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MAGA influencers, Republicans Lawmakers, and Conspiracy theorists Everyone responded to Zohran Mamdani’s He won the mayor’s office in New York by pushing far-right, anti-immigrant, anti-Islam rhetoric and claiming the city’s downfall.
Mamdani, who campaigned on progressive issues and identifies as a democratic socialist, will be New York’s youngest mayor in more than a century. He will also be the city’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor. With more than 90 percent of the two million votes counted on Wednesday morning, Mamdani has a nearly 9-point lead over former Governor Andrew Cuomo, while Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa trails far behind with only 7 percent of the vote.
“Conventional wisdom would tell you that I am far from the ideal candidate,” Mamdani said during his victory speech Tuesday night. “I’m young, despite my best efforts to grow up. I’m a Muslim. I’m a democratic socialist. And most of all, I refuse to apologize for any of this.”
Mamdani’s embrace of immigrants in New York and his Muslim upbringing is what most of the MAGAsphere has focused on, calling him everything from a “Third World Communist” to a “Marxist” and a “jihadist.”
“A third-world communist has won in New York because New York is now a third-world city,” right-wing broadcaster Matt Walsh wrote on X. “This is a mass migration that is working exactly as intended. It doesn’t get any more complicated than that.”
Meanwhile, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller, the architect of the Trump administration’s immigration policy Post a screenshot From the 2023 report on Nyc.gov About 50 percent of New York households include at least one immigrant, a website showed, without adding comment.
Others suggested that the election result in New York would be a harbinger of things to come in the rest of the United States. “New York City Democrats have chosen an extremist and a true Marxist, and the consequences will be felt across our entire nation,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said. Written on X. “The election of Zahran Mamdani consolidates the transformation of the Democratic Party into a radical socialist party with big government.”
Many others focused on Mamdani’s Islamic faith and pushed anti-Islamic conspiracy theories about New York’s future. “America is on the verge of becoming a very violent country. Mamdani will encourage Muslims to commit political assassinations to gain power and silence critics,” conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer. books In one of her many posts about the election on X.