Clyburn on Supporting Mamdani as Nominee: ‘Absolutely, I Do’

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CLYBURN: "Absolutely, I do. I support Democratic nominees. The fact of the matter is, my relationship with Cuomo goes back to when he was secretary of HUD and the South Carolina got one of those empowerment zones because of his help. It happens to be something called Columbia Empowerment Zone and it still exists today. A lot of those empowerment zones went out the window, but not this one. And my relationship with him and one of his assistants at the time, Alvin brown, go back for years. And so when I was asked to be supportive, I returned the favor."

JIMENEZ: "So just to be clear, you support Mamdani running or, I guess, his position as the Democratic primary winner. Is that an endorsement? Are you endorsing him as mayor of New York City?"

CLYBURN: "I support the Democratic nominee. He is the nominee.”