Morning Note

You saw the campaign attacks against Zohran Mamdani.

He’s a socialist! True.

He’s a communist! Possibly true.

He’s an antisemite! Wait, what?

Is the incoming mayor a fan of Israel? Does he want America to fight its wars? Not particularly. But a Jew hater? That’s a different conversation. We’ve never seen anything to suggest he falls into that ugly camp. Because he doesn’t. He plainly said so yesterday, during his victory speech, and numerous times throughout the summer and fall. 

That still didn’t stop the ethno-narcissists from slandering him as some sort of dark force plotting to install the Fourth Reich in America’s largest city.

Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove called Mamdani a “danger to the security of the New York Jewish community.” Over 600 other religious leaders signed a letter saying he “encourages and exacerbates hostility toward Judaism and Jews.” Former Congressman Jason Chaffetz claimed with a straight face that the mayor-elect “just wants to eradicate Jews.” He’s a murderous…