Mamdani rips off his smiling mask
Politicians tend to be somewhat triumphalist in moments of triumph. So Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani could have been indulging in a little exaltation as he spoke to his electrified supporters after winning the New York City mayoral election.
But his oration was more than that. He was downright sinister, glorying not just in his achievement but in having laid low his vanquished enemies and stuck it to others besides. He took off his smiling campaign mask and revealed his venomous self.
As even Democratic partisans, such as Van Jones, noted, the calm, embracing warmth of the Mamdani who courted votes with sweet words vanished. Here, instead, was anger and a chilling combination of lies and revealing truths.
Mamdani gloated, "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant." Actually, 60% of the city's population is not immigrants, but he wanted to rub their faces in the takeover inflicted on them by an outsider. To them, his message was, "Suck it up, suckers, we're in charge now."
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