Posted on 10/24/2025 3:30:40 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, endorsed Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor on Friday, ending a four-month standoff that left the Democratic nominee without the backing of one of the party’s most powerful figures until the day before early voting begins.
The announcement arrives after months of pressure from progressives in Congress and after the top Democrat has been repeatedly grilled by reporters about his reluctance to support his party’s candidate.
“Zohran Mamdani has relentlessly focused on addressing the affordability crisis and explicitly committed to being a mayor for all New Yorkers, including those who do not support his candidacy,” Jeffries wrote in a statement.
“In that spirit, I support him and the entire citywide Democratic ticket in the general election.”
The Brooklyn representative’s delay has been particularly striking given that Mamdani, a democratic socialist, won the primary and Jeffries’s district decisively in June to defeat former governor Andrew Cuomo in what was considered a seismic upset.
Jeffries’s endorsement makes the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, also of New York, the sole major Democratic congressional leadership holdout.
The lack of earlier endorsements has not stopped the city’s magnetism for Mamdani, who maintains a commanding lead in polls for the 4 November general election, when he will face independent candidate Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
Jeffries’s extended hesitation stands in contrast with typical party unity timelines. The New York governor, Kathy Hochul, assembly speaker Carl Heastie and senate majority leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins all have endorsed Mamdani, as have the New York representatives Jerry Nadler, Adriano Espaillat and Yvette Clarke – each of whom backed other candidates in the primary. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Mamdani before the primary, and has campaigned with him since.
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He would. Now for the rest of the Squad to jump in.
JEFFRIES IS A STONE COLD LIAR
1 DAY VOTING ONLY NEEDS TO COME BACK
Ok, I’ll ask.
Why.... WHY... are his three fingers in that rice dish? Did he drop his fork and can’t wait to get another one? Is he retarded and doesn’t know that he needs a fork, spoon or something besides his digits? Is he really that stupid and/or uncivilized? (all rhetorical questions, of course)
OK...anyone surprised by this? You shouldn’t be. Despots of a feather, flock together.
His name is Hakeem. Any more questions?
Hak’em’s endorsement of Mami should tell us what we need to know.
How brave of him
“”committed to being a mayor for all New Yorkers, including those who do not support his candidacy,” Jeffries wrote in a statement.””
More like - “including those who prefer that others support them.”
Sewer seeks it’s own level
That IS normal for his culture. We’ve seen him eat that way on more than onr occasion.
Super disgusting.
It’s Muslim table “manners”. Don’t ask about their personal hygeine habits.
And he'll get that done. An Islamic and unpoliced New York City will result in the greatest rent crash in recent memory. All the kids will rejoice at being finally able to afford to live in the city - until they realize they don't dare ever step out onto the streets.
“”It’s Muslim table “manners”. Don’t ask about their personal hygeine habits.””
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No, I won’t. I don’t even want to know what ‘else’ they use their hands/fingers for.
“”That IS normal for his culture. We’ve seen him eat that way on more than onr occasion.
Super disgusting.””
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Well, as a major Seinfeld sarcasm fan ... I’d probably have to say something. Couldn’t let it go.
“socialist-run City Hall “could reshape the city for years to come.”
That city has been run by socialists(Democrats)
for years.
Why do you think all the normal people have left?
I have social security and two retirement incomes.
You could blow up every Democrat city in America and I’ll still get my checks.
Only people worried about their cities is Democrats.
Nobody else gives a darn!
I’m tired of them.
“...His name is Hakeem. Any more questions?...”
Sure says a lot about the condition of America, especially after 9/11.
LMAO you should see how he wipes his A$$
The kiss of death, I believe. This guy’s a joke, even to the libs, but I might be making the fatal mistake of giving them credit for intellectual depth.
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