Muslim socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani buried a nugget of anti-white sentiment in a part of his campaign platform that calls to fix the city’s property tax system.
“Shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods,” the proposal reads.
When he was questioned on the addition of “white” to the proposal, Mamdani doubled down.
“That is just a description of what we see right now. It’s not driven by race. It’s more of an assessment of what neighborhoods are being undertaxed versus overtaxed,” Mamdani told NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”
“We’ve seen time and again that this is a property tax system that is inequitable. It’s one that actually Eric Adams ran on, saying
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