Van Jones calls out Zohran Mamdani for 'character switch' during intense victory speech

CNN anchor Van Jones called out New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for his character switch during an intense conquest speech on Tuesday arguing that he missed an opportunity to bring more New Yorkers into his camp after a contentious vote I think he missed a chance tonight to open up and bring more people into the tent Jones explained the electoral process night panel I think his tone was sharp I think he was using the microphone in a way that he was almost yelling And that's not the Mamdani that we've seen on TikTok and the great interviews and stuff like that so I felt like there was a little bit of a character switch here where the warm open embracing guy that's close to working people was not on stage tonight and there was chosen other voice on stage The CNN anchor noted that Mamdani's speech may have appealed to particular but that the warmer and more embracing candidate that voters got to know on the campaign trail was not present in that speech FLASHBACK WILDEST MOMENTS MAMDANI OVERCAME ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO BECOME NYC'S NEXT MAYOR I think that Mamdani is the one you need to hear from tonight Jones argued There are a lot of people trying to figure out can I get on this train with him or not Is he going to include me Is he going to be more of a class warrior even in office While Jones was critical of Mamdani's win speech he did give the -year-old mayor-elect credit for not only taking on the Democratic establishment but also beating them in decisive fashion He defeated Democratic Party royalty The Cuomos that's a royal family in our party defeated them Defeated the oligarchs and rich folks who jumped in to try to stop them and then defeated Donald Trump he revealed So the triumphalism that you see there is earned SOCIALIST SHOCKWAVE ZOHRAN MAMDANI STUNS NYC AS VOTERS HAND POWER TO DEMOCRATS FAR-LEFT FLANKLater on in the segment Jones again praised Mamdani for pulling off such a arduous feat but he warned that his fierce voting process night speech may come back to bite him He's very young and he just pulled off something that's very very complex and I wouldn't write him off but I think he missed an opportunity to open himself up tonight And I think that that will likely cost him going forward the CNN anchor argued During his fiery post-election speech Mamdani claimed supremacy on behalf of immigrant New Yorkers and directly addressed President Donald Trump CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CIVILIZATION New York will remain a city of immigrants a city built by immigrants powered by immigrants And as of tonight led by an immigrant he reported supporters So hear me President Trump when I say this To get any of us you will have to get through all of us Mamdani soundly defeated independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa in Tuesday's voting process The self-proclaimed democratic socialist will be the first Muslim mayor in New York City's history CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP