NEW YORK CITY (VINnews) — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced his endorsement of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, just one day before early voting began. Jeffries, speaking with CBS News’ Margaret Brennan, cited his preoccupation with the recent government shutdown talks as the reason for the last-minute endorsement.
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“I’ve been immersed in the intensity surrounding the government shutdown,” Jeffries told Brennan. “But I support the Democratic nominee, as I indicated, and we’re in alignment in terms of the issue related to affordability and the need to address it decisively for the city of New York.”
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