Zohran Mamdani said he has spoken to Barack Obama “a number of times” since he trounced the Democratic establishment candidate Andrew Cuomo in the party’s mayoral primary.

The former president held a lengthy call with the DSA mayoral candidate, underscoring that Mamdani poses no threat to the interests of the ruling class.

al campaign in many ways — as Al Sharpton, Letitia James and other Democrats have noted — albeit on a much smaller political battlefield. But Obama and Mamdani also have the common experience of being Donald Trump’s bogeyman.