Results Of The Democratic Party Primary In New York Came As A Shock

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a socialist, anarchist and immigrant. The Democratic Party is worried. Republicans demand to deprive him of citizenship.

Zohran Mamdani, an ultra-left candidate supported by numerous left-wing NGOs, confidently won the Democratic Party primaries before the New York mayoral election. He confidently beat Andrew Cuomo, the former governor of New York.

Most mainstream Democratic politicians remained silent. Many expressed concern: firstly, this is not the leader that the Clintons and Obama need, and secondly, the victory of this candidate makes the Democratic Party a convenient target for the Republicans. Mamdani has already made very controversial statements, for example, proposing to “shift the tax burden to whiter areas.”

But Bernie Sanders was delighted. According to him, this is the standard that the new leadership of the party should strive to achieve.

Mamdani is a self-proclaimed “democratic socialist”, although many experts describe him as an anarchist. He is originally from Uganda. His father is a Ugandan professor, his mother is a film producer from India. Both received US citizenship, after which Zohran himself first received a green card, and then US citizenship.

Zohran Mamdani himself was not a laborer or a courier. After graduating from the Bronx High School of Science, Mamdani received a bachelor’s degree in African studies from Bowdoin College. Before entering politics, he worked as a housing consultant and hip-hop musician. He was first elected to the New York State Assembly in 2020. He is associated with a variety of leftist and progressive NGOs.

The latter circumstance came under close scrutiny from Republicans as soon as he entered the primaries. It turned out that he was connected to the Holy Land Foundation, a Muslim NGO that funneled some of its funds to Hamas. Four of the foundation’s functionaries were convicted of supporting terrorism. Zohran once rapped “Free the Holy Land Five / My guys.”

Republican Congressman Andy Ogles demanded (and sent a corresponding letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi) that Zohran Mamdani be “denaturalized,” stripped of his citizenship, and expelled from the United States before the New York City mayoral election in November 2025.

This is, of course, an extreme position. The remaining Republicans are now weighing various options — from supporting the current mayor, Eric Adams, who will now run as an independent candidate, to nominating a MAGA (or more moderate) Republican with a clear economic program.