NYC Mayor Race

[TimHauck 3,296]

This might get some Republican voters to vote for Zohran!  His dad allegedly locked an LGBTQ professor in her office, blocked her from teaching a course about “Queer African Studies”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/zohran-mamdani-s-dad-allegedly-tried-to-silence-lgbtq-professor-in-uganda-by-padlocking-her-office-withholding-her-pay/ar-AA1P3tdT

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37 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

His dad allegedly locked an LGBTQ professor in her office,

Liberals are voting for him. You just blew yourself in dumbasss. 

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3 minutes ago, Maximum Overkill said:

Liberals are voting for him. You just blew yourself in dumbasss. 

Liberals are voting for his dad?  That seems like a longshot

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8 hours ago, TimHauck said:

This might get some Republican voters to vote for Zohran!  His dad allegedly locked an LGBTQ professor in her office, blocked her from teaching a course about “Queer African Studies”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/zohran-mamdani-s-dad-allegedly-tried-to-silence-lgbtq-professor-in-uganda-by-padlocking-her-office-withholding-her-pay/ar-AA1P3tdT

Republicans and people who care about New York should vote for Curtis Sliwa because he's by far the best candidate. For those of us that couldn't care less about the city since we can choose not to live or go there,  we already have three solid reasons to want to see Mamdani beat Cuomo. First both New York Cuomo voters and Mamdani voters will be getting exactly what they deserve with a Mamdani win. Second, we realize that in the parts of the country where voters aren't retarded, Republicans has has a better chance of beating Democrats when Democrats run a Joker faction candidate rather than one from their far more formidable Penguin faction. Third, Mamdani leading New York will be hilarious, it will be 100% somebody else's problem, and it will serve as a huge blinking neon light example for this generation that whenever a community elects far left Democrats the same thing that to that community is what happens to a human body that subside on cheezy poofs, hohos, fentanyl, cigarettes, and malt liquor.

Oh, and Mamdani's dad locking up the leftoid freak professor is also a plus. More reason to want to see Cuomo lose. We'll generously call this reason four.

The one downside to a Mamdani win is it may make Cuono voters leave and spread their votes/cancer/poison to healthy communities. We'll gladly take the Daniel Pennys and Sliwa voting refugees of New York but the rest of youze guys can stay the fock home.

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Mamdani voters have already removed the Theodore Roosevelt statue from the Museum of Natural History, so I imagine we'll be seeing a lot more of this. I hope the Statue of Liberty is on federal land rather than NYC land because they're liable to do to that what they did to the George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Oregon Trail Pioneer statues during George Floyd's Summer of Love. While that is happening, the NYTimes will praise it and Cuomo voters will stand in the background and clap politely again, like the good well-trained liberals they are. They don't need such a brazen symbol of white supremacy, white settler colonialism, and capitalist exploitation polluting their skyline after all.

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On 10/28/2025 at 3:22 AM, TimHauck said:

Uh oh, Zohran called his dad’s cousin his aunt, they got him now!

Lol that people keep saying ridiculous lies like he’d celebrate another 9/11 or that he hates Jews, rather than just focusing on his policies that almost certainly won’t work.

I understand how a moderate like yourself can defend a whackjob leftie socialist, but I hate to break it to you... Mamdani hates Jews.  Globalize the intifada?  That's against Jews.  You can argue that Mamdani doesn't mean anything by it, like Ivy Leaguers with "From the River to the Sea..."  and you may be right.  Mamdani has the same ignorance that comes from lack of real-world wisdom as those college kids.  Actually, most of those college kids have probably held a job, which gives them a little more experience than Mamdani.

How about his unwillingness to say that Hamas should put down their weapons.  What is Hamas' charter, Tim?  Oh yeah, the destruction of Israel and death to all Jews.  And by "all" Jews, their goal is to kill all the Jews in Israel, then move on to Europe, then America and the rest of the world until all Jews are killed.

Wake the fock up, child.

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26 minutes ago, Voltaire said:

Mamdani voters have already removed the Theodore Roosevelt statue from the Museum of Natural History, so I imagine we'll be seeing a lot more of this. I hope the Statue of Liberty is on federal land rather than NYC land because they're liable to do to that what they did to the George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson statues during George Floyd's Summer of Love. While that is happening, the NYTimes will praise it and Cuomo voters will stand in the background and clap politely again, like the good trained liberals they are. They don't need an overwhelming symbol of white supremacy and white settler colonialism polluting their skyline after all.

My daughter lives there, so I can't root for the clown show that would be Mamdani.  I can't even imagine a rich kid whose only "job" has been as a failed rapper will be running the largest city in America and the financial capital of the world.

Like you I like Sliwa, but he's a Republican and can't win.  He needs to bow out and put support behind Cuomo.  Cuomo may suck, but he knows how to run governments.

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1 hour ago, jerryskids said:

My daughter lives there, so I can't root for the clown show that would be Mamdani.  I can't even imagine a rich kid whose only "job" has been as a failed rapper will be running the largest city in America and the financial capital of the world.

Like you I like Sliwa, but he's a Republican and can't win.  He needs to bow out and put support behind Cuomo.  Cuomo may suck, but he knows how to run governments.

Fock Cuomo, fock Cuomo Democrats, and fock NYC voters. Mamdani is 100% their creation. One Hundred percent. Bizzarro creatures like Mamdani can only crawl out of, and thrive, in the nurturing inner city sewers that Cuomo Democrats have created. At some point are they are going to have to learn to grow a spine to stand up to the lunatics because they are going to be the first elected officials tossed on their asses by this insurrection. The only thing preventing AOC from replacing Chuck Schumer for NY senator is if she bypasses him and runs for president instead. Reigning in Marxists, like Mamdani's father, from teaching poisonous anti-American US history and civics in schools and universities would be a helpful start. To stop combing Islamic countries for promising youth leaders throwing rocks and chanting "Death to America" for scholarship's to Mamdani's father's classroom at Columbia University would be another. 

No red state politician has to worry about this. NYC is choosing to become Coleman Young's 1970/80s Detroit and that's Cuomo/Schumer voters' own damn fault for nurturing the sewer.  And if Mamdani turns purple states red, as I expect he will since purple state Republicans will be allowed to glue purple state Democrats to Mamdani, and since even Cuomo/Schumer Democrats in purple states invariably show a willingness to suck the ass of Mamdani Democrats, they'll lose, Republicans will win, and we'll all owe Mamdani a Thank You card for Ramadan.

 

[TimHauck 3,296]

6 hours ago, jerryskids said:

I understand how a moderate like yourself can defend a whackjob leftie socialist, but I hate to break it to you... Mamdani hates Jews.  Globalize the intifada?  That's against Jews.  You can argue that Mamdani doesn't mean anything by it, like Ivy Leaguers with "From the River to the Sea..."  and you may be right.  Mamdani has the same ignorance that comes from lack of real-world wisdom as those college kids.  Actually, most of those college kids have probably held a job, which gives them a little more experience than Mamdani.

How about his unwillingness to say that Hamas should put down their weapons.  What is Hamas' charter, Tim?  Oh yeah, the destruction of Israel and death to all Jews.  And by "all" Jews, their goal is to kill all the Jews in Israel, then move on to Europe, then America and the rest of the world until all Jews are killed.

Wake the fock up, child.

He never said he wants to globalize the intifada you liar, he specifically said he doesn’t use that phrase, but he’s for free speech and isn’t going to stop other people from saying it.  Are you against free speech?

And he did say he wants Hamas to put down their weapons.

Stop lying.  You’re almost as bad as the IDF.

 

 

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19 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

Stop

Is he a Socialist? 

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4 hours ago, TimHauck said:

He never said he wants to globalize the intifada you liar, he specifically said he doesn’t use that phrase, but he’s for free speech and isn’t going to stop other people from saying it.  Are you against free speech?

And he did say he wants Hamas to put down their weapons.

Stop lying.  You’re almost as bad as the IDF.

 

 

Ah, you've slurped the MSDNC pap of "ItS fReE sPeEcH!"  By only saying the free speech part, but also not speaking out against it, he tacitly endorses it.

Again with not understanding lies.  I was unaware that Mamdani changed his position during the debate.  I was referring to the recent interview where he refused to say that Hamas should put down their weapons.  I would explain to you that his debate performance is the real lie -- that he only said that because polling and/or handlers told him it's not good for NY elections to overtly hate Jews -- so he had a prepared speech.

Funny that you use IDF as your measuring stick for lying, not the Hamas Information Minister.  And by funny I mean not surprising.

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Doesn't speak well of Trumps leadership for the country that this Mamdani is doing so well.  I guess people are looking for a different solution to the economic and societal problems that 45-47 brings about.  

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2 minutes ago, zsasz said:

Doesn't speak well of Trumps leadership for the country that this Mamdani is doing so well.  I guess people are looking for a different solution to the economic and societal problems that 45-47 brings about.  

I agree with this. IMO the NYC voters are also reacting against Adams (indicted, corrupt) & Cuomo (party figure, sex scandal coverup, arrogant). It’s populism.

[TimHauck 3,296]

1 hour ago, jerryskids said:

Ah, you've slurped the MSDNC pap of "ItS fReE sPeEcH!"  By only saying the free speech part, but also not speaking out against it, he tacitly endorses it.

 

He specifically says he doesn’t use the phrase globalize the intifada.  That’s not “tacit endorsement,” HFS.  And you just claimed to provide “reasoned” takes, lol.

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Zohran Mamdani was born in Uganda and lived there until he was 5, born and raised by parents who lived there.  Muslims in Uganda practice Sharia law.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/sharia-law-countries

Mamdani's foundational upbringing is antithetical to our democratic system.  But hey, if you are going to elect a never-has-been 31 year old socialist who runs on a middle school platform of no homework and free candy at lunch, you might as well go for broke.   

 

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1 minute ago, TimHauck said:

He specifically says he doesn’t use the phrase globalize the intifada.  That’s not “tacit endorsement,” HFS.  And you just claimed to provide “reasoned” takes, lol.

Hey guys, I don't use the phrase "raping young children is awesome," but I'm not going to speak out against it either.  Also free speech words.  

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2 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Zohran Mamdani was born in Uganda and lived there until he was 5, born and raised by parents who lived there.  Muslims in Uganda practice Sharia law.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/sharia-law-countries

Mamdani's foundational upbringing is antithetical to our democratic system.  But hey, if you are going to elect a never-has-been 31 year old socialist who runs on a middle school platform of no homework and free candy at lunch, you might as well go for broke.   

 

You think he wants to bring sharia law to NYC lololololol

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17 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

You think he wants to bring sharia law to NYC lololololol

I didn't say that.  I said "his foundational upbringing is antithetical to our democratic system."

If someone is raised a Christian, I would think that foundational judeo-christian values guide his actions.  But I wouldn't expect him to make Christianity the law of the land.

Words matter, Tim.  Another day, another W.

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4 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

I didn't say that.  I said "his foundational upbringing is antithetical to our democratic system."

If someone is raised a Christian, I would think that foundational judeo-christian values guide his actions.  But I wouldn't expect him to make Christianity the law of the land.

Words matter, Tim.  Another day, another W.

Wait, weren’t you the one that just said when Zohran specifically said he doesn’t use a phrase that is “tacit approval”?

Your hypocrisy is impressive, Jerry.

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1 hour ago, TimHauck said:

Wait, weren’t you the one that just said when Zohran specifically said he doesn’t use a phrase that is “tacit approval”?

Your hypocrisy is impressive, Jerry.

What are you rambling about?

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38 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

What are you rambling about?

Jerry:  I made sure to point out that Mamdani was raised with Sharia law, but I wasn’t trying to make any implication that that meant I thought he wanted to implement that in NYC

Also Jerry:   I know Mamdani specifically said he doesn’t use the phrase “globalize the intifada,” but I still think he gives it approval. 
 

lol

[jerryskids 7,062]

28 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

Jerry:  I made sure to point out that Mamdani was raised with Sharia law, but I wasn’t trying to make any implication that that meant I thought he wanted to implement that in NYC

Also Jerry:   I know Mamdani specifically said he doesn’t use the phrase “globalize the intifada,” but I still think he gives it approval. 
 

lol

Those are both true.

If someone asked me about the phrase "raping children is awesome," the first thing I would say is that the statement and the people who say it disgust me.  I might be inclined to comment in a free speech, but then I would add that I would hope the proper authorities are looking into the behavior of such people, because speech can have consequences.  I wouldn't just say "muh free speech!" 

Regarding being raised by parents and other influencers of Sharia law, I explained the significance, but nuance and you have never met.

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100% he would love to have Sharif law in NYC. 

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15 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Those are both true.

If someone asked me about the phrase "raping children is awesome," the first thing I would say is that the statement and the people who say it disgust me.  I might be inclined to comment in a free speech, but then I would add that I would hope the proper authorities are looking into the behavior of such people, because speech can have consequences.  I wouldn't just say "muh free speech!" 

Regarding being raised by parents and other influencers of Sharia law, I explained the significance, but nuance and you have never met.

You think globalize the intifada means kill all Jews, don’t you?

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36 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

You think globalize the intifada means kill all Jews, don’t you?

I'll accept your L.   

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3 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

I'll accept your L.   

You must think it means that otherwise your “raping children is awesome” analogy is retarded.

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On 10/29/2025 at 2:39 PM, TimHauck said:

Liberals are voting for his dad? 

Liberals are voting for his Nazi Son 

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On 7/2/2025 at 10:33 AM, TimHauck said:

 

speaking out against Hasidic Jews doesn’t mean you’re anti-Semitic as whole.  Of course people like @Cdub100 like to project things that Hasidic Jews do onto all Jews, but they might as well be a different religion.

Thanks to Elon’s new algorithm for showing me this, no clue who this dude is apparently he’s an IDF guy.  The translation says “there is nothing Jewish about this behavior.”

 

 

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This will fall under the category of sometimes people get what they deserve

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Does anybody in GC actually live in NYC?

[jerryskids 7,062]

1 hour ago, TimHauck said:

You think globalize the intifada means kill all Jews, don’t you?

The intifada on 10/7 was pretty rapey and murdery, no?  Hamas' charter is the destruction of Israel and the death to all Jews worldwide.  Mamdani wouldn't say that Hamas should lay down their weapons until it was politically expedient to do so.

Do I think Mamdani wants all Jews to die?  No.  But he's somewhere on that spectrum of the "moderate" Muslims after Charlie Hebdo was murdered.  They told anyone who would listen that they did not support such actions...

... and then mumbled under their breath, "but he DID draw that cartoon of Mohammed..."  

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I think people who contribute to this thread, especially conservatives, fail to recognize the source of Mamdami’s appeal. In one word, its affordability. He’s promising to bring down prices in New York City. That’s it. People aren’t voting for him because he’s a socialist. And they don’t care about his views on Palestine. They’re voting for him because he’s offering solutions to lower prices. 

Now personally I don’t think these solutions will work. Most of them he won’t have the power to enact, and the ones he does won’t be very effective IMO, but then Mamdami is a Democratic socialist and I don’t believe in socialism, price controls, government ownership of goods, all the stuff he is proposing. It doesn’t work. Even so, he seems like a good guy, he opposes Trump, so if I was living in NYC I’d vote for him, especially given the alternatives. I could not vote for him, whatever his other views, if I believed like @jerryskids that Mamdami is a fanatical Islamist Muslim and an anti-Semite. But I don’t think either of those are true. 

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5 hours ago, jerryskids said:

Zohran Mamdani was born in Uganda and lived there until he was 5, born and raised by parents who lived there.  Muslims in Uganda practice Sharia law.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/sharia-law-countries

Mamdani's foundational upbringing is antithetical to our democratic system.  But hey, if you are going to elect a never-has-been 31 year old socialist who runs on a middle school platform of no homework and free candy at lunch, you might as well go for broke.   

 

I don’t think anyone should be tied to “foundational upbringing” that ends when you’re 5 years old. 
 

It’s true that the Sharia law practiced by Muslims in Uganda is antithetical to our Democratic system. But what you fail to mention is that Democratic socialism, as preached  by Mamdami, is also antithetical to Sharia law. Mamdami cannot be both a radical Muslim and a Democratic socialist. The two are vastly opposed. And Democratic socialism, though I reject it, is NOT antithetical to our democratic system or western ideology in general. 

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58 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

I think people who contribute to this thread, especially conservatives, fail to recognize the source of Mamdami’s appeal. In one word, its affordability. He’s promising to bring down prices in New York City. That’s it. People aren’t voting for him because he’s a socialist. And they don’t care about his views on Palestine. They’re voting for him because he’s offering solutions to lower prices. 

Now personally I don’t think these solutions will work. Most of them he won’t have the power to enact, and the ones he does won’t be very effective IMO, but then Mamdami is a Democratic socialist and I don’t believe in socialism, price controls, government ownership of goods, all the stuff he is proposing. It doesn’t work. Even so, he seems like a good guy, he opposes Trump, so if I was living in NYC I’d vote for him, especially given the alternatives. I could not vote for him, whatever his other views, if I believed like @jerryskids that Mamdami is a fanatical Islamist Muslim and an anti-Semite. But I don’t think either of those are true. 

I don't think he is fanatical.  He is an anti-semite, though.

I do congratulate you on your point about democratic socialism, though.  I had thought about saying that very thing to TimH, along the line of "if you wanted to try a more compelling argument, you would say..."

I think both things can be true though.  I think he can want to be the middle school student council president candidate, and, say, exhaust all legal options to arrest Netanyahu, were he to set foot in NY during his term.  Or maybe he'll propose some sharia councils like Great Britain; for personal matters like marriage, divorce, inheritance, etc., not legal adjudication of course.  

52 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

I don’t think anyone should be tied to “foundational upbringing” that ends when you’re 5 years old. 
 

It’s true that the Sharia law practiced by Muslims in Uganda is antithetical to our Democratic system. But what you fail to mention is that Democratic socialism, as preached  by Mamdami, is also antithetical to Sharia law. Mamdami cannot be both a radical Muslim and a Democratic socialist. The two are vastly opposed. And Democratic socialism, though I reject it, is NOT antithetical to our democratic system or western ideology in general. 

His parents stopped raising him when he was 5 years old?  What was his Muslim instruction like after he left and went first to South Africa, then to America?  Were they those contemporary mosques that teach acceptance and co-existence with infidels?

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36 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Or maybe he'll propose some sharia councils like Great Britain; for personal matters like marriage, divorce, inheritance, etc., not legal adjudication of course.  

 

7 hours ago, TimHauck said:

You think he wants to bring sharia law to NYC lololololol

 

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1 hour ago, The Real timschochet said:

I think people who contribute to this thread, especially conservatives, fail to recognize the source of Mamdami’s appeal. In one word, its affordability. He’s promising to bring down prices in New York City. That’s it. People aren’t voting for him because he’s a socialist. And they don’t care about his views on Palestine. They’re voting for him because he’s offering solutions to lower prices. 

Now personally I don’t think these solutions will work. Most of them he won’t have the power to enact, and the ones he does won’t be very effective IMO, but then Mamdami is a Democratic socialist and I don’t believe in socialism, price controls, government ownership of goods, all the stuff he is proposing. It doesn’t work. Even so, he seems like a good guy, he opposes Trump, so if I was living in NYC I’d vote for him, especially given the alternatives. I could not vote for him, whatever his other views, if I believed like @jerryskids that Mamdami is a fanatical Islamist Muslim and an anti-Semite. But I don’t think either of those are true. 

I brought up similar early in the thread.  There are a lot of Jews in NYC, yet Mamdani wants to give them tons of free stuff.  Doesn’t seem like something a guy who hates them would do.

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33 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

 

 

Sharia councils are not sharia law.

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Just now, jerryskids said:

Sharia councils are not sharia law.

I know, but if you think he might actually do that, then it seems clear you think he’d “want” sharia law.  Reminder, I never said you implied he’d actually try to implement sharia law in NYC, just that you think he wants to.  Words matter.

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2 hours ago, The Real timschochet said:

Even so, he seems like a good guy, he opposes Trump, so if I was living in NYC I’d vote for him, especially given the alternatives.

you are the type of person who would literally vote for anyone who opposes trump, even without knowing much about them. You'll just slap on "given the alternatives" at the end as a disclaimer. 

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1 hour ago, WhiteWonder said:

you are the type of person who would literally vote for anyone who opposes trump, even without knowing much about them. You'll just slap on "given the alternatives" at the end as a disclaimer. 

I'd love to hear Tim's objection to Sliwa.