{"id":23083,"date":"2025-06-28T23:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T23:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/23083\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T23:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T23:49:10","slug":"only-one-to-focus-on-new-york-republicans-laud-nyc-mayoral-candidate-zohran-mamdani-contrasts-earlier-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/23083\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Only one to focus on New York\u2019: Republicans laud NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani; contrasts earlier criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/122135474.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Only one to focus on New York\u2019: Republicans laud NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani; contrasts earlier criticism\" title=\"Marjorie Taylor Greene (left), Zohran Mamdani (ANI,AP)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Marjorie Taylor Greene (left), Zohran Mamdani (ANI,AP) In a surprising departure from usual partisan rhetoric, prominent Republican figures, including Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and political commentator Tucker Carlson, have extended rare praise to New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, acknowledging his grassroots-focused campaign strategy, even as they continue to oppose his political ideology.Mamdani, a Muslim and Indian-American assemblyman,pulled a surprise victory in the Democratic primary this week, defeating former New York governor Andrew Cuomo. Carlson, on his show, lauded Mamdani\u2019s debate performance for staying focused on New York\u2019s local issues while other candidates discussed foreign policy.\u201cThat guy was the only person in the New York City mayor\u2019s debate to say he wanted to focus on New York City. They were, all the candidates were asked if you could visit a foreign country, what would it be? And they all, of course, all had an answer. I think most said Israel,\u201d Carlson said during the Friday episode of \u201cThe Tucker Carlson Show.\u201dCarlson remarked Mamdani was the only one to say he wouldn\u2019t travel abroad, he\u2019d stay in New York and connect with constituents directly.The former Fox News host added about Mamdani\u2019s performance in the mayoral debate earlier this month, \u201cand he said, \u2018I wouldn\u2019t go anywhere. I\u2019d stay in New York. And like, if I want to meet Jewish constituents, I go to their synagogues, their homes or whatever, but I\u2019d be here in New York because that\u2019s what I\u2019m doing. I\u2019m running New York. That\u2019s my job,\u201d adding, \u201cI totally oppose his program, but at least he\u2019s talking about economics and not just foreign affairs.\u201dGreene, who had earlier shared a doctored image of the Statue of Liberty in a burqa in response to Mamdani\u2019s rise, has since revised her stance. Speaking on Steve Bannon\u2019s podcast, she said, \u201cHe really ran a campaign where he talked directly to the people\u2026 Even though his solutions are insane and socialist, he focused on their problems.\u201dShe also took a swipe at Cuomo, labelling him a \u201cdirty establishment Democrat\u201d and praised Mamdani for offering \u201cunique and smart\u201d outreach.Both Greene and Carlson have recently criticised the administration\u2019s handling of the Israel-Iran conflict, exposing growing rifts within the MAGA movement, between those who favour strong support for Israel and others who fear the US could be drawn into a broader war.Despite the acknowledgment, hostility remains strong in Republican circles. The New York Young Republican Club called for Mamdani\u2019s deportation under the Communist Control Act, while representative. Andy Ogles branded him \u201cantisemitic\u201d and called for denaturalization proceedings.President Trump, writing on Truth Social, referred to Mamdani as a \u201c100% Communist Lunatic,\u201d adding, \u201cHe looks terrible\u2026 and he\u2019s backed by AOC+3 and Cryin\u2019 Chuck Schumer.\u201dMamdani has responded positively to criticism from Republican lawmakers and even the president, who labeled him a \u201c100% Communist Lunatic\u201d due to his policy agenda.\u201cYou know, this is not the first time that President Trump is going to comment on myself, and I encourage him, just like I encourage every New Yorker, to learn about my actual policies to make the city affordable,\u201d Mamdani told ABC News\u2019s Rachel Scott in an interview Wednesday.Mamdani\u2019s campaign, which includes proposals such as free buses and rent freezes, continues to draw criticism from conservatives. Still, the recognition of his campaign tactics from unlikely quarters underscores a rare moment of bipartisan acknowledgment in an otherwise divided political landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marjorie Taylor Greene (left), Zohran Mamdani (ANI,AP) In a surprising departure from usual partisan rhetoric, prominent Republican figures,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,20962,5226,5225,5228,5227,20964,20963,20965,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,5301],"class_list":{"0":"post-23083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-new-york-city-mayoral-election","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-president-trump-criticism","17":"tag-republican-praise-for-democrats","18":"tag-tucker-carlson","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa","25":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114763672243669456","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}