Don't Mess With The Zohran

Zohran Mamdani’s recent Democratic Mayoral Primary win should be a “snap out of it” slap in the face to Democratic Party leaders, who continue to battle their Progressive wing harder than they battle Donald J. Trump. Mr. Mamdani showed that standing up unflinchingly for your beliefs and explaining them clearly is the path to winning elections. He spoke to New Yorkers, not at them, about issues that affected them every day. Then he spoke to them, not at them, about his possible solutions. New Yorkers responded.

Democrat leaders will say, “Well, that may work in New York City, but not nationally” and Republicans will gladly echo them. Yet what matters to voters in New York City matters everywhere, like equality, access to food, education and health care. These are basic tenets of the Progressive movement. Nor did Mr. Mamdani run from his belief that there is no defense for Netanyahu’s disgraceful treatment of Palestinians, while making it clear that this did not preclude him from supporting the State of Israel, any more than opposing Donald J. Trump’s kleptocracy makes one anti-America!

We believe that, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again…but if you still don’t succeed, try something DIFFERENT”! Democrats are not “Republicans-lite” and we should strongly support candidates who loudly proclaim their Democratic values, like Mr. Mamdani.