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Trump ‘muddies’ GOP communism attacks with Mamdani praise

Headline from Washington Examiner

Some of President Donald Trump’s allies are worrying that his kind words for Zohran Mamdani, the socialist mayor of New York City, are undercutting the party’s midterm election-focused message attacking “communism.

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  1. BizPac Review

    Trump’s new assessment of Mamdani may surprise some of his supporters (opens BizPac Review)

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    A far cry from denouncing the “radical left lunatic,” the president’s latest meeting with a big city bigwig found him optimistic about “great potential.” As leaders from […]

  2. Washington Examiner

    Trump ‘muddies’ GOP communism attacks with Mamdani praise (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Some of President Donald Trump’s allies are worrying that his kind words for Zohran Mamdani, the socialist mayor of New York City, are undercutting the party’s midterm election-focused message attacking “communism.

  3. WTOP Washington DC

    Republicans want to turn Mamdani into a bogeyman for the midterms. Trump just made that harder (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    NEW YORK (AP) — Earlier in the month, President Donald Trump warned voters that democratic socialists — extreme, crazed, lunatics, he called them — were threatening to transform America into “a communist country.

  4. Fox News

    Trump embraced a socialist he’s told voters to fear. Republicans aren’t thrilled (opens Fox News)

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    Trump praised Zohran Mamdani weeks after calling Democrats "communists," leaving GOP strategists frustrated ahead of the critical midterm election.

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