President Donald Trump blasted the far-left socialist sweep of multiple New York City congressional districts and offer a stark warning to "downtrodden" blue states."Many Communists running in badly failing Blue States.The votes seem to have them doing quite well against each other.
The bad news is that history has conclusively shown that the downtrodden States that they will soon be running will ONLY GET WORSE.MAGA!" he wrote on Truth Social.The three candidates, all endorsed by radical Mayor Zohran Mamdani, won their primary elections and have virtually unimpeded paths to Congress in their deep blue districts.
They are Darializa Avila Chevalier in New York's 13th Congressional District, State Rep.Claire Valdez in New York's 7th Congressional District and Brad Lander in New York's 10th Congressional District.U.S.
President Donald J.Trump watches the UFC lightweight championship fight during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the South Lawn at the White House on June 14, 2026 in Washington, DC (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)Avila Chevalier and Valdez are members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which not too long ago was dismissed as a fringe element of the left, but is now insurgent in the Democrat Party.FAR-LEFT SURGE: MAMDANI-BACKED CANDIDATES OUST DEM ESTABLISHMENT INCUMBENTSLander is a progressive Democrat and a former DSA member.
He left the party in 2023 after its response to the Oct.7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israeli concertgoers that killed 1,200 people.
DSA insists that Israel's response to that attack constitutes a "genocide," and has made support for Gaza against Israel a central tenet of its platform.Avila Chevalier ousted fellow progressive and five-term incumbent 71-year-old Rep.Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., — the first-ever former illegal alien ever to serve in Congress.
She ran an even further left campaign than her rival on a platform that includes abolishing ICE, eliminating all deportations and socialized healthcare.Congressional candidate Da...