Speaker Johnson: “What We’re Witnessing Truly Is The End Of the Democratic Party” With Mamdani
Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republican leadership hold a press conference on Monday, the 27th day of the government shutdown. “The House Democrats have chosen a side, they were forced to by that Far-Left that they’re so terrified of, and they’ve shown the world what they really believe. There is no longer a place for centrists and moderates in their party,” Johnson said of Hakeem Jeffries’ endorsement of NYC Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani.
SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON: On Friday, there was a seismic shift in politics. All of you noticed it over the weekend. We saw our clearest sign yet that this radical insurgent movement in the Democrat Party is succeeding. And they are ending what has always been known as the Democrat Party in America. After a months-long pressure campaign from the Far-Left, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries finally relented. He gave in, and he gave his endorsement to the socialist running to be mayor of New York City. The House Democrats have chosen a side, they were forced to by that Far-Left that they’re so terrified of, and they’ve shown the world what they really believe. There is no longer a place for centrists and moderates in their party. The candidate that they have endorsed, Mamdani, is somebody who we’ve talked about a lot from this podium. He’s sympathized with Hamas and openly embraced antisemitic language. He has called to seize the means of production because he is a Marxist. He’s called to abolish our borders, to abolish and end immigration enforcement, to defund the police and to legalize prostitution. Among a long list of hits that I could share with you, Zohran Mamdani is expected to take the helm of one of the most important cities in the world and the largest city in America. And he now has the full blessing of the Democrat leader in the House of Representatives. It is shocking, and that leader and all the other Democrats are going to co-own the consequences of what they do to America’s largest city. Every reporter in this room should be asking every House Democrat individually, whether they too agree with Hakeem’s endorsement of the Marxist agenda. It’s an extraordinary moment in the history of American politics; this is not the kind of history that we need to be making. What we’re witnessing is truly the end of the Democratic Party as we’ve known it. And even some Democrats are now saying that out loud.
