Zohran Mamdani Touts $10 Billion Tax Increase, Government Takeover of Energy Industry
New York Times praises his “cautious” “pragmatism”
This week, the Democratic candidate for mayor in New York City, Zohran Mamdani, called for a $10 billion a year annual tax increase and also backed the "ecosocialist" idea of the government essentially taking over energy production in New York State.
You wouldn’t learn about that from the New York Times, which has been busy falsely and inaccurately portraying Mamdani’s campaign as characterized by “cautious” “pragmatism.” The Times also showers Mamdani with favorable modifiers—”cheerful,” “optimistic,” “progressive.” “Mamdani Distances Himself From Democratic Socialists’ National Agenda,” a recent Times headline claimed. The Times headlines his meeting with centrist Mayor Bloomberg. One Times article insisted, apparently seriously, “Efforts to make voters fear socialism have a long history, said Susan Kang, an associate professor of political science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a D.S.A. member…. ‘a lot of voters don’t care.’”
If the New York Times won’t give readers the straight story on Mamdani, we here at The Editors will. Here it is:
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