(DC Pundit) – Islamic activists and progressive Democrats are celebrating after Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim immigrant, was elected mayor of New York City, marking the first time in the city’s history that a Muslim has taken the top office.
Pakistani-born lawyer and journalist Qasim Rashid was among the first to cheer the result, boasting, “America’s Mayor is an American Muslim Immigrant.” The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a group known for its deep ties to the Muslim Brotherhood—a radical organization that spawned Hamas—declared the victory a “historic turning point for American Muslim political engagement.”
BREAKING: CAIR congratulates @ZohranKMamdani on his historic election as Mayor of New York City and we congratulate the people of New York City, including many New York Muslims, for exercising their right to vote in massive numbers.
The election of New York City's first Muslim… https://t.co/jwmnsxZXsW
— CAIR National (@CAIRNational) November 5, 2025
In other words, they’re not just celebrating a political win, they’re viewing it as a power shift.
🚨 NEW – Linda Sarsour is literally, in this clip, stating that she will wait until after Election Day to expose the fact that she and CAIR are responsible for Zohran Mamdani’s political success.
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Via @canarymission— Tali Goldsheft (@TaliGoldsheft) November 3, 2025
I’m about to go vote for Mamdami to be the first Muslim mayor in NYC at my high school I attended in The Bronx & when 9/11 happened, my mom told me to keep it to myself that I was half Palestinian Jordanian because a lot of my classmates were racist white girls .. what a moment pic.twitter.com/W7OlGrFLwA
— Maha Yvonne 🪬 (@rxmahaha) November 4, 2025
Modesty, as always, was in short supply.
To many in the city’s Muslim community, Mamdani’s election symbolizes long-sought representation in one of the world’s most influential cities. But to others, it raises questions about the direction of New York’s politics—and the growing influence of identity-based coalitions that prioritize demographics over ideas.
Zohran Mamdani victory party crowd says it all. Demographics is destiny. pic.twitter.com/vw5q3mkRcj
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 5, 2025
The victory also underscores the progressive strategy Democrats have leaned on for years: importing large numbers of low-income migrants to reshape local electorates and consolidate power. It’s a model that boosts votes for the left, while driving up housing costs, suppressing wages, and straining social services—yet somehow, they still call it “compassionate.”
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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), himself an Indian-origin Hindu, celebrated Mamdani’s rise with poetic flair. “They will hear in the airports over the loudspeaker, ‘I am your mayor, Zohran Mamdani, welcome to New York City,’” Khanna gushed. “They will look at their children filled with pride. They will say, ‘In New York any dream is still possible.’”
When Americans fly in from across our land to JFK & LaGuardia and hear over the loudspeaker, "I am Mayor @ZohranKMamdani, welcome to NYC," they will look to their children filled with pride and say, "In NY any dream is still possible!" https://t.co/ji4cRniCz5 pic.twitter.com/GhWT9QW2xE
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) November 3, 2025
Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff, pointed out the economic engine behind Mamdani’s victory, noting on X that the city’s elites “imported a huge number of poor migrants as an economic strategy to raise rents, cut wages, and boost retail spending.”
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) November 5, 2025
In a city where progressives claim to champion the poor, they’ve mastered the art of keeping them poor, and voting blue.
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