WASHINGTON — Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Saturday tore into “spineless” Dem pols in New York who have yet to back socialist mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani , demanding they coalesce behind him.

Van Hollen, speaking at a political fundraiser in Iowa, bemoaned both the state of the country and the Democratic Party, declaring that neither is going to “fix itself by itself.

“Many Democratic members of the Senate and the House representing New York have stayed on the sidelines,” the senator griped during the Polk County Democratic Party’s Steak Fry in Des Moines.

“That kind of spineless politics is what people are sick of. They need to get behind him and get behind him now.” 3

In Iowa, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) criticizes New York members of Congress who haven’t

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