{"id":690247,"date":"2026-10-21T12:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=690247"},"modified":"2026-10-21T12:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:26:17","slug":"mamdani-and-el-sayed-join-forces-ahead-of-midterms-democrats-socialist-wing-gets-a-new-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=690247","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani and El-Sayed join forces ahead of midterms \u2014 Democrats\u2019 socialist wing gets a new showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Looking beyond the five boroughs, Gotham\u2019s Islamunist mayor pegged one congressional race as being \u201cof critical importance to our city\u201d with eyes on a \u201cnew course\u201d for the nation.<\/p>\n

As Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates have found success in seizing control of a sizable chunk of the left\u2019s base, their biggest success thus far \u2014 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) \u2014 has been looked to as something of a figurehead for the radicals.<\/p>\n

During a Tuesday press conference, when asked about Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s race against former Rep. Mike Rogers, Hizzoner tied the campaign and his own agenda together as \u201cpart of something national.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reminded of his own attendance at a fundraiser for El-Sayed earlier in the month, the mayor was asked, \u201cHow important do you see a victory for him as to your own political project in New York? And do you plan on showing any kind of public support for other Democratic or progressive candidates for the midterms?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that his victory and the victory of Democrats across this country is of critical importance to our city because what it also indicates is a willingness to chart a new course in Washington that has working people at the heart of it,\u201d asserted Mamdani.<\/p>\n

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.@NYCMayor Mamdani on U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI): \u201cHis victory\u2026is of critical importance to our city, because what it also indicates is a willingness to chart a new course in Washington that has working people at the heart of it.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/cg8veuDCI1<\/p>\n

\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) October 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While he would go on to laugh off a followup question about stumping for El-Sayed, the Uganda-born politician was well-prepared with the Senate hopeful\u2019s campaign slogan as he emphasized the similarities in their socialist objectives as well as opposition to super PAC spending.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur movement here in New York City is a movement that is part of something national, which is a fight for working people,\u201d argued Mamdani. \u201cWhen you think about Dr. El-Sayed\u2019s campaign, I often go back to the way that he describes it: money out of politics, money in your pocket, Medicare for all. Those are concerns that ring true for Michiganders. They\u2019re also concerns that ring true for New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the politicians\u2019 talk of keeping money out of politics, neither have passed up the opportunity to rake it in as Politico reported<\/a> how, two weeks prior to the press conference, Mamdani attended a high-dollar fundraiser for El-Sayed.<\/p>\n

Detailing that the minimum donation for attendance was $3,500 as guests were \u201cencouraged to give as much as $57,800, the legal maximum,\u201d Politico explained the event was \u201chosted by Aisha Jukaku, Asad Baig, Debbie Almontaser, Shan Shaheen and Salim Syed. Several of the hosts are personally close with Mamdani and financially supported his successful 2025 mayoral run.\u201d<\/p>\n

A report<\/a> from the Detroit News during El-Sayed\u2019s 2018 gubernatorial campaign identified Jukaku as the politician\u2019s sister-in-law. Meanwhile, the concerning background of El-Sayed\u2019s father-in-law, Tayeb Jukaku, was previously reported<\/a> as the man serves as board director of Michigan\u2019s chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).<\/p>\n

CAIR has been designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in both Florida and Texas. Meanwhile, El-Sayed has repeatedly been confronted over his family\u2019s reported ties to the Muslim Brotherhood<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Looking beyond the five boroughs, Gotham\u2019s Islamunist mayor pegged one congressional race as being \u201cof critical importance to our city\u201d with eyes on a \u201cnew course\u201d for the nation. As Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates have found success in seizing control of a sizable chunk of the left\u2019s base, their biggest success thus far \u2014… Continue reading Mamdani and El-Sayed join forces ahead of midterms \u2014 Democrats\u2019 socialist wing gets a new showcase<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-690247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=690247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=690247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=690247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=690247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}