Trump says US will never be ‘Communist Country’ after Mamdani-backed candidates’ wins
by Sarah Davis - 06/24/26 7:55 AM ET
President Trump pushed back against “Communists” after several candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani secured major wins in House primary races on Tuesday.
“America the Beautiful will NEVER be a Communist Country!!!” Trump posted on Truth Social early Wednesday, after several Mamdani-backed candidates came out on top.
These candidates include Democratic socialists Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier and the mayor’s former opponent, progressive Brad Lander.
The president has often inaccurately conflated democratic socialism with communism, particularly in relation to Mamdani’s recent campaign. Trump derided him throughout his campaign as an “100% Communist Lunatic” and has claimed that his policies are “destroying New York.”
Democratic socialism and communism are distinctly separate ideologies. While the latter ideology pushes for the collective ownership of property, democratic socialism focuses on government investment in workers, according to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
After the victories, Trump again blasted what he called “Communist” candidates.
“Many Communists running in badly failing Blue States,” he wrote in the post.
“The votes seem to have them doing quite well against each other,” the president continued. “The bad news is that history has conclusively shown that the downtrodden States that they will soon be running will ONLY GET WORSE. MAGA!”
New York City’s chapter of the DSA celebrated Valdez’s and Avila Chevalier’s wins in social media posts on Tuesday evening. After Chevalier ousted incumbent Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat, the state party declared, “SOCIALISM WINS UPTOWN!”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a leader in the democratic socialist and progressive movements, celebrated Lander’s and Valdez’s “landslide victories” in a statement shared online.
“Together, we are creating a grassroots progressive movement that will defeat the Oligarchs,” he wrote on social platform X.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5937747-donald-trump-zohran-mamdani-wins-new-york-primaries-critique/
