It’s not every day you see a guy win a major-party mayoral nomination while defending literal terrorist rhetoric, brushing off antisemitism accusations like lint on a suit jacket, and then walking through Staten Island like he owns the place — only to get lit up by a furious local who’d finally had enough.
Welcome to the Zohran Mamdani show.
On Wednesday, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City — yes, the biggest city in America — strolled out of a Staten Island restaurant and got hit with a verbal blitz from conservative artist Scott LoBaido, who called him (and we quote), a “f**king Jew-hating piece of sh*t.” Now, is that language intense? Sure. But is the anger behind it surprising? Not even a little.
Let’s Give A Nice Warm Staten Island Welcome to dear Comrad Mamdani 👏
Disclaimer: no hard feelings to the great men and women of the NYPD who were just doing their job. pic.twitter.com/T2PM8xmNXA
— Scott LoBaido (@ScottLoBaido) August 13, 2025
Because here’s what’s really setting people off:
This is the same guy who’s defended slogans like “globalize the intifada” — you know, the one openly calling for worldwide violent uprisings — and he won’t even condemn it when asked. On national TV. Repeatedly.
This is the guy who claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested if he ever sets foot in New York City. Let that sink in. A foreign leader — of a democratic ally — would get slapped in cuffs if Mamdani had his way. All while Mamdani openly supports the BDS movement, which has been repeatedly linked to antisemitic campaigns around the globe.
And yet somehow this is the man the New York Democratic machine just handed the nomination to — over a former governor, no less.
🚨 Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani is upsetting many people who were born in New York City.
This man says he is starting a new movement to stop Democratic socialism. pic.twitter.com/uf4Je8iq9M
— (Jason) Stands For Truth (@TruthJasonLee) August 14, 2025
It’s like the party sat down, stared at the options, and said, “You know who’d be great for the job? The guy who refuses to denounce terrorism slogans and thinks Israel’s leader belongs in jail.” Because, sure, that’ll go over real well in a city with the largest Jewish population outside of Israel.
And Mamdani? He’s trying to play both sides. On one hand, he won’t touch “globalize the intifada” with a ten-foot pole when it comes to condemning it. On the other, he goes on MSNBC to proudly declare that he’ll increase hate crime program funding by 800% to fight antisemitism.
Wait. What?
Let’s break that down. He won’t say the actual thing that’s triggering a tidal wave of antisemitism is bad, but he’ll throw city money — a lot of it — at programs to fight the exact same problem he’s enabling. Sound familiar? It’s the classic progressive two-step: light the match, then propose a taxpayer-funded fire department.
And yet, somehow, he’s the front-runner. He beat Cuomo in the primary. Cuomo. Mr. Three-Term Governor. Knocked out by a guy who can’t bring himself to say, “Hey, maybe glorifying intifada isn’t such a great idea.”
This is what happens when ideological purity becomes the litmus test. The modern progressive movement doesn’t just tolerate this stuff — it rewards it. If you’re not parroting the “from the river to the sea” crowd, you’re out. But if you are? Welcome to the nomination, comrade.
So yeah, LoBaido’s rant might’ve been colorful — Staten Island doesn’t exactly specialize in subtlety — but behind the cursing was a pretty raw truth: a growing number of New Yorkers are done pretending this kind of rhetoric is normal. They’re not staying quiet while candidates who wink at Hamas slogans walk around acting like civil rights heroes.
HOLY F’CK 🚨
(Rep) Andy Ogles wrote a letter to Pam Bondi asking for denaturalization proceedings on Zohran Mamdani
On the grounds that he gained citizenship thru misrepresentation and concealment of material support for terrorism
THIS SHOULD HAPPEN pic.twitter.com/P1L942LjrX
— @Chicago1Ray 🇺🇸 (@Chicago1Ray) August 12, 2025
This is what the 2025 mayor’s race is shaping up to be: a referendum on how far left is too far left, and whether New York City is finally, finally, going to tap the brakes.
Because if Mamdani’s the future of the Democratic Party in NYC, let’s just say it out loud: we’re in deep, deep trouble.
