Hours later, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) swore Mamdani in publicly in a ceremony on the steps of City Hall. “For too long, we have turned to the private sector for greatness, while accepting mediocrity from those who serve the public. He promised that city leaders would not try to divide New Yorkers, but rather would work to bring them together. FDR came from this political ferment, but reform quickly became bipartisan in New York City, where Republicans had their own history of progressivism under Republican president Theodore Roosevelt. This, in turn, suggests less about the president’s condition than about the danger for the Republican Party of having Trump at its head going into the 2026 midterm elections.

Source: CNN January 03, 2026 07:57 UTC