After Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday, he used part of his acceptance speech to take a direct shot at President Donald Trump.
“To get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us,” the mayor-elect said. “So Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up!”
The statement was met with a roar of applause from the audience.
Mamdani’s comments came after Trump previously endorsed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and threatened to withhold federal funds from the nation’s largest city due to his political differences with the mayoral-elect.
In a post on Truth Social Trump wrote, “If Communist Candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the Election for Mayor of New York City, it is highly unlikely that I will be contributing Federal Funds, other than the very minimum as required, to my beloved first home, because of the fact that, as a Communist, this once great City has ZERO chance of success, or even survival!”
The election quickly became a national talking point, drawing scorn from Republicans outside New York.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott responded to a poll claiming that New Yorkers would move away if Mamdani becomes mayor: “After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC,” the Republican governor tweeted Monday.
New York’s mayoral election results are also set to become a focal point of Republican messaging in next year’s midterms, according to a memo released Tuesday by the party’s campaign arm.
“The Democrat Party has surrendered to radical socialist Zohran Mamdani and the far-left mob who are now running the show,” National Republican Congressional Committee spokesperson Mike Marinella said according to PBS. “They’ve proudly embraced defunding the police, abolishing ICE, taxing hard-working Americans to death, and replacing common sense with chaos. Every House Democrat is foolishly complicit in their party’s collapse, and voters will make them pay in 2026.”
Shortly after Mamdani delivered his victory remarks, Trump posted a brief comment on Truth Social, “…AND SO IT BEGINS.”
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