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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Martin Belam

First Thing: Mamdani says socialist allies offer ‘national message’ to US

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani dancing in a swimming pool wearing a suit.
Zohran Mamdani celebrates the opening of New York City's outdoor pool season. Photograph: Matt Roberts/Shutterstock

Good morning. The New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, said on Sunday that he and a slew of Democratic socialist allies who prevailed in recent primary elections were carrying a “national message” to struggling working Americans hungry for a new kind of politics “coast to coast”. His endorsed candidates won Democratic nominations in three races for New York congressional seats, as well as for five state legislature positions in Albany.

He said collectively they were carrying a “New Deal understanding” of Democratic politics to Congress and on to the “national stage”. It spoke, he said, to Americans feeling exhaustion at struggling to make ends meet “every single day”. Mamdani said: “We don’t have to nationalize that message. That is a national message – it’s a national crisis.”

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