Mamdani: Abolishing ICE is the most ‘acceptable’ part of DSA platform to ‘mainstream America’
Mamdani said DSA’s focus on working-class voters explains the party’s gains, while rejecting calls to abolish borders, the Supreme Court and prisons.
- On Sunday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani sat down with Fox News host Shannon Bream to discuss his socialist views and Democratic Socialists of America platform, surprising Bream with his specific policy positions.
- Following high-profile midterm wins for progressive candidates last week, Bream asked Mamdani to address critics of the left's growing influence on the Democratic Party and which specific goals mainstream America might embrace.
- When Bream pressed on specific DSA platform items, Mamdani rejected abolishing the Senate, Supreme Court, prisons, and borders, though he identified 'abolishing ICE' as the platform item most 'acceptable' to mainstream America.
- Responding to Bream's questioning about internal party divisions, Mamdani said DSA members are united by a belief in the 'dignity of working-class people' and meaningful democratic work beyond the ballot box.
- For the 2028 election cycle, the New York City Mayor is reportedly positioning himself as a 'progressive kingmaker' to mobilize the left, as he is constitutionally ineligible to serve as president himself.
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Zohran Mamdani's 2028 game plan: NYC Mayor pushes for labour-aligned leftist presidential candidate
Mamdani has been reportedly urging union leaders and progressive allies to coordinate early, arguing that the movement cannot afford to squander the momentum gained in the midterm elections.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ko Il-hwan = New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani is showing signs of becoming a 'kingmaker' for the progressive camp two years ahead of the 2028 U.S. presidential election.
Mamdani’s Bid for 2028 Kingmaker
“New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani can’t be president, so he’s trying to be the next best thing: a progressive kingmaker for 2028,” Axios reports. “Mamdani has been meeting privately with union leaders, urgently talking up the need for a labor-aligned or leftist candidate to run for the White House… He’s arguing that progressives can’t […]
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