Rep.Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., said Wednesday he does not consider New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani a Democrat, arguing the Democratic socialist – and others like him – are attempting to "hijack" the party and pull it away from its traditional values."He's not a Democrat, he's socialist, and we know that the whole socialist movement is attempting to hijack the Democratic Party and many of their values are not our values," Gottheimer said on "America's Newsroom.""We know that he's against police and came out strong against law enforcement and [has] come out strongly against prisons in the United States, and they want to eliminate the United States Senate," he continued.BILL MAHER ADMITS HE COULD VOTE FOR JD VANCE, WARNS 'COWARDLY' DEMOCRATS FACE SOCIALIST TAKEOVERMayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a rally in New York alongside 1199SEIU members and immigration advocates after the Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration can revoke protections for Haitians and Syrians.
(Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)"They have lots of views which are not in line with Democratic values.They're very anti-American, anti-Democratic, anti-capitalist, so asking me to understand a lot of their thinking, I can't."The New Jersey Democrat's remarks came as he criticized Mamdani's defense of his pledge to honor an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he were to visit New York City this year.Despite making it a tent of his campaign, Mamdani later fell back on the push to arrest Netanyahu, admitting he lacks the authority to do so.MAMDANI GOES BACK ON CAMPAIGN PROMISE, SAYS NYC CAN'T ARREST NETANYAHUCongressman Josh Gottheimer (Democrat) speaks at a press conference to address congestion pricing at the mouth of the Lincoln Tunnel.
(Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)Mamdani instead called on the federal government to execute the ICC's arrest warrant if the Israeli leader pays a visi...