Supplemental vitamin help goes unpaid. Air visitors controllers are calling out of labor, resulting in cascading flight delays throughout the nation. The Home majority chief is refusing to swear in a brand new legislator who would forged the pivotal vote to launch the Epstein recordsdata. And the U.S. economic system could also be in a recession, however we wouldn’t know as a result of we are able to’t see that knowledge due to the continuing authorities shutdown.
So naturally, Republicans need you to be all in on who New York Metropolis elects for mayor.
Roughly 97.5% of the nation lives someplace aside from New York Metropolis, however that hasn’t stopped folks like Rep. Andy Ogles from casting the race between Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo as an occasion on par with 9/11.
The Tennessee Republican, who, just like the overwhelming majority of the nation, shall be fully unaffected by the result of the election, posted a video of the second aircraft hitting the World Commerce Heart on Sept. 11, 2001, on Monday, together with the caption, “WAKE UP NEW YORK!”
In a follow-up submit he referred to as for Mamdani to be deported. Mamdani is a U.S. citizen.
If the elections of Eric Adams, Invoice de Blasio, Michael Bloomberg and Rudy Giuliani as mayor of New York Metropolis had no impression in your each day life, the percentages are excessive you possibly can safely ignore Republican fear-baiting this time, too.
Undeterred, Republicans across the nation pushed equally hyperbolic claims.
Talking at a Republican Jewish Coalition occasion in Nevada, which, no, just isn’t New York, Rep. Randy Effective, a Republican from Florida, which can also be not New York, additionally referred to as for Mamdani “to be deported immediately.”
Elon Musk, a Texas resident, betrayed his ignorance of NYC politics by complaining on social media that Mamdani is listed on the poll twice.
“Given that he’s on the ballot twice, maybe he can win twice too,” Musk, who has no actual vested curiosity within the consequence, wrote together with the “facepalm” emoji.
(New York’s “fusion” voting system permits candidates to run on each a serious get together and minor get together line, enabling voters to indicate assist for a minor get together; candidate votes are solely counted as soon as.)
A day earlier, Musk pleaded together with his followers to not vote for Republican Get together candidate Curtis Sliwa, as a result of “a vote for Curtis is really a vote for Mumdumi or whatever his name is.” (It’s a humorous alternative of insult; Musk famously named considered one of his kids X Æ A-Xii).
In the meantime, Musk’s precise elected consultant, Sen. Ted Cruz (R), weighed in to name Mamdani “an actual Communist Jihadist” and “a literal Karl Marx-quoting America-hating Jihadist.”
When he’s not fleeing to Mexico, Cruz lives in Houston, which isn’t New York Metropolis.
Conservative media dutifully amplified the development.
Though conservative darling Dick Cheney had simply died, Fox Information’ lead story Tuesday afternoon attacked Mamdani for suggesting President Donald Trump’s violent rhetoric may need one thing to do with bomb threats at polling locations in New Jersey.
One other story on the location requested, “Will Election Day 2025 be remembered as the rise of the socialists?” together with a subhed warning that with a Mamdani victory, sure, sure it might.
To not be outdone, a 3rd Fox headline Tuesday warned a “prostitution crisis will engulf NYC” if Mamdani wins.
