ALBANY – NYGOP Chair Ed Cox released the following statement in response to House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ endorsement of Zohran Mamdani:

“In an act of supreme cowardice and capitulation, Democrats’ Minority Leader in Congress just threw his lot in with an openly Communist, anti-Semitic, defund-the-police, globalize-the-intifada extremist. 

“Hakeem Jeffries has kept the government closed and essential federal workers unpaid while making common cause with this zealot. 

“Are there any moderate Democrats left? Every elected Democrat – in New York and nationally – must answer this question: do you stand with Zohran Mamdani or do you stand with the principles upon which our republic was founded?”

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