Yesterday, an 84-year-old socialist swore in a 34-year-old socialist as the new mayor of New York City.
Senator Bernie Sanders formally administered the oath to Zohran Kwame Mamdani — and the symbolism was impossible to miss.
As Sanders stood there, figuratively passing the torch, the crowd erupted in chants of “Zohran! Zohran! Zohran!” and a familiar refrain: “TAX THE RICH!”
It wasn’t a governing moment, it was a full fledged socialist rally.
And when Mamdani finally took the microphone, he didn’t try to soften the message or hide it behind political platitudes.
The mask was torn off.
He said exactly what he believes — echoing the very ideas that Ayn Rand warned America about nearly 70 years ago.
Standing outside New York City Hall moments after being sworn in, Mamdani dropped any remaining pretense. He spoke plainly, and anyone familiar with histo…