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Al Sharpton said former President Obama's call to Zohran Mamdani helped shed the perception the democratic socialist candidate is "too radical" for the Democratic Party.
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Former President Barack Obama’s newly revealed call with mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani is a nod that could help the socialist more palatable to panicking high-level Democrats, insiders
Obama's former deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes urges Democrats to abandon donor-dependent financing and facilitate younger, more diverse leadership.
Former President Barack Obama, the last Democrat to captivate the party’s base, got on the phone. In a lengthy call in June, Mr. Obama congratulated Mr. Mamdani, offered him advice about governing and discussed the importance of giving people hope in a dark time, according to people with knowledge of the conversation.
Democratic state lawmakers who left Texas to block controversial new congressional maps backed by President Donald Trump are planning a return to the state early next week, shifting tactics so they can fight the plan in court.
Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani said he spoke with former president Barack Obama about hope in politics after his New York City mayoral primary win in June.