Progressive Democrats, including Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh, have emerged as the new generation of candidates responding to President Donald Trump’s second term.
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GalvanizedbyPresidentDonaldTrump’ssweepingsecond-termagenda,anewgenerationofprogressiveDemocratsisworkingtoredefinetheparty’sfuture.
Theoriginal“Squad,”agroupofyoung,left-winglawmakers,includingRep.AlexandriaOcasio-Cortez,D-N.Y.,waselectedtotheU.S.HouseofRepresentativesin2018asareferendumonTrump’sfirstterm.
Now,withTrumpbackintheOvalOfficeandRepublicanscontrollingboththeHouseandSenate,anewwaveofprogressivecandidatesisemergingacrossthecountry.
ZOHRANMAMDANILAUNCHESANTI-TRUMPTOURACROSSFIVEBOROUGHSINNEWYORKCITY
ZohranMamdani’sDemocraticprimarywinshockedthepoliticalestablishmentinJunewhentheself-identifieddemocraticsocialisthandilydefeatedformerGov.AndrewCuomoinNewYorkCity’smayoralprimary.
TheNewYorkassemblymanhascenteredhiscampaignaroundaffordability,successfullyusingsocialmediatobuildabroadcoalitiono
