{"id":2493952,"date":"2025-10-02T16:44:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T20:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-identifying-as-a-democratic-socialist-is-an-oxymoron-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:45:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T20:45:40","slug":"mamdani-identifying-as-a-democratic-socialist-is-an-oxymoron-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-identifying-as-a-democratic-socialist-is-an-oxymoron-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani identifying as a &#8216;democratic socialist&#8217; is an &#8216;oxymoron&#8217;: Joe Concha"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fmamdani-identifying-as-a-democratic-socialist-is-an-oxymoron-joe-concha%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=2493952&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 article from the *Washington Examiner* discusses commentary by columnist Joe Concha on New York city Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani. Concha criticizes Mamdani&#8217;s self-identification as a &#8220;democratic socialist,&#8221; calling it an oxymoron and arguing that Mamdani&#8217;s policies, such as seizing properties to give to the homeless and defunding the police in favor of social workers, are effectively communist in nature. Concha warns that Mamdani&#8217;s leadership could drastically transform New York City&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >pro-capitalist financial surroundings<\/a>, potentially driving a significant business exodus due to higher taxes intended to fund expanded social programs.Despite these concerns, Mamdani is reportedly leading in polls, especially following the withdrawal of autonomous candidate and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams. The article also mentions political reactions, including criticism from Washington Examiner&#8217;s Byron York, who urges Republicans not to passively accept what he views as a looming disaster if Mamdani wins. Mamdani&#8217;s main opponents in the race include independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa,with Sliwa refusing to drop out despite trailing in polls. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mamdani identifying as a &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vows-to-save-nyc-again-this-time-from-communist-lunatic-mamdani\/\" title=\"Trump Vows to Save NYC Again, This Time from &#039;... Lunatic&#039; Mamdani\">democratic socialist&#038;rsquo<\/a>; is an &lsquo;oxymoron&rsquo;: Joe Concha<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2359785\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist Joe Concha pushed back on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York<\/a> Democratic mayoral nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>&rsquo;s rejection of the &ldquo;communist&rdquo; label, saying Mamdani&rsquo;s policies will &ldquo;transform&rdquo; the city away from capitalism.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani denied President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3457895\/trump-zohran-mamdani-right-thing-withhold-funding-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accusation that he is a communist<\/a>, telling <em>The View<\/em> he is a &ldquo;democratic socialist.&rdquo; Concha called that title an &ldquo;oxymoron,&rdquo; noting that the term &ldquo;socialist&rdquo; rarely aligns with &ldquo;democratic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3834260\/virginia-democrat-jay-jones-reckless-driving-conviction\/\">Virginia Democrat under fire after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-examiner-launches-whatsapp-channel-for-breaking-news-and-analysis\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner launches WhatsApp channel for breaking news and analysis\">2022 reckless driving conviction<\/a> comes to light<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3834418\/michael-whatley-raises-record-6-million-two-months-into-north-carolina-senate-campaign\/\">Michael Whatley raises record $6 million two months into North Carolina Senate campaign<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3833879\/mike-minogue-sunday-night-football-massachusetts-governor\/\">Republican to make Sunday Night Football ad debut in Massachusetts governor&#8217;s race<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>He argued that Mamadani&rsquo;s policies amount to communism, citing his proposal to &ldquo;seize properties&rdquo; and give these away to the city&rsquo;s homeless.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Overall, this is somebody who, obviously, through his policies, whether he wants to defund police and replace them with social workers, or from an economic perspective overall, this is somebody who will transform New York like we have never seen before, and probably in a bad way if you are for capitalism in the financial market of the world, leading one anyway, as far as New York is,&rdquo; Concha said on <em>Fox &amp; Friends First<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Concha added that Mamdani&rsquo;s victory is all but assured, noting that &ldquo;poll after poll&rdquo; shows him in the lead, even after sitting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3828039\/nyc-mayor-race-down-to-three-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mayor Eric Adams ended his independent run<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that New York could face a business exodus &ldquo;like we have never seen before&rdquo; with companies unwilling to pay higher taxes &ldquo;to fund all the free stuff&rdquo; Mamdani is campaigning on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3832563\/whoopi-goldberg-advises-zohran-mamdani-ensure-everybody-paying-fair-share-taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>WHOOPI GOLDBERG ADVISES MAMDANI TO ENSURE &lsquo;EVERYBODY IS PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE&rsquo; IN TAXES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> chief political correspondent Byron York said Sunday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3828542\/byron-york-zohran-mamdani-gamble-gop-cynics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Republican Party should not<\/a> &ldquo;sit by and watch a disaster descend on New York&rdquo; if Mamdani wins. He criticized the view by some Republicans that a Mamdani win could benefit the GOP in the long term as &ldquo;a cynical way to look at it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani&rsquo;s opponents in the race are independent candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3833653\/cuomo-apologizes-jewish-community-covid-19-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrew Cuomo<\/a>, who lost to Mamdani in the Democratic primary, and Republican nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3833020\/pressure-curtis-sliwa-drop-out-nyc-mayor-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Curtis Sliwa<\/a>. Polls showed Sliwa trailing both Mamdani and Cuomo before Adams dropped out, but Sliwa said Sunday that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CurtisSliwa\/status\/1972358513944047876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he would not drop out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mamdani calling himself a &#8216;democratic socialist&#8217; is an oxymoron, says Concha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2493953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25254573548888.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[57774,52093,56552,64493],"class_list":["post-2493952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democratic-socialist","tag-joe-concha","tag-mamdani","tag-oxymoron"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25254573548888.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2493952"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2493956,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493952\/revisions\/2493956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2493953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2493952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2493952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2493952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}