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New York Post
22-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Kamala Harris mocked for post celebrating one-year anniversary of failed presidential campaign
Advertisement Former Vice President Kamala Harris was mocked on Monday for commemorating the one-year anniversary of the start of her failed presidential campaign. One year ago Monday, then-President Joe Biden announced via social media that he would be dropping out of the presidential race. He shortly thereafter endorsed Harris, who went on to become the Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election. Advertisement Harris celebrated the anniversary by writing a post on X with photos from her past campaign. 'One year ago today, I began my campaign for President of the United States. Over the 107 days of our race, I had the opportunity and honor to travel our nation and meet with Americans who were fighting for a better future. And today, millions of Americans continue to stand up for our values, our ideals, and our democracy. Their courage and resolve inspires me. Whether you are attending a protest, calling your representatives, or building community, I want to say: Thank you. We are in this fight together,' Harris wrote. 4 Former Vice President Kamala Harris was mocked on Monday for commemorating the one-year anniversary of the start of her failed presidential campaign. @KamalaHarris/X Many social media users were not as impressed, with some pointing out that she neglected to reference Biden in the photos or the post. Advertisement 'You didn't get a single primary vote. How very democratic,' Twitchy's Amy Curtis wrote. RNC Research, managed by the Republican National Committee, posted, 'Becoming the presidential nominee without getting a single vote is not the flex you think it is.' 4 One year ago Monday, then-President Joe Biden announced via social media that he would be dropping out of the presidential race. @KamalaHarris/X 4 Harris celebrated the anniversary by writing a post on X with photos from her past campaign. @KamalaHarris/X Advertisement Washington Free Beacon investigative reporter Chuck Ross joked, 'lol. complete Joe Biden erasure.' Political commentator Link Lauren agreed, 'No mention of Biden again. Really trying to erase her association with him. She was there in lockstep with that failing administration. I don't have amnesia.' 'I wonder what caused that campaign to begin on July 21,' National Review senior writer Dan McLaughlin remarked. 4 Many social media users were not as impressed, with some pointing out that she neglected to reference Biden in the photos or the post. @RantyAmyCurtis/X 'One year ago today, I began my campaign for President of the United States.' Oh wow, I remember that. What did Drew Barrymore call you? Momala? Oooh, and Beyonce endorsed you, right? How did you work out? Did you win?' author John Hawkins joked. 'Your failure and reputation were complete,' columnist Kurt Schlichter wrote. Fox News Digital reached out to Harris' team for comment. Advertisement FEC filings showed the Harris campaign spent more than $1 billion in three months, including spending on celebrity influencers, radical activist groups and private jets. She lost to President Donald Trump in November.


New York Post
18-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Socialist Zohran Mamdani once questioned ‘purpose' of prisons, jails — raising alarm bells: ‘It's scary'
Lefty frontrunner mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani once questioned the 'purpose' of jails and prisons — setting off alarm bells among law enforcement officers who blasted the comments as 'out of touch' and dangerous Friday. The Queens socialist, who easily won the Democratic primary last month, made the eyebrow-raising remark when he was running for his current state assembly seat nearly five years ago. 'I think that frankly, I mean, what purpose do they serve, right?' Mamdani said when asked by a co-host of the 'The Far Left Show' in August 2020 if prisons were obsolete. Advertisement 'I think we have to ask ourselves that … I think a lot of people who defend the carceral state, that defend the idea of it and the way it makes them feel, they're not defending the reality of it and the practices that are part and parcel of it,' he continued. 'Because if you actually break it down … how many people come out the prison system better than they went in to the prison system?' The clip — which resurfaced on social media this week after being shared by the 'End Wokeness' account and shared widely in conservative circles — sparked outrage in the law enforcement community. Advertisement 'It's scary that a mayoral candidate could be this out of touch with the realities of living in communities that have historically experienced violence and crime,' one source said. 'Sounds like he will change his tune once he realizes how unhinged that sounds in the real world.' Mamdani made the remarks in August 2020. x/RNCResearch Another law enforcement source ripped Mamdani's comments as 'luxury beliefs' with potential dire consequences that the 33-year-old Democratic nominee and his supporters won't need to face. 'It's the poor neighborhoods that the stalker, domestic abuser, and shooting recidivist will return,' the source argued. Advertisement 'But the rules of civil society that make this city the luxury item most of Zohran's constituency want to live in is a product of that – bad people in jail so they can pretend they live on a movie set.' One Manhattan cop added: 'Letting criminals walk the streets without any repercussions is not repairing anything.' Mamdani's campaign didn't return a request for comment. Mamdani has long criticized the prison system, calling it in one past social media post one of white supremacy's 'many faces,' and stating in another that cutting the jail population was the only way to handle the crisis at Rikers Island. Advertisement In the 2020 interview, Mamdani questioned 'how much harm is actually being prevented versus created' by locking offenders up. 'I think when you ask these kinds of questions people don't always have clear answers, what they always want to pivot to is what are you going to do about murders and what are you going to do about rapists and sometimes you have to ask them what are you doing about them right now?' he said. 'We need a system of justice that will repair the harm that has been caused and address it in a serious way because right now we don't have it and it makes everyone more unsafe and that is the truth of it.' More recently, Mamdani told The City leading up to last month's Dem primary that he wanted to stay the course on closing Rikers, while working with district attorneys in the city to cut loose more defendants pre-trial or divert them from prosecution entirely. Mamdani has been critical of the awful conditions at Rikers Island. AP At a mayoral forum in March, the lefty candidate again vowed to shut down Rikers — which is unlikely to meet its legally-mandated closure date in 2027 — while also promising to throw more funds at alternatives to locking people up, according to Gay City News. Advertisement GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa — who will face Mamdani in the November general election — slammed the past sound bite as 'absolutely preposterous.' 'Of course we need jails to keep dangerous individuals off our streets,' the Guardian Angels founder said in a statement, 'but he is no different than Eric Adams who is shutting down Rikers or Andrew Cuomo who pushed to close it while celebrating the shutdown of over 18 state prisons and passing laws that coddle criminals and let them avoid the jail time they deserve.'


New York Post
17-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Socialist Zohran Mamdani called for ‘abolition of private property,' resurfaced video shows
New York City socialist Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is being ripped for advocating 'the abolition of private property' — as a video resurfaced of him touting the radical position this week. 'If there was any system that could guarantee each person housing — whether you call it the abolition of private property or you call it a statewide housing guarantee — it is preferable to what is going on right now,' Mamdani said in the video shared by RNC Research. 'People try to play gotcha games about these kinds of things. Look, I care more about whether somebody has a home.' Advertisement 5 Mamdani was advocating for 'the abolition of private property' in the video. x/RNCResearch The RNC reposting of the old clip — first appearing on the 'End Wokeness' group's X site — is a strong indication that GOP officials will seek to tie Democratic opponents to Mamdani in the 2026 congressional midterm elections, especially if he wins the mayoralty. Suggesting or supporting stripping owners of property rights without just compensation is controversial and in some instances, illegal. Advertisement Mamdani, in another resurfaced clip, talks up 'seizing the means of production' — a policy long advanced by Marxists. President Trump has called Mamdani a 'communist.' He identifies as a Democratic socialist. 'Mamdani will be a gift to Republicans,' said New York State Republican Party chairman Ed Cox. 5 New York State Republican Committee Chairman Ed Cox speaking during the 2024 New York GOP Gala, which was held at the New York Hilton Hotel in New York, NY on April 4, 2024. Christopher Sadowski Advertisement 'But if he wins the mayoralty he'll destroy New York.' New York's House Republicans piled on Thursday. Here's the latest on NYC mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani 'Seize the means of production & 'abolition of private property.' Two ideas shared by two communists: Karl Marx & Zohran Mamdani,' said Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn), whose mom fled communist Cuba. Advertisement 5 U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) speaks to reporters as she leaves a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on June 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Getty Images Rep. Mike Lawler, a Republican who represents the lower Hudson Valley who also reposted the Mamdani video said, 'Marxism. Communism. Socialism. Call it whatever you want. It's bat shit insane and he must be defeated at the ballot box in November.' Mamdani's campaign had no immediate comment. His housing plan calls for 200,000 new affordable units over ten year. 5 Republican Representatives from New York Mike Lawler during a bill enrollment ceremony with House Republicans after passing the Republican budget bill, at the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, USA, 03 July 2025. GRAEME SLOAN/EPA/Shutterstock A 33-year-old Queens assemblyman, Mamdani shocked the political world by defeating ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary last month. Mamdani is now favored to win the general election against incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa and Cuomo. Both Adams and Cuomo are running on independent ballot lines. Mamdani, during a series of meetings over the past week, has sought to allay the concerns of city business leaders about his plans to boost taxes on millionaires and corporations by $9 billion to fund a subsidized housing expansion, fare-free buses and child care. Advertisement 5 New York State Assemblymember and New York City Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference announcing District Council 37's endorsement of Mamdani for mayor at DC 37 headquarters on July 15, 2025 in New York City. Andrew Schwartz / He also downplayed some of his controversial clips touting Marxist ideas. Major Democratic leaders in New York haven't endorsed him — at least not yet — including Gov. Kathy Hochul, Sen. Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Advertisement Mamdani is scheduled to meet with Jeffries on Friday.