Republicans Retire Pelosi as a Villain, and Turn to Mamdani

Searching for another liberal boogeyman, Republicans have zeroed in on Zohran Mamdani. Whether their strategy will work in the midterms is less clear.Republicans hope to turn Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected mayor of New York City, into the next national-level villain after Nancy Pelosi. They think the 34-year-old democratic socialist vividly illustrates their argument that the Democratic Party has swung hard to the left.