Cory Booker Realizes Endorsing Mamdani A Ticket To Nowhere

The New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker refused to approve the candidate for the New York Democrat Town Hall, Zohran Mamdani, when he was questioned on Sunday by a CNN journalist.

Mamdani, a socialist avoided, defeated Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo during the primary mayor Democrat last month, but had trouble obtaining the explicit approval of eminent democrats. A few days earlier, Booker excrupted His colleagues Democrats on the Senate’s soil for not having done enough to “fight” President Donald Trump and not “stayed together” as a party.

“I wonder if part of the problem with your group, do you think, does not engage enough energy on the left side of your group?” CNN host, Manu Raju, asked Booker. “He is the Democratic candidate, a democratic socialist candidate there. Democratic leaders do not support him. Is this a problem? Do you support him? ” (Related: Exclusive: DEMS “ Nothing ” by appointing “Comrade Mamdani”, says Mike Johnson)

Zohran Mamdani, nominated Democrat for the mayor of New York, speaks at a press conference at the headquarters of the Local Seiu 32BJ section in New York on July 30, 2025, to honor the victims of the filming of Midtown Manhattan who killed four people on July 28. (Photo by Timothy A. Clary / AFP via Getty Images)))

“This is not a right right question,” said Booker initially, avoiding Mamdani’s question. He stressed that “the lines that divide us into America are not as strong as the links that bind us”.

When he supported further, Booker refused to approve Mamdani.

“I learned a long time ago, that New York policy is New York policy. We had enough challenges in Jersey. I had a governor’s race, I support Mikie Sherrill. I had legislative races. This is where my energy will go, in November, “said Booker. “New York, I love you. You are my neighbor. You are about 10 miles from where I live. You discover your elections. I’m going to focus on mine. ”

Mamdani has aroused criticism of his distant positions on the left, in particular concerning the current war between Israel and Hamas. The town hall candidate approved boycotts against Israel, participated in rallies organized by a radical anti-Israeli group and has not previously condemned the expression “globalizing the intifada”, which is widely considered as a call to violence against the Jews.

The socialist upstart was also confronted careful examination For its anti-political rhetoric and repeated calls to finance the New York Police Service (NYPD). In 2020, after the death of George Floyd, Mamdani describe NYPD as “racist, anti-Queer and major threat to public security”.

However, following a fatal shooting on July 28 in New York who killed four people, including a NYPD officer Mamdani declared that his previous declarations were “clearly out of step” with his current opinions.

Booker joins other Democrats, such as New York Governor Kathy Hochul, as well as representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer from New York, who explicitly avoided Mamdani.

Last Tuesday, Booker opposed bills for financing the bipartite police proposed by the Democrats. Amy Klobuchar and Catherine Cortez-Masto and the Sen. Chuck Grassley, republican of Iowa, accusing his democratic colleagues of allowing the policies of the Trump administration.

“The Democratic Party was about to give Donald Trump tens of millions of dollars when he has already said to the Democratic Party:” I will not let the Blue have this “,” said Booker to journalists after his speech on the ground. “Democrats must learn to fight it and fight it and prevent it from injuring people.”

“When are we going to stay together if we are not a democrats,” said Booker. “We deserve to lose.”

Neither Booker nor Mamdani responded to requests for comments from the Daily Call News Foundation.

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