SCOOP: House Republican campaign arm anchors Mamdani to potentially vulnerable Democrats

FIRST ON FOX Republicans aren't wasting an opportunity to make democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani a cudgel to bash Democrats across the country In the three weeks since his stunning preeminence in the New York City Democratic Party mayoral primary Republicans have been relentless in trying to anchor Mamdani to Democrats who are running in competitive races in next year's midterms Among those leading the way in the messaging effort are the organization at the National Republican Congressional Committee NRCC which is the House GOP's campaign arm The NRCC on Friday launched ads aiming to tie three House Democrats in New York and one in neighboring New Jersey to Mamdani the -year-old Ugandan-born state assemblyman from the New York City borough of Queens RNC CHAIR ARGUES MAMDANI FACE OF THE NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY The digital ads target Democratic Reps Tom Suozzi Laura Gillen and Josh Riley of New York and Nellie Pou of New Jersey All four lawmakers represent competitive House districts The ads which are backed by a modest buy were shared first with Fox News Digital Mamdani who convincingly topped former Gov Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates last month to capture the New York City Democratic mayoral nomination and take a big step toward becoming the city's first Muslim and millennial mayor is giving Republicans plenty of fodder MAMDANI NYC MAYORAL PRIMARY DOMINATION FURTHER INFLAMES LONGSTANDING DEMOCRATIC PARTY DIVIDESHe's proposed eliminating fares to ride New York City's vast bus system making CUNY City University of New York tuition-free freezing rents on municipal housing offering free childcare for children up to age and setting up government-run grocery stores Also fueling the Republican attacks are current news items that have gone viral They include a photo Mamdani posted online that shows him flipping off a statue of Christopher Columbus stories about comments Mamdani made last December when he commented as mayor he would arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his modern comments in a cable news interview that I have a great number of critiques of capitalism POTUS PUNDITRY TRUMP WEIGHS IN ON MAMDANI-CUOMO NYC MAYORAL FACEOFF Dangerous Socialist Zohran Mamdani is the new face of Tom Suozzi Laura Gillen Josh Riley and Nellie Pou's Democrat Party and it's no coincidence If Democrats had their way Mamdani's pro-criminal open-borders anti-law enforcement and antisemitic agenda would be the law of the land NRCC spokeswoman Maureen O'Toole argued in a message to Fox News Suozzi who represents a district that's anchored just outside of New York City in suburban Long Island but includes a sliver of Queens has mentioned he wholeheartedly disagrees with parts of Mamdani's agenda Gillen who represents a neighboring district just outside of New York City in suburban Long Island has stated that Mamdani is too extreme to lead the nation's the greater part populous city Riley who represents a suburban and rural district in New York State north of the city has been criticized by the NRCC for not weighing in on Mamdani The NRCC has also targeted Pou who represents a district in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City for failing to call out Mamdani Democrats question the effectiveness of the GOP push They argue that there's a world of difference between heavily blue New York City where Democrats outnumber Republicans by a roughly six-to-one margin and certain key battleground states and swing districts in the city's suburbs and elsewhere across the country Rep Steve Cohen of Tennessee a Democrat communicated reporters the day after Mamdani's achievement that I love New York but it's a very liberal place and I don't know that you can necessarily apply that to the rest of the country In the high-profile race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire Republican candidate and former Sen Scott Brown went up last week with a digital ad that edits a picture of Rep Chris Pappas the Democratic candidate in the race alongside photos of Mamdani and Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez the progressive rock star who backed Mamdani Pappas speaking with Fox News Digital last week reported Republicans have spent tens of millions of dollars running attack ads against me through the years trying to paint me as someone that I m not People know me They know the work that I ve been doing They know that I m one of the greater part bipartisan members of the House of Representatives because I believe in solving problems and getting things done Pappas announced I m a New Hampshire Democrat I m proud of my track record in Congress