Retiring Dem Rep. Nydia Velázquez hits Zohran Mamdani for backing DSA ally as her replacement: ‘Opens up fights’
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She’s going scorched earth. Retiring Queens and Brooklyn Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) called out her onetime progressive ally Mayor Zohran Mamdani for endorsing his Democratic socialist comrade to replace her — instead of her chosen successor. Tensions came to a head Thursday when Velázquez anointed Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso to take her seat in New York’s 7th Congressional District, and issued a warning to Mamdani about his backing of fellow Democratic Socialists of America
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