The Zohran Mamdani effect won’t go national
A silver lining...at least before Zohran Mamdani confiscates it
Bad news for New Yorkers: Socialist Zohran Mamdani just won his bid to become New York City‘s next mayor. Once a shining beacon of not only capitalism but the American dream, the city used to be home to people of countless nationalities, faiths, skin colors, and income brackets who came together under the shared flag of the United States of America Now, as evidence of its descent, voters have chosen pro-Hamas, pro-communism, and anti-American Mamdani, whose first job could well be running the biggest city in the country.
But while this is certainly a disaster for New York City, there is a silver lining here (at least until Mamdani tries to stick a 50% tax on it). As the Washington Examiner previously reported, Mamdani received “50.4% of the vote with 75% of ballots counted.” Not only was the race close, but Mamdani barely succeeded in breaking through with a majority of voters.
When you consider that Eric Adams won with 67% in 2021 and Bill de Blasio with 66.2% in 2017 and 73.2% in 2013, Mamdani simply isn’t all that popular, even in one of the most radical hotbeds in the nation. And that’s the key point.
Read the rest of my latest column for Washington Examiner here.