Pete Aguilar Asked If Zohran Mamdani Will Be A Liability For Democrats In The Midterms

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At a House Democratic press briefing on Tuesday, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) was asked about NYC Democratic nominee for mayor Zohran Mamdani ahead of his visit to DC.

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00:02Zora Mamdani is going to be here in Washington tomorrow, and Republicans have been saying

00:07that Mamdani is going to be a liability for Democrats next year.

00:11I know that you guys are trying to focus on the issues and this bill and Medicaid cuts,

00:16but they're saying that he's going to be the issue for you in elections next year.

00:20Are they wrong?

00:22What I'm more concerned about when you're talking about elections coming up,

00:26I'm concerned about I'm looking at Virginia and New Jersey more than I'm looking at the city of New York, New York City.

00:34So that's what I'm interested in looking at.

00:37Medicaid will be on the ballot in those gubernatorial elections, and that's what we'll be looking at.

00:42But broadly, what Assemblymember Mamdani has talked about are the rising costs that people face.

00:49I think there's a lesson to be learned there.

00:51He's talked about rising grocery costs that people face, bus fares, those types of things.

00:58He's not campaigning on impeaching Donald Trump.

01:01He's campaigning on reducing costs that people face.

01:04And I think there's a lesson for us there, too.

01:07Cassie.

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