Former Speaker of the House Rep.Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep.
Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., dodged answering questions on the growing influence of the socialist movement after three candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani dominated in primary elections.Mamdani's political clout was on display Tuesday night after all three House candidates he endorsed — Darializa Avila Chevalier, Brad Lander and Claire Valdez — won their Democratic primaries in New York, beating out more moderate Democrats.Pelosi, a moderate Democrat herself, refused to answer Fox News Digital’s question on her reaction to these socialist candidates coming out as victorious. RISING SOCIALIST STARS ON TRACK TO CONGRESS: WHO ARE DARIALIZA AVILA CHEVALIER, BRAD LANDER AND CLAIRE VALDEZ?Rep.Nancy Pelosi speaks during a ceremony honoring Capitol Police officers at the U.S.
Capitol on March 25, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)The 20-term California congresswoman never formally endorsed Mamdani, but she did endorse a socialist candidate in 2024 — Dean Preston for California’s District 5 supervisor. She also said that she will "reject socialism as an economic system" and as a full picture of the Democratic Party in an interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes back in 2019."If people have that view, that's their view," Pelosi said in the interview.
"That is not the view of the Democratic Party." Omar, a member of the progressive Squad, also ignored questions about the New York primary results, including whether the three socialist candidates could complicate House Democrats and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ agendas if they're elected to Congress.HAKEEM JEFFRIES DODGES QUESTION ON WHETHER MAMDANI IS FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTYRep.Ilhan Omar speaks at Karmel Mall in Minneapolis on Jan.
28, 2026.(Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)While Omar has never formally identified as a socialist, she has supported many policies associated with socialism and has als...