What happens to Democrats if Zohran Mamdani becomes their party's new face? |
Unless a meteor crashes into Manhattan and shuts down next month’s mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani (D) will win — and the progressive wing of the Democratic Party will throw a victory party big enough to drown out common sense. But before they break out the vegan champagne, they might want to consider that their celebration could be just a little premature.
Eric Adams is out. The current mayor — who once tried to straddle the line between pragmatism and progressive posturing — dropped his re-election bid. Why? Well, there are plenty of reasons he fell out of favor, but let’s start with the obvious: He rolled out the red carpet for tens of thousands of illegal immigrants while the city was already drowning in its own homeless crisis. Brilliant, right?
So now we’re left with a wide-open path for Mamdani, a democratic socialist, to walk right into city hall. Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa are technically still in the game,........