Democrats push far-left politics from AOC to Zohran Mamdani

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The Democrats have an enormous political opening.

With President Trump underneath fireplace from all instructions — together with some in his personal social gathering — it’s a uncommon likelihood for the opposition to place some factors on the board.

And who're essentially the most outstanding Dems proper now?

One is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez .

The opposite is Zohran Mamdani .

AOC is uber-liberal, and the New York mayoral candidate is a self-proclaimed democratic socialist.

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talking on the 2024 DNC in Chicago, and NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani talking on the SEIU headquarters on July 30, 2025. (Getty Pictures)

Many social gathering office-holders, to not point out media and political analysts, say the Democrats’ greatest drawback is having lurched too far to the left. A fixation on pronouns, transgender sports activities and Palestinian rights.

Does that sound like the place most of America is within the fall of 2025?

There are many clickbait headlines on the market about AOC weighing a presidential race. However what Axios’ Alex Thompson, who had the news, truly reported is that she’s contemplating a White Home run or a Senate race, in opposition to Chuck Schumer . So not a lot has modified.

AOC, now in her fourth time period, simply barely meets the constitutional requirement {that a} president be not less than 35.

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However there’s no query that she’s a dynamic campaigner, prodigious fundraiser and social media phenomenon, with an aura of authenticity.

Even Trump informed Fox Information, "She’s received a bit spunk, she’s received a bit one thing." However, he stated, "her philosophy is unhealthy for the nation. I don’t assume that philosophy can come near successful."

It’s true that what performs in her Queens-Bronx district doesn’t essentially play in Peoria. I believe she would beat Schumer, an institution determine who appears to learn all his statements, however even within the state there are many conservative areas between the Bronx and Buffalo.

On the Home flooring, the congresswoman condemned Charlie Kirk’s homicide, however stated:

"We needs to be clear about who Charlie Kirk was: a person who believed that the Civil Rights Act that granted Black Individuals the proper to vote was a mistake, who, after the violent assault on Paul Pelosi, claimed that ‘some wonderful patriot' ought to bail out his brutal assailant, and accused Jews of controlling ‘not simply the universities — it’s the nonprofits, it’s the films, it’s Hollywood, it’s all of it."

AOC claimed Charlie Kirk's "rhetoric and beliefs had been ignorant, uneducated and sought to disenfranchise thousands and thousands of Individuals." (Fox Information)

She added: "His rhetoric and beliefs had been ignorant, uneducated and sought to disenfranchise thousands and thousands of Individuals."

So she wouldn’t even vote for a symbolic decision honoring Kirk, the 31-year-old sufferer of a focused assassination. That form of rhetoric excites her base however isn’t precisely a step towards unity.

Mamdani, who could be very prone to grow to be mayor, has a historical past of socialist rhetoric that he’s attempting to melt with out retracting it. The inexperienced assemblyman clung to "Globalize the Intifada" — which means, wipe out Israel — however now says he can see the way it’s misinterpreted and received’t encourage its use. He insists that as mayor he would have Bibi Netanyau arrested if he got here to the U.N.

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And this isn’t historical historical past. In 2022, he wrote on his web site: "We have to dramatically curtail the ability and presence of the N.Y.P.D. ," reduce the drive by 1,300 officers by attrition, and reduce police extra time and freeze hiring.

Why? "A racist police system" geared toward controlling "Black & brown New Yorkers."

Andrew Cuomo , who has been visiting mosques and church buildings, has turned rather more aggressive, calling Mamdani "a person with no beliefs" and "a hypocritical chameleon determined for consideration and adulation." However, after all, Cuomo was pressured to resign as governor. Nobody remembers that he pledged to drop out of the race until he was main Mamdani by September.

The democratic socialist has a double-digit lead, which is why Gov. Kathy Hochul endorsed him — she noticed the practice leaving the station. That prompted a swipe by President Trump, who commonly denounces Mamdani — which could not be useful in New York Metropolis — stated he’d need to look carefully at federal cash going to the Apple.

New York Metropolis Democratic mayoral nominee, Zohran Mamdani, spoke to supporters at a canvass launch occasion in Prospect Park on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (Deirdre Heavey/Fox Information Digital)

Trump already intervened within the mayor’s race by dropping an indictment in opposition to Mayor Eric Adams , although he did not lure him out of the race with presents of an administration job.

AOC initially declined the again the long-shot Mamdani, the New York Times stories, however when he received scorching she endorsed him as having the most effective likelihood to beat Cuomo.

The Republicans would really like nothing higher than to run in opposition to Instagram star AOC and Mayor Mamdani because the face of a hyper-liberal social gathering.

After which there’s Kamala Harris , who’s out peddling her bridge-burning e-book "107 Days," beginning with a Rachel Maddow sit down. I don’t assume she might have overwhelmed Trump in 1,000 days. Harris was a horrible candidate — cautious, risk-averse, hiding from the press for a month, unable to separate from Joe Biden.

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I assume she has the self-awareness to comprehend one other run for the White Home would injury her additional. The e-book takes pictures at Biden ("reckless" to run once more), Pete Buttigieg (couldn’t choose a homosexual man), Josh Shapiro (needed an excessive amount of energy), and Tim Walz (blew the veep debate). Some have clapped again, typically by surrogates (Biden of us calling her a awful VP).

To convey issues full circle, Harris simply endorsed Mamdani. However Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries haven't, undoubtedly for concern of being tied to no matter he does.

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There are, after all, complete swaths of the nation that need nothing to do with socialism or the far left.

Kamala Harris’ e-book focuses consideration on the previous simply when the Democrats are determined to show the web page.

Howard Kurtz is a media and political analyst and the previous host of FOX Information Channel's MediaBuzz . Primarily based in Washington, D.C., he joined the community in 2013 and commonly seems on Particular Report with Bret Baier and The Story with Martha MacCallum amongst different applications.