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(NewsNation) — Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro characterized Tuesday's New York City mayoral election arsenic a "revenge candidacy," informing that progressive victor Zohran Mamdani's policies could beryllium unsafe for the nation's largest city.
"The champion anticipation for Mamdani is that the metropolis assembly stopped him from doing the things that helium wants to do, due to the fact that if you were really capable to instrumentality galore of his plans, it would marque him much unpopular," Shapiro said during an quality connected "CUOMO" pursuing predetermination night.
Shapiro expressed peculiar concern implicit Mamdani's idea that "there is nary occupation excessively large for authorities and nary occupation excessively tiny for authorities to attraction about," calling it "terrifying to anybody who has immoderate familiarity with totalitarian systems."
The blimpish commentator noted that Jewish voters stay divided connected Mamdani contempt his arguable positions connected Israel and the Middle East.
Orthodox and blimpish Jewish communities voted overwhelmingly against Mamdani, portion unaffiliated Jews who be synagogue infrequently supported the progressive candidate, Shapiro said.
Exit polls showed astir fractional of Mamdani's voters cited his presumption connected Israel arsenic a large origin successful their decision, an antithetic dynamic for a New York City mayoral contention contempt the city's important Jewish population.
Shapiro besides criticized Mamdani's refusal to answer whether Hamas should disarm during a nationalist tv appearance, noting the presumption is held by the U.S., Egyptian, Saudi, UAE, Bahraini and Qatari governments.
He traced Mamdani's engagement with Middle East issues to his assemblage rank successful Students for Justice successful Palestine.
"Every Jew that I cognize successful the metropolis of New York feels importantly little harmless contiguous nether a Mamdani administration," Shapiro said, citing elevated rates of crimes against Jewish residents successful caller years.
When asked astir antisemitism connected some governmental extremes, Shapiro distinguished betwixt commentators and elected officials, noting that Mamdani present holds important governmental powerfulness arsenic politician portion arguable right-wing figures stay extracurricular government.
"You're talking astir commentators. You're not talking astir elected officials," Shapiro said, adding that Mamdani's Middle East positions were "a feature, not a bug" of his campaign.
