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As the government shutdown stretches over a month, one left-wing figure has emerged as House Republicans\u2019 most-cited political boogeyman \u2014 and it\u2019s not either of the top two Democrats in Congress.<\/p>\n

Instead, it\u2019s Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, a New York State assemblyman and self-proclaimed democratic socialist who is running for mayor more than 200 miles away in New York City.<\/p>\n

“You\u2019ve seen their party get pulled further to the socialist left, and it started when [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.] beat Joe Crowley. And ever since then, Democrats have been afraid of that kind of emerging wing of their party,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told Fox News Digital when asked why GOP leaders are invoking Mamdani so often.<\/p>\n

“Today, they are the center of the Democrat Party. They are running the Democrat Party, and you can see it, Mamdani is the one that they\u2019re all scared of and they\u2019re all listening to.”<\/p>\n

HARRIS OFFERS TIMID ENDORSEMENT OF MAMDANI, QUICKLY PIVOTS TO OTHER ‘STAR’ DEMOCRATS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

He pointed to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and his recent endorsement of Mamdani.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s changed how they run their whole party operation, because they\u2019re afraid of the left base of the party, which is really headed by Mamdani now,” Scalise said.<\/p>\n

House GOP leaders or speakers at their daily shutdown press conferences brought up Mamdani both directly and indirectly at every one of their press conferences last week.<\/p>\n

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At his Thursday press conference, Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a>, R-La., accused the media of criticizing his frequent commentary on the New York City socialist.<\/p>\n

“Amazingly, the media is criticizing Republicans for fixating on Mamdani. I read some of that yesterday. This socialist uprising is something that we have a responsibility to call out and sound the alarms. That’s what elected representatives of the people are supposed to do,” Johnson said.<\/p>\n

“And we take that responsibility seriously. And obviously, Mamdani is a big issue here in the halls of Congress. Why? Because the second-highest ranked Democrat in the country, Leader Jeffries, endorsed him.”<\/p>\n

Republicans have also taken to calling him “commie Mamdani” recently, a nickname debuted by House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., during a shutdown press conference where House GOP leaders invited Republicans in New York\u2019s congressional delegation to speak.<\/p>\n

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Mamdani himself criticized Johnson<\/a> at one point for his focus on him earlier this month.<\/p>\n

“Speaker Johnson should be seating members of Congress, as opposed to using his time to try and attack our campaign,” Mamdani fired back from Manhattan on Monday.<\/p>\n

“But I understand if I was one of the leaders of the Republican Party that had led a campaign that promised Americans a lower cost of living and cheaper groceries, and all I could deliver for them was a government shutdown, then I, too, would be looking to distract in any way that I could from those lack of results.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/zohran-mamdani-emerges-republicans-government-shutdown-boogeyman <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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