Jeffries brushes off concern that Mamdani wins could hurt Democrats in midterms

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) brushed off concerns that the primary wins of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s three progressive picks Tuesday could hurt Democrats and their brand ahead of November. “No, Donald Trump has a working relationship with the mayor of the city of New York, and he’s made that publicly and explicitly clear to America not once but twice in the Oval Office,” Jeffries told reporters Wednesday morning, when a reporter noted Republicans were using Tuesday’s primary results to argue that Democrats were moving too far to the left and asked if it would hurt the party. 

“My condolences are extended to Republicans in the House who spent millions of dollars trying to pick [Rep.] Mike Lawler’s opponent, and they failed,” Jeffries added, referring to a group with reported ties to House Republican leadership unsuccessfully wading into the Democratic primary in Lawler’s battleground district. “And Mike Lawler’s going to be defeated in........

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