Hakeem Jeffries stated, "We are going to continue to focus our efforts as we did on the House floor in connection with Donald Trump's one big, ugly bill on pushing back against the extremism that has been unleashed on the American people." This emphasizes the priority of responding to Republican actions rather than internal party challenges.
Pressure is mounting from business leaders, MAGA world influencers, independents, and moderate Democrats for Mr. Sliwa to quit the race so the anti-Zohran Mamdani vote can coalesce around one candidate and have at least a shot at beating the 33-year-old Democratic Socialist state assemblyman in November.
