{"id":55581,"date":"2025-07-11T01:32:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T01:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/55581\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T01:32:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T01:32:26","slug":"hakeem-jeffries-team-blasts-zohran-mamdanis-liberal-team-gentrification-as-primary-threats-spark-nyc-dem-feud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/55581\/","title":{"rendered":"Hakeem Jeffries’ team blasts Zohran Mamdani’s liberal ‘Team Gentrification’ as primary threats spark NYC Dem feud"},"content":{"rendered":"

The extreme leftist clique that helped Zohran Mamdani were slammed as \u201cTeam Gentrification\u201d by top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries\u2019 team <\/a>after threats of primaries devolved into a Big Apple Democrat feud.<\/p>\n

Tensions surfaced after Democratic Socialists of America leaders and reps from the left-wing Working Families Party suggested that House Minority Leader Jeffries and other incumbent congressional Democrats from the city could face primaries after Mamdani\u2019s big victory in last month\u2019s New York City mayoral primary.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis leadership has left a vacuum that organizations like DSA are filling. I think that is more important right now,\u201d Gustavo Gordillo, co-chair of the DSA\u2019s city branch, <\/a>told CNN.<\/p>\n

An adviser to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries referred to the New York City Democratic Socialists of America as \u201cTeam Gentrification.\u201d Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Other congressional Democrats in the city that could be targets for primaries from far-left challengers include Reps. Jerry Nadler and Yvette Clarke, the network reported. <\/p>\n

But Jeffries\u2019 team was ready to dig in.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeader Hakeem Jeffries is focused on taking back the House from the MAGA extremists who just ripped health care away from millions of Americans,\u201d Jeffries senior adviser Andr\u00e9 Richardson told CNN.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, if Team Gentrification wants a primary fight, our response will be forceful and unrelenting. We will teach them and all of their incumbents a painful lesson on June 23, 2026,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n

The beef is unfolding as pressure builds on state and local Democrats in the city to back Mamdani in the general election over fears they could face primaries if they don\u2019t join the coalition. Mamdani will face Republican Curtis Sliwa in November, but former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams will appear on minor party lines on the ballot.<\/p>\n

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaking at a press conference on July 10, 2025. REUTERS\/Jeenah Moon<\/p>\n

Cuomo lost the primary to Mamdani, while Adams dropped out of the race with his sights set on an independent run.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn state Assemblywoman Phara Souffrant Forrest, a DSA member whose district overlaps with Jeffries\u2019 congressional district, warned Jeffries to be careful what he wished for.<\/p>\n

\u201cWeird threat to make since Hakeem already went after @JabariBrisport [DSA state senator]
and I.How\u2019d that go for him, again?,\u201d Forrest said <\/a>in a statement on X Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201c2022 Primary Results:SD 22 Jabari Brisport: 70.4%. AD 57 Phara Souffrant Forrest: 67.2% If the leader wants another public beatdown, he knows where to find me,\u201d Forrest said.<\/p>\n

Forrest later toned down her criticism of Jeffries in a statement to The Post, but did not offer any bouquets, either.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are no plans that I am aware of to primary Leader Jeffries. Our districts overlap and there is plenty of opportunity for collaboration on issues of shared importance,\u201d Forrest said.<\/p>\n

Jasmine Gripper, the co-chair of the local Working Families Party which supported Mamdani in the primary, also warned some House members they could face a fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are a mismatch, that does make you vulnerable to someone saying, \u2018Maybe I\u2019m a better match,\u2019\u201d she told CNN.<\/p>\n

But Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres, who endorsed Andrew Cuomo for mayor<\/a> and could face a primary challenge next year, defended Jeffries and said any DSA challenge to the man who could be the first black Speaker of the House only benefits Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you side against Jeffries,\u201d Torres told The Post, \u201cyou\u2019re doing the bidding of Donald Trump. You\u2019re siding against the black political establishment in the US.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres backed Jeffries and claimed that a primary challenge would only help President Trump. Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Torres accused DSA members of a \u201cdouble standard\u201d by not backing Kamala Harris for president while pressuring city Democrats to immediately endorse Mamdani for mayor. <\/p>\n

Robert Zimmerman, a Democratic National Committee member from New York and a close ally of Jeffries, also slammed the DSA for picking a fight instead of helping Democrats win the House majority.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe choice is clear: Hakeem Jeffries as House Speaker or Donald Trump continuing to rule without any checks or balances on his power,\u201d Zimmerman told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe DSA is being dangerously counterproductive and hypocritical,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Some lefty activists said one House member who could face a real primary challenge is Rep. Dan Goldman, who represents lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Brad Lander ran against Goldman, we\u2019d support him in a minute,\u201d Arthur Schwartz, political director of the NY Progressive Action Network said, referring to the city comptroller, who lost in the primary for mayor but cross-endorsed Mamdani.<\/p>\n

The tiff comes as Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor, is trying to rally people around his candidacy who did not support him in the primary \u2014 particularly black and Jewish elected officials <\/a>and their constituents. He and his campaign are conducting outreach campaigns with lawmakers and Democratic leaders to expand and consolidate his support heading into the general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The extreme leftist clique that helped Zohran Mamdani were slammed as \u201cTeam Gentrification\u201d by top House Democrat Hakeem…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":55582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,40896,8123,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5341,80,38451,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,40897,5301],"class_list":{"0":"post-55581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-democratic-socialists-of-america","10":"tag-hakeem-jeffries","11":"tag-metro","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-nyc-mayoral-election-2025","19":"tag-politics","20":"tag-ritchie-torres","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-us-news","27":"tag-usa","28":"tag-working-families-party","29":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114832024880213504","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55581","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=55581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}