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WASHINGTON: President Trump pushed back against “Communists” after several candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani secured major wins in House primary races on Tuesday.
“America the Beautiful will NEVER be a Communist Country!!!” Trump posted on Truth Social early on Wednesday, after several Mamdani-backed candidates came out on top.
These candidates include democratic socialists Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier and the mayor’s former opponent, progressive Brad Lander.
The president has often inaccurately conflated democratic socialism with communism, particularly in relation to Mamdani’s recent campaign. Trump derided him throughout his campaign as an “100pc Communist Lunatic” and has claimed that his policies are “destroying New York.”
