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New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer didn’t mince words when he went on Fox to blast Zohran Mamdani as a “job-killing socialist” who doesn’t belong in the Democratic Party, and hardworking Americans should applaud that clarity. Centrist Democrats like Gottheimer are finally naming the radicalism on the left instead of sugarcoating it, and that honest airing of the problem is exactly what voters need to see.
Mamdani is no fringe online caricature — he’s a real Democratic Socialist running to run America’s largest city on an agenda of rent freezes, universal childcare, and steep tax increases on businesses and the wealthy to pay for it. Those big government prescriptions sound good in slick campaign ads, but they translate into higher costs, fewer jobs, and a city less attractive to employers and middle-class families.
Call it what it is: when politicians promise freebies and then say taxes will cover it, the winners are the politicians and the losers are the taxpayers and small businesses that create real opportunity. New Jersey’s Gottheimer is right to warn that raising taxes and expanding government control is a recipe for economic stagnation, not revival, and New Yorkers should think twice before rewarding ideology over results.
Worse still, Mamdani has a record of dodgy rhetorical choices—questions about phrases tied to violence and his earlier flirtations with antipoice rhetoric have alarmed Jewish communities and mainstream Democrats alike. Elected leaders who shrug at or fail to forcefully reject language that can stoke hatred and violence have no business running our biggest city, and Gottheimer’s insistence on condemning that kind of rhetoric is a prudent stand for moral clarity.
This isn’t just intra-party drama; it’s a national warning sign. When a Democrat like Gottheimer publicly breaks with a left-wing nominee, it shows the practical political consequences of embracing a socialist playbook: fiscal irresponsibility, business flight, and more chaos in our streets. Americans who love freedom, prosperity, and safety should rally behind common-sense leaders who back growth and order, not experiments that punish success and invite decline.
If New Yorkers want a comeback — not a collapse — they must reject radical promises that empower government at the expense of families and jobs. Gottheimer’s rebuke is a wake-up call to Democrats who think purity politics will pay the bills; it won’t. Patriotic voters need to stand firm for policies that create opportunity, defend communities, and preserve the American dream for the next generation.
