Zohran Mamdani knocks Donald Trump criticism, denies accusation he's a communist

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: USA Today

June 29, 2025, 1:24 p.m. ET


Democratic candidate for New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani denied President Donald Trump's accusations that he supports communism, saying the president wants to "distract from what I'm fighting for" in a new interview.

Mamdani, a 33-year-old state Assembly member, won the Democratic primary over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was long considered the frontrunner and establishment candidate. Current New York City Mayor Eric Adams is running as an independent on the November ballot.

When asked to respond to Trump's repeated assertions that he is a communist, Mamdani told "Meet the Press" on June 29 that he isn't, explaining that "I've already had to start to get used to the fact that the president will talk about how I look, how I sound, where I'm from, who I am."

"He wants to distract from what I'm fighting for," Mamdani said. "I'm fighting for the the very working people he ran a campaign to empower that he has since then betrayed."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/29/mamdani-trump-communism-new-york/84407833007/

[SSJVegeta]

1. The accurate "fascist" label didnt work on trump because he was a populist running against an establishment candidate.

...at a time where great anger against the establishment has not yet been adddressed.


Conversely, the inaccurate "communist" label will not stick on Mamdani because he's the real. fucking. deal.

[murielm99]

2. We shall see.

So far, he has only won a primary. I have no particular stake in this. I neither support nor oppose him.

[SSJVegeta]

3. I recommend paying close attention to this race

It will be a textbook example in how you defeat an opponent with only 1/1000th of the monetary resources they have. The Working class, average people working around the clock to feed their families -sacrificing everything for their kids future? They are far more powerful than any monetary interest.