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MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton said in a new interview that former President Obama’s outreach to New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani "normalizes" the democratic socialist candidate for wary Democrats.

Barack Obama reached out to Mamdani after he won the city’s Democratic mayoral primary in June, according to a New York Times report published Wednesday. According to the report , Obama offered congratulations and governing advice, and discussed with Mamdani the "importance of giving people hope in a dark time."

Sharpton commented on the significance of Obama’s team showing interest in Mamdani’s campaign, according to a report in the New York Post on Thursday.

"It gives the sense that President Obama’s world i

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