{"id":2463849,"date":"2025-07-19T07:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T11:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newly-resurfaced-mamdani-clip-completely-blows-up-democrats-latest-talking-point\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T07:29:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T11:29:05","slug":"newly-resurfaced-mamdani-clip-completely-blows-up-democrats-latest-talking-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newly-resurfaced-mamdani-clip-completely-blows-up-democrats-latest-talking-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly Resurfaced Mamdani Clip Completely Blows Up Democrats&#8217; Latest Talking Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewly-resurfaced-mamdani-clip-completely-blows-up-democrats-latest-talking-point%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2463849&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary highlights the controversial positions of Zohran Mamdani, a far-left mayoral candidate in New York city. mamdani advocates radical ideas such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-chief-climate-officer-is-a-klaus-schwab-fellow\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Chief Climate Officer Is A Klaus Schwab Fellow\">abolishing private property<\/a> to guarantee worldwide housing, conflicting with claims by some Democrats who portray him as a moderate democratic socialist supportive of capitalism. Despite attempts by Democratic Representative Mark Takano to frame Mamdani as a small-business advocate, Mamdani&#8217;s platform includes defunding the police in the name of &#8220;queer liberation,&#8221; banning guns, creating state-owned grocery stores, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-town-becomes-constitutional-republic-to-protest-pandemic-mandates\/\" title=\"California Town Becomes &#039;Constitutional Republic&#039; to Protest Pandemic Mandates\">protecting undocumented immigrants<\/a>, adn shifting tax burdens to wealthier, whiter neighborhoods. His stance has drawn criticism from figures like former President Donald Trump, who has called Mamdani a &#8220;communist lunatic&#8221; and warned him about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-government-struggles-to-understand-scope-of-pandemic-fraud-three-years-into-covid-19\/\" title=\"Federal government struggles to understand scope of pandemic fraud three years into COVID...19\">law enforcement scrutiny<\/a>. The article suggests Democrats are tone-deaf for normalizing mamdani&#8217;s radical views amid their recent political underperformance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The radical views of New York City&rsquo;s far-left mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani continue to resurface, with the latest being his desire to abolish property rights in favor of universal housing, conflicting with the current Democratic narrative that he&rsquo;s not a communist.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Mark Takano of California met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flashback-mom-nycs-muslim-socialist-mayoral-candidate-declares-not-american\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mamdani<\/a> this week and tried to frame the self-described democratic socialist as a moderate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The overall impression on me was, this guy is not a communist. He&rsquo;s not a socialist. He&rsquo;s an advocate for small-c capitalism,&rdquo; Takano claimed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He really is fighting for the little business guy that&rsquo;s trying to eek out a living in New York,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;Half of all New Yorkers get their jobs from small business.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dem Rep Mark Takano, after meeting with Mamdani:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This guy is not a communist. He&rsquo;s not a socialist. He&rsquo;s an advocate for capitalism.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Say what? &#128514; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mtjYv5hEwT\">pic.twitter.com\/mtjYv5hEwT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternLensman\/status\/1945649639619006689?\">July 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the unearthed video, which was clipped and reposted on the social media site X, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nycs-campaign-finance-board-tipping-scales-favor-mamdani-big-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mamdani<\/a> unapologetically lobbied for universal housing at all costs.<\/p>\n<p>He said that even if the government had to abolish private property, it would be better than anything the current system has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My platform is that every single person should have housing,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-urged-revoke-zohran-mamdanis-citizenship-deport-communist-control-act-1954\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mamdani<\/a> explained. &ldquo;The system has hundreds of thousands of people unhoused, right? For what? And if there was any system that could guarantee each person housing &mdash; whether you call it the abolition of private property, or you call it just a statewide housing guarantee &mdash; it is preferable to what is going on right now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He added, &ldquo;I think that people try and play like gotcha games about these kinds of things. And it&rsquo;s like, look, I care more about whether somebody has a home.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Zohran Mamdani says he&rsquo;d be in favor of the &ldquo;abolition of private property&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WRs6JEG5tv\">pic.twitter.com\/WRs6JEG5tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1945845567336153388?\">July 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The fact that Democrats are trying to normalize Mamdani&rsquo;s radical positions is laughable. It also comes across as tone deaf given how they underperformed in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>His positions have been clear from the beginning. Where shall we begin?<\/p>\n<p>He supported defunding the police in the name of &ldquo;queer liberation,&rdquo; wants to ban guns, is seeking to create state-owned grocery stores, supports Islam, and promised to side with illegal aliens over the federal government by &ldquo;Trump-proofing NYC.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;ll ensure our immigrant New Yorkers are protected by strengthening our sanctuary city apparatus: getting ICE out of all City facilities and ending any cooperation, increasing legal support, and protecting all personal data,&rdquo; his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zohranfornyc.com\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaign platform reads<\/a>. &ldquo;He&rsquo;ll make NYC an LGBTQIA+ sanctuary city and protect reproductive rights.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to expanding sanctuary policies in a city already crippled by crime, he promised to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyc-socialist-mamdani-calls-shifting-heavier-tax-burden-whiter-neighborhoods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shift taxes<\/a> to the &ldquo;whiter&rdquo; neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods,&rdquo; his homeowner policy memo <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1iGn9ws9Ds0x_3kkB1tdM2pxLlbkPtT0k\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The property tax system is unbalanced because assessment levels are artificially capped, so homeowners in expensive neighborhoods pay less than their fair ,&rdquo; the memo continued.&nbsp;&ldquo;The Mayor can fix this by <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >pushing class assessment percentages<\/a> down for everyone and adjusting rates up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has addressed Mamdani&rsquo;s controversial views on several occasions already, including warning him about not cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, telling him he might get arrested, calling him a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-breaks-silence-mamdani-democrats-crossed-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">communist lunatic<\/a>,&rdquo; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watching-carefully-trump-says-arresting-mamdani-table\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reminding him<\/a> that the White House is watching &ldquo;very carefully.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats want you to think he&rsquo;s a friend of the middle class. 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