Keith Parkins

Zohran Mamdani just did what most Democrats and Republicans are too gutless to do. He looked straight into the camera and said the quiet part out loud: Republicans called Obama a socialist every single day for 8 years. It didn’t stop him. Now they’re trying the same tired red-baiting on anyone who wants a New Deal instead of the raw deal working people have been force-fed for decades. People are hungry for something real. Not more corporate welfare dressed up as “moderation.” Not more “public-private partnerships” that somehow always privatize the profits and socialize the losses. Mamdani is right. The socialist smear is a dead tactic. The only question left is whether the Democratic Party has the spine to actually deliver for the people who keep electing them… or if they’ll keep protecting the same donors who’ve been extracting wealth from this country for 40 years. Keep going, Mayor. The old guard is terrified for a reason, the midterms have certainly proven a new worth. – at District of Columbia, USA