Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani made history Tuesday night when he was elected the first Muslim mayor of New York City. The Onion fact-checks the claims being made about Mamdani.
Claim: Mamdani is a nepo baby.
True: Mamdani is the eldest son of Bill de Blasio and Ed Koch.
Claim: Mamdani will destroy New York City.
False: Rapidly rising sea levels will destroy New York City.
Claim: Mamdani is a communist.
False: Any real communist will happily spend six hours explaining why this isn’t true.
Claim: Mamdani adheres to an extremist interpretation of Sharia law.
False: Mamdani remains honor-bound to the ancient samurai code of Bushidō.
Claim: My uncle says Mamdani will abolish the entire NYPD.
True: Your uncle does say that.
Claim: Mamdani met his wife on Hinge.
True: But it won’t happen to you.
Claim: Mamdani ended Andrew Cuomo’s political career.
False: Cuomo ended Cuomo’s political career.
Claim: He’s 34.
True: It’s time to get your shit together.
