Bernie Sanders: Democratic Leaders Should Be ‘Jumping Up and Down’ in Support of Zohran Mamdani

Sanders: “If I might, I want to add a point to that very good question. May be a little bit out of place here, but I want to do it. I find it a little bit strange that when we have a candidate who competed very hard, as a number of other people in the Democratic primary, my understanding is you won that primary, is that correct? My understanding is you are the Democratic Party candidate for mayor of the city of New York, correct? Now, apropos that question, I find it hard to understand how the major Democratic leaders in New York State are not supporting the Democratic candidate.
(Cheering and Applause)
One might think — one might think that if a candidate starting at 2% in the polls, gets 50,000 volunteers, creates enormous excitement, gets young people involved in the political process, gets non-traditional voters to vote, Democratic leaders will be jumping up and down, ‘This is our guy!’ So we got another fight on our hands, and that is the future of the Democratic Party.”