How blue-state Republicans will help Zohran Mamdani increase taxes

Published June 30, 2025 3:05pm ET



Zohran Mamdani is poised to bring his communist worldview to New York City as its next mayor. He is going to do so with some help from blue-state Republicans such as Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY).

Mamdani is indeed a communist, no matter how much the left-wing “fact-checkers” at PolitiFact may protest. He has talked in the past about the “end goal of seizing the means of production” and said in 2020 that New York City needs a mayor like the communist mayor of a city in India. Mamdani wants to spend $65 million on sex changes for children and wants government-run grocery stores, a terrible idea that will lose the city money, along with a collection of “free” services. His plans require a heavy tax hike.

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