Zohran Mamdani’s campaign was funded by some truly questionable sources. They include the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Alex Soros (son of George Soros), and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) (article here).
On Friday, Townhall reported:
Mamdani’s socialist Muslim backers were thrilled with this win. CAIR invested a significant amount of money in Mamdani’s campaign, hoping for this exact outcome.
But the real news today is the leaked documents showing the DSA has a list of demands for Mamdani’s administration, and they’re all socialist and very anti-Israel.
The article includes the list of demands:
And here’s a list of the DSA’s demands for Mamdani’s administration (emphasis added):
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Divest City pension funds from Israeli bonds and securities
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Withdraw City funds from banks that lend money to Israel or do business in Israel
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End City contracts with companies that do business with Israel
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Operate City-run grocery stores free from Israeli products
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Investigate real estate agents hosting illegal sales of stolen lands in the West Bank
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Evict weapons manufacturers and transporters from the NYC Metro Area
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Divest CUNY endowment and reinstate wrongly fired professors
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Dismantle Eric Adam’s NYC-Israel economic council
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End repression of demonstrators and the SRG [the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group]
This doesn’t sound like someone who wants to be the Mayor of all New York City residents.
The article concludes:
Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-17) called the list of demands “utter insanity” and wrote in a post on X, “As Chair of the Middle East and North Africa subcommittee on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I will be watching closely and will conduct hearings if @ZohranKMamdani and New York City engage in policy detrimental to US Foreign Policy.”
The voters of New York City knowingly and unknowingly just validated anti-Semitism.