From boots to Bernie: Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration served up many viral moments |
New York City kicked off the new year with a new mayor in democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, whose inauguration flooded the internet with viral moments.
Mamdani took the oath of office via two separate swearing-in ceremonies. The more intimate one took place underground at midnight at a decommissioned City Hall subway station. With just a few hours as mayor under his belt, Mamdani was then sworn in for a second time by fellow democratic socialist Bernie Sanders.
Mamdani first reached internet stardom during his mayoral campaign, thanks in part to his campaign’s design and witty social media content, prompting a landslide victory and the highest mayoral race voter turnout in half a century.
Unsurprisingly, the viral political figure’s inauguration has taken over social media. We’ve rounded up some of the historic event’s most viral moments.
While U.S. Sen. Sanders (I-VT) swore in Mamdani, he wasn’t the only popular left-wing political figure to take the stage.
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