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Curtis Houck @CurtisHouck: WATCH: @ScottJenningsKY unloads on Zohran Mamdani's long, angry victory speech: Oh, are you saying he didn't -- he wasn't the unifying voice of a generation that you predicted mere moments ago. Axe, where was the -- where was the man that you predicted would not slice and dice the -- guys, he started his speech by quoting Eugene Debs, who ran for president of the United States five times as the Socialist Party of America candidate. He repeatedly attacked people in this -- no, I know my socialists. I keep a close eye on them." "So, here's...

Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City in a political earthquake that will put a 34-year-old democratic socialist in charge of America's largest city. Mamdani, who will become the Big Apple's first Muslim mayor, defeated former New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa in a race that became a massive flashpoint in national politics. The mayor-elect came out to wild chants of 'Zohran! Zohran!' at Brooklyn's Paramount Theater and quoted late socialist politician Eugene Debs just after 11pm and came out swinging for Cuomo. 'My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish...