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Republicans wasted no time using democratic socialist Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani of New York City as a political cudgel to bash Democrats.

As the 34-year-old state lawmaker from New York City was on his way to a roughly 9-point victory in Tuesday’s election in the nation’s most populous city, the GOP instantly took aim.

“Democrats have officially handed New York City over to a self-proclaimed Communist, and hardworking families will be the ones paying the price,” Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Joe Gruters claimed in a statement. “His election is proof that the Democrat Party has abandoned common sense and tied themselves to extremism.”

Since Mamdani’s Democratic mayoral primary victory in June, Republicans have repeatedly aimed to

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