In the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s surprise primary success in New York City’s mayoral primary, prominent Democrats across the country have kept unusually quiet. Rep. Laura Gillen, a freshman Democrat in Congress representing part of Long Island, took a different approach: she issued a sharp, immediate rebuke.

Zohran Mamdani's dramatic, strong showing in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary is putting the rest of the Democratic Party on notice.

Republican leaders hope the ascent of the NYC mayoral candidate, a democratic socialist, will help them paint the Democrats as a far-left party.