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

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

1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026

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…

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