Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York City

[Cosmos]

I‘m betting that they try to do an Obama 2.0 with that Zohran Mamdani guy in New York in anticipation of the next presidential elections. And IMO it could work. I‘m expecting that they will push him increasingly to the foreground till then. The reporting about him not only in America but also in vassal states like Germany smells a lot like it IMO. Might be worthwhile to create a separate thread about that guy.

Edit: If so, it might be another indication that they don’t want J.D. Vance to succeed Trump.

 

[PopHistorian]

I begin this thread because I feel very sure of one thing. No matter what happens with Zohran Mamdani's policies in New York City, I'm sure we'll witness enormous spin, about every event, both to the positive and to the negative. I can imagine that it will reach extremes rarely seen because there seem to be so many people so deeply invested in his success and in his failure.

Here is his light, official bio from the official New York Assembly web site:

Zohran K. Mamdani - Assembly District 36 |Assembly Member Directory | New York State Assembly

News and Information from the New York State Assembly

nyassembly.gov

What concerned me about his Wikipedia bio (excerpt below) was the emphasis Mamdani has placed on Marxist/socialist principles, societal divisions, tribalism, etc. He has deliberately chosen to aid people based on what they look like, where they come from, or their belief systems alone. He has demonstrated this via committee memberships focusing narrowly on such division. Though he emphasizes his Muslim faith, he has courted identity groups that his religion tends to shun, such as the LGBTQ and transexual groups, which seems suspicious. These biases may not serve him well as a politician.

Mamdani joined the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and worked for the campaign of New York City Council candidate Khader El-Yateem, a Palestinian Lutheran minister and democratic socialist... and was also a field organizer for fellow democratic socialist Tiffany Cabán's 2019 campaign for Queens County District Attorney...

(In the) New York State Assembly... he was endorsed by the DSA, running on a platform of housing reform, police and prison reform, and public ownership of utilities...

Mamdani is a member of the DSA's nine-member "State Socialists in Office" bloc in New York and a member of the Muslim Democratic Club of New York...

As of January 2025, Mamdani was a member of nine Assembly committees: the Committee on Aging; the Committee on Cities; the Committee on Election Law; the Committee on Energy; the Committee on Real Property Taxation; the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus; the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force; the Asian Pacific American Task Force; and the Task Force on New Americans.

 

[PopHistorian]

Might be worthwhile to create a separate thread about that guy.

There's very little about him on the forum, but I think he may be significant, so I started a thread:
Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York City

 

[Cosmos]

At least as the laws are now it doesn’t look like Mamdani could become US-President:

https://x.com/i/grok/share/tidCUfWgBEd79ZuF8sctjUsFM

 

[Cosmos]

Galloway claims:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1985998734367354952

 

[Cosmos]

If his stands toward Israel/Zionism is true and can be trusted he certainly has earned a plus point in my book.

 

[Cosmos]

What concerned me about his Wikipedia bio (excerpt below) was the emphasis Mamdani has placed on Marxist/socialist principles, societal divisions, tribalism, etc. He has deliberately chosen to aid people based on what they look like, where they come from, or their belief systems alone. He has demonstrated this via committee memberships focusing narrowly on such division. Though he emphasizes his Muslim faith, he has courted identity groups that his religion tends to shun, such as the LGBTQ and transexual groups, which seems suspicious.

Indeed, concerning if true. On the other hand it has do be said that things like that are the usual naive beliefs and advocations of young people and/or democrats. And it often seems to be true that it is not so much what a person like that runs on or advocates that counts but how he is as a person and how he approaches things as soon as he is in power. For example, broadly speaking, just because someone is a democrat, republican etc. (insert any other monicker) doesn’t mean he or she has to turn out good or bad, in a black and white fashion, no matter what.