Mayor Zohran Mamdani addresses the crowd at the 2026 New York City Inauguration outside of City Hall in New York City on Jan. 1, 2026. (Jason Alpert-Wisnia / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)
"The 'warmth' of collectivism that always requires coercion and force. How many dead over the past 100 years due to collectivist ideologies?" DeSantis wrote in a post on X.
House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Lisa McClain of Michigan called Mamdani a "communist," a label which he has previously rejected.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to reporters during a press conference as he stands on the airplane runway of Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Fla., on Friday, July 25, 2025. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
"Zohran Mamdani is a dangerous communist who is likely to DESTROY NYC through his dedication to communist ideology. Let’s be clear: COMMUNISM HAS FAILED everywhere it has been tried. NYC will be no different," she asserted in a post on X.
Mamdani said last year during an appearance on "The View" that he is "not a Communist."
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, responded to Mamdani's controversial remark on Thursday by asserting, "When communists rule, individual rights — invariably — are taken away."
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"Collectivism isn’t warm," Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, declared in a post.
"It’s as cold as ice and locks the poor into perpetual poverty," he continued. "Free markets have elevated more people out of poverty than any government program ever could."
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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who is running for Lone Star State attorney general, asserted in a post, "The Marxist and the Islamist are the enemy. The Mayor of New York is both."
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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