Kamala Harris provides lukewarm NYC mayor endorsement for Mamdani

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris supplied a lukewarm endorsement for New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in a Monday interview.

Harris sat down with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow for an interview the place they mentioned her new book "107 Days," which is able to launch on Tuesday. Maddow highlighted a portion of Harris’ e book that mentioned the previous VP’s "stars venture," the place she met with and recognized rising stars within the Democratic Celebration.

Maddow requested Harris for her opinion on the socialist candidate as a rising star and whether or not she supported him.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris (left) was requested about her ideas on socialist New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (proper) Monday evening. (Saul Loeb/Pool through Reuters; Ryan Murphy/Reuters)

"Look, so far as I’m involved, he’s the Democratic nominee, and he ought to be supported," Harris started.

"Do you endorse his candidacy?" Maddow pressed.

"I help the Democrat within the race, positive," Harris stated.

Harris shortly adopted by saying that Mamdani was not the one "star" within the Democratic Celebration and hoped folks would take note of different races all through the nation.

"However I imply, there are folks like Barbara Drummond in Cell, Alabama, Helena Moreno in New Orleans. They’re all working for mayor, too, and they're stars. So, I hope that we don’t so over index on New York Metropolis that we lose sight of the celebrities all through our nation who're proper now working for mayor and plenty of different places of work, governor and so forth. In order that’s the place I'm. We acquired a giant tent, and we acquired lots of stars," Harris stated.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul endorsed socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani in a social media submit earlier this month. (John Lamparski/Getty Photos; Spencer Platt/Getty Photos)

Regardless of being the Democratic candidate for New York Metropolis mayor, Mamdani has but to obtain endorsements from main celebration leaders resembling Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer, each of whom additionally symbolize New York.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul endorsed Mamdani on Sept. 14 after three months.

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"New York Metropolis deserves a mayor who will stand as much as Donald Trump and make life extra reasonably priced for New Yorkers. That’s @ZohranKMamdani," Hochul wrote on social media.

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has but to obtain an endorsement from main Demcoratic Celebration leaders like Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer. (AP Photograph/Heather Khalifa)

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Mamdani has faced criticism from extra reasonable Democrats for his progressive proposals, resembling city-owned grocery shops and his refusal to sentence the anti-Israel slogan "globalize the intifada."

Lindsay Kornick is an affiliate editor for Fox Information Digital. Story ideas might be despatched to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.