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Following Zohran Mamdani ’s decisive mayoral victory in New York City on Tuesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., dodged a question on whether the self-proclaimed Democratic socialist is the future of the Democratic Party.

"You had record turnout in New York City for this election. Would you say that Mamdani is the future of the Democratic Party?" a reporter asked Jeffries during Wednesday's press conference on Capitol Hill.

"Well, what Democrats have done all across the country is lean into the issue of affordability because of the fact that America's too expensive costs are too high, and Donald Trump and Republicans, not only have they not done anything about it, they've made it worse as a result of the

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