Hakeem Jeffries tells CNN Mamdani not the future of Democratic Party

Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries stated Sunday that he doesn’t see New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani as the way forward for the Democratic Social gathering throughout an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.

Requested by CNN host Jake Tapper if he believed Mamdani was the way forward for the social gathering, Jeffries responded, “No, I feel the way forward for the Democratic Social gathering, so far as we’re involved, goes to fall in opposition to the Home Democratic Caucus and members who’re doing nice work throughout the nation as a result of it ties into our must each take again management of the Home.”

Jeffries then criticized President Donald Trump and predicted constructive turnout for Democrats in Tuesday’s elections in Virginia, New Jersey and California, citing Proposition 50.

Tapper pressed Jeffries, saying he wasn’t actually answering the query.

Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries and New York Metropolis Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani (Eric Lee/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures; Stephanie Keith/Getty Pictures)

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“Are you fearful in regards to the Republicans utilizing him? [Mamdani] as a lightning rod? To hurt your skill to win again the Home of Representatives in 2026?” Tapper requested.

Mamdani will face former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who’s working as an impartial, and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa on Tuesday. Mamdani, a democratic socialist, is taken into account the frontrunner within the race.

“No, the lightning rod, by way of what’s going to influence both social gathering’s skill to achieve management of the Home of Representatives or preserve management of the Home in 2026, would be the incapability of Republicans to really ship on the guarantees they’ve made, and to actively make life worse for on a regular basis Individuals,” Jeffries stated.

Zohran Mamdani speaks throughout a marketing campaign rally at Forest Hills Stadium within the Queens borough of New York Metropolis on October 26, 2025. (Angela Weiss/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

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He added that Individuals know the nation is shifting within the “incorrect route” and blamed Trump and the Republican Social gathering.

Jeffries endorsed Mamdani in late October.

“Zohran Mamdani has been relentlessly centered on addressing the affordability disaster and has explicitly dedicated to being mayor for all New Yorkers, together with those that don’t help his candidacy,” Jeffries stated within the assertion.

Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer and Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries maintain a press convention on the Republican Social gathering’s reconciliation invoice on the Capitol on June 11, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Picture)

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Nonetheless, the Home minority chief additionally stated in his assertion that he has “areas of principled disagreement” with Mamdani.

Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has not endorsed Mamdani.

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., criticized Schumer for not endorsing the Democratic Socialist candidate Thursday.

Omar was requested why she believed Schumer had withheld his help.

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‘I actually do not know. It would not make sense,” Omar stated. “We as Democrats have all the time believed in supporting our social gathering’s nominee in elections. Schumer has pressured different Democrats to just do that, and he ought to observe his personal recommendation.”