It seems like it was only a matter of time before Democrats went so far left that the party's leadership would endorse a certified democratic socialist. It just happened.
According to Breitbart, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) just gave New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani his endorsement, setting in stone the current extremism of the Democratic Party as a whole.
Jeffries, in a statement to The New York Times, somehow justified the party supporting a democratic socialist like Mamdani by invoking President Donald Trump, proclaiming that the party must "unite" behind Trump's "existential threat."
The endorsement came weeks after Jeffries dodged publicly supporting Mamdani, with many claiming that the pressure was too much and he finally gave it.
Jeffries' statement to the Times was as ridiculous as one would expect it to be.
Breitbart noted:
In a statement to The New York Times, Jeffries acknowledged the two men had “areas of principled disagreement.” But he said that Mamdani had won “a free and fair election” in the Democratic primary and emphasized that the party needed to unite in the face of an “existential” threat from President Trump.
The House Minority Leader added: "Zohran Mamdani has relentlessly focused on addressing the affordability crisis and explicitly committed to being a mayor for all New Yorkers, including those who do not support his candidacy."
"In that spirit, I support him and the entire citywide Democratic ticket in the general election."
Congressman Mike Lawler pointed out in an X post that Democrats like Jeffries fear being primaried should he refuse to support Mamdani.
Democrats have no plan on how to get out of the shutdown that they created. Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have kowtowed to AOC, Bernie Sanders, and Zohran Mamdani because they are petrified of a primary.
They have repeatedly voted not only to shut the government down, but… pic.twitter.com/woMl5FrNcD
— Congressman Mike Lawler (@RepMikeLawler) October 24, 2025
National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Mike Marinella issued a statement in the wake of Jeffries' endorsement.
"So-called ‘Leader’ Hakeem Jeffries has officially surrendered to Zohran Mamdani and the socialist mob now running the Democrat Party. Their far-left takeover has torched Democrats’ hopes of retaking the House and turned their agenda into pure electoral poison. Every single Democrat is a willing accomplice to their own party’s collapse," he said.
The Democrats are still fractured, with a sizeable group of them refusing to get behind a Democratic socialist as one of the face's of a party that was absolutely destroyed in the 2024 election over its move to the far left.
It'll be interesting to see how many more Democrats tuck tail and give in to the growing radical element of the party.
