Texas Sen. Ted Cruz accused what he described as communist and Islamist forces of staging a hostile takeover of the Democratic Party. He made the accusation in a video posted on X, targeting Zohran Mamdani and Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. His remarks drew criticism from those who argued that Republicans had undergone a hostile takeover instead.
“What’s happening right now is not normal,” Cruz declared, warning about the direction of the Democratic Party. He pointed to a resurfaced 2021 clip in which Mamdani referred to “the end goal of seizing the means of production.” Cruz linked the phrase to Karl Marx and argued that Mamdani meant exactly what he said. Mamdani has since said he is not a communist, and the phrase does not appear in his current political platform.
Turning to Michigan, Cruz targeted El-Sayed, whom he called the “Jihadist Leprechaun.” He also pointed to comments El-Sayed made in 2009 about feeling a personal religious “obligation” to follow Sharia law while discussing his decision to obtain a Sharia-compliant mortgage. Cruz has separately accused El-Sayed of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, allegations El-Sayed has repeatedly denied while say...