Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has been chatting with Chicago’s deeply unpopular far-left mayor — who Windy City voters recently warned is a posterboy for why New Yorkers shouldn’t elect a democratic socialist.
The New York City Democratic nominee fired off a friendly text message to set up a longer call with Mayor Brandon Johnson on July 11, according to records obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times.
“Hi Mayor Johnson, this is Zohran Mamdani. I just called, looking forward to chatting,” Mamdani wrote, according to the paper.
Mamdani and Johnson spoke for six minutes on July 11. REUTERS
The eventual six-minute call was for Johnson to congratulate the socialist Queens assemblyman on his primary victory over the summer, a source from Mamdani’s camp told The Post.
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