Watch: Mamdani's Chilling Inaugural Remarks Are a Harbinger of Trouble to Come

On Thursday, Zohran Mamdani was inaugurated as the Mayor of New York City.

As we reported, his "block party" seemed to be a harbinger of things to come and a symbol of his failed radical leftist thought, with no bathrooms and no food. It was the first day, and already his administration was a big fail. The people are already finding out that he isn't going to be what they thought.

Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) spoke before Mamdani. But she set the stage for the radical remarks, outlining some of his promises.

AOC at Zohran Mamdani Inauguration: NYC Chose Universal Childcare Over “Bigotry” and “Extreme Income Inequality”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered pointed remarks at the inauguration of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York City, framing the city’s political direction as a… https://t.co/gAxmPETKAx pic.twitter.com/L1dbS6B0Ak
— News is Dead (@newsisdead) January 1, 2026

“New York City has chosen the ambitious pursuit of universal childcare, affordable rents and housing, and clean and dignified public transit for all,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “We have chosen that over the distractions of bigotry and the barbarism of extreme income inequality.”

I'm going to bet that either he doesn't deliver or if he does deliver any of this, people will find out all the problems with each of these ideas.

Then, Mamdani's remarks had people talking. He completely ripped off the mask, if who he was wasn't already clear. He made clear that the "era of big government" was not over.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani: "We'll replace rugged individualism with collectivism" pic.twitter.com/dhUqGm2X26
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 1, 2026

"We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," Mamdani declared.

That's anti-the very principles of this country. We are based on individual rights, not group rights or collectivism. The whole point of our Constitution is to protect us from the excesses of governmental overreach. Rugged individualism made America.

The warmth of collectivism - you mean the hell you have to go through under it? Or the warm blood of the many dead because of collectivist ideologies?

Then, too, many noted that collectivism was rather chilling, in the multiple senses of that word, from the oppressive Chinese Communists to the freezing gulags of the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Gulags were pretty cold. https://t.co/0xFErTzZaN pic.twitter.com/g382zNS2HR
— Chef Andrew Gruel (@ChefGruel) January 1, 2026

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Mamdani Era Set to Begin With Perhaps the Most Radical Appointment to Date. Are NYCers Ready for It?

Mamdani wasn't quite finished yet, as he said he wasn't going to apologize for what he believed.

🚨 NOW - NYC MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI: "I was ELECTED as a Democratic Socialist, and I will GOVERN as a Democratic Socialist!"

*Bernie Sanders, AOC grin ear to ear*

CROWD: "DSA! DSA! DSA!"

An Islamic Socialist rules what's supposed to be our best city.

Absolutely freaking doomed pic.twitter.com/ODVLfiE66W
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 1, 2026

"I was elected as a Democratic Socialist and I will govern as a Democratic Socialist!" he proclaimed.

"I will not abandon my principles for fear of being deemed radical. As the great Senator from Vermont [Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who was sitting in the audience listening and cheering] once said, 'What’s radical is a system which gives so much to so few and denies so many people the basic necessities of life.'"

Once in, Mamdani revoked all of former Mayor Eric Adams' executive orders that were signed after Sept. 26, 2024 - the date of Adams' indictment.

🚨 BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani revokes all Eric Adams executive orders signed after September 26, 2024.. pic.twitter.com/tCqlUZseiu
— Mamdani Watch (@MamdaniWatch) January 1, 2026

Mamdani's words on Thursday are words of foreboding. New Yorkers had ample warning, but they chose to turn a blind eye to history. It isn't going to be pretty.

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