Jesse Watters' New Nickname For Zohran Mamdani Makes Him Sound Ridiculously Cool
Fox News host Jesse Watters has unveiled a new nickname for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani — and people can't help but notice it makes him sound really, really cool.
Over the past few days, the commentator has referred to the progressive rising star as 'Zohran the Destroyer,' or simply 'the destroyer,' multiple times.
In a viral screenshot from Thursday's episode of 'Jesse Watters Primetime,' a chyron reads, 'ZOHRAN THE DESTROYER WRECKS DEM PARTY.'
The segment touched on angst from some Democrats over Mamdani threatening the status quo. The democratic socialist beat former New York Gov. and accused sexual harasser Andrew Cuomo in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday in a stunning upset.
'What's Zohran the Destroyer got going for him?' Watters asked in a monologue that trashed Mamdani's policy proposals and mocked his supporters. He also called him a 'smooth-talking assassin.'
On 'The Five' on Friday, Watters mused, 'Zohran the Destroyer is about to give Karl Marx a woke makeover, if Democrats can't stop him from becoming the next mayor of New York City.'
On social media, people joked about how awesome the moniker made Mamdani sound.
They're giving him cool nicknames now https://t.co/3VJJdEvgH4
— pokey pup (@Whatapityonyou) June 27, 2025
Problem? https://t.co/vobtaWyVf2pic.twitter.com/wBZSmS1Bg1
— Austin MacNamara - Gremloe (@gremloe) June 28, 2025
omw to Join the Praetorian Guard of Zohran the Destroyer https://t.co/Ow3wLfJPsrpic.twitter.com/6oZihEiipy
— Estrie⚢🔆 (@AdorableEstrie) June 28, 2025
I'm sorry @ZohranKMamdani, but I will only be referring to you by your full name from now on: Zohran The Destroyer. pic.twitter.com/rq4aXYMrzB
— Deliver The Food (@deliverthefred) June 27, 2025
They try to make him sound scary and just make him sound like a hero."Hither came Zohran, black-haired, bright-eyed, sword in hand, a reaver, a billionaire-slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet." pic.twitter.com/8tVtQggiO7
— Josiah Hawthorne (@JosiahHawthorne) June 27, 2025
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