June 27, 2025
A story out of Iowa explains why college grads were instrumental in Mamdani’s NYC victory
By Andrea Widburg
One of the facts that instantly emerged from Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the mayoral Democrat party primaries in New York City is that he was pushed over the top, not by working-class people, minorities, or immigrants. Instead, his victory came from the college crowd.
So, when a friend sent me a link to a June 6 report from The College Fix, even though the report is a couple of weeks old, I had to share it, because the headline alone explains what went wrong in New York:
10th year gender studies student worries Trump will deport her before she graduates next year
It gets worse as you read:
A graduate student in Spanish and gender studies is worried she will not be able to finish her 11th year of college here in America due to the president’s immigration policies.
University of Iowa doctoral student Oriette D’Angelo first came to the country in 2015 on a student visa. In addition to her doctorate degree, set to be finished in 2026, D’Angelo is pursuing a “Graduate Certificate in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies,” according to her university bio.
But that could all be for naught if President Donald Trump begins deporting Venezuelans who have “Temporary Protected Status” visas, which D’Angelo (pictured) has held since 2020. The Trump administration revoked her visa in January but she obtained an international student visa in April.
That’s it. In a nutshell, that explains why New York’s barista class voted for a Muslim-Marxist antisemite. This is what academia has become: A haven for aberrant people to engage in endless leftist mental masturbation.
more
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/a_story_out_of_iowa_explains_why_college_grads_were_instrumental_in_mamdani_s_nyc_victory.html
