'comrade Chris' – Republicans Aim To Anchor Mamdani To Democrats Across The Country

GILSUM, N.H. – Republicans aren't wasting an opportunity to make antiauthoritarian socialist Zohran Mamdani a cudgel to bash Democrats crossed nan country.

Mamdani's stunning mayoral superior triumph successful nan nation's astir populous metropolis rocked nan governmental world, adding substance to an already volatile predetermination season.

Republicans person been relentless successful trying to anchor Mamdani to Democrats crossed nan state who are moving successful competitory races successful elections this twelvemonth and successful adjacent year's midterms.

That's nan lawsuit successful New Hampshire, successful nan high-profile 2026 title to win retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.

Republican campaigner and erstwhile Sen. Scott Brown went up this week pinch a integer advertisement that edits a image of Rep. Chris Pappas, nan Democratic campaigner successful nan race, alongside photos of Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, nan progressive stone prima who backed Mamdani.

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A integer advertisement by erstwhile Sen. Scott Brown, Republican Senate campaigner successful New Hampshire, edits together a photograph of nan Democratic campaigner successful nan 2026 race, Rep. Chris Pappas, adjacent to photos of Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (Scott Brown Senate campaign)

The caption connected nan advertisement sounds "Comrade Chris."

Pappas, speaking pinch Fox News Friday connected nan run way arsenic he toured W.S. Badger, a earthy and integrated skincare and sunscreen institution successful this southwestern New Hampshire town, said, "Republicans person spent tens of millions of dollars moving onslaught ads against maine done nan years trying to overgarment maine arsenic personification that I’m not."

"People cognize me. They cognize nan activity that I’ve been doing. They cognize that I’m 1 of nan astir bipartisan members of nan House of Representatives because I judge successful solving problems and getting things done," Pappas said. "I’m a New Hampshire Democrat. I’m proud of my way grounds successful Congress."

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Pappas was joined connected nan run way by longtime Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who spent plentifulness of clip successful New Hampshire up of her third-place decorativeness successful nan state's 2020 Democratic statesmanlike primary.

"It’s astir New Hampshire. They’re going to do this successful each these races crossed nan country. They effort to connect people. People person ne'er moreover met immoderate of these people. And they support doing it," Klobuchar told Fox News erstwhile asked astir nan Republican advertisement anchoring Mamdani to Pappas. "To maine this is astir what’s going connected for nan group of this state."

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota joins Rep. Chris Pappas, nan 2026 Democratic Senate campaigner successful nan state, connected a circuit of W.S. Badger, successful Gilsum, New Hampshire, connected July 11, 2025. (Paul Steinhauser - Fox News)

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) was 1 of nan first retired of nan gross to capitalize connected Mamdani's leftward lurch, firing disconnected an email merchandise minutes aft his triumph that claimed, "the caller look of nan Democrat Party conscionable dropped, and it's consecutive retired of a socialist nightmare."

Aiming to necktie House Democrats to Mamdani, NRCC spokesperson Mike Marinella based on that "every susceptible House Democrat will ain him, and each Democrat moving successful a superior will fearfulness him."

The National Republican Senatorial Campaign (NRSC) besides quickly sewage into nan game, tying Pappas and Abdul El-Sayed – 1 of nan contenders for nan Democratic Senate information successful battleground Michigan – to Mamdani.

No astonishment – nan Republican attacks person moreover travel from President Donald Trump, who, since Mamdani's triumph 2 weeks ago, has many times claimed that nan 33-year-old Ugandan-born authorities assemblyman from nan New York City borough of Queens is simply a "communist."

Mamdani, who convincingly topped erstwhile Gov. Andrew Cuomo and 9 different candidates to seizure nan Democratic mayoral information and return a large measurement toward becoming nan city's first Muslim mayor, is giving Republicans plentifulness of ammunition.

He's projected eliminating fares to thrust New York City's immense autobus system, making CUNY (City University of New York) "tuition-free," freezing rents connected municipal housing, offering "free childcare" for children up to property 5, and mounting up government-run market stores.

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Also fueling nan Republican attacks are caller news items that person gone viral. They see a 2020 photograph Mamdani posted online that shows him flipping disconnected a statue of Christopher Columbus, stories astir comments Mamdani made past December, erstwhile he said arsenic politician he would apprehension Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his caller comments successful a cablegram news question and reply that "I person galore critiques of capitalism."

Zohran Mamdani is surrounded by supporters aft a property convention pinch national leaders successful New York City, connected July 2, 2025. (Reuters/David 'Dee' Delgado)

"The Democratic Party's trying to person group that nan tail is not wagging nan dog, and they don't reply to nan much utmost elements of their party," seasoned Republican strategist Colin Reed told Fox News. "Now, that full effort is undercut by a socialist winning handily successful a bellwether predetermination to find who's going to tally America's largest city."

"It's a messaging nightmare that's going to unfold successful existent clip from now until nan midterms," said Reed, who is simply a apical governmental advisor to Brown.

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Veteran governmental intelligence Wayne Lesperance told Fox News that "the superior situation for Democrats regarding Mamdani’s candidacy is not his argumentation approach. The situation is his statement recognition arsenic a antiauthoritarian socialist."

"If there’s immoderate uncertainty astir nan antagonistic implications of adding nan connection socialist to Mamdani’s statement affiliation, 1 request only peruse nan nationalist sum whose attraction has been connected his statement and nan absence of statement activity to unreserved to his defense aliases connection endorsements," Lesperance, nan president of New England College, said.

Now-Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani takes nan shape astatine his superior predetermination party, successful New York City connected June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

But Democrats mobility nan effectiveness of nan GOP push.

They reason that there's a world of quality betwixt heavy bluish New York City, wherever Democrats outnumber Republicans by a astir six-to-one margin, and immoderate cardinal battleground states and plaything districts crossed nan country.

Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee told reporters nan time aft Mamdani's triumph that "I emotion New York, but it's a very wide spot and I don't cognize that you tin needfully use that to nan remainder of nan country."

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Pappas run communications advisor Collin Gately pointed to nan advertisement from nan Brown run and said, "Granite Staters spot Chris and will spot done these attacks."

And seasoned Democratic strategist Joe Caiazzo cautioned, "I wouldn't publication excessively overmuch into this."

Caiazzo, a seasoned of Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2016 and 2020 statesmanlike campaigns, based on that "Republicans are making excessively overmuch retired of this."