Zohran Mamdani just crushed it in the first Democratic primary to be the next mayor of New York. The 33-year-old socialist was an underdog throughout the campaign, with the establishment choosing to line up behind disgraced pervert Andrew Cuomo.
In retrospect, New Yorkers deciding they’d rather vote for the guy offering free bus fares and rent freezes rather than the famed sex pest shouldn’t be a huge surprise. Even so, Mamdani’s pledge to make the wealthiest New Yorkers pay their fair share to support public facilities received the same reaction as if he’d unveiled a gulag in Central Park.
