Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zoran Mamdani did not appear to address his opponent's accusations that he did not vote for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
During a debate on Thursday, ahead of the New York mayoral general election, former Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo: running mayor as an independent accused Mamdani, a self-proclaimed democrat socialistdon't be a Democrat and don't vote for Harris. Harris was the party's unsuccessful nominee against then-candidate Donald Trump. Mamdani responded by not directly stating who he voted for in the 2024 general elections. Instead, he said he supported leaving blank this year's Democratic primary ballot to protest what he called “Israel's genocide of Palestinians.” (RELATED: Democrats keep socialist Zohran Mamdani at arm's length after he declares victory over 'soul' of party)
“You're not a Democrat. You're not a Democrat,” said Cuomo, who lost Mamadani in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary on June 24. “You're a democratic socialist. You didn't vote for Kamala Harris, right?”
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“This is an inflammatory accusation,” Mamdani responded, asking the moderator, who appeared to want to move on to another topic, to give him a chance to respond.
“You didn’t say leave this field blank in Kamala’s campaign?” Cuomo asked, referring to Mamdani. approving A campaign New York Democrats will oppose former President Joe Biden in the 2024 party primaries. This is in protest of the Biden administration's handling of the situation. war between Israel and Hamas. Harris was not a candidate in the primary. She entered the presidential race only after Biden dropped out of school in July 2024.
“I advised leaving this field blank in presidential primaries because primaries are a place for dissent,” Mamdani told Cuomo. “And like many Americans, I was horrified by Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians.”
“And if you want to find me on the ballot, you will find me as a Democrat,” Mamdani added, without directly specifying how he voted in the 2024 general election.
Mamdani eat this under fire for failing to directly condemn the phrase “globalization of the intifada”, which is widely seen as a call for anti-Semitic violence.
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