Early Wednesday, following New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech, CNN contributor Van Jones gave the speech low marks for its rhetoric.

Jones said Mamdani “missed an opportunity” with the divisive speech.

“Look, I’ve got divided reactions from my friends at this speech,” Jones explained. “First of all, I’ve got to give the guy a big credit. He defeated a Democratic Party royalty, the Cuomo. That’s a royal family in our party. Defeated him, defeated the oligarchs and rich folks who jumped in to try to stop him, and then defeated Donald Trump. So, the triumphalism that you see there is earned. A year ago, nobody ever heard of the guy. And the younger people who I’m hearing from feel a great deal of relief and pride, and they’re fired up. They feel they’ve been silenced

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