The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a resolution condemning socialism as New York’s self-described leftist, socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani prepares to meet with President Donald Trump.
The lower chamber voted 285-98, with 86 Democrats joining Republicans in support of the measure introduced by Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar.
The voting came ahead of Trump's closed-door meeting with Mamdani, at the White House.
"Congress denounces socialism in all its forms, and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States," the resolution said.
Mamdani, 34, became the first Muslim and South Asian mayor of the nation’s largest city after defeating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa in the mayoral election earlier this month, running on a progressive platform centered on affordability and expanded social services.
