Zohran Mamdani’s upset victory in New York’s Democratic primary has created panic in MAGAland. Stephen Miller, the architect of Donald Trump’s deportation policies, waxed apocalyptic:Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary, declared that New York is about to turn into “Caracas on the Hudson.”And Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama basically declared New York’s voters subhuman, saying:These inner-city rats, they live off the federal government. And that’s one reason we’re $37 trillion in debt. And it’s time we find these rats and we send them back home, that are living off the American taxpayers that are working very hard every week to pay taxes.These reactions are vile, and they’re also dishonest. Whatever these men may claim, it’s all about bigotry.Miller isn’t concerned about the state of New York “society.” What bothers him is the idea of nonwhite people having political power.Bessent isn’t really deeply worried about Zamdani’s economic ideas. But he feels free,
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