Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized President Donald Trump for pledging to withhold federal funding from New York City if Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani wins the general election this November.
“Trump wants to withhold money from New York City if Zohran Mamdani wins. Really?” Sanders wrote Monday night in an X post.
“Because nothing says ‘law and order’ like the President extorting his own city if they don’t vote how he wants,” he added.
Trump, who is from New York, made the threat in a blistering Truth Social post on Monday in which he falsely labeled Mamdani a “communist.”
“Self proclaimed New York City Communist, Zohran Mamdani, who is running for Mayor, will prove to be one of the best things to ever happen to our great Republican Party,” he wrote. “He is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City.”
