New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani took a bizarre plunge into an East Harlem public pool fully dressed in a business suit to kick off summer Saturday, but the spectacle was quickly overshadowed by a fiery clash with a top New York Republican.Video captured the mayor jumping into the Thomas Jefferson Pool fully clothed and swimming with children to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the city's Works Progress Administration-era outdoor pools. The event was intended to highlight expanded free swim programs and the historical legacy of the Olympic-sized facilities.However, the celebratory splash quickly turned political as Mamdani targeted New York GOP gubernatorial candidate and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, demanding an apology for recent comments Blakeman made about Democratic Socialists of America-backed congressional candidate Brad Lander.HUNDREDS OF RABBIS DEMAND MAMDANI APOLOGIZE FOR PUTTING 'TARGET' ON AMERICAN JEWS WITH AIPAC 'MONSTER' REMARKSFILE - New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was seen on video jumping into the Thomas Jefferson Pool fully clothed.(Michael M.
Santiago/Getty Images)Following Lander's NY-10 congressional primary victory over Dan Goldman, Blakeman said in a Newsmax interview that Lander "would be a camp guard in a concentration camp if he could."Mamdani defended Lander, calling him a "proud Jewish New Yorker" and describing Blakeman's comments as "unacceptable and unconscionable." JEFFRIES WELCOMES DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS INTO THE FOLD AS CRITICS WARN PARTY IS REVEALING 'EXACTLY WHO IT IS'FILE - New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks in support of Brad Lander, Democratic candidate for Congress in New York's 10th Congressional District, in Carroll Park in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn on June 14.(Shuran Huang/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)Mamdani added he thought the comparison likening Lander to a "Nazi prison guard" was "disgusting", and argued it was indicative of a Republican Party fighting to "dehu...