Mamdani Confirms Months of Contact With Harris as 3 Backed Progressives Win NYC Primaries
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 2
Mamdani Confirms Months of Contact With Harris as 3 Backed Progressives Win NYC Primaries
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 2
Summary
Zohran Mamdani said Kamala Harris called him and that the two have stayed in touch over the last few months, confirming outreach first reported a day earlier.
Harris's contact with the New York City mayor fits a broader effort to rebuild ties with progressive factions that did not back her 2024 presidential run.
Three congressional candidates endorsed by Mamdani — Brad Lander, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier — won June primaries over establishment Democrats, strengthening his leverage inside the party.
Asked separately about presidential ambitions, Mamdani again sidestepped the idea, noting he was born in Uganda and saying the Constitution's natural-born-citizen rule should stay unchanged.