Overview

• On CBS’ Face the Nation, Suozzi said Mamdani and President Trump “tapped into” voters’ concerns that the economy is not working for them.
• He warned that Democrats are often seen as prioritizing reproductive rights and LGBT protections over middle-class economic issues.
• Mamdani, a democratic socialist, officially secured the New York City Democratic mayoral nomination last week by centering his campaign on cost-of-living challenges.
• As a self-described “democratic capitalist,” Suozzi praised both candidates’ diagnosis of economic frustrations while rejecting their proposed solutions.
• In a Wall Street Journal op-ed he called Mamdani’s upset primary victory a “loud wake-up call” for the party to refocus its messaging on voter financial anxieties.