In a Saturday editorial<\/a> titled “Zohran Mamdani drops the mask,” the Post slammed the mayor-elect for his “seething” victory speech, arguing that Mamdani “abandoned his cool disposition” and showed the world what he really stands for.<\/p>\n The sub-headline warned, “The mayor-elect divides New Yorkers into two groups: the oppressed and their oppressors.”\u00a0<\/p>\n “Across 23 angry minutes laced with identity politics and seething with resentment, Mamdani abandoned his cool disposition and made clear that his view of politics isn\u2019t about unity. It isn\u2019t about letting people build better lives for themselves. It is about identifying class enemies \u2014 from landlords who take advantage of tenants to \u2018the bosses\u2019 who exploit workers \u2014 and then crushing them,” the editorial board wrote. “His goal is not to increase wealth but to dole it out to favored groups. The word \u2018growth\u2019 didn\u2019t appear in the speech, but President Donald Trump<\/a> garnered eight mentions.”<\/p>\n WASHINGTON POST RAILS AGAINST MAMDANI AS RADICAL, INEXPERIENCED AHEAD OF ELECTION<\/a><\/p>\n Zohran Mamdani delivers a victory speech at a mayoral election night watch party, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in New York City.\u00a0 (Yuki Iwamura\/AP)<\/p>\n Fox News Digital reached out to representatives of Mamdani for comment.<\/p>\n According to the Post editorial, New Yorkers who rarely follow politics could “understandably believe” that Mamdani simply wanted to make the city more affordable and unify its residents, considering he “ran an upbeat campaign, with a nice-guy demeanor and perpetual smile papering over a long history of divisive and demagogic statements.”\u00a0<\/p>\n But, after Mamdani gave his fiery victory speech on Tuesday, the outlet argued, “that interpretation became much harder.”<\/p>\n The Post pointed to the Mayor-elect’s comments on government as an example of one of Mamdani’s “crass appeals” to New Yorkers, who are currently struggling with issues like overpriced housing.<\/p>\n “People\u2019s lives, in Mamdani\u2019s world, can be improved only by government: ‘We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about,'” the editorial board wrote. “The crowd cheered, of course, but a thinking person might wonder whether it\u2019s good for the institution that has a monopoly on violence to insist that nothing is beyond its purview.”<\/p>\n WASHINGTON POST BLASTS MAMDANI’S FREE BUS PROPOSAL, WARNS IT WOULD ATTRACT \u2018VAGRANTS AND DRUG ADDICTS’<\/a><\/p>\n Mamdani’s proposed rent freeze for two million housing units in New York City was also criticized by the Post’s editorial, which claimed that the freeze would “inevitably lead to less investment, driving up costs in the long run.”<\/p>\n Following his decisive victory, the Post remarked that the Mayor-elect\u2019s new favorite word appeared to be “mandate.”<\/p>\n “He won decisively and now wants to pursue his agenda, from the rent freeze to “free” child care and buses. Yet as mayor of New York, his control over taxes and transportation is limited. He needs approval from the state to raise taxes,” The editorial noted. “His transition team includes several New York political insiders who understand how to pull the levers of power, as well as diehard ideologues such as Lina Khan, the former Federal Trade Commission chair.”<\/p>\n The Washington Post editorial board argued that Zohran Mamdani’s post-election comments show his true political agenda of targeting ‘class enemies’ in New York City. (Kevin Carter\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n The Post drew a parallel between Mamdani and former New York City Mayor John Lindsay \u2014 the last mayoral candidate in the city to garner more than one million votes \u2014 noting that Mamdani’s power will be limited by the legislation stemming from Lindsay’s failures.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE<\/a><\/p>\n “One reason [Mamdani] will be so constrained is that Lindsay\u2019s mayoralty was such a disaster for the city\u2019s finances that the state imposed these financial controls to make sure it wouldn\u2019t happen again,” the outlet pointed out.<\/p>\n In the context of law enforcement and public education, the Post editorial wrote that it will be interesting to see how Mamdani interprets the “class struggle” on the two issues, considering these are institutions where the Mayor-elect’s “powers are more sweeping.”<\/p>\n “[Mamdani] says he wants to keep Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch, who is respected by officers and competent at fighting crime. Will he give her deference? Will he order that prostitution laws stop being enforced, as he has suggested? Will subway stations become dangerous social experiments where vagrants are welcomed in to receive services?” the editorial board questioned.<\/p>\n Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect of New York, center, joined by members of his transition team, from left, Elana Leopold, transition executive director, Melanie Hartzog, transition co-chair, Maria Torres-Springer, transition co-chair, Grace Bonilla, transition co-chair, and Lina Khan, transition co-chair, speaks to members of the media at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the Queens borough of New York on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. 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