Well, that escalated supremely quickly.
Mere months ago, a supposed outlier candidate emerged in the mayoral race in New York City – Zohran Mamdani – a 33-year-old, self-styled “progressive” that has seemingly emerged out of nowhere.
Mamdani appeared to be a long shot against longstanding Democrat Andrew Cuomo … though the emphasis is clearly on appeared in this case.
Because, rather inexplicably – frankly, just about overnight – Mamdani surged to the forefront of the mayoral race, passing Cuomo.
Even more inexplicably, Cuomo abruptly conceded the race … to someone who was polling at 1 percent mere months ago.
For reference, Cuomo had more than a 30x lead in the polls mere months ago as well.
Ordinarily, such a dramatic turn of events should be dominating multiple national headlines … but, once again, the Middle East happened to descend into a higher degree of chaos than usual at the precise moment that Mamdani surged in the polls.
And it would appear that Mamdani’s surge shocked even the most seasoned politicians, according to a reportfrom The Hill.
“Zohran Mamdani stunned political observers across the country Tuesday as he appeared set to win the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City over former [Governor] Andrew Cuomo … While a winner hasn’t been officially declared due to the city’s ranked choice ballot system, Cuomo didn’t wait for the entire vote to be tabulated to concede,” The Hill detailed.
Rather shocking, to put it mildly.
In fact, it’s even more shocking than the rise of AOC, whose own controversial, social media-driven antics have done little to achieve real progress nationwide.
Furthermore, Mamdani’s background is even more questionable than that of AOC, for rather obvious reasons.
The BBC ran a rather telling piece, aptly titled, “Who is Zohran Mamdani?”
Who, indeed?
“Born in Kampala, Uganda, Mamdani moved to New York with his family age seven. He attended the Bronx High School of Science and later earned a degree in Africana Studies from Bowdoin College, where he co-founded the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine,” the BBC detailed.
Surprise, surprise.
“The millennial progressive, who would be the city’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor, has leaned into his roots in a diverse city. He’s posted one campaign video entirely in Urdu and mixed in Bollywood film clips. In another, he speaks Spanish,” the BBC continued.
Further dismissing the value of learning English in an English-speaking nation, in other words.
“Both parents are Harvard alumni,” the BBC added, while noting that Mamdani’s father currently works as a professor at Columbia University.
Even less of a surprise.
After all, both Harvard and Columbia were/are epicenters of rather vehement protests, several of which descended into chaos.
The chaos was all the more problematic when considering that several protestors were apparently not even students themselves, but rather “hired” outside agitators.
In a nutshell, it would appear that a Ugandan-born radical is poised to seize the keys to the city … as it is extremely likely that New York City will go “blue” once again.
And it is even more likely that such an outcome will lead to a truly “blue” future for the city … in the metaphorical sense.
Author: Ofelia Thornton
