Congressman Josh Gottheimer did the job the national media won’t: he told the truth about Zohran Mamdani’s agenda and called it what it is — a job-killing socialist blueprint that would crush small businesses and drive employers out of New York City. Enough with the niceties; Americans deserve clear talk when entire cities are on the brink of economic collapse because of big-government experiments.
Gottheimer’s condemnation wasn’t a throwaway line — he explicitly warned that Mamdani’s proposals would raise taxes and threaten the livelihoods of everyday New Yorkers, and he condemned Mamdani’s past tolerance of dangerous, antisemitic rhetoric that should have no place in public life. Voters should judge candidates on both their economics and their character, and in both respects Mamdani fails the test.
Let’s be blunt: the policies Mamdani has pushed — government-owned grocery stores, free buses, universal childcare and mass tax hikes — are straight from the playbook that bankrupts cities and strangles private-sector growth. Responsible leaders know that handing more control to city hall and promising freebies leads to service collapse and higher costs, not prosperity for working families. Washington insiders and financial overseers have even warned that some of these schemes would put New York in fiscal danger.
This isn’t just conservative chest-thumping; even many Democrats are running for cover because they understand the political and economic danger of nominating a self-described democratic socialist in America’s largest city. The split inside the party is real, and Gottheimer’s pushback exposed the folly of elevating ideology over competence and public safety. New Jersey and suburban voters are watching — they won’t bail out a city that chooses policies which chase away jobs and tax bases.
Gottheimer also used his media appearances to push for steady governance and to press colleagues to end the government shutdown impasse crippling federal services and harming working Americans. While Congress fights about headlines, hard-working citizens lose hours, contracts, and confidence — leadership means delivering solutions, not virtue signaling. Americans want government that works, not leaders who prioritize radical experiments over keeping payrolls and services running.
The case of Zohran Mamdani is a warning to every city and state tempted by radical promises: socialism comes with a bill, and somebody has to pay. Conservatives have said for decades that unfunded promises and punitive taxes hollow out communities; Gottheimer’s blunt assessment should remind voters that ideology cannot replace common-sense policy. If New Yorkers want a turnaround, they need leaders who will back cops, cut red tape, and unleash private-sector growth — not reward the same failed formulas that have hollowed out once-great cities.
Hardworking Americans deserve a simple question answered before Election Day: do we want more of the same chaos, or do we want leaders who protect jobs, keep taxes reasonable, and restore public safety? Gottheimer’s warning is a wake-up call — voters should take it seriously and reject the radical agenda that would risk livelihoods and safety for a utopian experiment. The future of New York, and the example it sets for the rest of the nation, is too important to gamble away.
