Even from a distance it is painful to observe the rise of Zohran Mamdani. I’d love to see a reboot of Mad Men that told the inside story à la Veep, but without the laughs. Maybe a few giggles, as the Mamd man demonstrates the limits of socialism in one city.
Mamdani held a big rally in Forest Hills over the weekend. Among the Mamd Men were Senator Bernie Sanders, Squad Rep. AOC, Governor Kathy Hochul, and other state leaders. Chuck Schumer can hear footsteps. He isn’t giggling over AOC’s history lesson, but it’s okay if you do.
What on earth is AOC doing? pic.twitter.com/72NuSi8SDM
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 27, 2025
This is classic: “We must remember in times such as this, we are not the crazy ones, New York City! We are not the outlandish ones, New York City! They want us to think we are crazy. We are sane!” Richard Nixon declared “I’m not a crook.” AOC can adapt it to “I’m not a crock!” or “I’m not cracked!”
AOC: “We are not the crazy ones, New York City…. They want us to think we are crazy. We are sane.”
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) October 27, 2025
Governor Hochul was jeered with the chant of “tax the rich.” Although she assured the crowd “I can hear you,” she claims to have heard “Let’s go Bills.” I heard the rich thinking “we’re out of here.”
Mamdani’s sad story of his fictional aunt who was afraid to wear her hijab after 9/11 should at least be noted. Mamdani’s real aunt doesn’t wear a hijab and lived in Tanzania at the time.
Mamdani now identifies the protagonist of the story as his “father’s cousin, who passed away a few years ago.” According to the New York Post, Mamdani’s campaign refused to provide her full name when asked. I would like to say you can’t make this stuff up, but Mamdani obviously can.
The Washington Free Beacon’s Andrew Stiles sums it up (links omitted):
Zohran Mamdani, the extreme left-wing Israel-hating trust fund kid running for mayor of New York City, sobbed like a girl last week during a speech about so-called Islamophobia. Mamdani lashed out at his political opponents for noticing his ties to radical Islamic preachers, his embrace of violent anti-Semitic rhetoric, and his father’s seething contempt for America. He suggested the real victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks were Muslims, especially his aunt, who allegedly “stopped taking the subway after September 11th because she did not feel safe in her hijab.”
Doing what comes naturally, mainstream journalists accepted the radical’s claim at face value. But that is precisely why no one trusts the mainstream media. Independent fact-checkers, seeking only the truth, pounced on Mamdani’s sob story. They uncovered evidence suggesting that the aunt in question, Masuma Mamdani, did not wear a hijab and lived in Tanzania between 1999 and 2003, where she studied sexually transmitted diseases.
The New York Post reported on Monday that the alleged “aunt” Mamdani was referring to in the speech was actually his father’s cousin Zehra. His campaign declined to provide the alleged relative’s full name when asked. Zehra was unable to corroborate the story because she “passed away years [ago].”
The hero of Mamd Men would have a lot in common with Don Draper. The writers would have a wealth of material to work with. It should be better than Mad Men.
