You’ve got to be a little unhinged to be a “Democratic Socialist” (read that as: commie) in the first place. But, as we’ve seen in recent years to our chagrin, being a little, or even a lot, unhinged doesn’t preclude one from winning elections. Just look at the career of New York’s own Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or her mentor, the daffy old Bolshevik from Vermont, Bernie “Look At My Three Mansions” Sanders.
So, when we see that New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is now accusing his independent opponent, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, of conspiring with President Trump to “rig the election,” we can see that he’s nuts. But that doesn’t mean he might not win.
New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is accusing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of “conspiring” with President Donald Trump to rig the election in his favor.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the Queens assemblyman and self-described socialist mayoral candidate, pointed to a New York Times report claiming that Trump recently spoke on the phone with Cuomo and has been mulling over backing a candidate who has the best chance to beat Mamdani between Cuomo, incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.
“The job of mayor is not to audition to be the jester for a want-to-be king,” Mamdani told reporters on Thursday in New York City. “New Yorkers do not want a mayor who is working in tandem with the president to subvert the will of the people of New York City.”
Honestly, if New York is to maintain any hope of having someone in Gracie Mansion who isn’t barking nuts, the best thing New Yorkers could do would be to pick one of the independents and get behind them; the Republican, Curtis Sliwa, is the longest of long shots, and either current Mayor Eric Adams or Andrew Cuomo… well, they may not be ideal, but they’re preferable to the commie Mamdani.
Former Governor Cuomo shot back, and made an interesting observation in the bargain:
Cuomo shrugged off the claims in a social media post that attacked Mamdani for lacking political experience and pushing left-wing policies that would hurt the Democratic Party.
“As usual, you’re short on facts and long on nonsense,” Cuomo posted on his X campaign account. “And while I’m here, let’s be real- Donald Trump would go through you like a hot knife through butter. You would be a dream come true to the Republican party.”
Yes, it would be a dream come true. Unlike most leftist politicians, the commie Mamdani keeps letting the mask slip, if he even bothers with the mask at all. He’s advocating socialist nightmare policies that most liberals only hint at, knowing they’re not popular with that portion of the population who, unlike “Democratic socialists,” have more IQ points than teeth. He’s pushing for Soviet-era policies: Rent controls, government-run groceries, nonsense along those lines. If you want to see how those kinds of policies work, just read the works of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
The White House responded succinctly:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also dismissed the claims about election meddling in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying Trump “has repeatedly stated, he has no intention of getting involved or making an endorsement in the New York City mayoral race.”
Yeah, Mamdani is nuts. But that doesn’t mean he won’t win. And, in all candor, would that be the worst thing that could happen to New York?
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Sometimes the only way out is through.
A Mamdani win would plunge New York into a right old mess. If he were able to implement half the policies he claims to want, the likely result would be everyone who can leave, leaving. Signs reading “Will the last person to leave Manhattan please turn out the lights” will blossom, and with good reason. The people who remain, the people who are, for whatever reason, stuck in New York, will pay the price for Mamdani’s daffy ideas, and maybe, just maybe, another Rudy Giuliani or even another Michael Bloomberg will arise to return some semblance of sane government to the Big Apple.
Then again, they may not. Nobody ever went broke betting on the lunacy of big-city voters.
So it’s slash-and-snap time in New York, and while Mamdani is trying to tie Andrew Cuomo to President Trump, it’s very likely indeed that President Trump, while staying well out of this mess, is enjoying a good chuckle over the whole thing.
Editor’s Note: Zohran Mamdani is an avowed Democratic Socialist and has a real chance to become the next mayor of New York City.
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