Democrats and the media have discovered a new strategy to protect the communist Muslim Zohran Mamdani from criticism. Just kidding, it’s actually an old strategy.
From now on, criticism of Mamdani automatically makes you an Islamophobe.
Where have we seen this strategy used before? Oh yeah! During the eight years of the Obama presidency. As you may recall, all criticism of Obama made you automatically racist.
Same old tired playbook.
From Axios:
MAGA erupts with Islamophobic attacks on Zohran Mamdani
MAGA influencers exploded over Zohran Mamdani’s upset victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, launching a wave of racist and Islamophobic attacks against the 33-year-old democratic socialist.
Why it matters: Mamdani who would be New York’s first Muslim mayor if elected, is of Indian ancestry, was born in Uganda and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2018. He’s quickly becoming a MAGA boogeyman as much for his faith and background as for his left-wing politics.
– Police were already investigating hate-related threats against Mamdani in the days leading up to Tuesday’s election, where he was on track to defeat former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
– Mamdani, whose has drawn criticism for his pro-Palestinian activism, has repeatedly condemned antisemitism and pledged to be a mayor for all New Yorkers.
What they’re saying: “It’s sad in that in one sense it’s unsurprising, and in another, it is still deeply disappointing to see what politics has become in this moment,” Mamdani told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki in an interview Wednesday.
It’s all so predictable.
Right on queue!!
You are Islamophobic if you don’t want Mamdani leading New York City with the same failed ideology that is rooted in the same failed country he comes from. pic.twitter.com/oyrp7AQcuq
— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) June 26, 2025
David Strom of Hot Air makes this point:
But he is WITH the Islamists, and has said so many times, and he is running to get the Muslim vote by appealing to his Muslim roots. And many of those Muslims he is appealing to are Islamists.
Any sane person would criticize this, and it is not Islamophobic to do so. It isn’t even Islamophobic to oppose Islam becoming a dominant force in American culture. All cultural groups prefer their own culture–it is what makes a culture a culture–and it is perfectly reasonable for Americans to reject the idea that New York City should look more like Mecca or Tehran.
Hey, it’s not like the guy is OK with globalizing the intifada, right? Oh wait…
Anyone who really believes that “globalize the intifada” is a legitimate call for Palestinian equality and equal rights is either a liar or a moron.
Zohran Mamdani is both, and he should never be elected as the mayor of NY City or anywhere else.pic.twitter.com/qXSs8AQAon
— Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) June 18, 2025
Get ready to see the media go to the mat for this guy in a way they haven’t done since Obama in 2008.
