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AOC, Sanders welcome Mamdani to DC for his Capitol Hill debut, urging reluctant Dems to ‘get to know him’
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., pulled back the curtain on New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s «productive» meeting with Democratic lawmakers in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
When asked by Fox News’ Chad Pergram how Mamdani’s message resonated with Democrats during a «Communication and Organizing Skillshare Breakfast,» Ocasio-Cortez said the Democratic nominee shared critical insights about how to «level up all of our games in terms of technique.»
The progressive superstar urged the outstanding Mamdani skeptics to «get to know him» before «making assessments from what you may see on television.» She applauded her caucus for «showing up in good faith» to give him a fair chance and demonstrating a «willingness to listen and make assessments for themselves.»
But when a reporter asked if House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., would formally endorse Mamdani, Ocasio-Cortez said she wouldn’t speak to any individual’s endorsement, or lack thereof.
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Zohran Mamdani, left, joined Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for a breakfast event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning. (AP Images)
Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have confirmed plans to meet with Mamdani in New York City later this week, but both top Democratic leaders from New York have yet to endorse the self-described Democratic socialist candidate.
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«We want Democrats to be successful,» Ocasio-Cortez told reporters. «We want Democrats to win. As the Democratic nominee for New York City, Zohran Mamdani is overwhelmingly favored to win the general election. And in doing so, we want the next mayor of New York City, a Democrat, to be as successful as possible.»
«Squad» member Ocasio-Cortez has dominated headlines since she arrived on the political scene in 2018, unseating a longtime Democratic incumbent. The New Yorker said she shared with Mamdani that «the way sometimes people are painted in the media doesn’t always align with who we really are as individuals.»
«I think that when people get to know him as a person, when people get to know us as real people, what they find kind of surprises them,» Ocasio-Cortez explained.
And across Capitol Hill on Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Bernie Sanders, the longtime progressive champion, posed for friendly photos with Mamdani outside an office building on the Hill. Like Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders endorsed Mamdani ahead of his Democratic primary win last month.
«Had a great meeting with @ZohranKMamdan and am deeply impressed by the grassroots campaign he is running,» Sanders said on X. «The Oligarchs are prepared to undermine democracy & spend tens of millions to buy the election for his opponents. We will not allow that to happen. Stand with Zohran.»
Mamdani, in turn, said it was an «absolute honor to meet with one of my heroes and the champion for working people across our country.» He called Sanders «Brooklyn through and through,» noting that the Vermont senator was born and raised there.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., rushes past reporters into the National Democratic Club – only to learn that the breakfast meeting had moved locations.
Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., said he would not attend Ocasio-Cortez’s breakfast on Wednesday. Suozzi, a moderate, has emerged as a vocal opponent of Mamdani’s campaign among New York Democrats.
Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., endorsed Mamdani last week after backing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the primary. Cuomo announced on Monday his decision to stay in the mayoral race as an independent.
Several Democratic leaders were spotted leaving breakfast on Wednesday morning, which took place in Washington’s Navy Yard neighborhood after a last-minute location change.
While leaving the breakfast, longtime Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York, who has endorsed Mamdani, was asked by Fox News if Schumer and Jeffries would eventually endorse the mayoral nominee. He replied that he «would assume so in time.»
Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., speaks to reporters after a breakfast meeting with NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
But Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., attended the breakfast meeting and told reporters as she departed that Mamdani had successfully utilized social media on the campaign trail. Dingell also blamed the media for what she said was rhetoric that Democrats are moving towards socialism.
A top progressive House member, Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington state, told reporters as she left the meeting that Mamdani was «inspiring.»
Rep. Ro Khanna of California, another leading progressive lawmaker who is also considered a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender, told reporters on his way out that Mamdani was «very impressive.»
Rep. Nydia Velázquez, a Democrat from New York who has endorsed Mamdani, told reporters as she left the meeting that «it is just beautiful to have someone who is so authentic, you know, money cannot buy that. And, we had a great conversation.»
It appeared Mamdani didn’t delve into specifics regarding the far-left agenda he’s hoping to enact if he’s elected New York City mayor, and instead spotlighted his effective campaign trail messaging, which focused on the crucial issue of affordability.
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Democratic Rep. Luz Rivas of California told reporters upon leaving the meeting that «it was just more how he was getting that message out,» when asked what Mamdani discussed.
Fox News’ Kelly Phares, Tyler Olson, Oliva Patel, Dan Scully, Aishah Hasnie and Chad Pergram contributed to this report.
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is reaffirming its support for diversity, equity, and inclusion, better known to millions of Americans by its acronym, DEI.
The DNC’s Resolutions Committee, meeting on Tuesday during the second day of the national party’s annual summer meeting, unanimously passed a resolution affirming what it highlighted as the «American Values’ of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The approval of the resolution, which will face a vote by the full 400-plus DNC membership on Wednesday, comes amid relentless conservative backlash against DEI programs in recent years.
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The Democratic National Committee’s Resolutions Committee meets at the DNC’s summer meeting, in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 26, 2025. (Paul Steinhauser – Fox News)
During the 2024 election cycle, now-President Donald Trump and Republicans repeatedly criticized Democrats for their longstanding support for DEI efforts and transgender rights, turning the Democrats’ stance into a political liability.
Republicans spent tens of millions on ads last year bashing transgender women in female sports. A commercial targeting then-Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee last summer and autumn, argued that «Kamala is for they/them, Donald Trump is for you.»
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Following last year’s election setbacks, when Democrats lost control of the White House and Senate and failed to win back the House majority, some in the party have second-guessed their support for DEI and transgender rights.
Trump, in the opening months of his second term in the White House, has signed several executive orders taking aim at transgender and DEI policies implemented by then-President Joe Biden and by major universities and corporations.
President Donald Trump has signed executive orders that take aim at diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts implemented by former President Joe Biden as well as by major corporations and universities. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
But DNC committee member Bill Owen of Tennessee, who spoke in support of the resolution in front of the panel, took aim at Republicans as he praised DEI values.
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«These are American values. This is what America was built on,» Owen said. «And to my Republican friends and fellow citizens…who profess to be active Christians, I remind them that D.E.I.is the very foundation of the Christian church. I get a little emotional on this, but Jesus loves little children. All the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white.»
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at the Democratic National Committee’s summer meeting, on Aug. 25, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Paul Steinhauser – Fox News)
«This week’s DNC meeting has proven once again just how disconnected Democrats are from the values and priorities of everyday Americans,» RNC communications director Zach Parkinson told Fox News Digital. «The DNC reaffirmed their party’s support for radical, racist DEI ideology and insulted Christians across the country by saying DEI is ‘the very foundation’ of Christianity. It’s no wonder Democrats’ approval rating is in the toilet.»
The vote by the Resolutions Committee on the DEI resolution came a day after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris’ running mate on the Democrats’ 2024 national ticket, said in an address at the DNC summer meeting that «we’re proud to be a diverse party. We are proud of the diversity of this country. We’re not shying away from diversity as a strength and equity as a goal and inclusion being the air we breathe. That’s what we should be doing.»
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DEI efforts have been aimed at fostering fair treatment and full participation for all people, particularly those who have faced discrimination or underrepresentation.
But Trump, upon returning to the White House at the beginning of this year, called DEI efforts «illegal and immoral discrimination programs» and «public waste.»
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Reform UK proposes deporting 600,000 asylum seekers in sweeping new immigration crackdown
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Reform UK said it’s prepared to deport 600,000 asylum seekers from Britain to prevent «civil disorder.»
Party leader Nigel Farage said the plan includes withdrawing Britain from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), repealing the Human Rights Act, and scrapping international treaties that block forced deportations, Reuters reported.
The ECHR, a cornerstone of U.K. human rights law, has repeatedly been used to halt deportations of migrants deemed to be in the country illegally, the BBC reported.
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British Reform Party leader Nigel Farage poses in front of a mock departures board during a Tuesday press conference in a hangar at Oxford Airport in Kidlington, England. (Joanna Chan/AP )
«We are not far away from major civil disorder,» Farage told a press conference. «It is an invasion, as these young men illegally break into our country.»
Dubbed Operation Restoring Justice, the plan is the «only way» to stop small boats crossing the English Channel, Farage said, adding that migrants intercepted at sea should be detained and deported.
«If we do that, the boats will stop coming in days because there will be no incentive,» he claimed.
Labour Party Chairwoman Ellie Reeves criticized the announcement, saying it lacked detail.
«Today, we got none of those things, nor a single answer to the practical, financial, or ethical questions about how their plan would work,» she said.
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British Reform Party leader Nigel Farage shows the Operation Restoring Justice program during a press conference in a hangar at Oxford Airport in Kidlington, England. (Joanna Chan/AP)
The announcement followed weeks of small protests over mass migration and crimes committed by some asylum seekers.
Britain received a record 108,100 asylum applications in 2024, many from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and Bangladesh.
Polling shows immigration has overtaken the economy as voters’ top concern. Reform UK, despite holding only four seats in Parliament, is leading in surveys of voting intentions, Reuters reported.
British Reform Party leader Nigel Farage addresses journalists during a press conference in a hangar at Oxford Airport in Kidlington, England, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (Joanna Chan/AP)
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Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook dismissed the proposals as «a series of gimmicks» that would not work. Reform’s opponents and several charities said the plan would amount to Britain abandoning its human rights commitments.
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