Hes not Mayor yet.
Cuomo is out, too much baggage. Adams is an independant and still running and we have Curtis Sliwa for the republicans.
As usual the media is fawning all over the young guy with zero experience. Many thing he promised to do he cant do as mayor but could have done as an assemblyman yet didnt.
Hes a liar. Many people will flee NYC to NJ just like when Covid was at its hieght. NYC will look like the 1970s soon.

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Originally posted by 6guns:
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...3771#google_vignette

Watch What This Mamdani Supporter Says When Asked If She Feels Socialism Can Work in NYC



https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...734408&lctg=26773771

Chicago Tribune Has Warning for NYC Voters Ahead of Mayoral Primary

Short video from a little further down the page of your townhall link. https://x.com/ThomasMHern/stat...vUoybUds5hyc7DQ&s=19

The socialists really believe in their heart of hearts that there is no limit to taxing the rich. They think if a 53% tax rate isn't enough that we can just raise the rate a few more points. I only keep up with a few New Yorkers. I have one buddy that worked on Wall Street, he packed up and moved to Florida 4 years ago.

^^^ Good clip. Sums it up. Yes, they are already paying high taxes. If you raise it further, and stop fighting crime... many of your high earners will leave NYC:

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The socialists really believe in their heart of hearts that there is no limit to taxing the rich. They think if a 53% tax rate isn't enough that we can just raise the rate a few more points.

https://x.com/ThomasMHern/stat...vUoybUds5hyc7DQ&s=19

Slow learners

They’re already paying 50% in taxes, what’s a few million more? Greedy bastards

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Originally posted by chellim1:
^^^ Good clip. Sums it up. Yes, they are already paying high taxes. If you raise it further, and stop fighting crime... many of your high earners will leave NYC:
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“Florida's housing market is set to receive a boost from rich New Yorkers who are fleeing the city following socialist Zohran Mamdani's shock win in the Democratic primary.

Realtors say they have already been inundated by calls from wealthy clients seeking to relocate to the Sunshine State after Mamdani's surprise victory.

Mamdani defeated former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in Tuesday's election on a platform of taxing the super rich. …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/14850509

P. S.: Mamdani may try to impose an “exit” tax on residents fleeing the city.

New Yorkers are not flirting with socialism, they've gone and opened an OF account with it.

Pure insanity.

https://www.breitbart.com/poli...tm_campaign=20250626

Socialist NYC Mayoral Hopeful Zohran Mamdani Wants to Spend $65M on Sex Changes for Minors

Socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants to spend $65 million on sex change drugs and surgeries for minors and adults if elected.

Mamdani’s campaign website says his administration would “protect gender-affirming care immediately by investing $65 million in public providers to provide gender-affirming care to New Yorkers who seek it and will hold private entities abetting Trump’s attacks to account.”

Gender-affirming care is a euphemism used by transgender activists to hide the grotesque nature of sex change surgeries and drugs, which includes double mastectomies (the removal of healthy breasts), female and male genital mutilation and removal, facial feminization and masculinization, hormone treatments, and puberty blockers that can cause chemical sterilization.

“The Mamdani Administration will budget $65 million in funding to explicitly support and expand access to Gender Affirming Care (GAC) in NYC. It will direct $57 million to public hospitals, community clinics, federally qualified health centers, and nonprofits providing GAC,” the page reads. “In the face of the Trump administration’s proposed elimination of federal support for GAC and his threats to care for adults, this infusion will protect GAC access or both transgender youth and adults.”

cont...

"New York City Flirts With Real Socialism"

This isn't coy flirting.....this is "drop to their knees" and take it all action.

"VioIence is an artificial construct"

In terms of human behavior, violence is the least artificial and therefore the most authentic thing in existence. It doesn't take someone smashing in his face with a brick for him to realize this. He knows it.

https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1938368181287989550

^^^^^
“Zohran Mamdani on why he wants to empty jails”

That’ll speed the exodus from NYC.

Good lord. Just put up the wall and make the city a prison already.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
"Violence is an artificial construct"

In terms of human behavior, violence is the least artificial and therefore the most authentic thing in existence. It doesn't take someone smashing in his face with a brick for him to realize this. He knows it.

Yeah... He knows it... but it's going to get him a lot of votes with the hipsters.
Eric Adams still has a chance though if he can make the election about law and order.
If it's about "free stuff" and the young people are the only ones motivated, Zohran Mamdani will win.

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Eric Adams still has a chance though if he can make the election about law and order.

It’s a grim situation when Eric Adams is the best choice.

I say good if this joker wins. The Dems are agog that this is the way to beat MAGA though the opposition to such foolishness is what swept PDJT into a 2 nd (belated) term.

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
Good lord. Just put up the wall and make the city a prison already.

Times Square will be renamed Red Square.

Then someone will make a movie "Escape from New York".

The Untold Reason for Mamdani’s Mayoral Win
By Selwyn Duke

The New York City mayoral Democrat primary race results have shaken the political world.

Candidate Zohran Mamdani, described as a Marxist Muslim, was five months ago languishing in also-ran territory at one percent in the polls. A most recent poll then showed him, to pundits’ surprise, beating erstwhile-front-runner (a whole week ago) Andrew Cuomo after the eighth round of ranked-choice calculations. But it was wrong.

Mamdani won the first-round tally by more than seven points and will assuredly be the Democrat nominee.

How did this happen? There are many reasons, but the overriding one is something overlooked, something indispensable, something that is a gift: charisma.

This is where those who dislike Mamdani — and I’m one of them (I actually consider him immoral) — must be careful. People are generally loath to give those they dislike credit; they view them through tinted glasses. But studies have shown what the Throughline media-training blog stated years ago in no uncertain terms: “The Most Charismatic Candidate Always Wins.”

I suspect the hard-Left has discovered this truth, too. Why do you think suburban girl Sandy Cortez (a.k.a. AOC) was chosen to be the Justice Democrats’ candidate in 2017 via what essentially was an audition? Yes, she really was.

Style Over Substance

Now, again, multiple factors contributed to Mamdani’s victory. He went the Full Monty on socialism, promising everything from freezing rent to defunding the police to free mass transit to a $30 minimum wage to city-owned grocery stores (yeah, the Soviets had those, too). He captured fellow Asian-descent residents, left-wing whites and (mis)educated voters, and the latter two groups do just love the latest shiny “progressive” thing.

It’s also true that only about 20 percent of eligible voters cast ballots. This means that the ones who did were, inordinately, those passionate about politics — and few were passionate about traditionally corrupt Andrew Cuomo. Many, however, were passionate about ideologically corrupt Mamdani. (Yes, embracing evil ideology is a form of corruption).


Nonetheless, even all these factors taken together can’t explain his meteoric rise.

Charisma does, though.

In 2011, I wrote “That Presidential Look: The Bad, the Beautiful and Voting-booth Realities,” which explained the importance of candidates’ appearance in our T.V. age.

Charisma goes along with that. As Throughline pointed out (in 2012), the more charismatic candidate had prevailed in every presidential election since 1980.

Just consider:

1980 and ’84—Ronald Reagan defeated, respectively, Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale.
1988—George H.W. Bush bested the even less charismatic Michael Dukakis.
1992 and ’96—Bill Clinton won over, respectively, G.H.W. Bush and Bob Dole, the latter of whom was, as pundit Pat Buchanan put it, “like Richard Nixon — without the charm.”
2000 and ’04: George W. Bush defeated, respectively, Al Gore and John Kerry.
2008 and ’12: Barack Obama bested, respectively, cranky John McCain and stately-looking but somewhat stiff Mitt Romney.
2016: In a historic upset, Donald Trump toppled Hillary Clinton, the antithesis of charisma.

This brings us to 2020 and ’24, where Trump and Joe Biden each captured one contest. Biden did have some charisma in his prime, but in 2020 was a mere shell of his former self. But I’m convinced that year’s election was stolen, so I don’t consider it an exception to the rule. (If you do, fine; call it an anomaly.)

Now, again, this is where I must caution partisans against reacting emotionally. The TDS types will recoil at associating Trump with charisma. And, yes, he does get testy sometimes. Watch one of his rallies, however, and you’ll see how he masterfully works a crowd. I’ve never seen anyone do it better.

On the other side, many may, as I do, find Obama and Bill Clinton (and any other left-wing demagogue) nauseating. But this is because such observers are looking beneath the surface and/or are conceiving of the person based on his policies. This is a mistake professional pundits often make, too. They’re politics wonks and project their own mindset, as humans will do, onto others.

Yet most voters aren’t conversant with politics; they make decisions on emotional bases. For example, if you knew little about Obama’s background or policies in 2008 and merely looked at and listened to him, you saw this: a decent-looking guy with a nice, resonant voice — and some charisma. Note when assessing this, too, that it’s as with what’s said about when you and a companion are fleeing from a vicious grizzly. You don’t have to outrun the bear.

You just have to outrun your companion.

(I.e., Obama’s competitors weren’t exactly charm school valedictorians.)

As for Mamdani, he not only could outrun Cuomo; he may leave the bear eating dust. Just consider, for instance, the first few minutes of the below interview with him. And imagine watching it as, let’s say, a kindly, apolitical grandmother who doesn’t know his positions or background.

Grandma’s first thought likely would be, “What a nice young man! He’d be perfect for my granddaughter!” Mamdani is photogenic enough, has an easy, contagious smile—and loads of charisma. As one commenter under the video put it, “I see how he beat Cuomo now. Wow[,] is he smooth!”

My point, again, is not to sing his praises, but to sound an alarm and send a message.

Mamdani is dangerous not just because his policies and attitudes are toxic, but because he’s a quintessential wolf in sheep’s clothing. It also occurs to me that just as sports competition is tougher than ever with today’s deep talent pools, so may competition in the political arena be because of high-tech media. The T.V. age made appearance and personality important; now the internet and social media age, with video exposure ad infinitum, have made those qualities imperative.

So the message is this: If Republicans want to win elections, ideological soundness is not enough (though it’s a prerequisite for governing). They also should choose candidates possessing that star quality, that special something, that charisma. If the person couldn’t conceivably carry a podcast, he perhaps can’t carry an election.

This said, I certainly wish the above weren’t so. I wish people would vote based on knowledge and wisdom and not fancies and fandom. But too many don’t. Consequently, nominating a candidate competent but as exciting as watching paint dry just won’t cut it.

Charisma is the one thing Trump, Mamdani and Cortez all have in common. Never underestimate such a person, either. Because in politics, charisma is king.

https://www.americanthinker.co...i_s_mayoral_win.html