Zohran Mamdani just shocked the Democratic establishment. He won New York City’s mayoral primary, toppling Andrew Cuomo with TikTok fans and hard-left activists. Socialists are cheering. Republicans are, too; nothing puts New York back in play faster than a nominee who taxes people for their skin color.

Mamdani’s own site vows to “shift the property-tax burden… to richer and Whiter neighborhoods." The New York Post translated that into a headline every voter can grasp: “Tax whites more.” It is racism, just inverted. When NBC asked if that might split the city, Mamdani shrugged—he was “just naming things as they are.”

The evidence for this isn't a blurry video or some off-the-cuff comment; it's from Mamdani's own website, where he lays out his beliefs. He appeared on NBC's Meet the Press and defended these comments, among others. This is who he is.

Since Hamas butchered 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7 2023, antisemitic crimes make up more than half of all hate crimes in New York. Yet Mamdani still refuses to say Israel should exist, backs BDS, and cheers the chant “globalize the intifada.” Pressed again on Meet the Press, he replied: “Mayors shouldn’t police speech.”

Jewish Democrats are alarmed. Democratic Strategist Hank Sheinkopf warns, “It’s the end of Jewish New York as we know it….” Commentary editor John Podhoretz asks: “Will he care about attacks on visible Jews? Of course he will."

Mamdani is no fringe crank. He is the finished product of campus radicalism. Mamdani is one of their organizers and leaders. He is the fruit of that movement, now at the cusp of taking over power in the most powerful city on earth.

He's gotten questioned on it because even the press finds him extreme. "During the campaign, Mamdani refused to acknowledge Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state; defended the phrase 'globalize the intifada'; vowed to arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, although he would have no legal authority to do so as mayor; and repeatedly accused Israel of genocide."

The economics are just as reckless. Mamdani would freeze rents, make subways free, and replace neighborhood grocers with city-run “People’s Markets.” To fund it, he’d triple the city income-tax surcharge and pile on new debt—ignoring bond-rating warnings.

Crime? He intends to “defund and disarm” the NYPD, replacing beat cops with “violence interrupters.” The department is still bleeding retirements, and antisemitic assaults have already doubled in New York City this year. Criminals would smell open season.

National stakes matter, too. A Mamdani mayoralty would hand radical anti-semites their champion: a socialist lecturing taxpayers about their “whiteness,” berating police, and waving off hate crimes. Mamdani is no moderate, and he allows no centrism.

Symbolism gets darker. New York will mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11 in 2026. If Mamdani is mayor, those ceremonies will be led by a man who wants to cuff Benjamin Netanyahu, globalize the intifada, and target Jews.

We have seen poison like this. On Feb. 20 1939, the German-American Bund packed Madison Square Garden with 20,000 Nazis. One Brooklyn Jew, Isadore Greenbaum, charged the stage and was beaten senseless. The Oscar-nominated short A Night at the Garden shows it. The lesson was “Never Again.” Today, “Again” feels close.

There is still time. Gov. Kathy Hochul, Sen. Chuck Schumer, and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries can act; they must back an alternative. They combined resources to oust Joe Biden, they can do the same here. Eric Adams may be flawed, but corruption beats catastrophe. If Democrats won’t pull the brake, independents and Republicans must unite behind whoever can.

Mamdani backers call this “fear-mongering.” Fine. Let them explain why Jewish students now hire private guards or why small landlords post For Sale signs on houses held for generations. New Yorkers know fairness from spite, safety from chaos. That knowledge can still save the city.

Zohran Mamdani's ascension signals the return of a profound evil that I've warned about in these columns for years. Unchecked antisemitism is making a horrible return. Jews no longer feel safe here in America, and they're being told they can't have a state in Israel, either.

Reverse racism is still racism. Supporting terrorists is not equity. Confiscatory taxes kill prosperity. Disarming police endangers the poor first.

Israel came into existence again because it was clear the only way, long-term, for Jews to project themselves to have a place to do exactly that. Israel exists because Zohran Mamdani's continue to pop up in history.

Mamdani wants to tax whites more and views Jews as the problem. The tune is not far off from what you can hear from another era. We are witnessing a great evil take hold of the far left in the Democratic Party.

Our response must be: Never Again.