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Gaza war and who refused to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada” would skate? Certainly, Marjorie Taylor Greene comes in for heavy criticism for her anti-Israel views, and no one can claim that it’s anti-Muslim sentiment at work. At the end of the day, one of the most glaring problems with Zohran Mamdani is that, ideology aside, he is light as a feather. His callow and self-dramatizing Islamophobia speech, full of faux eloquence and stirring resolve over nothing, is a case in point.

Ed Koch, a different kind of mayor in a different time, said after he lost a reelection bid, “The people have spoken … and they must be punished.” In turning to Zohran Mamdani, New Yorkers are preparing to reacquaint themselves with Koch’s wisdom.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

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