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Trump Slams NY Progressive Wins, Calls Them Godless Communists

6/28/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump denounced the New York primary victories of three progressives at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C., labeling them “hard-core godless communists.”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who backed the three candidates, imposed a two-year rent freeze for about one million apartments and cited their affordable-housing and Medicare-for-All agenda.
Bernie Sanders and progressive activists condemned Trump’s accusations as intimidation and warned the rhetoric could undermine the November midterm elections.

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U.S. President Donald Trump denounced the New York primary victories of three progressives at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C., labeling them “hard-core godless communists.”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who backed the three candidates, imposed a two-year rent freeze for about one million apartments and cited their affordable-housing and Medicare-for-All agenda.
Bernie Sanders and progressive activists condemned Trump’s accusations as intimidation and warned the rhetoric could undermine the November midterm elections.