Though the results of Tuesday night's mayoral primary in New York City were in some ways as predictable as an ice cube's lifespan in the summer heat, it nevertheless came across to many as a shock to see an antisemitic communist like Zohran Mamdani effectively win the Democrat nomination in a city with the largest Jewish population in the world.
The votes are still being counted, and ranked choice voting rules are in effect, but the second-place finisher, disgraced former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saw the writing on the wall and conceded to Mamdani. True to form, however, Cuomo is reportedly not ruling out the possibility of a rogue general election candidacy, where he would also be competing against Mayor Eric Adams, who is running as an independent.
But who was the real loser last night? Was it Cuomo, or Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)? Some are saying it's Schumer for reasons we'll get to in a minute.
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Schumer has been in hot water with Democrats since Donald Trump took office for a second time, with some believing he hasn't been the anti-Trump Resistance leader the party really needed.
And after Schumer caved to Republicans and Trump on the continuing resolution back in early March. Democrats began openly talking about the possibility of primarying the entrenched politico in 2028, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) being mentioned as someone who should throw her hat into the ring.
Early polls have shown AOC blowing out Schumer in a hypothetical match-up, but she's been evasive when asked questions about her future political ambitions, though the "Fight Oligarchy" tour she's been on with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has only further fueled speculation about what she'll decide to do.
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But if the primary results from Tuesday, along with her own shocking primary win in 2018, are reliable indicators, sentiment in New York seems to be to toss the old guys out in favor of more radical, confrontational woke leftists:
On the other hand, as my colleague Ward Clark has observed, is the Big Apple really representative of New York state?
... the Senatorial election is a state-wide contest. This survey only hit the city. New York City is a constituency that's unlike much of the rest of the state; it's unclear as to whether AOC could shellack Schumer with enough of a margin to cancel out the rest of the state, where voters may be more hostile to a self-professed "Democratic Socialist."
It's hard to predict with any degree of certainty at this point how Schumer would fare, but in perhaps a signal that he's eager to keep the baying hounds at bay, the most powerful Jewish leader in American politics issued this statement Wednesday morning, the first thing he's said about the pro-Hamas Mamdani since he entered the mayoral race:
Yes, we have seen the "live look" at Schumer, and it is not good:
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