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Newly resurfaced footage of New York City mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani has set off the right kind of alarm: the clip shows him drawing uncomfortable parallels between the NYPD and foreign military forces, signaling a worldview that treats America’s law enforcement as an occupying force rather than a protector of everyday New Yorkers. That kind of rhetoric isn’t innocent college radicalism — it’s a dangerous signal to the criminals and the fringe that they have sympathetic defenders in the halls of power.
Even Democrats who normally bend over backwards to avoid intraparty fights have been forced to react, and Representative Josh Gottheimer rightly voiced outrage at the implication that our police are akin to foreign militaries. It’s refreshing — and telling — that a member of his party recognized how toxic and reckless reframing law enforcement as an occupying army can be for public safety and Jewish communities alike.
Make no mistake: Mamdani’s refusal to unequivocally condemn chants like “globalize the intifada” and his equivocations about Israel have consequences beyond rhetoric; they normalize a hateful fringe and put New Yorkers at risk. When city leaders wink at violent slogans or insist language is merely “subject to interpretation,” the predictable result is emboldened extremists and scarier streets for ordinary families.
Worse still, past interviews make clear Mamdani’s ideological bent toward defunding or sidelining traditional policing, suggesting social workers or unarmed civilians should take the place of armed officers in dangerous situations. This kind of thinking sounds good in campus lectures but will cost lives in real neighborhoods where quick, decisive police action saves victims and prevents chaos.
Compounding the problem, resurfaced footage from Mamdani’s orbit shows activists associated with his campaign publicly berating a Muslim NYPD officer — an ugly reminder that anti-police fervor can turn inward on communities of faith and law-abiding citizens who wear the badge. New Yorkers deserve leaders who unite, not movements that encourage public shaming of the very people who keep our neighborhoods safe.
Patriots should be thankful that lawmakers like Gottheimer are calling this out and even pushing legislative steps to confront violent rhetoric and protect communities from hate-driven violence. Democrats who still defend or excuse Mamdani’s positions are choosing ideology over safety, and voters should remember which side of the public-safety divide any candidate stands on before handing over the keys to our city.
If you love New York — if you love safety, Jewish neighbors, small businesses and the brave men and women of the NYPD — now is the time to stand up and reject the radicals who would hollow out our police and cozy up to dangerous slogans. We need leaders who back the blue, defend law-abiding Americans of every faith, and will not let extremist language become municipal policy.
