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Wall Street Journal
03-07-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Escape From Mamdani's New York? That Isn't the Jewish Way
Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York's Democratic mayoral primary has scared many people. The reasons are varied and warranted, from the eye-watering tax hikes he proposes on businesses to his old commitments to defund the police. Mr. Mamdani's defense of violent slogans such as 'globalize the intifada' doesn't help. In recent days many Jews have asked themselves: Where to now? My sister sent me house listings in Maryland, and a friend made the case for Florida. 'We won in Tehran and lost in New York,' I heard someone say.
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani if he doesn't comply with ICE officials
President Donald Trump blasted New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani Tuesday and threatened to arrest the New York State assemblyman from Queens — should he fail to comply with federal immigration officials. "Well, then we'll have to arrest him," Trump told reporters Tuesday. "Look, we don't need a communist in this country, but if we have one, I'm going to be watching over them very carefully on behalf of the nation. We send him money, we send him all the things that he needs to run a government." Mamdani is a Ugandan-born Muslim who won the Democratic Party's primary for New York City mayor in June and identifies as a Democratic socialist. Mamdani said in June after winning the primary race that he would halt "masked" U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from "deporting our neighbors." Earlier Tuesday, Trump slammed Mamdani for refusing to condemn the term "globalize the intifada." "Frankly, I've heard he's a total nut job," Trump told reporters Tuesday morning. "I think the people in New York are crazy because they go this route. I think they're crazy. We will have a communist in the for the first time, really a pure, true communist. He wants to operate the grocery stores. The department stores. What about the people that are there? I think it's crazy." 'Globalize The Intifada' Phrase Stirs Tensions On Nyc Campaign Trail As Middle East Conflict Rages Read On The Fox News App On Sunday, Mamdani said he didn't want to condemn the term "globalize the intifada," a phrase used to back Palestinian resistance against Israel, because he didn't want to "police language" in an interview with NBC News. "I think he's terrible. He's a communist," Trump said Tuesday. "The last thing we need is a communist. I said, there will never be socialism in the United States. So even the communists, I think it's bad news. And I think you're going to have a lot of fun with him, watching him, because he has to break through this building to get his money. And don't worry, he's not going to run away with anything." Washington Post Bashes Socialist Zohran Mamdani As Potential Disaster For New York City Mamdani's comments have attracted scrutiny in recent days following a June interview with the conservative, anti-Trump news and opinion site the Bulwark, and during a Sunday interview with NBC News host Kristen Welker. Although Mamdani has said that he doesn't personally use the term "globalize the intifada," he doesn't believe it is his role as potential mayor to come out with a position on the phrase. "My concern is, to start to walk down the line of language and making clear what language I believe is permissible or impermissible, takes me into a place similar to that of the president, who is looking to do those very kinds of things, putting people in jail for writing an op-ed, putting them in jail for protesting," Mamdani said. "Ultimately, it is not language that I use. It is language I understand there are concerns about, and what I will do is showcase my vision for the city through my words and my actions." Mamdami has received criticism from members of his own party for refusing to come out with a stance on the phrase, including from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York. Jeffries said in an interview with ABC News Sunday that the term was not "acceptable phrasing." Sanders Endorses Socialist Mamdani In Move To Block Cuomo In Nyc Mayoral Race "He's going to have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward," Jeffries said. Even so, Mamdani said in an interview on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" prior to the primary race that Israel has the right to exist. "Yes," Mamdani said. "Like all nations, I believe it has the right to exist and a responsibility also to uphold international law." Fox News' Hanna Panreck contributed to this article source: Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani if he doesn't comply with ICE officials
Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Scandal-plagued former Gov Andrew Cuomo aims to pull off political comeback in the nation's biggest city
Andrew Cuomo is aiming to pull off the biggest political comeback since President Donald Trump won back the White House last November. Cuomo, the former three-term New York State governor who resigned from office in 2021 amid multiple scandals, is the frontrunner of an 11-candidate field vying for heavily blue New York City's Democratic Party mayoral nomination. The former governor – who saw his once-large lead deteriorate as progressives coalesced around Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assembly member from Queens and a democratic socialist originally from Uganda – is highlighting his experience. "We know that we can make government work because that's what we did in New York State. They said we couldn't do it. We did it," Cuomo told a large crowd of supporters at a union hall rally on the eve of Tuesday's New York City primary, as he pointed to his progressive achievements as governor. Trump Front-and-center As Nation's Biggest City Holds Mayoral Primary Cuomo is showcasing his fortitude in defending the nation's most populous city from what he argues are threats from Trump. Read On The Fox News App "Democrats, we are going to stand strong, stand united, stand tall, you're not going to separate us," Cuomo emphasized as he referred to the Republican president. "We're going to lock arms, and we're going to go forward." This Former President Backs Andrew Cuomo In New York City's Democratic Mayoral Primary Cuomo, who recently said that as mayor that he would mount a national campaign to try and thwart Trump's agenda, vows to protect New York City from what he suggests is a possible future Trump administration crackdown against immigration protests in New York City, similar to what occurred earlier this month in Los Angeles. Additionally, Cuomo pledged to "stand up to Trump before his antics reach New York." It is often said that politics is full of second chances, thanks to a long list of politicians who suffered defeat or fell from grace before later winning redemption at the ballot box. Cuomo is trying to be the latest on that list. 'Globalize The Intifada' Phrase Stirs Tensions On Nyc Campaign Trail As Middle East Conflict Rages The 67-year-old Cuomo has spent the past four years fighting to clear his name after 11 sexual harassment accusations, which he has repeatedly denied, forced his resignation. He was also under investigation at the time for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic amid allegations his administration vastly understated COVID-related deaths at state nursing homes. Last month, the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into Cuomo after Republicans accused him of lying to Congress about the decisions he made as governor during the coronavirus pandemic. Cuomo has faced plenty of incoming fire over his baggage from his primary rivals on the campaign trail and during the two debates between the candidates. However, Marist University Institute for Public Opinion Director Lee M. Miringoff told Fox News that "there's a general sense that New Yorkers are willing to provide someone a second chance." Cuomo's bigger concern is Mamdani, who soared into second place in the polls this spring and was closing the gap with Cuomo ahead of the primary. Mamdani has taken aim at the former governor, pointing out that many of Cuomo's donors backed Trump in last year's presidential election. Aoc Backs Rising Progressive Candidate In Nyc Dem Primary In Push To Defeat Frontrunner Cuomo "Oligarchy is on the ballot. Andrew Cuomo is the candidate of a billionaire class that is suffocating our democracy and forcing the working class out of our city," Mamdani's campaign argued in an email to supporters. Cuomo's campaign in recent weeks has criticized Mamdani as a "dangerously inexperienced legislator" while touting that the former governor "managed a state and managed crises, from COVID to Trump." "The mayor of the city of New York is the CEO of one of the largest corporations on the globe. This is not a job for a novice," Cuomo said on the eve of the primary. "This is not a job... for on the job training. We need someone who knows what they're doing on day one because your lives depend on it." Mamdani, who among other things wants to eliminate fares to ride New York City's vast bus system and make City University of New York "tuition-free," landed a big boost earlier this month after winning an endorsement from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive rock star and New York City's most prominent leader on the left. A week later, he was also endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the progressive champion and two-time Democratic presidential nominee runner-up. With multiple candidates on the left running in the primary, the endorsements by Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders aimed to consolidate the support of progressive voters behind Mamdani. The candidate in third place heading into the primary was New York City Comptroller Brad Lander. He grabbed national attention in the closing days of the campaign after he was arrested in Manhattan by Department of Homeland Security agents. Lander was detained for allegedly assaulting a federal officer as he tried to escort a defendant out of an immigration court. Temperatures are forecast to reach 100 degrees in New York on Tuesday as the city holds its primary. The dangerously high temperatures may keep some older voters from heading to the polls. Because of that possibility, the heatwave could affect turnout in a race that may come down to Cuomo's union support and campaign structure versus Mandani's volunteer forces. New York City election officials said that more than 384,000 Democrats cast ballots in early voting, which ended on Sunday. The election is being conducted using a ranked-choice voting system in which voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots. If no candidate receives a majority of first-choice votes, the lowest vote-getter is dropped, with that candidate's votes reallocated to voters' next-highest choices. The process is repeated until one candidate cracks 50%. Mamdani is hoping that the ranked-choice process boosts his chances against Cuomo. New York City's primary comes as the Democratic Party works to escape from the political wilderness following last year's elections, when the party lost control of the White House, the Senate majority and failed to win back control of the House from the GOP. It comes as Democrats work to resist Trump's sweeping and controversial second-term agenda. Miringoff said the results of the primary will be seen as a barometer of which way the Democratic Party is headed, toward the center if Cuomo wins – and toward the left if Mamdani is victorious. "Because it's New York, and it's a very blue city and everything that happens is magnified, I think we're going to be hearing a lot about the future of the Democratic Party and which way it should define itself, going towards the midterms," Miringoff said. The center-left Democrat-aligned group Third Way said in a memo they were "deeply alarmed" over the prospect of a Mamdani victory. "A Mamdani win for such a high-profile office would be a devastating blow in the fight to defeat Trumpism," the group argued. The winner of the Democratic Party primary is traditionally seen as the overwhelming frontrunner in the November general election in the Democrat-dominated city. However, this year, the general election campaign may be a bit more unpredictable. Incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, a moderate Democrat elected in 2021, is running for re-election as an Independent. Adams earlier this year dropped his Democratic primary bid as his approval ratings sank to historic lows. Adams' poll numbers were sinking even before he was indicted last year on five counts, which accused the mayor of bribery and fraud as part of an alleged "long-running" scheme to personally profit from contacts with foreign officials. The mayor made repeated overtures to President Donald Trump, and the Justice Department earlier this year dismissed the corruption charges, so Adams could potentially work with the Trump administration on its illegal immigration crackdown. Because New York City allows candidates to run on multiple party lines, either Cuomo or Mamdani, if they lose Tuesday's Democratic primary, could run as an independent or third party candidate in November's general election, adding to the electoral drama. Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the volunteer crime-fighting patrols known as the Guardian Angels, for a second straight election cycle is the Republican nominee for article source: Scandal-plagued former Gov Andrew Cuomo aims to pull off political comeback in the nation's biggest city
Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump front-and-center as nation's biggest city holds primary election for mayor
He's not on the ballot, but President Donald Trump is front-and-center in the city where he was born and made his fame, as heavily blue New York City holds its Democratic Party primary for mayor. And in the nation's most populous city, where Democrats for generations have dominated the political landscape, Trump has been the boogeyman on the mayoral campaign trail. "LA's in chaos. Imagine it's Times Square. Trump's coming for New York. Who do you think can stop him?" said the narrator in an ad earlier this month by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. "Trump's at the city gates," the narrator in Cuomo's ad warned. "We need someone experienced to slam them shut." New York City On High Alert Ahead Of Democratic Mayoral Primary After U.s. Strikes Iran Cuomo was spotlighting the recent protests in Los Angeles, sparked by immigration raids carried out by ICE at the Trump administration's direction, to raise warnings about Trump and showcase his own experience. Read On The Fox News App The former three-term governor of New York, who resigned from office in 2021 amid multiple scandals and is now working to pull off a political comeback, was arguing that the president had "declared war" on the Big Apple and other cities across the country and suggested Trump may eventually send troops into New York City. Cuomo, who said recently that, as mayor, he'd mount a national campaign to try and thwart Trump's agenda, vows to protect New York City from what he suggests is a possible future federal crackdown against immigration protests. And on the eve of the primary, Cuomo told a large crowd of supporters at a union hall that Democrats need to "stand strong, stand united, stand tall" against Trump. This Former President Backs Andrew Cuomo In New York City's Democratic Mayoral Primary It's not just Cuomo. Most of the other candidates in the 11-candidate Democratic mayoral field have also taken aim at Trump and showcased the steps they'd take to push back against the president. And Trump was a top topic at the final primary debate earlier this month. And that was before Trump further dominated headlines this past weekend by launching military strikes against Iran. 'Globalize The Intifada' Phrase Stirs Tensions On Nyc Campaign Trail As Middle East Conflict Rages While national and at times even international events and figures often impact the campaign trail in New York City, Marist University Institute for Public Opinion director Lee M. Miringoff noted that "the fact that Trump is so front-and-center is so unusual." Cuomo's commercial, part of what his campaign said was major ad buy, came as progressive Zohran Mamdani was surging in the latest public opinion polls, closing the gap with the more moderate former governor. Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assembly member from Queens, is a democratic socialist originally from Uganda. His primary bid was boosted earlier this month after he landed an endorsement from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive rock star and New York City's most prominent leader on the left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the progressive champion and two-time Democratic presidential nominee runner-up. With multiple candidates on the left running in the primary, the endorsements by Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders aimed to consolidate the support of progressive voters behind Mamdani. Aoc Backs Rising Progressive Candidate In Nyc Dem Primary In Push To Defeat Frontrunner Cuomo The 67-year-old Cuomo, for weeks, has been questioning Mamdani's experience leading New York City. Cuomo's campaign has criticized Mamdani as a "dangerously inexperienced legislator" while touting that the former governor "managed a state and managed crises, from COVID to Trump." Mamdani is also spotlighting the president, as he aims to tie Cuomo to Trump by pointing out that many of the former governor's donors had backed Trump in last year's presidential election. "Oligarchy is on the ballot. Andrew Cuomo is the candidate of a billionaire class that is suffocating our democracy and forcing the working class out of our city," Mamdani's campaign argued in an email to supporters. Trump and his administration were also in the New York City mayoral campaign spotlight last week when New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, who is in a distant third place in the most recent polls, was arrested in Manhattan by Department of Homeland Security agents. Lander was detained for allegedly assaulting a federal officer as he tried to escort a defendant out of an immigration court. Temperatures are forecast to reach 100 degrees in New York on Tuesday as the city holds its primary. The dangerously high temperatures may keep some older voters from heading to the polls. Because of that possibility, the heatwave could affect turnout in a race that may come down to Cuomo's union support and campaign structure versus Mandani's volunteer forces. New York City election officials said that more than 384,000 Democrats cast ballots in early voting, which ended on Sunday. The election is being conducted using a ranked-choice voting system in which voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots. If no candidate receives a majority of first-choice votes, the lowest vote-getter is dropped, with that candidate's votes reallocated to voters' next-highest choices. The process is repeated until one candidate cracks 50%. Mamdani is hoping that the ranked-choice process boosts his chances against Cuomo. New York City's primary comes as the Democratic Party works to escape from the political wilderness, following last year's elections, when the party lost control of the White House, the Senate majority and failed to win back control of the House from the GOP. And it comes as the party works to resist Trump's sweeping and controversial second-term agenda. Miringoff said the results of the primary will be seen as a barometer of which way the Democratic Party is headed, towards the center if Cuomo wins and towards the left if Mamdani is victorious. "Because it's New York and it's a very blue city and everything that happens is magnified, I think we're going to be hearing a lot about the future of the Democratic Party and which way it should define itself, going towards the midterms," Miringoff said. The center-left Democrat-aligned group the Third Way said in a memo they were "deeply alarmed" over the prospect of a Mamdani victory. "A Mamdani win for such a high-profile office would be a devastating blow in the fight to defeat Trumpism," the group argued. The winner of the Democratic Party primary is traditionally seen as the overwhelming frontrunner in the November general election in the Democrat-dominated city. However, this year, the general election campaign may be a bit more unpredictable. Incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, a moderate Democrat elected in 2021, is running for re-election as an independent. Adams earlier this year dropped his Democratic primary bid as his approval ratings sank to historic lows. Adams' poll numbers were sinking even before he was indicted last year on five counts, which accused the mayor of bribery and fraud as part of an alleged "long-running" scheme to personally profit from contacts with foreign officials. The mayor made repeated overtures to President Donald Trump, and the Justice Department earlier this year dismissed the corruption charges, so Adams could seemingly work with the Trump administration on its illegal immigration article source: Trump front-and-center as nation's biggest city holds primary election for mayor
National Post
24-05-2025
- Politics
- National Post
NP View: When progressives become indistinguishable from Islamists
Video of Elias Rodriguez — the suspect charged in the shooting deaths of two Israeli Embassy employees outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday — bears striking resemblance to scenes that have been witnessed at anti-Israel protests on Canadian streets and university campuses in recent years. The senseless murder of a young couple solely because they were Israeli and taking part in an event at a Jewish museum is the logical conclusion of calls to Globalize the Intifada. Article content Article content Article content Although Rodriguez was clean cut and not trying to hide his identity, he was seen waving a keffiyeh and began the now familiar chant of 'free, free Palestine' as he was being led away by police. A manifesto posted online after the shooting, purportedly written by Rodriguez, reiterates many of the usual talking points against Israel, but laments that, 'Thus far the rhetoric has not amounted to much.' Rodriguez then attempts to justify 'the morality of armed demonstration,' and claims others will understand that what he did was 'the only sane thing to do.' The social media post was accompanied by a call to 'Escalate For Gaza' and 'Bring The War Home.' Article content Article content Notably, Rodriguez does not appear to be a radicalized Muslim or a recent immigrant from a Middle Eastern country with high rates of antisemitism. He more closely resembles your run-of-the-mill social justice warrior: the type of person who worked as an 'oral history researcher' on African-American communities at an educational non-profit; attended Black Lives Matter protests and other anti-capitalist demonstrations; gave an interview to a socialist magazine lamenting how Amazon was responsible for the 'whitening of Seattle'; and had past ties with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, an anti-Israel communist group. Article content According to his manifesto, Rodriguez wasn't even aware of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict until 2014. In the same fashion as the kids who were radicalized in mosques after 9/11 and went on to fight with the Taliban and ISIS, Rodriguez appears to have transformed from a fairly typical American lefty into a cold-blooded killer in just over a decade. In too many cases, the progressives have become indistinguishable from the Islamists. Article content Article content While we don't know how Rodriguez — who has a BA in English from the University of Illinois Chicago — was radicalized, those who have been paying attention to the antisemitism and anti-Israel bias that has come to dominate universities, the media and left-wing narratives should not be surprised that it eventually led to blood being spilled in the streets of a western capital. Article content At the encampment set up at the University of Toronto last spring, for example, signs reading Revolution Until Victory, Glory to All Martyrs, This is the Intfada (sic) and Globalize Resistance were commonplace. Based on the clueless statements made by some students during last year's encampment craze, it's clear that at least some of them did not fully appreciate the meaning of these phrases, or the history of the Middle East conflict. Those people now need to take a hard look in the mirror, because the deaths of Sarah Milgrim, 26, and Yaron Lischinsky, 30, is the fruit of their labour.
