New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday followed the lead of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in distancing himself from left-wing positions that trended among progressives at the start of the decade.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests that marked 2020, many Democrats espoused left-wing views on race, defunding the police, censorship, lockdowns, vaccines, and other positions. In the years since, some progressives, including Mamdani, Ocasio-Cortez, and former Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, have backpedaled on some of those positions following accusations from Republicans that the “woke” policies are out of touch with mainstream voters.
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