JONATHAN TURLEY: Why NYC's Zohran Mamdani looks more and more like a hardcore Marxist
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NYC Democratic mayoral primary winner Zohran Mamdani's political views reveal statements about 'seizing the means of production' and sugges Marxist leanings beyond socialism.
Zohran Mamdani told CNN that he has "many critiques" of capitalism. (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, during a campaign event at the NAN House of Justice in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, US, on Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Photographer: Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, arrives for a news conference at Astoria Park during the New York City mayoral Democratic primary in the Queens borough of New York City on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Jonathan Turley is a Fox News Media contributor and the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. He is the author of "The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage" (Simon & Schuster, June 18, 2024).
Recently, PolitiFact declared that it was "false" that Zohran Mamdani is a "communist." This was in response to President Donald Trump's calling him a "100% Communist Lunatic" on Truth Social. However, while we can quibble over whether the term "communist" is supported by past statements, it appears that Mamdani is likely a Marxist.
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