Elizabeth Warren joins with Zohran Mamdani, calls him ‘future of the Democratic Party’

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Progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren heaped praise Monday on socialist mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani’s “steely” focus on affordability — casting it as a winning path out of the political wilderness for Democrats.

Warren, who appeared alongside Mamdani at the DC37 union building to support his universal childcare proposal, said he kick-started that conversation in the right place.

“For me, New York City is the place to start the conversation for Democrats on how affordability is the central issue, the central reason to be a Democrat, and that delivering on it in meaningful, tangible ways that will touch working families is why we’re here,” Warren said.

“That is the Democratic message… Zohran is on the front lines in that fight out there, fighting for families.”

The Massachusetts senator’s blessing came as Mamdani continues to struggle to gain actual endorsements from other high-profile Dems, notably his fellow New Yorkers Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s minority leader and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Both Schumer and Jeffries avoided outright endorsing Mamdani after the Queens state Assemblyman trounced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in June’s Democratic mayoral primary — an upset that prompted a wave of soul-searching among more moderate Dems wary of a socialist being the party’s standard-bearer.

Warren, who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2020, also recently attacked Cuomo and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who are both running as independents in November, for allegedly cozying up to billionaires.

“Cuomo and Adams are tripping over themselves to haul in millions of campaign dollars from billionaire donors,” she wrote in Rolling Stone.

“Mamdani has charged ahead with plans to make New York more affordable, and he’s showing how to pay for it by taxing the ultra-rich and giant corporations. That may not make him popular with the richest New Yorkers, but he’s willing to let Adams and Cuomo suck up to those guys.”

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