Zohran Mamdani: The Next Big Thing, Or A Democratic Dead End?

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Mike talks with Tim Murphy, a national correspondent at Mother Jones, about the NYC mayoral campaign of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani.

Topics Mike and Tim discuss include:
lessons learned from Trump’s NYC gains in 2024
– disillusionment and disengagement in Democratic cities
– Mamdani’s limited experience
– how much Mamdani benefited from running against Cuomo
– Mamdani’s affordability platform
– how he plans to pay for everything he wants to do
– an attempt to revoke Mamdani’s citizenship
– the ‘globalize the Intifada’ controversy

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