the Socialist Party, not in the Democratic Party.”
“Listen, I — I think he’s a very impressive candidate and — right? And I’m not taking that away from him, but — my problem is that he’s a socialist, and he should be in the Socialist Party, not in the Democratic Party,” the New Jersey Democrat told CNN’s Kate Bolduan on “CNN News Central.”
Mamdani, a democratic socialist, shocked political observers in June with a win over political heavyweight and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City Democratic primary for mayor. Cuomo is now running as an independent against Mamdani…