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As the November mayoral election edges closer, the Democratic congressional leaders appear to be in no hurry to embrace the progressive Mamdani, whose pro-Palestinian stance and plans to fund his
Democrats could lose some of their own members on the GOP bill. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) has already vowed to support it, and several other Democratic senators have yet to put themselves in the “no” column with the whip effort still underway.
New York's governor and state Assembly speaker backed Mamdani this week. The top Democrats in Washington, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, haven't.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer continued to play coy about whether he will endorse New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
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Schumer pressed by CNN on delay in endorsing Mamdani, reason for holdup in offering support
CNN host Dana Bash repeatedly pressed Sen. Chuck Schumer on why he was holding out on endorsing NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Sunday, as he insisted he was still talking to the Democratic socialist.