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Both prominent center-left Democrats and President Trump seem wary of Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor of New York City. But their motives are different, says TNR’s Monica Potts. In the last edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon, Potts argues that Trump sees former Governor Andrew Cuomo, Mamdani’s main opponent, as a potential political ally if Cuomo is elected mayor. Meanwhile, centrist Democrats, according to Potts, are worried that Mamdani will win, be a competent leader of the city and show that progressive politics isn’t something to be feared, strengthening the party’s left wing. Potts and…
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