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NYC's smiling socialist mayor is VERY different behind the scenes, as progressives who crossed him allege tyrannical and ruthless behavior
The Daily Mail ^ | 16 March 2026 | NATASHA ANDERSON

Posted on 03/16/2026 1:51:15 PM PDT by Baladas

New York City's charismatic new socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has a ruthless and tyrannical streak behind closed doors, progressives who have crossed him say.

The 34-year-old skyrocketed to popularity among New Yorkers and Americans alike during his mayoral campaign as his team positioned him as a man of the people.

Known for his smiling and seemingly unflappable attitude, Mamdani attacked both Donald Trump and New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a fellow Democrat whom he deemed too centrist.

But sources inside Mamdani's political circle have now alleged that the mayor wields his power for personal gain and has no qualms sidelining old friends or his ideologies to further his agenda, The New York Times reported.

He has been accused of snubbing friends, meddling in political campaigns and strong-arming liberal nonprofits to protect his own interests.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: commies; hypocrite; mamdani; mayor; newyork; nyc

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never could see what was so "charismatic" about this communist Muslim. Never trust any politician that smiles all the time, much less one like this.
1 posted on 03/16/2026 1:51:15 PM PDT by Baladas
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To: Baladas

So it’s all a ploy to get over on the Caspers?

Who knew


2 posted on 03/16/2026 1:52:02 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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“But sources inside Mamdani’s political circle have now alleged that the mayor wields his power for personal gain and has no qualms sidelining old friends or his ideologies to further his agenda.”

Oh, what a surprise! To think he has a personal integrity very like that of Josef Stalin. He was no moral center.


3 posted on 03/16/2026 1:55:45 PM PDT by Belteshazzar
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To: Baladas

Leftists are always this way. Fawning and ingratiating in public. But ruthless totalitarians when they gain the upper hand. Don’t buy the clueless act. They know exactly what harm they cause. It is purposeful. These are people who want to see the world burn.


4 posted on 03/16/2026 1:56:59 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence." -Marx the Smarter (Groucho.))
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never could see what was so "charismatic" about this communist Muslim.

He smiled a lot, is young, and said the same stupid marxist/globalist/DEI slogans - which allowed woke idiots to easily convince themselves "this time its different!"

5 posted on 03/16/2026 1:57:17 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Baladas

He is a commie, what did they expect.


6 posted on 03/16/2026 1:58:01 PM PDT by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now!)
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...Mamdani's team hid state Senator Jabari Brisport (right) from camera view during a January press event celebrating his expansion of free childcare.

It's not free. It's paid for by taxpayers. Indeed, Mamdani needs to learn that nothing is free and voters are going to find that out soon enough.

7 posted on 03/16/2026 1:58:17 PM PDT by econjack
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To: Baladas

You mean Muslim Communist


8 posted on 03/16/2026 1:59:27 PM PDT by al baby
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To: Baladas

They got what they voted for; it’s a slap in the face of NYC and America over 9/11


9 posted on 03/16/2026 1:59:31 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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"New York City's charismatic new socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has a ruthless and tyrannical streak behind closed doors, progressives who have crossed him say."

Like any other Leftist. No surprise.

10 posted on 03/16/2026 2:00:18 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: Baladas

Nooooooo.


11 posted on 03/16/2026 2:00:54 PM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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To: All

"Smile when you say that."

12 posted on 03/16/2026 2:04:49 PM PDT by Liz (Jonathan Swift: Government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slaveryen .)
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To: Baladas

Every leftist/socialist is a turd.
But, thankfully, every turd is not a socialist.
That way, some turds are not ALL bad.


13 posted on 03/16/2026 2:05:33 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Baladas

That doesn’t sound at all like an Islamic nutcase, does it?


14 posted on 03/16/2026 2:05:48 PM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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I’m shocked. Shocked, I tell you! /sarc


15 posted on 03/16/2026 2:07:06 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: Baladas

Stalin was charismatic in public and tyrannical and ruthless behind closed doors.

16 posted on 03/16/2026 2:13:30 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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A Machiavellian politician. Very dangerous when they have little reason to see the interests of the population aligned with their own.

Sociopaths are strongly attracted to political power...


17 posted on 03/16/2026 2:15:30 PM PDT by marktwain (----------------------)
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...They know exactly what harm they cause. It is purposeful...

37–41 AD. Caligula was the third Roman emperor . His Idea of fun was destroying the integrity and self worth of those who served under him . Being a Roman Emperor that meant everyone else. Notice how he was not boss for very long? That is because not even the soldiers specifically trained to protect him were not immune from his abuse. Pushed too far one of them killed him . Caligula was not missed.

18 posted on 03/16/2026 2:29:51 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Baladas

So Stalin of him


19 posted on 03/16/2026 2:32:31 PM PDT by arkfreepdom
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“…ruthless and tyrannical …”

No one saw that coming…except every FReeper who gave this clown and his rule half a second of thought.


20 posted on 03/16/2026 2:32:42 PM PDT by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.https://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=4322961%2)
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