Hunter Biden Goes On The Attack
Hunter Biden said Democrats should take a hard look at their political strategy after a group of progressive and socialist candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won Democratic primaries in New York…
Hunter Biden said Democrats should take a hard look at their political strategy after a group of progressive and socialist candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won Democratic primaries in New York this week.
In Biden’s view, the results showed that voters are responding less to cautious, establishment-style campaigns and more to candidates who take clear positions on the issues shaping people’s daily lives.
“The middle is not a strategy,” Biden wrote in a post on X, where he shared his takeaways from Tuesday’s primary results. “Voters reached past the establishment to grab someone who actually believes something.”
Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, argued that the winning candidates connected with voters because they spoke plainly about issues such as affordability, housing insecurity and the war in Gaza. He said the cost of living should be treated as the central issue for Democrats.
“Conviction beats caution,” Biden wrote. “The candidates who said hard things about rent, about who pays for what, about Gaza, they won. The triangulators lost.”
He also praised Mamdani’s approach to politics, saying the New York mayor did not wait for approval from party leaders before trying to shape the direction of the party.
“If you want to lead a party you have to be willing to fight inside it,” Biden wrote. “Mamdani didn’t ask permission. He took the field.”
His comments came after a strong showing for Mamdani-backed candidates in several New York congressional primaries. The results were seen as a sign of Mamdani’s growing influence inside the Democratic Party, especially in New York, where his chosen candidates defeated opponents supported by Gov. Kathy Hochul and senior House Democrats.
All three of Mamdani’s endorsed candidates in the House primary contests won.
Former New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander defeated Rep. Dan Goldman in the 10th Congressional District. In the 13th District, political newcomer Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated Rep. Adriano Espaillat, a five-term incumbent. Democratic socialist Claire Valdez also won the primary in the 7th District, where Rep. Nydia Velázquez is retiring.