Category: Politics

❓WHAT HAPPENED: Governor Kathy Hochul (D) endorsed Zohran Mamdani (D) for New York City mayor.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Kathy Hochul, Zohran Mamdani, Mayor Eric Adams, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, and President Donald J. Trump.

📍WHEN & WHERE: September 2025, New York City.

💬KEY QUOTE: “This endorsement is proof that New York Democrats are drifting further into extremism.” – New York GOP Chair Ed Cox

🎯IMPACT: Hochul’s support for Mamdani, an avowed socialist and member of Shia Islam’s radical Twelver sect, ties establishment Democrats more closely to extreme left radicals, undermining the party statewide and potentially nationally.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) has thrown her support behind far-left Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s mayoral race, tying herself to his extreme policy platform. Mamdani, a Ugandan immigrant and avowed socialist who recently secured an upset victory in the Democratic primary, is popular among the party’s left-progressive base but polarizing among the population at large.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) are also facing calls to publicly support Mamdani. However, his candidacy represents a sharp departure from the city’s current leadership, with the socialist supporting radical policies including defunding the police, abolishing prisons, abolishing private property, and increasing taxes in “whiter neighborhoods.”

Mamdani also subscribes to extreme religious views, being an adherent of Shia Islam’s Twelver sect—which believes a 1,200-year-old prophet, Muhammad al-Mahdi, is living in hiding, biding his time before restoring the true Islam and leading its followers into a final war before the Day of Judgment.

“[Hochul’s] endorsement is proof that New York Democrats are drifting further into extremism,” said New York GOP Chair Ed Cox.

“[I]t was only a matter of time before the Worst Governor in America [Kathy Hochul] would bend the knee to the Communist Antisemite Zohran Mamdani,” concurred Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), adding: “At the exact moment when New Yorkers are looking for strong leadership from their Governor with a majority opposing Zohran Mamdani, Kathy Hochul embraces this raging Communist who will destroy New York making it less affordable and more dangerous – once again putting criminals and communists first, and New Yorkers LAST.”

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As I always said, it was only a matter of time before the Worst Governor in America @KathyHochul would bend the knee to the Communist Antisemite Zohran Mamdani.

At the exact moment when New Yorkers are looking for strong leadership from their Governor with a majority…

— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) September 14, 2025

The mayoral race has taken a dramatic turn, with reports that President Donald J. Trump attempted to persuade incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, a former Democrat now running as an independent, to drop out in favor of former Governor Andrew Cuomo, as polls suggest Cuomo could see off Mamdani in a head-to-head race. However, Adams has rejected the idea and remains committed to his likely doomed campaign.

Many of Mamdani’s far-left past statements are now being resurfaced. For instance, in a 2021 interview, he said one of his proudest accomplishments was a fund he helped create, directing money towards illegal immigrant workers, boasting that this was made possible “because of the pressure brought by [illegals] that the state doesn’t even recognize.”

Additionally, after a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer was killed in the line of duty recently, past social media posts re-emerged in which Mamdani referred to the police as “racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety,” advocating for defunding and so-called “decarceration”—that is, the release of incarcerated criminals.

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