Zohran Mamdani's surprising mayoral primary win in New York City has energized progressives while alarming centrists, and exciting Republicans, who see him as the embodiment of the 'radical Left'. Republicans plan to use his policies and background to paint the Democratic Party as out of touch,

Zohran Mamdani shocked the establishment by becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, drawing ire from Republicans who are engaging in mongering tactics against the candidate, including Donald Trump, who called him a “pure communist” and “a 100% Communist Lunatic.”