Van Jones criticizes Mamdani’s victory speech as ‘character switch’

CNN host Van Jones known as out newly elected New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for his “change in character” throughout an intense victory speech on Tuesday, arguing that he missed a chance to deliver extra New Yorkers to his camp after a contentious election.

“I believe he missed a chance tonight to open up and get extra folks into the tent,” Jones instructed the election evening panel. “I believe his tone was sharp. I believe he used the microphone in a approach that he was nearly shouting. And that is not the Mamdani that we have seen on TikTok and the good interviews and stuff like that, so I felt like there was somewhat character change right here, the place the nice and cozy, open, embracing man who’s near the working folks wasn’t on stage tonight, and there was a special voice on stage.”

The CNN anchor famous that Mamdani’s speech might have “appealed to some,” however that the hotter and extra embracing candidate voters got here to know in the course of the marketing campaign was “not current in that speech.”

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Van Jones warned that Zohran Mamdani’s intense victory speech “will in all probability price him some huge cash sooner or later.” (Paul Marotta/Getty Photos)

“I believe Mamdani is the one you must hear tonight,” Jones argued. ‘There are numerous individuals who marvel: can I get on this prepare with him or not. Is he going to contain me? Will he be extra of a category warrior even in workplace?’

Whereas Jones was important of Mamdani’s victory speech, he credited the 34-year-old mayor-elect for not solely taking over the Democratic institution however decisively defeating them.

“He defeated the royal household of the Democratic Social gathering. The Cuomos, who’re a royal household in our celebration, defeated them. Defeated the oligarchs and wealthy individuals who intervened to cease them, after which defeated Donald Trump,” he stated. “So the triumphalism you see there may be deserved.”

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Later within the section, Jones once more praised Mamdani for pulling off such a tough feat, however warned that his fiery speech on election evening might come again to chunk him.

Zohran Mamdani offers a victory speech at an evening watch celebration for the mayor, on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, in New York Metropolis. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)

“He is very younger, and he simply did one thing very, very tough, and I would not write him off, however I believe he missed a chance to open up tonight. And I believe that can in all probability price him the longer term,” the CNN anchor argued.

Throughout his fiery post-election speech, Mamdani claimed victory on behalf of immigrant New Yorkers and addressed President Donald Trump instantly.

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“New York will stay a metropolis of immigrants, a metropolis constructed by immigrants, powered by immigrants. And beginning tonight, led by an immigrant,” he instructed his supporters. “So hear me, President Trump, after I say this: To get any of us, you are going to need to get by means of all of us.”

Zohran Mamdani, heart, simply gained Tuesday’s election towards his rivals Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa. (Hiroko Masuike/POOL/AFP by way of Getty Photos)

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Mamdani convincingly defeated unbiased candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa in Tuesday’s elections. The self-described democratic socialist will turn out to be the primary Muslim mayor within the historical past of New York Metropolis.

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