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It didn’t take long for conservatives to lose their minds after Zohran Mamdani’s apparent upset over Andrew Cuomo in the Tuesday night Democratic primary in the New York City mayoral race.

Why? He’s a 33-year-old democratic socialist who has promised free buses and free child care, and to freeze the rent. But the fact that seems to most trigger some on the right is that he is Muslim, and would be the first Muslim ever elected the city’s mayor if he wins in November.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Laura Loomer, and Charlie Kirk were among the right-wingers who fired off Islamophobic smears about Mamdani and Muslim New Yorkers to their millions of followers after Cuomo’s surprising concession. The posts come days after reports that Mamdani has faced threats and attacks prompting an investigation by the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force.

What a bunch of loser bigots.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

it would be surprising if they are not losing thier minds constantly.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In case you didn't click through, the "smears" are alleging that Mamdani will somehow be responsible for another 9/11. These fucking morons (ie, the people that buy these lies) think every Muslim knows every other Muslim and they all have secret meetings to take over the world. Meanwhile, Loomer, Kirk, Miller, Trump, and all their billionaire friends hold actual secret meetings at the Heritage Foundation to devise new ways to decieve, exploit, and kill us for profit, but I guess if a rich person does it to make money, that's just business. Fucking leeches.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

Gotta make money while the world burns.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Keep weeping, racist christofacists

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

On the other hand, I'd love to see more Muslim representation in our government, especially if it can keep this flamboyant (so-called) Christian nonsense in check.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Fuck that, I want more Zohrans. I don't care what color or flavor, I want socialists with charisma and honest eyes

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can’t lose what you never had

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

dont they mean, Billionaires losing thier minds, but dont want to openly admit, so they pay maga to do the shilling for them.