Mamdani-backed, socialist House candidate Claire Valdez stands by PAC money flipflop: ‘We need to win’

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Money talks — even to a socialist. The anti-business, Mamdani-backed candidate in New York’s 7th congressional district says she will now gladly accept the support from deep-pocketed superPACs — abandoning her outspoken ideals in exchange for a shot at the House seat. Democratic socialist state Assemblywoman Claire Valdez , who has repeatedly sworn off support from special interest groups in her bids for office, offered up a rambling non-answer on her financial flip-flop before conceding that a