Former President Barack Obama told Zohran Mamdani “your campaign has been impressive to watch,” and suggested that he was invested in Mr. Mamdani’s success beyond the election.

Former President Barack Obama called New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Saturday, praising his campaign and offering to be a “sounding board” into the future.

The private, roughly 30-minute phone call, which has not previously been reported, was described by two people who participated or were briefed immediately on what had been said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private conversation.

Mr. Obama said that he was invested in Mr. Mamdani’s success beyond the election on Tuesday. They talked about the challenges of staffing a new administration and building an apparatus capable of delivering on Mr. Mamdani’s agenda of affordability in the city, the people said.

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    17 hours ago

    Obama had the kind of mandate Trump thinks he has and he did nothing with it because he didn’t want to ruffle feathers.

    And they still called him an anti Christ money.

    So, he did absolutely nothing radical, and he energized the moron redneck as though he was Satan himself.

    Leaving is us with the worst of both worlds. No change, and Magats foaming at the mouth.