Fox News contributor Liz Peek joins ‘Fox Report Weekend’ to discuss New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s impact on the perception of the Democratic Party.

Hakeem Jeffries has made it official: Zohran Mamdani, antisemitic socialist, is now the face of the Democratic Party.

Democrats are in trouble. Having your party hijacked by far-left fanatics is OK in New York, and a couple of other progressive hotbed states, like California or Washington. But for most of the country, the idea that a 34-year-old jihadi-friendly Muslim with zero work experience could become the mayor of New York City – the citadel of capitalism — is horrifying. That House Minority Leader Jeffries, one of the Democrats’ top officials, endorsed the absurd Mamdani, will haunt the party.

Here’s a reality check: only 26% of the country describes themselves as "liberal" or "very liberal." Some 32% say they are "moderate" and the balance – 33% — describe themselves as "conservative" or "very conservative." In other words, the leftists now directing the Democrat Party are putting all their eggs in one small basket, and risk alienating nearly two-thirds of Americans. That is a truly terrible marketing plan. Just ask the makers of Bud Light. 

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Democrat leaders are not leading, they are caving. For weeks, Jeffries pretended to give the matter serious consideration. His Hamletian dithering riveted political junkies, but there was never any doubt that Jeffries would fall in line with his fellow New York pols, nearly all of whom have endorsed State Assemblyman Mamdani and all of whom are terrified of the progressive wing of their party.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, one of the few remaining hold-outs, will almost surely be the next to bend the knee. Schumer, too, has been........

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