“He brings nothing but chaos, now we will have to reap the price.” Van Jones’ chilling words echoed after Zohran Mamdani’s fiery victory speech left even his allies shaken. The newly elected NYC mayor’s furious tone stunned the crowd, turning what was meant to be a moment of triumph into something darker. Supporters cheered, but others whispered that what they witnessed wasn’t passion – it was rage barely held back.

Political insiders are calling the speech a warning sign, describing a man overtaken by the very chaos he once promised to control. What was behind that anger? Was it defiance, fear, or something more sinister rising to the surface as he took the city’s highest seat? Van Jones’ warning that “we will have to reap the price” lingers like an omen over City Hall tonight.

Watch the full video, the reactions, and the growing storm surrounding Mamdani’s shocking outburst before it’s taken down.

CNN’s Van Jones blasted Zohran Mamdani’s fiery victory speech on Tuesday night as a ‘missed opportunity’ to offer a message of hope to the nation.

The New York City mayor-elect took aim at Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo in his address, saying he hoped his speech was ‘the final time I utter’ Cuomo’s name.

Van Jones said Mamdani’s aggressive speech was a far cry from the message that won him the leadership contest, saying the rhetoric ‘will cost him going forward.’

‘I think he missed an opportunity. I think the Mamdani that we saw in the campaign trail, who was a lot more calm, who was a lot warmer, who was a lot more embracing, was not present in that speech,’ he said.

‘And I think that Mamdani is the one you need to hear from tonight. 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?

‘I think he missed a chance tonight to open up and bring more people into the tent. 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.’

Mamdani romped to victory with 50.4 percent support on Tuesday, defeating former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo at 41.6 percent and Republican Curtis Sliwa at 7.1 percent.

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Zohran Mamdani, seen with his mother Mira Nair, delivered a fiery address on Tuesday night as he romped to victory in the New York mayoral election, taking a swipe at his political opponents

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CNN’s Van Jones slammed Mamdani’s speech as a ‘missed opportunity’ to offer a message of hope, saying the rhetoric ‘will cost him going forward’ in a blistering review

Mamdani took a swipe at his political opponents in his blistering address, including directing his remarks directly at the White House.

‘Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up!’ he said.

‘If any city can show a nation how to stop Donald Trump, it is the city that gave rise to him,’ said Mamdani, who represents a district in the same borough of Queens where the President was raised.

‘So, if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This is not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one.’

But the speech failed to impress CNN pundit Jones, who said he hoped Mamdani would have offered a message of unity instead of attacking others.

‘I felt like it 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,’ the panelist said.

‘And there were some other voice on stage. That said, he’s very young. And he just pulled off something very, very difficult.

‘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 probably cost him going forward.’

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Mamdani stormed to victory with 50.4 percent support on Tuesday, defeating former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo at 41.6 percent

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Republican Curtis Sliwa won 7.1 percent support, and in his concession speech he blamed ‘billionaires’ for sidelining his campaign

Mamdani’s victory capped a clean sweep for Democrats in the few big races of this off-year election, as Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey and Abigail Spanberger of Virginia easily won governor’s races.

Governor Gavin Newsom’s Prop 50 campaign, which will redraw California’s congressional map and likely hand the Democrats five extra House of Representatives seats, also passed.

In the wake of his victory, Newsom urged Blue states across the nation to follow his lead and redraw their congressional maps to counter Trump’s efforts.

Newsom said the plan could ‘de facto end Donald Trump’s presidency’ by the 2026 midterms, preventing the White House from instating many of its policies if Democrats retake the House.

‘It is all on the line,’ he said. ‘We need to see other states, with their remarkable leaders that have been doing remarkable things, meet this moment head-on as well.

Republican Curtis Sliwa fell to just 7.1 percent support in the race despite polling near Cuomo during the campaign.

He slammed Cuomo’s wealthy backers for hurting his campaign in the final stretch as he grew emotional in his concession speech.

‘The Masters of the Universe, the billionaires, decided that I should not have the right to represent all of you,’ Sliwa said.

‘To be the voice of the voiceless, the working class people who are the backbone of this city.’

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Mamdani’s victory represented a political earthquake and marked a stunning turnaround for the socialist who was a relative unknown when the campaign began

Sliwa alleged that he had been offered $10 million to drop his campaign to help former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s candidacy, but told his supporters: ‘I do not have a price.’

The Republican had been accused of helping Mamdani’s campaign by siphoning off votes from Cuomo.

But Sliwa excoriated Mamdani in his final speech, warning him not to enact a raft of far-left policies that experts have said could cripple the city’s economy.

‘Let me warn our new leader, if you try to implement socialism, if you try to render our police weak and impotent, if you forsake the people’s public safety, we’re not only organizing, but we are mobilizing,’ he said.

‘We will become the mayor-elect and his supporters’ worst enemy.