Fmr. Clinton Adviser: You See the Democratic Left Closing Ranks Around Mamdani, They Want Him To Be the Leader of the Party

MACCALLUM OK with that ░░░░░░░░ bring in Kim Strassel ░░░░░░░░ Street Journal opinion columnist ░░░░░░░░ Fox News contributor and ░░░░░░░░ Penn former Clinton adviser ░░░░░░░░ pollster Great to have ░░░░░░░░ of you with us ░░░░░░░░ let me start with ░░░░░░░░ You know your thoughts ░░░░░░░░ this appearance by Senator ░░░░░░░░ today alongside him and ░░░░░░░░ embrace that he is ░░░░░░░░ more and more and ░░░░░░░░ among some Staten Island ░░░░░░░░ voters who are speaking ░░░░░░░░ now in favor of ░░░░░░░░ Where s this going ░░░░░░░░ Well look I think ░░░░░░░░ see the Democratic left ░░░░░░░░ ranks around Mamdani and ░░░░░░░░ think that s pretty ░░░░░░░░ And you know he ░░░░░░░░ been elevated on social ░░░░░░░░ so he s becoming ░░░░░░░░ leader within the Democratic ░░░░░░░░ And I think that ░░░░░░░░ what the left really ░░░░░░░░ to do I mean ░░░░░░░░ I spent a lot ░░░░░░░░ time trying to move ░░░░░░░░ party to the center ░░░░░░░░ successfully do that We ░░░░░░░░ a lot of elections ░░░░░░░░ way And so what ░░░░░░░░ see here is probably ░░░░░░░░ opposite direction The Democratic ░░░░░░░░ it s getting the ░░░░░░░░ ratings that it has ░░░░░░░░ gotten in the history ░░░░░░░░ the party since I ░░░░░░░░ it And that s ░░░░░░░░ to continue if this ░░░░░░░░ the trend MACCALLUM Yeah ░░░░░░░░ mean Mark what does ░░░░░░░░ say to you Just ░░░░░░░░ with you for a ░░░░░░░░ here Many Jewish voters ░░░░░░░░ Mamdani many of them ░░░░░░░░ with him on Gaza ░░░░░░░░ s in The New ░░░░░░░░ Times today And as ░░░░░░░░ say you ve been ░░░░░░░░ know like sort of ░░░░░░░░ your fists against everything ░░░░░░░░ stop this We got ░░░░░░░░ get to the middle ░░░░░░░░ you want to win ░░░░░░░░ How do you feel ░░░░░░░░ that personally Penn I ░░░░░░░░ t rate one of ░░░░░░░░ articles that you see ░░░░░░░░ The New York Times ░░░░░░░░ be true I don ░░░░░░░░ think he s going ░░░░░░░░ get a very high ░░░░░░░░ of the Jewish vote ░░░░░░░░ he ll get 25 ░░░░░░░░ Part of it is ░░░░░░░░ is going to be ░░░░░░░░ opposition I think I ░░░░░░░░ written as a practical ░░░░░░░░ Andrew Cuomo is the ░░░░░░░░ one who could beat ░░░░░░░░ if this race gets ░░░░░░░░ and if Republican voters ░░░░░░░░ think come over to ░░░░░░░░ But I wouldn t ░░░░░░░░ on the person who ░░░░░░░░ who won t disavow ░░░░░░░░ Intifada getting a lot ░░░░░░░░ Jewish votes no matter ░░░░░░░░ The New York Times ░░░░░░░░