'not A Democrat': John Fetterman Calls Zohran Mamdani's Nyc Primary Win A 'gift' To The Gop

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., told Fox News' Chad Pergram connected Thursday that 33-year-old socialist Zohran Mamdani winning New York City's Democratic superior is "Christmas successful July for nan GOP."

"Everything that I've publication connected him, I don't really work together pinch virtually immoderate of it politically," Fetterman explained. "That's conscionable wherever I'm astatine arsenic a Democrat. He's not moreover a Democrat, honestly."

Fetterman has built a estimation successful nan U.S. Senate for breaking pinch his statement connected politically divisive issues, for illustration support for Israel and migration reform. And while Mamdani handily won New York City's superior successful June, nan New York Democratic Party's old-guard constitution has yet to afloat clasp their socialist nominee. 

The Pennsylvania Democrat said Mamdani's governmental emergence will beryllium nan Republican Party's gift that keeps connected giving, telling Pergram that Mamdani "provided an opportunity for nan GOP to marque our party" on his extremist argumentation lines, which includes run promises for illustration taxing nan 1%, free metropolis buses, rent summation freezes, and city-run market stores, to sanction a few. 

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Sen. John Fetterman called Zohran Mamdani's NYC Democratic superior triumph "Christmas successful July for nan GOP." (AP/Getty)

Mayor Eric Adams and erstwhile Gov. Andrew Cuomo are some moving successful nan wide predetermination arsenic independents. While Adams stayed retired of nan Democratic superior amid debased support ratings and since-dropped national indictment charges, Mamdani defeated Cuomo done New York City's ranked-choice voting. 

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Joining nan increasing chorus of politicians calling for Adams and Cuomo to consolidate their votes against Mamdani, Fetterman told Fox News, "They person to fig retired connected nan different side. Otherwise, it's a judge communal demolition if they each stay successful that race."

Jim Walden, a erstwhile national prosecutor, is besides moving arsenic an independent successful nan wide election, and Guardian Angels co-founder Curtis Sliwa is nan Republican mayoral nominee for nan 2nd consecutive election. 

Mamdani secured nan endorsement of New York Democrat Rep. Adriano Espaillat connected Thursday, who had endorsed Cuomo successful nan primary. Mamdani said he is successful discussions pinch New York Democrats Gov. Kathy Hochul, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, though nary has yet to publically endorse him.

New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani shocked nan governmental constitution erstwhile he defeated erstwhile Gov. Andrew Cuomo successful nan primary. (Reuters/Bing Guan)

While immoderate Democratic strategists and pundits person dubbed Mamdani's superior triumph an parameter of a wide displacement for a statement struggling to find its footing successful nan aftermath of losing Congress and nan White House successful 2024, Fetterman said a New York City Democratic superior is "not an meticulous reflection of nan electorate."

"It's decidedly not Pennsylvania. It's not Wisconsin. It's not Nevada. If you look astatine immoderate of nan battleground states, New York City has nary existent relevance to nan kinds of states and nan benignant of races which find that successful 2028," Fetterman told Pergram. 

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He added: "Is it going to beryllium useful for onslaught campaigns? Absolutely. He's a gift to nan Republicans successful that way, but there's nary lessons to beryllium learned. There's nary typical benignant of insight. For New York City, politically, that's a circus reflector of nan reality of authorities and nan authorities of our country."

Mamdani's run did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

Fox News' Lucy Cox and Chad Pergram contributed to this report.