Overview

• On Fox News' The Will Cain Show, JD Vance questioned whether Zohran Mamdani expresses gratitude for the United States and said he too often attacks the country.
• Vance contrasted Mamdani with his late grandmother, a lifelong Democrat, saying she would view Mamdani’s rise as “crazy.”
• The comments extend earlier Republican broadsides, including the president’s June jab labeling Mamdani “a 100% Communist Lunatic.”
• The Independent reports recent polls show Mamdani leading a crowded November 4 race over Andrew Cuomo, incumbent Eric Adams, and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
• Mamdani, 33, is a Democratic socialist New York state assemblyman born in Uganda who has criticized Trump and U.S. support for Israel.