Minneapolis Republican Party chair Diane Napper told Newsmax on Friday that the upcoming mayoral election could “kill” the city if a socialist were to win.

Five Democrats are competing for the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party nomination for Minneapolis mayor, including incumbent Jacob Frey and state Sen. Omar Fateh, who will enter the party’s convention this weekend with the largest two groups of delegates, according to Axios.

When asked on “Wake Up America” if Democrats nominating Fateh, a progressive who’s been compared to New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, would “help accelerate the shift to common sense” in the party, Napper said, “I’m hoping that that’s the case.”

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