The Democrats have put proud socialist Zohran Mamdani in the winner's circle for New York's Democrat Primary, and now that the man is pretty much guaranteed entry into the mayoral mansion, because New York is going to New York no matter how much New Yorking it receives, Mamdani is feeling his own hype.
As he told Jen Psaki on her MSNBC show, The Briefing, Mamdani believes that he's the blueprint for spreading socialism to the rest of the country.
"I think ultimately, this is a campaign about inequality, and you don't have to live in the most expensive city in the country to have experienced that inequality, because it's a national issue," said Mamdani.
"And what Americans coast to coast are looking for are people who will fight for them, not just believe in the things that resonate with their lives, but actually fight and deliver on those very things," he continued. "And part of how we got to this point was through the endorsements of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders, who have been leading this fight against oligarchy across the country."
"And I think that in focusing on working people and their struggles, we also return back to what makes so many of us proud to be Democrats in the first place," he added.
Psaki: “You are a proud democratic socialist. Do you think that is a platform that would work for other candidates running in other parts of the country?”
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) June 26, 2025
Zohran Mamdani: “Absolutely.”
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Mamdani is high on Mamdani right now.
Nancy Pelosi made an observation about AOC's victory that I think was absolutely correct. The place is so solidly lefty that a glass of water with a "D" next to its name could easily win the district. Pelosi is wrong about a lot, but not about that. New York is one of those places that's so Democrat that a Smurf village looks less blue by comparison.
Mamdani is not a blueprint for anything, he's just a gauge for how radical the left in New York has become, but I'm pleased to hear him think he's a much hotter commodity than he actually is, because that over-confidence can have some pretty great outcomes for conservatives and the Republican Party.
How do I know?
Because I've seen this before. So have you.
Mamdani and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are incredibly similar in that they believe the same thing, won in districts that are entirely safe, and upon being elected, felt the same swell of false confidence. Only we've seen how that worked out for AOC.
AOC went from Democrat darling and media sensation to a national laughingstock faster than Joe Biden could get a cohesive thought out. Her word-salad aside, her radical leftist ideals were so unrealistic and her proposed Green New Deal was so divisive and ridiculous that Democrats didn't want to vote for it.
After a few years in congress, AOC has accomplished very little beyond being a loud Democrat. She hasn't really had any great wins in congress, she polls hilarious low in purple and red states, and conservatives use her as an example of how dumb socialism is in the same way the anti-drug organizations use images of crackheads to ward the young off drugs.
But regardless, AOC and the "Democrat Socialists" who love her truly thought they were in the midst of a real future, where their victory meant they found the elusive formula for implementing socialism in America. They've made absolute fools of themselves operating under that notion.
Their victory is an isolated one. The culture of New York, especially New York City, is one that does not translate to other parts of the U.S. in any capacity, save small pockets in big cities.
And here's the kicker.
Mamdani is directly responsible for the policies that will affect people immediately and with gusto, unlike AOC, whose insanity is usually held in check by Republicans in congress. Mamdani doesn't have that buffer.
He's going to destroy New York, and wave the socialist flag as he does it. It's going to be one of the strongest anti-socialist ads the United States has ever seen, and I have a very strong feeling that it will trigger something of a political Renaissance in New York. That's my prediction.
Mamdani thinks his ideology will spread to the rest of the nation. I have the feeling his ideological radicalism will kill socialism for the rest of the country.
