Ted Cruz Accuses Zohran Mamdani of Being ‘A Jihadist’

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) accused New York Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani of being a “jihadist” and a “Marxist,” while also alleging that the New York Stock Exchange is “woke.”

Mamdani, a member of the state assembly, won the Democratic primary in June, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is running a third-party bid in the general election. Mayor Eric Adams, who has been plagued by scandals that include a now-dropped indictment for bribery, ended his reelection bid this week.

Cruz appeared on Wednesday’s Kudlow on Fox Business, where Larry Kudlow noted that the Securities and Exchange Commission approved the application for a new stock exchange based in Texas.

“Texas wins SEC approval for a new stock exchange that will challenge the New York Stock Exchange up here in the blue state of New York,” Kudlow said. “And here’s another one for you. You may have seen it in the paper. JPMorgan, the great banking operation, has now more employees in Texas than it does in New York. And of course, we’re about to elect a socialist mayor.”

“Look, what’s happening is, New York is run by crazy people,” Cruz responded before calling Mamdani, who could become the first Muslim mayor of New York, “a jihadist.”

“Mamdani, if he’s elected, is a Marxist. And you are going to see people who believe in free enterprise, people who believe in property rights, people who don’t want a jihadist radical who wants to defund the police fleeing New York City and coming, many coming to Texas. Look, I think the Texas Wall Street or colloquially known as ‘Y’all Street,’ which can I think is pretty funny, I think that’s gonna be a powerhouse that if you wanna go and not have a woke stock exchange trying to impose political ideology on you but, instead, simply have an avenue to raise capital, Texas is gonna be the place to do it.”

Watch above via Fox Business Network.