Dem Socialist Surge - October 27, 2025

Bump In: SOT TBD - maybe Mamdani saying he’s proud to be Dem Socialism/crowd chanting “DSA”

WALL WALK - DEM SOCIALISM SURGE? A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME OF THE LEFT-WING CANDIDATES RUNNING IN VARIOUS MAYOR RACES

-Zohran Mamdan in NYC, Omar Fateh in Minneapolis, Kate Scott in Seattle

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TOPIC 1: MORE ON THIS - DEM SOCIALIST CANDIDATES POPPING UP RACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY

• In Seattle as in New York, a Mayoral Race Turns on Generational Change https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/seattle-mayor.html
  • Mayor Bruce Harrell of Seattle, 67, is facing a challenge from Katie Wilson, 43, who has a penchant for social media and a focus on cost of living, all reminiscent of Zohran Mamdani.
• Mayor Jacob Frey’s campaign polling shows the two-term incumbent is on a path to a third term, but his top opponents, led by Dem Socialist Omar Fateh, think their three-way alliance could thwart him. https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-mayor-election-2025-polling-fundraising/601496188
  • Minneapolis mayoral candidates face off in major debate Monday https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-mayor-debate-star-tribune-mpr/601502188
• Zohran Mamdani boasts he’s a ‘proud’ DSA member in response to GOP citizenship threats https://nypost.com/2025/10/26/us-news/zohran-mamdani-boasts-hes-a-proud-dsa-member-in-response-to-gop-citizenship-threats/
• Some other progressive candidates to keep eye on: Squad 2.0: Meet America's next wave of radical Democrats shaping the party's future https://www.foxnews.com/politics/squad-2-0-meet-americas-next-wave-radical-democrats-shaping-partys-future

Call for: JMON2 Gallup Poll - Trend in Socialism views by political party

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https://news.gallup.com/poll/694835/image-capitalism-slips.aspx

Call for: FS Dem Rep to NYT

NYT: As the Left’s Biggest Stars Unite Behind Mamdani, a Bigger Test Awaits

“There are two tests: the basics of running the city day to day and then the socialist-plus promises that he’s made a lot of which are not only unattainable and impossible but insane.”

Rep Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) to the New York Times | Sunday

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/nyregion/mamdani-sanders-aoc-rally.html

Call for: Cuomo to Fox News on dem shift

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Andrew Cuomo: [14:26:43] what you're seeing with the Democratic Party right now is a quiet civil war. You have an extreme radical left wing. They call themselves democratic socialists. Forget the word democratic. It has nothing to do with it. It's they are socialists and the socialist states want to take over the Democratic Party. I am a moderate Democrat, and the far left wants to take over the Democratic Party. And that's what you are seeing? It's playing out all across the nation.