Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) accused New York Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani of being a “jihadist” and a “Marxist,” while also alleging that the New York Stock Exchange is “woke.”Mamdani, a member of the state assembly, won the Democratic primary in June, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is running a third-party bid in the general election. Mayor Eric Adams, who has been plagued by scandals that include a now-dropped indictment for bribery, ended his reelection bid this week. Cruz appeared on Wednesday’s Kudlow on Fox Business, where Larry Kudlow noted that the Securities and Exchange Commission approved the application for a new stock exchange based in Texas. “Texas wins SEC approval for a new stock exchange that will challenge the New York Stock Exchange up here in the blue state of New York,” Kudlow said. JPMorgan, the great banking operation, has now more employees in Texas than it does in New York.