House Speaker Mike Johnson told RealClearPolitics on Wednesday that Democrats will “rue” Zohan Mamdani’s victory in New York City’s mayoral election. “I think it portends very dark times ahead for that city and for their party,” Johnson said. “The House Democrats own the consequences of that election because, remember, Hakeem Jeffries came out and endorsed Mamdani in the end. And so they’re all entwined together, and I think they’re going to rue that.” You can listen to RealClearPolitics live each day at 11:00 a.m. on SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly Channel 111.

ANDREW WALWORTH, REALCLEARPOLITICS: Let’s start with last night’s election. How do you interpret the results, and what do they mean for the Republican Party going forward, especially when you look at the midterms? SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON: Well, we’re very bullish about the midterms. I wouldn’t read too much into last night. Special elections and off-years are always sort of anomalies; they don’t portend what happens in the future. No big surprises last night. I mean, obviously, we predicted all of this. You could say there was a slight surprise, I think, in the AG’s race in Virginia because Mr. Jones had such incredible things that he said and fantasized about his political opponents. But, look, in the end, blue states voted blue. We don’t read too much into that. I think the big headline is the one that everyone’s focused on, and that is the rise of the democratic socialists in New York City, and Mamdani is a Marxist. I think it portends very dark times ahead for that city and for their party. And I’ll tell you, as it relates to our midterm elections next year, the House Democrats own the consequences of that election because, remember, Hakeem Jeffries came out and endorsed Mamdani in the end. And so they’re all entwined together, and I think they’re going to rue that.

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