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DAVID MARCUS: Top Trump foe Dan Goldman is getting trounced, and it's delicious

Brad Lander has the backing of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's democratic socialist machine in Goldman's district in New York City

By David Marcus Fox News

Published May 21, 2026 2:43pm EDT | Updated May 21, 2026 2:53pm EDT

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Progressive Mamdani ally Brad Lander mounts challenge against moderate Rep. Dan Goldman

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announced Wednesday he’s running for Rep. Dan Goldman’s congressional seat, entering the race with the endorsement of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. (Credit: Brad Lander)

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The country met Rep. Daniel Sachs Goldman, D-N.Y., the wealthy scion of the Levi jeans fortune, back in 2019 when he was tapped to be the lead counsel for the first impeachment of President Donald Trump. Since being elected to Congress in 2022, his reputation as an anti-Trump zealot has only metastasized.

So it is shocking, and no doubt in a happy way for Trump, that, according to a new Emerson poll, Goldman is trailing in his primary against democratic socialist-leaning Brad Lander by over 30 points. In other words, he is getting absolutely smoked.

Goldman must have thought, back when he was leading the charge against Trump, that he had one foot in the White House, but my how the tables have turned.

Fans of the president, and frankly, of the rule of law, cannot be blamed for feeling a bit of schadenfreude at the political demise of the despicable Goldman, who helped........

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