Kamala Harris reaches out to Mamdani, anti-Israel progressives as polls show her leading 2028 Dem primary
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Kamala Harris has made contact with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, an anti-Israel activist who tried to block former President Joe Biden from the 2024 Democratic nomination, and other progressives as she tries to cement her front-runner status in the 2028 primary.The Harris-Mamdani phone call — which took place after Democratic socialist and other left-wing candidates trounced incumbents in last week’s New York primaries — and the other conversations were focused on the Democratic Party’s future, Axios first reported.A source familiar with the mayoral conversation told The Post Harris reached out to Mamdani as she tries to rebrand herself to be more appealing to young Democrats following her 2024 defeat — and congratulated the socialist mayor for his winning endorsement slate in New York City.“The vice president reached out to have a conversation, and we’ve had a brief conversation,” Mamdani told SiriusXM’s “The Clay Cane Show” Wednesday.“We’ve been in touch over the last few months, and I really do appreciate her outreach.”Abbas Alawieh, the co-founder of the Uncommitted Movement that opposed Biden’s re-election over US support for Israel, posted Wednesday on X that he met with Harris in Detroit after receiving “multiple phone calls” from the ex-vice president.“In my first call with VP Harris, I shared with her that several community members in the Michigan State Senate district I’m running to represent have had family recently killed in Israeli airstrikes with support from our American government, and that my 91-year-old grandmother’s home was destroyed as well,” Alawieh said.“When I met with her last week, I reiterated what has long been my position: American tax dollars must never be used to target civilians and destroy entire communities,” he continued.“Every Democrat knows how important Michigan is to defeating Trumpism,” Alawieh added.
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