Too far left – or right as rain?
Zohran Mamdani Isn’t Done – TIME
“‘A Politics of No Translation.’ Zohran Mamdani on His Unlikely Rise”
“…Just days after Donald Trump’s second presidential win in November, Mamdani donned his dark suit and tie and went to parts of Queens and the Bronx that had seen surprising shifts toward the Republican. Extending a microphone to people on the street, Mamdani asked about their reasons for voting for Trump. The answers would form the spine of his campaign. High rent. Elevated prices. La comida. Gaza.
“The snappy Trump-voter video went viral, helping Mamdani introduce himself to voters through the prism of policy. He cut more videos: talking “halal-flation” with street-cart workers, jumping into the wintry ocean off Coney Island to dramatize “freezing” the rent. They were a marked shift from the doom and gloom enveloping the party. Mamdani seemed intent on having fun.”