Zohran Mamdani is facing vicious attacks, false accusations of antisemitism, red-baiting, and the weaponization of Jewish fears in his fight for the mayor’s race in New York. And it’s only just starting. To get progressives ready for this fight, let’s review what the likely strategies are, where the Democrats and Republicans will try to attack Zohran, and the emptiness of the accusations against him.
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