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Trump gives ex-ally Greene new nickname after dropped endorsement, says she betrayed ‘entire Republican Party’
President Donald Trump gave Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a new nickname and accused her of betraying “the entire Republican Party” as a feud between the two escalates. “Lightweight Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Brown (Green grass turns brown when it begins to ROT!), betrayed the entire Republican Party when she turned Left, performed poorly on the pathetic View, and became the RINO that we all know she always was. Just another fake politician, no different than Rand Paul Jr. (Thomas Massie), who got caught being a full-fledged Republican In Name Only (RINO)! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday. “Marjorie Taylor Brown” is the second nickname Trump has bestowed upon the congresswoman in the last 24 hours. The initial nickname he gave her was “Wacky Marjorie.” After his initial post on Saturday morning, the president posted again and gave his former ally yet another nickname, calling her “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene.” TRUMP DROPS MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE ENDORSEMENT, CALLS HER A ‘RANTING LUNATIC,’ HINTS AT BACKING PRIMARY RIVAL “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Green [sic] is a disgrace to our GREAT REPUBLICAN PARTY!,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. On Saturday, Greene posted a message on X thanking those who reached out amid her feud with the president. “I never thought that fighting to release the Epstein files, defending women who were victims of rape, and fighting to expose the web of rich powerful elites would have caused this, but here we are. And it truly speaks for itself,” Greene wrote. “The toxic political industrial complex thrives on ripping us all apart but never delivers anything good for the American people, whom I love,” she added. “I believe in the American people more than I believe in any leader or political party and the American people deserve so much better than how they have been treated by both sides of the aisle.” She then replied with her personal account and added screenshots of her “Liberty Score” — a grading system used by Conservative Review — and that of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., showing that she received an “A” while the senator was given an “F.” She also included a graphic from “AIPAC Tracker” showing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) had not given her any donations. “This and the Epstein files is why I’m being attacked by President Trump. It really makes you wonder what is in those files and who and what country is putting so much pressure on him? I forgive him and I will pray for him to return to his original MAGA promises,” she wrote. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE SURPRISES ‘THE VIEW’ CO-HOSTS WITH CIVILITY, PRAISE Trump announced on Friday that he was withdrawing his support and endorsement of Greene, calling her a “ranting lunatic.” He also accused her of “complaining” instead of celebrating what he described as his administration’s “record achievements.” The president, in a lengthy Truth Social post, then vowed “complete and unyielding support” for “the right person” if someone were to challenge Greene in 2026. The president claimed that Greene was complaining to others that he was not returning her calls. He said that “with 219 congressmen/women, 53 U.S. senators, 24 cabinet members, almost 200 countries, and an otherwise normal life to lead, I can’t take a ranting lunatic’s call every day.” After the post on Friday, Greene said that “President Trump just attacked me and lied about me. I haven’t called him at all, but I did send these text messages today. Apparently this is what sent him over the edge. The Epstein files.” In the post on X, Greene included a screenshot of a message she claimed she sent to Trump. The message read, “Check the flight logs of Epstein’s plane. Bill Clinton is on there like 26 times! Hillary too!! For many of us releasing the Epstein files has always been for the women who were victims of Jeffery Epstein, but also because we believed that Democrat bad guys like the Clintons were entangled and involved with him. Epstein was the spider that wove the web of the deep state. Lean into it.” The congresswoman accused Trump of “coming after me hard to make an example and scare all the other Republicans before next weeks [sic] vote to release the Epstein files.” She remarked that it was “astonishing” that Trump was “fighting” to stop the files from being released to the public. THE REVOLT OF MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, NOW DONALD TRUMP’S FIERCEST CRITIC Greene declared where her loyalty will always lie, writing, “I have supported President Trump with too much of my precious time, too much of my own money, and fought harder for him even when almost all other Republicans turned their back and denounced him.” “But I don’t worship or serve Donald Trump. I worship God, Jesus is my Savior, and I serve my district GA14 and the American people,” she wrote. Greene had been a strong supporter of Trump since she entered Congress in 2021. However, she has become a vocal critic of the president, particularly when it comes to U.S.-Israel relations and the Epstein files. On Nov. 4, Greene joined the co-hosts of “The View,” who are famously critical of Trump, and discussed a wide range of topics. When co-host Sunny Hostin remarked that it seemed like Greene had moved to the left — something Trump later echoed — Greene pushed back, insisting that “there’s lies that come in both sides.”
Leading Senate Democrat tells Fox News ‘it’s time … for new leadership,’ as Schumer faces growing pressure
Amid a rising tide of calls from House Democrats and others in the party to remove Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., from his longtime post as Senate Democratic leader, a top Democratic senator says it’s time for “new leadership” in the party. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, speaking one-on-one with Fox News Digital during a stop in New Hampshire, said it’s also a moment for a younger generation of Democratic leaders to “step up the stage.” Booker was interviewed on Friday, four days after seven Senate Democrats and independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, who caucuses with the party, bucked Senate Democratic leaders and voted with the majority Republicans to end the longest federal government shutdown in history. Plenty of progressives and center-left Democrats have pilloried the deal to end the shutdown, which didn’t include the Democrats’ top priority: an agreement to extend expiring subsidies that make health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, known as the ACA or Obamacare, more affordable to millions of Americans. DEMOCRATIC SENATOR CALLS FOR ‘MORE EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP’ AS SCHUMER FACES MOUNTING PRESSURE And even though he opposed the agreement, Schumer, the top Democrat in the chamber, has faced calls from an increasing number of party members to step down due to his inability to keep Senate Democrats unified. But to date, no Senate Democrat has joined those calls for Schumer to step down. After the final congressional vote to end the shutdown, Booker wrote that “the Democratic Party needs change. It needs a new generation of leaders to stand up to Trump.” SCHUMER FACES FURY FROM THE LEFT OVER DEAL TO END SHUTDOWN Asked if those comments were directed at Schumer, Booker said, “I’m pointing these comments at anybody who will listen to me.” “Chuck Schumer’s generation, Nancy Pelosi’s generation, John Lewis’s generation. They have so much to be proud of. It is time, though, for new leadership. The other generations, X, millennials, Z, — it’s time for us to step up. The stage is waiting for us to lead, not just the party, but the nation right now.” Booker was interviewed ahead of an event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. New Hampshire’s two senators — Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan — were among the Democrats who supported the deal with Republicans. Shaheen, who previously supported a bill to extend the ACA subsidies, on Monday defended breaking with her party to support the deal. “We’re making sure that the people of America can get the food benefits that they need, that air traffic controllers can get paid, that federal workers are able to come back, the ones who were let go, that they get paid, that contractors get paid, that aviation moves forward,” Shaheen said in a “Fox and Friends” interview. SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN: DEMOCRATIC SENATOR STANDS FIRM AFTER DEFYING PARTY Asked about the Democratic senators who bucked the party, Booker, who played Division One football at Stanford University, called for party unity. “I played football, and that play is behind me. Now I want everybody back in the huddle, tighten your chin straps, because we’ve got to fight forward and the end zone, for me, is very simple. It is lowering people’s healthcare costs, lowering people’s grocery costs, lowering people’s energy costs, and getting an America that works for everybody, not just the wealthiest of the wealthy,” Booker said. And Booker, who broke a Senate record with a 25-hour speech earlier this year as he took aim at President Donald Trump‘s second-term agenda, said: “I’m a big believer, if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” But he also lamented the increased animosity between Democrats and Republicans, saying that “the partisanship, as you know, bothers me, because it’s turned to tribalism.” As he unsuccessfully ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Booker spent plenty of time and made lots of friends in New Hampshire, which has held the first-in-the-nation presidential primary for over a century. Booker, who is up for re-election next year in blue-leaning New Jersey, is seen by political pundits as a possible contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, which is expected to be a crowded and competitive race. “Of course, I’m thinking about it. Haven’t ruled it out. But I’m up on the ballot in New Jersey in ’26 and that is my focus,” Booker said. After his Fox News interview, Booker headlined the latest “Stand Up New Hampshire Town Hall.” The speaking series, organized by top New Hampshire Democratic elected officials and party leaders, is seen as an early cattle call for potential White House contenders. And later in the day, he gave the keynote address at a major fundraising gala for the New Hampshire Democratic Party. Booker called next year’s elections, when the Democrats will try to win back majorities in the House and Senate, “vitally important.” “Don’t talk to me about ’28 until you show me where you stand and who you stand for in ’26. I stand for New Jersey. I stand for America and an America that works for everybody,” Booker emphasized.
Meet the socialist Mamdani-style mayor just elected to run West Coast’s 5th largest city
A little more than a week after socialist New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani took the reins of the nation’s largest city, voters in Seattle elected a socialist that has been compared to Mamdani to lead the West Coast’s fifth-largest city by population. Katie Wilson, a progressive activist who operates a small nonprofit called the Transit Riders Union, defeated Democratic Mayor Bruce Harrell in an election so tight that it took over a week to determine. Harrell conceded Thursday as the vote totals all but guaranteed a win for Wilson, who, like Mamdani, identifies as a “democratic socialist.” Like Mamdani, Wilson has faced criticism for past support of defunding the police, most notably through her support of a “Solidarity Budget” which would have cut the Seattle police force by 50%. “There’s a strong argument for simply disbanding police departments and starting over,” Wilson wrote in a June 2020 op-ed. INCUMBENT SEATTLE MAYOR CONCEDES TO MAMDANI-STYLE ‘SOCIALIST’ WHO TAPPED HER PARENTS FOR MONEY WHILE RUNNING Similar to Mamdani, Wilson walked back her past statements on defunding the police and distanced herself from the “abolish the police” movement on a debate stage when pressed by Harrell. Leading up to Tuesday night’s election, Wilson pledged to “Trump-proof” the City of Seattle and has been likened to New York City’s Mamdani by political pundits on that angle as well. Wilson, like Mamdani, has proposed policies like implementing government-run grocery stores. She pledged to explore government-backed grocery stores if elected this fall after accepting the endorsement from grocery workers union UFCW 3000, Washington’s largest private-sector union. New York voters, meanwhile, saw a similar pitch from Mamdani. “Yes, Seattle voters want to tax the rich,” Wilson wrote in February of this year, echoing a prominent socialist platform, championed by Mamdani, of increasing the tax burden on the wealthiest residents. Prior to her establishment of the Transit Riders Union in 2011, Wilson worked several jobs in various unrelated industries, including as a barista, boatyard worker, apartment manager, lab technician, baker, construction worker and legal assistant. Several of the progressive activist groups and unions that backed Mamdani’s campaign also endorsed Wilson, including the Working Families Party, Planned Parenthood affiliates, and SEIU affiliates. MULTIPLE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS LINE UP TO SUCCEED MAMDANI Wilson has credited her parents with helping her run her campaign for mayor. “They send me a check periodically to help with the child care expenses,” Wilson told Seattle’s PubliCola, noting daycare for her kids cost about $2,200 per month. Wilson did not share precisely how much her parents contribute, pointing out that she does not keep track. However, when pressed for more details, Wilson reportedly said the money comes in every few months. “Before I decided to run for office, my husband and I were just kind of juggling our kid back and forth,” Wilson continued about the childcare costs her parents assist with. “We didn’t have her in daycare because it’s so expensive. But then, when I decided to run, we’re like, we really need childcare.” Affordability was a key driver of Wilson’s campaign, similar to Mamdani’s campaign in New York City, and after her victory she has continued to outline those goals. “There is an awful lot that I want to accomplish as mayor,” Wilson said in her first speech since clinching the mayor’s office. “I want everybody in this great city of ours to have a roof over their head. I want universal childcare and free K-8 summer care. I want world-class mass transit. I want great, safe public spaces where kids can run around with abandon. I want stable, affordable housing for renters.” “I want social housing. I want much more land and wealth to be owned and stewarded by communities instead of corporations. I want a robust economy, with thriving small businesses, great living wage jobs, and strong rights for workers. I want a city where everyone has the basics of a dignified life, including healthy food, access to healthcare, and support of communities. I want a city where your health and your life expectancy and your children’s future doesn’t depend on your zip code or your race.” Fox News Digital’s Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.
Dems say base is ‘rightfully’ angry over their leaders caving to GOP during shutdown fight: ‘Porch puppies’
A handful of Democrats defended the far-left portion of their base upset over Democrat Senators caving to Republicans to end the government shutdown. “I think they are rightfully disappointed. At the end of the day, we took on this fight for more than 40 days to make healthcare more affordable, being one of the primary goals that we had in this fight and to see us give in now at the end of the is something that’s incredibly frustrating, incredibly disappointing for myself included,” Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Ala., told Fox News Digital on the steps of the Capitol after the longest government shutdown that estimates expect to cost the government between $7 billion and $14 billion. “We needed to stay fighting,” Rep. Shri Thanedar said. “The stronger our resolve to fight, the more successful we would have been. But it looked like there was always some people in the U.S. Senate that were never on board to continue this fight.” DEMOCRAT CIVIL WAR ERUPTS AFTER MODERATE ACCUSES PROGRESSIVE OF UNDERMINING ‘FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS’ Earlier this week, eight Senate Democrats agreed to give Republicans the votes they needed to pass their budget and reopen the government until the end of January. They provided the support in exchange for a few compromises, notably a promised mid-December vote on whether to extend the Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. “We had a moment right now where we needed fighters. We need people to be here and stand up and lay it on the line,” Figures added. “As we say in Alabama, we need big dogs right now. We don’t need porch puppies. If you’re not here for this fight, if you’re not willing to be engaged in this and willing to lay it on the line for people that are counting on us, then you need to reconsider it.” After the budget finally passed following the longest government shutdown in history that left about 1.4 million federal employees going unpaid, according to the largest labor union representing federal workers, Democrat Rho Khana began fundraising off the anger within the Democratic Party, according to Politico. DNC STAFFERS RUTHLESSLY MOCKED FOR FUMING OVER REMOTE WORK REVERSAL: ‘GET YOURSELVES TOGETHER’ “A lot of people are rightfully concerned about skyrocketing health care costs,” Rep. Sarah Elfreth, D-Md., told Fox News Digital, but she noted she “can’t speak for the base” when asked about their anger at Democrat leaders for giving in. “I can’t speak for the base, I can say that, you know, a lot of people are rightfully concerned about skyrocketing health care costs, in addition to skyrocketing housing costs, grocery costs,” she said. “Anybody getting ready for Thanksgiving right now is seeing that. And we haven’t been able to resolve that. We haven’t gotten the Republicans to even come to the table.” The House Progressive caucus, in a letter by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., condemned the deal Democrats made, arguing it does nothing to stop people’s healthcare premiums from going up, or losing their coverage altogether. Even the Democratic Party’s primary House campaigning arm instructed lawmakers to hold Republicans “accountable” for the shutdown. Meanwhile, the Democrat disarray has not gone unnoticed. “Now the knives are out for him,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News’ Jesse Waters. “The Democratic Party is entirely shattered in this ideological battle that they’re having,” noted Josh Holmes, co-host of the “”RUTHLESS” podcast. “I think it continues for quite some time.”
Setting the stage: What the 2025 elections signal for next year’s midterm showdowns
With the 2025 elections fading into the rearview mirror, the campaign spotlight moves 100% towards next year’s midterm elections, when Republicans will be defending their fragile House majority and their control of the Senate. And as this month’s elections showcased, the economy will once again be uppermost on the minds of voters. How both parties handle the ‘affordability’ issue will likely impact whether Republicans can regain their standing with female voters, and with Black and Latino voters, who swung towards the GOP in 2024 but who shifted back to the Democrats at the ballot box in this autumn’s off-year elections. One year after deep concerns over inflation helped Republicans win back the White House and Senate and successfully protect their House majority, Democrats say their convincing double-digit victories in 2025’s only two elections for governor came down to affordability, the issue they repeatedly spotlighted on this year’s campaign trail. DEMOCRATS SEE MANDATE AFTER 2025 WINS — REPUBLICANS SAY IT’S A MIRAGE Democratic Governors Association Executive Director Meghan Meehan-Draper said that Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, the two Democratic gubernatorial nominees that overperformed the public opinion polls as they cruised to Election Night victories in the blue-leaning states, “stayed laser focused on the economy,” and “talked about it all day, every day.” It was also the issue that boosted a one-time longshot, socialist Zohran Mandani, to an initial victory in New York City’s Democratic Party mayoral primary, and another win in the mayoral election in the nation’s most populous city. The numbers appear to back the Democrats up. According to the Fox News Voter Poll conducted Oct. 22 through Election Day, the economy was by far the top issue for Virginia voters — with close to half ranking it as the most important. Those voters broke significantly for Spanberger. And in New Jersey, the economy was the second most pressing issue, following taxes, according to the poll. And Sherrill won those voters by a 30-point margin. KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE 2025 ELECTIONS Pointing to the big wins for Democrats in New Jersey and Virginia, as well as in battleground Pennsylvania and left-tilting New York City and California, and battleground Georgia, Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said his party’s candidates “are meeting voters at the kitchen table… From New Jersey and Virginia and New York, to Georgia and beyond, Democrats ran campaigns relentlessly focused on costs and affordability.” And pointing to those victories, as well as down-ballot wins in a slew of other states, Martin touted “it was an unequivocal Blue Sweep.” Republicans argue that Democrats are overplaying their victories in the 2025 elections. “What happened last night was blue states and blue cities voted blue. We all saw that coming. And no one should read too much into last night’s election results,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said the day after the elections. Vice President JD Vance, in a social media post last week, said, “I think it’s idiotic to overreact to a couple of elections in blue states.” VANCE DELIVERS POST-ELECTION REALITY CHECK, CONTENDS GOP MUST MAKE LIFE AFFORDABLE OR GET WALLOPED IN 2026 But Vance acknowledged that when it comes to the economy and specifically inflation, “We’re going to keep on working to make a decent life affordable in this country, and that’s the metric by which we’ll ultimately be judged in 2026 and beyond.” In an appearance Thursday on Fox News’ “Hannity,” the vice president, pointing to former President Joe Biden’s tenure in the White House, charged that “we inherited a disaster. We’re very mindful of the fact that there’s a lot of work to do, but I think that we’ve made great progress.” President Donald Trump, in his first post-2025 election interview, told Fox News’ Bret Baier on Wednesday that, on inflation, “We’ve done so much… Energy is way down … We’re going to have $2 gasoline. I did that. That brings everything else down. Groceries are way down, other than beef. Now, beef is going to come down … The fact is, we have prices way down.” And the president argued in his “Special Report” interview that it’s more of a messaging problem for the GOP. “As Republicans, you have to talk about it,” Trump said. The president has kept to his affordability script in repeated appearances since last week’s elections, including during an interview on Fox News “The Ingraham Angle.” And on Friday, the president took to social media to claim, “Affordability is a lie when used by the Dems. It is a complete CON JOB.” But the focus on affordability appeared to pump the brakes on the GOP’s major gains last year with key parts of the Democratic Party base. According to the Fox News Voter Poll, Sherrill captured the female vote in New Jersey by a 62%-37% margin, up from former Vice President Kamala Harris‘ 56%-42% margin last year. It was a similar story in Virginia, where Spanberger won women voters 65%-35%, up from the then-vice president’s 57%-42% margin in 2024. One of the biggest stories in the 2024 elections was the gains Trump and Republicans made with Black and Latino voters. In New Jersey, Sherrill outperformed Harris’ 2024 showing by 12 percentage points among Latino voters and by 15 points among Black voters. Spanberger also made gains compared to Harris, with an 8-point increase in support among Latino voters and 7 points among Black voters. “Up and down the ballot, Black and Latino voters overwhelmingly broke for Democrats. Our candidates stayed laser-focused on the issue that matters most to voters, affordability,” DNC Senior Spokesperson Marcus W. Robinson told Fox News Digital. Martin says the 2025 elections were a preview of things to come in next year’s midterms. “In ‘26, we’ll do it again. We’ll run a National Coordinated Campaign to win races up and down the ballot to provide a check on the out-of-control Trump administration and its Republican rubber stamps,” he argued. But the rival Republican National Committee (RNC) sees a different political outcome in 2026. “Republicans are entering next
FBI arrests suspect in attack on US Attorney Alina Habba’s office
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Saturday that the suspect wanted in connection to the attack on U.S. Attorney Alina Habba’s office in New Jersey this week has been taken into custody. The FBI had identified the suspect Friday night as Keith Michael Lisa. Bondi said in an X post on Saturday morning that thanks to the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service and Homeland Security Investigations, the suspect wanted in the attack on Habba’s office “is now in custody.” “No one will get away with threatening or intimidating our great U.S. Attorneys or the destruction of their offices,” Bondi wrote. DOJ SEEKING SUSPECT AFTER ATTACK ON US ATTORNEY ALINA HABBA’S OFFICE “We got him. This Justice Department under Attorney General Pam Bondi and our federal partners will not tolerate any acts of intimidation or violence toward law enforcement,” Habba wrote on X on Saturday in reaction to the arrest. “Now justice will handle him.” The FBI said Lisa was wanted for allegedly entering the Peter W. Rodino Federal Building in Newark, New Jersey, on Nov. 12, 2025, while in possession of a bat. “After being denied entry, he discarded the bat and returned,” the FBI said. “Once inside the building, he proceeded to the U.S. Attorney’s Office where he damaged government property.” A federal arrest warrant was issued for Lisa on Thursday in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in Newark after he was charged with possession of a dangerous weapon in a federal facility and depredation of federal property, the FBI added. “Today’s arrest shows what coordinated federal law enforcement can do. Threats against our U.S. Attorneys aren’t just attacks on individuals, they’re attacks on the rule of law. And we will respond every time,” FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X. Bondi had announced Thursday that an individual attempted to confront Habba on Wednesday night, “destroyed property in her office” and then “fled the scene.’ “Thankfully, Alina is ok,” Bondi added. “Any violence or threats of violence against any federal officer will not be tolerated. Period. This is unfortunately becoming a trend as radicals continue to attack law enforcement agents around the country.” Habba said following the incident that, “I will not be intimidated by radical lunatics for doing my job.” Lisa, 51, was described by authorities as being around 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighing between 200 and 230 pounds. HABBA: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MOVED ‘SWIFTLY AND DECISIVELY’ TO STOP ISIS-LINKED HALLOWEEN TERROR PLOT TARGETING JEWS The FBI said Lisa has ties to New York City and Mahwah, N.J., and “should be considered dangerous.” On its website, the Justice Department said that as Acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorney to the United States Attorney General, Habba “is responsible for overseeing all federal criminal prosecutions and the litigation of all civil matters in New Jersey in which the federal government has an interest.” “Including the offices in Newark, Camden, and Trenton, Ms. Habba supervises a staff of approximately 155 federal prosecutors and approximately 130 support personnel,” the Justice Department said.
Socialist wave goes coast-to-coast as historic wins shake up the 2025 mayoral elections
Socialism was on the ballot in 2025, and the Democratic Socialists of America landed their biggest ballot victory yet when New Yorkers elected Zohran Mamdani to lead the nation’s largest city. The year began with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., firing up Democrats on the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour after bruising losses last year. It ends with two decisive victories for the socialist movement, with Mamdani in New York City and self-described socialist Katie Wilson in Seattle, Washington. “Through Zohran’s victory, the people defeated the oligarchy; the working class defeated major corporations; Democratic Socialism defeated the Democratic Party status quo,” the DSA said in a statement as Mamdani declared victory. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell conceded to Wilson on Thursday in a tight race that took more than a week to determine the winner, handing power to the party’s left-flank in the West Coast city. NYC VOTERS EMBRACE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM AS AOC, SANDERS STUMP FOR MAMDANI Mamdani congratulated the fellow socialist in a post Friday morning. INCUMBENT SEATTLE MAYOR CONCEDES TO MAMDANI-STYLE ‘SOCIALIST’ WHO TAPPED HER PARENTS FOR MONEY WHILE RUNNING “Seattle voters made their voices heard: they want a new kind of politics — one that rejects corporate PAC money and delivers for working people. From one Mayor-elect to another, wishing you the best. Seattle is in great hands,” Mamdani said. Both candidates have made history as their cities’ first millennial mayors. Running on affordability agendas, they built their campaigns around bold progressive ideas, from universal childcare to city-run grocery stores, funded by a tax hike on the wealthy. “I want everyone in this great city of ours to have a roof over their head,” Wilson said Thursday. “I want universal child care and free K through 8 summer care. I want world-class mass transit … great, safe public spaces where kids can run around without abandon, stable, affordable housing for renters, social housing and much more land and wealth to be owned and stewarded by communities instead of by corporations.” Both socialists have pledged to “Trump proof” their cities as President Donald Trump’s sweeping, second-term agenda loomed large over 2025 mayoral and gubernatorial races. Trump has already deployed the National Guard to a handful of U.S. cities to combat crime and enforce illegal immigrant deportation efforts, and he has vowed to cut federal funding to New York City if Mamdani won. WILL ELECTION DAY 2025 BE REMEMBERED AS THE RISE OF THE SOCIALISTS? “New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant,” Mamdani said during his victory speech last week. “So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: To get any of us, you will have to get through all of us.” At Mamdani’s election night party at the Brooklyn Paramount theater, supporters chanted “D-S-A” throughout the night. DSA leaders also joined Mamdani’s high-profile “New York is not for sale” rally with Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez ahead of Election Day. Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., a more moderate Democrat, met a cooler reception at Forest Hills Stadium as Mamdani’s supporters broke into chants of “Tax the rich!” as she spoke. Mamdani can’t deliver on his signature campaign promises without Hochul’s approval to raise taxes. As Mamdani and Wilson seek to actualize their ambitious policy agendas in two coastal cities, a socialist candidate in the Midwest wasn’t so successful this election cycle. Jacob Frey won re-election as mayor of Minneapolis last week, securing his third term. SQUAD 2.0: MEET AMERICA’S NEXT WAVE OF RADICAL DEMOCRATS SHAPING THE PARTY’S FUTURE The election was officially nonpartisan, though Frey chose to include the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party label on his ballot line. He defeated a large field that included state Sen. Omar Fateh, a socialist endorsed by the DSA. Fateh made waves on the national political stage this year, drawing comparisons to Mamdani’s mayoral campaign in New York City after The Minnesota Star Tribune dubbed him the “Mamdani of Minneapolis.” The 35-year-old son of Somali immigrants who became the first Somali-American elected to the Minnesota state Senate in 2020 challenged incumbent Frey head-on this year, criticizing the comparatively moderate Democrat for failing to “meet the needs of our changing society.” While socialist slogans resonated in Seattle and New York City, Fateh’s message of change wasn’t enough to carry him across the finish line. With a new wave of progressive candidates already eyeing the 2026 midterm elections, the jury is still out on whether the socialist momentum will last. Fox News Digital reached out to the DSA for clarification about their support for Wilson’s campaign.