Report Released About Mayoral Candidates College Paperwork

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If you ever needed proof that the media’s “fact-checkers” are more like ideological bouncers guarding the left’s velvet rope, look no further than PolitiFact’s latest entry in the race to gaslight America.

After Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist and New York City’s new mayoral frontrunner, shocked the political world with a primary win, critics didn’t hold back. Many called him what his policies suggest he is — a communist. But PolitiFact? Oh no. They weren’t having that.

Two days later, out came the “fact check” we all saw coming: False. Not a communist, they say. How do we know? Because PolitiFact interviewed… wait for it… a socialist to tell us Mamdani’s not a communist. You can’t make this up.

The source they leaned on, Geoffrey Kurtz, is a longtime activist with the Democratic Socialists of America and a self-described “religious socialist.” In college, he literally wrote pamphlets for the “dear radicals” on campus. This is the guy PolitiFact used to put the “communism” accusation to bed. That’s like asking Bernie Madoff’s bookkeeper if the accounts look good.

But don’t worry — Kurtz reassured us all. He said Mamdani’s use of Marxist phrases like “seizing the means of production” was just “lighthearted hyperbole.” Cute, right? Because when someone running America’s largest city openly talks like Lenin’s ghost is managing his campaign, we’re supposed to take it as a joke.

Except Mamdani wasn’t joking. His X post from 2020 is still up, plain as day:

“If we want everyone to be full participants in the economy, we need worker ownership of the means of production.”

That’s not Democratic socialism-lite. That’s not equity and inclusion. That’s textbook Marxism — straight from the playbook of regimes that brought famine and fear, not free stuff and fairness.

But rather than correct the record, PolitiFact doubled down. After being alerted — by the White House, no less — about Mamdani’s old posts, they stuck with their verdict. “Inconclusive,” they said. Not relevant to his platform, they claimed.

So let’s talk about that platform.

Mamdani wants government-run grocery stores, rent freezes, expanded public housing, taxpayer-funded child care, and free buses. His economic vision is a full pivot from private ownership to state-managed everything. Add in his refusal to condemn calls to “Globalize the Intifada” and his uncomfortable silence on antisemitic rhetoric, and it’s hard not to wonder: who exactly is this guy trying to represent?

Then there’s the college application bombshell. Turns out Mamdani marked himself as both “Asian” and “Black” when applying to Columbia — even though he later admitted he doesn’t identify as either. Convenient? Sure. The school was using race in admissions at the time. And despite having a Columbia professor for a father and an Oscar-nominated mother, he still reached for whatever advantage he could find.

Now the same man who once fudged racial identity on an Ivy League application is leading the race to run the largest city in America. He wasn’t even a U.S. citizen until 2018. Yet, here he is — waving red flags from every angle and getting praised as the voice of the “oppressed” while living a life of privilege.

President Trump wasn’t subtle: “100% Communist Lunatic.” Even Eric Adams, who’s no conservative hero, said Mamdani’s identity politics are an “insult” to real African Americans and that his platform is built on fraud.

So why is Mamdani still leading the polls?

Because when the watchdogs wear team jerseys, the facts get bent, the past gets rewritten, and the public is left wondering what else they’re not being told.

And if this is who’s running New York now… just wait until you see who’s next.

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