The rise of Zohran Mamdani has caused more than a stir for many on the left and in the press circles (redundancy noted.) When the upstart politician won the Democratic primary for the mayoral race in New York City it led to a lengthy pause from those sources, as they needed to contend with how to deal with his numerous challenging issues and positions. There was a sense of hesitation as many on the Left were looking at each other to measure how they should react – but then they had all the cause needed to make a stand on the candidate.

President Trump weighed in on Mamdani.

As soon as he commented on the candidate the Democrats and the media began their full-throated support, explanations, and excuse making for the newfound Democrat “star”. Just like that it became perfectly acceptable for an avowed socialist to rise to prominence, and new explanations for Mamdani’s past comments that were problematic poured forth. He was not really anti-semitic, the accusations of him being a communist were exaggerated, his racism was reclassified, and his extreme positions were explained away as what the people had voted for and therefore not so extreme.

This is the environment that exists today; no matter how bad a politician might appear and how damaging his positions show themselves might........

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