Fearful Democrats Move to Block Mamdani’s Far-Left Takeover of NY

They’re the kinds of reports that strike fear into the hearts of Democrats not only in New York City but across the country.

Since his stunning victory two weeks ago in New York City’s Democratic Party primary for mayor, stories have surfaced about democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s past.

Among the items making headlines and going viral are reports of a 2020 photo Mamdani posted online that shows him flipping off a statue of Christopher Columbus, stories about comments Mamdani made last December when he said as mayor he would arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his recent comments in a cable news interview that “I have many critiques of capitalism.”

Mamdani’s double-digit victory over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates in last month’s primary rocked the Democratic Party, fueling already existing internal divisions between the party’s progressive and more moderate wings.

While many progressives cheered Mamdani’s victory, saying it was a “clear rejection of the old guard,” more moderate Democrats are in panic mode over what his win means for the party.

Meanwhile, since his primary victory, Republicans have relentlessly painted Mamdani as an extremist and anchored him to Democrats across the country ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

The attacks stretched from down-ballot on the campaign trail all the way up to the White House, with President Donald Trump claiming that Mamdani was “a 100% Communist Lunatic.”

Amid the barrage of Mamdani-focused headlines and political rhetoric, some of his rivals are mulling a plan to try to block him from becoming the first Muslim mayor of the nation’s most populous city by joining forces in the general election.

While Cuomo lost the Democratic mayoral nomination to Mamdani, he’s running on the November ballot as an independent, which state rules allow. 

And Democratic Mayor Eric Adams, who dropped his primary bid earlier this year amid sinking poll numbers in the wake of numerous controversies, is seeking re-election also as an independent.

Also on the ballot in the general election are Jim Walden, a former federal prosecutor running as an independent, and Guardian Angels co-founder Curtis Sliwa, who, for a second straight election, is the Republican mayoral nominee.

Walden last week proposed that an independent study should be conducted to see which candidate would be the strongest to take on Mamdani, with the weaker contenders agreeing to drop out. Walden said in an interview on Fox News Radio’s “Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla” that a Mamdani victory in November “would be terrible for the city and would set us back a whole generation, so I proposed a poll in either late September or early October.”

Cuomo senior advisor Rich Azzopardi backed the idea, saying that Walden “correctly points out that if he, Mayor Adams, and Gov. Cuomo all run, it all but ensures a socialist victory. Jim proposed a fair, independent survey be taken in September to determine whose candidacy and vision for New York is strongest in a one-on-one race in November.”

Mamdani, thanks to his primary victory, is the clear frontrunner in the general election in a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans by a roughly six-to-one margin.