Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Monday his party has “gotten lucky” with the Democrats' nominee for New York City mayor, as Zohran Mamdani makes his case ahead of the November election.

“We’ve gotten lucky — bad for America, good for Republicans — with Mr. Mamdani in New York," Kennedy told NewsNation’s Leland Vittert. "If I didn’t know better, I would think he was a Republican plant. If I didn’t know better, I’d think........

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