Overview
- On HBO's Real Time, Bill Maher said Democrats should be asked if the party should follow the democratic socialism associated with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
- Maher described a "pretty big split" in the party after Democratic wins in New York City, Virginia and New Jersey.
- He linked younger voters' embrace of socialism to economic strain and cited a Fox News Voter Poll showing Mamdani drew the most support from voters under 30.
- Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly accused Mamdani of supporting communism by pointing to a 2021 comment about "seizing the means of production."
- Rep. Jared Moskowitz countered that Republicans are trying to make Democrats answer for Mamdani and argued the mayor-elect should not be treated as the party's standard-bearer.