Zohran Mamdani during an election night event on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Tuesday's meeting was held at a church in Beford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, which is in the heart of Jeffries' congressional district. Clarke, who also represents parts of Brooklyn, is chair of the Black Congressional Caucus.
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"I think there was a very meaningful exchange," Clarke told NY1 after the meeting. "Assemblyman Mamdani has a platform that he’s been running on, and they wanted to know how that’s applicable to the communities they reside in."
Clarke said the pastors "wanted an intimate setting where they could really speak to their lived experiences, the lived experiences of their congregants."
She told the same outlet last month that she wanted to ask Mamdani about his past refusal to condemn the term "globalize the intifada," a term he has since said he would discourage others from using.
"I think that it's best that I have this conversation so that my credibility among my constituents is, you know, intact," she told NY1, referencing the large Jewish community in her Brooklyn district.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders participate in a stop on the "Fighting Oligarchy" tour at the Dignity Health Arena, Theater in Bakersfield, Calif., on April 15, 2025. (REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci)
While both Democrats stopped short of endorsing Mamdani after their meeting on Tuesday, other New York Democrats, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Nydia Velázquez, Jerry Nadler and Adriano Espaillat have thrown their political weight behind the 33-year-old candidate.
Mamdani also traveled to Washington, D.C., earlier this summer, where the mayoral hopeful and Ocasio-Cortez hosted a breakfast with national Democrats. Mamdani met with several progressive leaders, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, an early endorser of his campaign.
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Still, New York Democratic Reps. Tom Suozzi, Dan Goldman, Gregory Meeks, Ritchie Torres, George Latimer and Grace Meng have yet to endorse Mamdani.
Fox News Digital reached out to Jeffries and Clarke for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Deirdre Heavey is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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