EXCLUSIVE: Dems ‘Learned Nothing’ By Nominating ‘Comrade Mamdani,’ Mike Johnson Says

House Speaker Mike Johnson blasted socialist Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani as “radical” and a “big-government Marxist” on Monday.

Johnson told the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation in an exclusive statement that Mamdani’s agenda is “extreme” and “bad news for New York City.” The Louisiana Republican added that Mamdani’s political rise spells “great news for House Republicans” in the upcoming midterm elections.

“Democrats, who have learned nothing from their historic defeat in 2024, are rallying around a radical, Antisemitic, abolish-ICE , defund-the-police, big-government Marxist,” Johnson told the DCNF. “Comrade Mamdani’s extreme views are bad news for New York City, but great news for House Republicans.”

“Come the 2026 midterms, voters will be reminded that while the Democrat Party falls further hostage to the radical Left, Republicans are delivering a common sense, America First agenda,” the speaker added.

Johnson’s comments come after Mamdani, a self-avowed socialist, officially clinched the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor on July 1.

While House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries praised Mamdani for running “a strong campaign that relentlessly focused on the economy and bringing down the high cost of living in New York City” in a June 25 post to X, he has notably yet to officially endorse Mamdani in the city’s mayoral race. Jeffries