Republicans have been gleeful this week over Zohran Mamdani‘s Democratic primary win for New York City mayor, but Steve Bannon has warned that Mamdani is a candidate who needs to be taken seriously.

Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker noted in a post on X that Bannon, a strategist in the first Trump administration, said Republicans should take note, as Mamdani has successfully keyed into the issue of affordability in the city.