Democrat rejects Mamdani as member of party, accuses socialists of attempting to 'hijack' message

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., said Wednesday he does not consider New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani a Democrat, arguing the Democratic socialist – and others like him – are attempting to "hijack" the party and pull it away from its traditional values. "He's not a Democrat, he's socialist, and we know that the whole socialist movement is attempting to hijack the Democratic Party and many of their values are not our values," Gottheimer said on "America's Newsroom." "We know that he's against poli