Tomorrow's Show NYC Democrat mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is hogging the news cycle in much the same way Trump did in 2015-2016 because of he same basic reason. They cannot believe what he is saying. Oh my god, he’s a threat to Democracy. The only difference between the two is that Trump was famous from the beginning. But Trump was also running for President not mayor. By using the Trump populist and promotional playbook he’s a shoe-in despite being an incredibly weak candidate. It’s the populist mechanism at work in a global populist revolution. If you want to see that Mamdani is having fun with it, you have to review the Meet the Press show from last Sunday where he three times refused to condemn the phrase “Worldwide Intifada” three times in three different ways. These clips were played over and over and over by various new outlets getting Mamdani free publicity. And to make it a suckers game you can be sure that sometime just before the election he’ll say, “Of course I condemn it, who wouldn’t? I thought you knew that. They are just trying to smear me.” or some such maneuver. This will get him more free publicity. The left can do populism as well as any group. The problem they have are still certain deep rooted anti-family values that have become part of a deep credo. It includes a near religious worship of trans people and the trans agenda. Mamdani also pushes this despite his being a Muslim, which is borderline nuts. This all stems from the basic anti-nuclear family ideals of Marxist ideology and Republicans can be thankful it poisons the Democrat well. And it will continue to poison the well until a charismatic leader comes along and simply reverses course. Mamdani is not quite that guy and as a pro-trans Muslim it’s obvious he is not strong enough to change the basic thinking. That said, he can easily become mayor and solidify the formula for success. Trump’s formula. |