Socialist Nominee Zohran Mamdani Ducks Debates, Chooses Bernie Sanders Rallies Over Accountability

New York, NY — September 3, 2025

Zohran Mamdani, the radical socialist who hijacked the Democratic primary, is already showing New Yorkers exactly what kind of mayor he would be: weak, dishonest, and terrified of accountability.

Photo: Zohran Mamdani for NYC - Youtube

On Wednesday, Mamdani announced he would boycott most debates in the New York City mayor’s race, arrogantly sneering that he won’t participate in what he called a “televised circus.” Translation: he doesn’t want voters to see him collapse when asked real questions.

Instead, Mamdani will hide behind staged “town halls” packed with activists and hosted alongside his political idol, Bernie Sanders — the washed-up socialist who’s spent his career destroying jobs, bashing American success, and praising failed Marxist regimes.

Mamdani’s refusal to debate is not just cowardice — it’s an insult to New Yorkers. He wants to dictate the terms, dodge scrutiny, and sell his utopian lies without challenge. That’s what socialists do: control the stage, control the message, and shut down any opposing voice.

His opponents see it for what it is. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was crushed in the primary, called him a “fraud.” Even independent candidate Jim Walden dropped out this week, sounding the alarm that Mamdani’s extremism could actually win if the opposition doesn’t unify. Meanwhile, Republican Curtis Sliwa and Mayor Eric Adams are hammering Mamdani over his radical record of attacking police, defending criminals, and parroting the failed policies of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Make no mistake: Mamdani isn’t interested in “lowering costs” or “helping working families.” His real agenda is to choke the city with higher taxes, handcuff the NYPD, and turn New York into a socialist laboratory for the DSA. He has zero management experience, zero respect for law enforcement, and zero answers for how to fix a city already bleeding jobs and families.

By ducking debates, Mamdani is proving what conservatives have said all along: socialists can’t survive real scrutiny. They live in slogans and soundbites, but when pressed for details, they crumble. That’s why he’s clinging to Bernie Sanders like a lifeline.

This November, New Yorkers must choose between law and order, prosperity, and accountability — or the chaos of an inexperienced socialist radical who won’t even show up to defend his own platform.

Mamdani is running scared. And New York City can’t afford his experiment.