Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., is “honored” that allies of far-left New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani included him on a list of Democrats that should be primaried in the upcoming midterm elections.
Last month, Mamdani, a 33-year-old Muslim born in Uganda, defeated the establishment candidate former New York Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo in what some observers see as a battle for the soul of the modern Democratic Party. Energized by Mamdani’s surprise showing, leaders of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have set their sights on Torres and other New York Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Yvette Clark, Dan Goldman, and Jerry Nadler.
“I’m honored,” Torres told on CNN on Wednesday, when asked what he thought about making the list of Democrats to be primaried. “I think it’s fair to say that my colleagues in the New York congressional delegation do not care about the Democratic Socialists of America. We’re focused defeating congressional Republicans in the midterms and making Hakeem Jeffries the Speaker of the House and reversing the catastrophic consequences of the Republican reconciliation bill.
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