Glad He Straightened That Out

News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:

NEW YORK, NY — In response to growing questions about his political leanings, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani issued a statement to clarify that he is not a communist, but only wants the government ot seize the means of production, abolish private property ownership, and put capitalists in gulags.

After becoming the target of heavy criticism following his victory in the Democratic Party primary, Mamdani was forced to defend his philosophy against allegations of communist influences and instead explain that he simply stands in full alignment with communism’s platform, values, and agenda.

“To label me a communist is absolutely ridiculous,” Mamdani told reporters. “I am most certainly not a communist. I just want to let the ruling classes tremble at our revolution, help the proletarians lose their chains, and unite the workers of the world, that’s all.”

“Oh, and murder all the billionaires. And put the capitalists in gulags. But that’s pretty much it.”

Mamdani’s detractors had sounded the alarm over what they described as “extreme left-wing views,” accusations he flatly denied. “Just more fear-mongering and smear tactics from my opponents,” he said. “I want the state to have complete power, society to be leveled into total equity across the board, government to make all decisions for the people, no private ownership of any businesses or property, and for anyone who disagrees with my political philosophy to be rounded up, imprisoned in camps, and executed. But that doesn’t mean I’m some kind of communist or anything.”

Go here to read the rest.  This offspring of two Leftist multimillionaires is cosplaying Communism but that doesn’t mean that he, and politicians who emulate him, can’t cause a lot of havoc.  The idea that an election win gives legitimacy to a candidate who intends to destroy all that a voter holds dare was answered succinctly by General Francisco Franco a few months before the onset of the Spanish Civil War:

General Francisco Franco to Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Torres, President of the Second Spanish Republic, after a Leftist coalition won the parliamentary elections in 1936:

One thing that I am sure of, and which I can answer truthfully, is that whatever the contingencies that may arise here, wherever I am there will be no communism.