Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has notably refrained from endorsing Mamdani. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
"Many Democratic members of the Senate and the House representing New York have stayed on the sidelines," Van Hollen said during an event in Iowa on Saturday. "That kind of spineless politics is what people are sick of. They need to get behind him and get behind him now."
Neither Schumer nor Jeffries, both natives of Brooklyn, have endorsed Mamdani, despite having met with him a handful of times in recent weeks amid growing pressure from congressional Democrats to throw their weight behind him.
Van Hollen also went after the Democratic Party as a whole, arguing, "We’ve become a party that too often trims its sails."
"Too cautious, too rudderless," he said. "Too attached to poll-washed, pundit-rinsed, and donor-dried messages. What comes out of the wash is all bleached and blow-dried."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during his weekly press conference in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2025. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu/Getty Images)
"Mr. Mamdani and I don’t see eye to eye on everything, and I don’t expect us to," she said. "I will always reserve the right to disagree honestly and to argue passionately. But I also believe that New York State and New York City are at our best when we stand together against those who attempt to tear us apart."
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Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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