Six of the most radical leftist mayors in the United States – including NYC’s own Zohran Mamdani – are plotting to form an ultra-woke super group that critics say would seek to turn the Land of the Free into the Land of the Fee.
The motley crew of capitalist-crushing Democratic mayors includes Chicago’s Brandon Johnson, Boston’s Michelle Wu, Oakland’s Barbara Lee, Seattle’s Katie Wilson and Los Angeles’ Karen Bass.
“Right now, we are the process of forming sort of a mayor’s coalition, much like district and state’s attorneys have formed to fight back against federal overreach,” Johnson said of the socialist sextet.
Mamdani “expressed a desire and commitment to work with the city of Chicago, Boston. We have Seattle on board. We have Oakland, Mayor Lee, Mayor Bass in Los Angeles as well,” added Johnson in a video posted Monday on X.
The group’s lefty policies have already had serious repercussions in their own cities – including rising street homelessness, rampant open-air drug use, and revolving-door justice systems that cater to criminals rather than crime victims, said critics, who fear the worst if the radicals join forces.
“If you’re a taxpayer, it’s like Freddy and Jason are teaming up to create your worst nightmare,” said Doug Kellogg, state projects director of the conservative anti-tax group Americans for Tax Reform.
“These cities have driven millions to head to the exits since 2020 with crushing taxes, bloated budgets, and fiscal crises. If they start sharing their terrible policies, it can only speed up the decline of their cities.”
Since Mamdani was sworn in as mayor in January, he’s faced fierce criticism while struggling to deliver a radical policy agenda he campaigned on, which includes bringing Soviet-style, city-run grocery stores to NYC, implementing a rent freeze and expanding social services. New York racked up nearly 20 outside deaths during a brutal winter as civil libertarian refused to force homless people into shelters.
The pro-Palestine pol has also hired political operatives for his administration with a history of promoting Israel hate, while his own wife is facing bitter backlash over her “like” of a post claiming the rape of Israelis during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas terror attack was a “mass hoax.”
Mamdani has also threatened to slam New Yorkers with a whopping 9.5% property tax hike to fill a $5.4 billion budget gap to help fund his lefty agenda. He once said it was time to shift the tax burden to “whiter” neighborhoods.
The five other mayors have enough political baggage to fill a cargo plane:
- Bass promised to bring even more diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) to far-left Los Angeles and tackle the city’s homeless and pollution problems after becoming mayor in December 2022. But she’s instead catching flak for defunding the Los Angeles Fire Department by $17 million, contributing to it being underprepared to tackle wildfires that ravaged the city in January. In 2020, she waxed poetic in a eulogy for a top leader of the U.S. Communist Party.
- Johnson, Chicago’s mayor since 2023, introduced a budget for this fiscal year that included a $1.2 billion shortfall, which was ultimately filled at the expense of taxpayers and by racking up more city debt. He’s also come under fire for mismanaging the city’s migrant crisis, trying to slap large companies with more taxes at the risk of driving away jobs, and pushing a “soft-on-crime” agenda that included terminating cops’ use of the ShotSpotter gunfire-detection system because he felt it unfairly targeted minority communities.
- Wu, Boston’s mayor since 2021, has been in a longstanding feud with the Department of Justice over Boston’s sanctuary city laws, which led the feds to file a lawsuit in September claiming Beantown’s policies are illegal and protect dangerous criminals. She also faced backlash in 2023 for hosting an “Electeds of Color Holiday Party” with invitations accidentally going out to white City Council members not invited.
- Lee, since becoming Oakland’s mayor in May, has faced withering criticism for failing to retain cops. Critics, including the Trump administration, have called on Oakland to be more aggressive in combatting crime. It has seen a decline in crime, but it is still viewed as one of the most dangerous cities in America.
- Wilson, who took office in January, has already come under fire for refusing to remove homeless tent encampments in public parks and pushing most drug-possession cases to diversion programs instead of prosecution. Like Mamdani, she was once a vocal “Defund the Police” supporter who backed off the stance after running for mayor.
“Nothing says ‘terrible idea’ like six cities famous for sky-high taxes and persistent crime deciding the solution is to compare notes,” said Bruce Blakeman, New York’s Republican gubernatorial nominee.
Mamdani’s reps said he’s in regular contact with many other mayors and governors across the country but insisted he’s yet to decide whether to join new coalition.
“Mayor Johnson raised a proposal related to this idea,” said one rep. “While Mayor Mamdani did not make any commitments to this proposal, he appreciated the exchange and will continue to have conversations with mayors, governors, and elected officials across the country.”
Johnson’s spokesperson Griffin Krueger also insisted the coalition is in the planning stages, adding no one has officially committed to joining.
A rep for Lee said she and City of Oakland have already agreed to join.
“Policies and solutions that will help increase the quality of life and affordability for every resident in Oakland” is what Lee hopes to get out of being a member, said her spokesperson Justin Phillips.
Reps for the Los Angeles, Boston and Seattle mayors didn’t return messages.
NYC Councilman Frank Morano said he has serious concerns whether such a radical coalition has Americans’ best interest at heart.
“Collaboration among mayors can be very productive, but if the premise of the club is that capitalism is the problem, they may end up sharing the same ideas that got many big cities into trouble in the first place,” said the Staten Island Republican.
The mayoral squad will only be trouble if Mamdani is part of it, added Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY).
“The socialist antisemite mayor is destroying New York City for hardworking families, all while he plays dress up in his custom Carhartt costumes designed by his pro-Hamas wife and filmed by his pro-Hamas political allies,” she ripped. “It is no wonder people, businesses, and families are fleeing in droves. New York is in deep deep trouble with socialists and jihadists on the march.”
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