Cruz says Mamdani, AOC, Platner show Democrats' leftward shift: 'That's where the energy is'

SUMTER, S.C. — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said the Democratic Party has been "radicalized," pointing to New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., as signs of where the party is headed. "Look, unfortunately, I think that's the base of the Democrat Party," Cruz told Fox News Digital. "If you look at who the Democrats are, they are Comrade Mamdani, they are AOC, they are Graham Platner, this communist Nazi oyster farm