Triumph of the Tasteless

By Frank Bruni and Bret Stephens

Mr. Bruni is a contributing Opinion writer; Mr. Stephens is an Opinion columnist.

Bret Stephens: Let’s start with primary night in New York on Tuesday, in which all three of the candidates Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed for House seats won, and two won big. Is this part of a broad Democratic Party turn to the far left or purely a local phenomenon that won’t come to define the rest of the party?

Frank Bruni: It’s largely a local phenomenon, inasmuch as New York City is no microcosm of the party or the country. It doesn’t reflect how most Democratic and potentially Democratic voters nationally think. But the results will nonetheless cause significant ripples, because progressive Democrats will claim validation, moderate Democrats will push back and an........

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