The Rise of MAMDANI, Explained

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

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🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Zohran Mamdani seemingly appeared from nowhere via TikTok, and has since become the Democrat Party’s model for the next generation of American politicians. But behind his smarmy smile, Zohran Mamdani is nothing more than champagne socialist—radicalized at his family’s Riverside Drive dinner table and keen on importing Third-worldism into the financial capital of the West. - - - Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://dwplus.watch/BenShapiroMemberExclusive - - - Today's Sponsor: Boll & Branch - Get 15% off your first order plus free shipping at https://BollAndBranch.com/shapiro with code shapiro. - - - DailyWire+: Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. 💘 Season 2 of 'Ben After Dark' is available here: https://dwplus.watch/BenAfterDark 📘 My book "Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics)" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/LionsandScavengers 👕 Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://dwplus.shop/BenShapiroMerch - - - Socials: Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3cXUn53 Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QtuibJ Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TTirqd Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3RPyBiB - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.5	The most powerful city in the world, 8 million people, the financial capital of the West, the pride of our nation.
1:11.1	Zorn Mamdani is the mayor of New York City.
1:13.5	And if you're looking at that sentence and thinking, wait, how did that happen?
1:16.5	Congratulations.
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1:20.1	Because here's what's actually happening.
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1:23.7	New York elected a model, a fully assembled, institutionally produced activist to government pipeline
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