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Left-leaning CNN commentator and journalist Van Jones said he was unimpressed by New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech, remarking that the “warm, open" city councilman of Indian and Ugandan heritage seemed to “disappear" soon after the results were declared on Tuesday night (local time).

“I felt like it was a little bit of a character switch here," Jones said during a CNN programme, a clip of which has since gone viral on social media.

“I think he missed an opportunity. I think the Mamdani that we saw in the campaign trail, who was a lot more calm, who was a lot warmer, who was a lot more embracing, was not present in that speech".

“I think his tone was sharp. I think he was using the microphone in a way that he was almost yelling. That’s not

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