Trump warns 'downtrodden' blue states after socialist candidates sweep NYC congressional primaries
President Donald Trump blasted the far-left socialist sweep of multiple New York City congressional districts and offer a stark warning to "downtrodden" blue states.
"Many Communists running in badly failing Blue States. The votes seem to have them doing quite well against each other. The bad news is that history has conclusively shown that the downtrodden States that they will soon be running will ONLY GET WORSE. MAGA!" he wrote on Truth Social.
The three candidates, all endorsed by radical Mayor Zohran Mamdani, won their primary elections and have virtually unimpeded paths to Congress in their deep blue districts. They are Darializa Avila Chevalier in New York's 13th Congressional District, State Rep. Claire Valdez in New York's 7th Congressional District and Brad Lander in New York's 10th Congressional District.
Avila Chevalier and Valdez are members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which not too long ago was dismissed as a fringe element of the left, but is now insurgent in the Democrat Party.
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Lander is a progressive Democrat and a former DSA member. He left the party in 2023 after its response to the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israeli concertgoers that killed 1,200 people. DSA insists that Israel's response to that attack constitutes a "genocide," and has made support for Gaza against Israel a central tenet of its platform.
Avila Chevalier ousted fellow progressive and five-term incumbent 71-year-old Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., — the first-ever former illegal alien ever to serve in Congress. She ran an even further left campaign than her rival on a platform that includes abolishing ICE, eliminating all deportations and socialized healthcare.
Avila Chevalier was dogged on the campaign trail by past social media posts where she advocated for seizure of private property by the government, called former President Joe Biden a "rapist," cursed former Vice President Kamala Harris and demanded the abolishment of police.
She also called America a "f-----g disgrace," and bragged about using the American flag as a napkin to wipe her hands.
Still, she beat Espaillat by three and a half points.
Valdez, a similarly positioned candidate who currently serves in the New York State Assembly representing the 37th District, won her primary by a landslide, and will likely fill the seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., come January.
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Trump hammered home an earlier post with a second in the early morning hours Wednesday.
"America the Beautiful will NEVER be a Communist Country!!!" he said at 2:38 a.m. on his own social media platform.
When Lander handily defeated incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., Trump let loose on the congressman, a longtime foe who served as lead counsel in a 2019 impeachment attempt against him.
"Weak and pathetic Congressman Dan Goldman just lost, BIG! I guess people didn’t like him illegally targeting President TRUMP. In any event, this jerk is finally GONE! President DJT" he said.
Wednesday morning, Trump sarcastically congratulated Mamdani's wins and touted his own primary victories in another post on Truth.
"Mayor Mamdani pulled through 3 solid Communists, and has received loud and universal applause from the Fake News Media. Congratulations Mr. Mayor!" he wrote. "I went 16-0 last night, helping to elect wonderful American Patriots, and the Media doesn’t say a word."
"Over the last two years, my endorsement has netted 259 Primary WINS, and almost no losses, with Zero media attention!!! FAKE NEWS."
The White House declined to comment further.