Former Dem Advisor Says He's 'almost Speechless' At Mamdani's 'enraging' Anti-cop Comments, Laments Nyc Crime

Former Democratic Party advisor Dan Turrentine blasted New York antiauthoritarian socialist mayoral campaigner Zohran Mamdani for his precocious resurfaced comments connected rule enforcement.

Since he won nan Democratic primary, Mamdani has faced blistering disapproval from some Republicans and Democrats for his rhetoric, specified arsenic refusing to disavow nan building "globalize nan intifada," which galore reason is simply a telephone for violence.

Most recently, Mamdani’s 2020 question and reply connected nan "Immigrantly" podcast went viral connected societal media. In nan clip, Mamdani based on that if 1 looks astatine nan history of nan New York Police Department, "you tin spot that we person invested successful a strategy that functions successful galore ways to punish mediocre Black and Brown people." He went connected to declare that these officers are overstepping their due roles, whether they are called successful to grip a bum personification connected a train aliases if personification is "surviving, you know, going done home violence."

Co-host Mark Halperin noted "the conception that constabulary shouldn't beryllium called successful cases of domestic violence," and turned to Turrentine, besides a co-host connected nan show, to ask, "What do you deliberation of that? Is that thing that's going to wounded him aliases not?"

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Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, during an predetermination nighttime arena successful New York, US, early connected Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Photographer: Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Turrentine, who worked nether Hillary Clinton erstwhile she was a New York legislator and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis erstwhile he was successful nan House of Representatives, shared his dream connected The Morning Meeting podcast that nan Democratic Party condemns this politician. 

"I'm almost speechless. Like, that is truthful enraging," Turrentine said. "It's crazy. I dream it hurts him. Like, erstwhile I perceive that, and I effort to person an unfastened mind, dream that whoever our adjacent politician is makes this metropolis a awesome place. I unrecorded [here]. We person children here. New York City constabulary officers put themselves successful specified harm's way. This metropolis is afloat of crazy group connected subways. I, our children spell connected it. The number of times that location are bum group who are, like, retired of their mind who travel up to kids, who shriek astatine them correct adjacent - to opportunity nan constabulary are nan [problem], I dream our statement condemns him."

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Democratic mayoral campaigner Zohran Mamdani takes nan shape astatine his superior predetermination party.  ((AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Turrentine lamented nan specified imaginable of really things would beryllium "if Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and everybody cannot guidelines up for nan NYPD aft nan advancement they've made pinch crime nan past fewer years," recalling really New York City went from a "hellhole" to being comparatively stable, up until recently.

On nan podcast, erstwhile Trump Press Secretary Sean Spicer, besides a co-host, honed successful connected nan home unit comments, mocking nan thought that immoderate benignant of societal worker is simply a amended personification to interaction successful specified cases than a constabulary officer. "I don't want personification to travel successful and inquire them astir their feelings. I want them to protect me," he said. 

Podcast hosts Mark Halperin, Sean Spicer, and Dan Turrentine speak connected nan 2Way podcast.

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He added, "Aside from each of nan worldly that Dan rightly brought up, which I work together with, it doesn't walk nan communal consciousness test," he said. "If personification is being brutalized, attacked, you want personification who tin protect you, extremity them. And this conscionable shows nan stupidity that is being perpetrated connected folks correct now."

Fox News Digital reached retired to Mamdani's agency and did not person an contiguous reply.