Democrats Endorse a Young Socialist for Minneapolis Mayor

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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State Sen. Omar Fateh wins the backing of his city's party machine, after Democratic convention delegates snub the incumbent, Mayor Jacob Frey. What is Fateh's platform, how does it compare with Zohran Mamdani's in New York, and is this another sign of where Democrats are going? Plus, Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams debate which of them should drop out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.2	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:39.2	The Minneapolis Democratic Party makes its endorsement in November's mayoral race,
0:45.0	picking a young socialist state senator and snubbing the party's own two-term incumbent mayor,
0:50.4	Jacob Fry.
0:52.0	Is this another signal of where the heart of the Democratic Party is,
0:55.4	at least in big cities? Welcome him, Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
1:01.7	We're joined today by my colleagues, editorial board members Colin Levy and Mnay Uquay-Brua.
1:08.1	The Minnesota Mbani, some punditsits are now calling him in reference to another prominent
1:13.6	socialist, Zoran Mamdani, who is now the Democratic nominee for mayor in New York City.
1:19.5	Omar Fetay is a 30-something socialist state senator at a convention of the Democratic Party in
1:26.5	Minneapolis over the weekend.
1:27.8	He won the endorsement of the delegates there.
1:31.4	Let's listen to a piece of an ad from Therite's Facebook page laying out his agenda.
1:36.9	By increasing the minimum wage to $20 by 20, 28,
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