White House slams Mamdani for blaming election bomb threats on Trump: 'Zero evidence'

WASHINGTON (Web Desk) - White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed an effort by New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani to connect Election Day bomb threats in New Jersey to president Donald Trump.

New Jersey officials say there is "no credible threat" after briefly closing several polling places due to an emailed bomb threat.

"I saw those comments from Mamdani, and I think there are completely irresponsible and they are based on zero evidence. I think this is just another example of how the Democrat Party unfortunately stands for nothing. All they stand against in President Donald Trump," Leavitt told reporters.

"I think it's quite sad to see that we have someone at the top of the ticket on an election day today saying such things about the president when he obviously has absolutely nothing to do with those threats," she continued.

Earlier Tuesday, Mamdani sought to blame Trump for the bomb threats.

“It’s incredibly concerning, and I think that it is an illustration of the attacks we’re seeing on our democracy," he told reporters.

He added that the threats were “part of the general approach the Trump administration has taken to trying to intimidate voters with baseless allegations of voter fraud as a means of trying to repress the voice of Americans across this country.”