Source: Garrison Center
by Joel Schlosberg
“Zohran Mamdani’s promise to bring ‘the resurgent flame of hope’ to ‘the January chill’ as mayor of a literally frozen New York City during his January 1 inaugural address got the cold shoulder from conservative commentators. Despite his vow to move the city to unity past ‘a tale of two cities, the rich versus the poor’ and highlighting constituents ‘who supported President Trump a year before they voted for me,’ some just aren’t buying Mamdani’s narrative. … Yet those red-baiting Mamdani’s ‘Red Apple’ could stand to scratch the surface and see how much the gilded apple of Trump Tower pokes through — and not just because he won’t be able to ‘deliver universal childcare for the many by taxing the wealthiest few’ if those fat cats pull up stakes.” (01/06/26)