If self-avowed socialist Zohran Mamdani becomes the next mayor of New York City, it’ll be a gift to Republicans in more ways than one. Not only will they get a perfect poster child to hold up as the extreme figurehead of the Democratic Party, but they will also likely see a huge influx of wealthy New Yorkers relocating to red states.

Just ask Mamdani himself. In an interview with NBC News over the weekend, he openly said that billionaires shouldn’t exist. 

“I don’t think we should have billionaires, because it is so much money in a moment of such inequality,” he said. “And ultimately what we need more of is equality across the city and across the state and country, and I look forward to working with everyone, including billionaires, to make a city that is fair for all of us.”

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