The Left sure knows how to produce the worst candidates. The scary thing is, people will still vote for them.
And a radical Leftist candidate was exposed for making these disturbing comments.
Mayoral Hopeful’s Old Prison Comments Stir Up Trouble
Zohran Mamdani, the New York City socialist who sailed through the Democratic mayoral primary last month, is catching heat for remarks he made nearly five years ago questioning the “purpose” of jails and prisons. The comments, shared by the “End Wokeness” social media account, have set off a firestorm among law enforcement, who slammed them as “out of touch” and a potential risk to public safety.
Back in August 2020, while running for his current state assembly seat, Mamdani appeared on “The Far Left Show” and raised eyebrows with his take on incarceration. “I think that frankly, I mean, what purpose do they serve, right?” he said, probing the value of the prison system.
“I think a lot of people who defend the carceral state, that defend the idea of it and the way it makes them feel, they’re not defending the reality of it and the practices that are part and parcel of it.” He went further, asking, “Because if you actually break it down … how many people come out the prison system better than they went in to the prison system?”
Zohran Mamdani on abolishing prisons and jail: "What purpose do they serve, besides making people feel good?" pic.twitter.com/KYgD1nRP8U
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 17, 2025
The clip, now making rounds in conservative circles, has created a fierce backlash from law enforcement. “It’s scary that a mayoral candidate could be this out of touch with the realities of living in communities that have historically experienced violence and crime,” a source said according to the New York Post. “Sounds like he will change his tune once he realizes how unhinged that sounds in the real world.”
Another source called Mamdani’s views “luxury beliefs” with potential dire consequences. “It’s the poor neighborhoods that the stalker, domestic abuser, and shooting recidivist will return,” they argued.
“But the rules of civil society that make this city the luxury item most of Zohran’s constituency want to live in is a product of that – bad people in jail so they can pretend they live on a movie set.” A Manhattan officer added, “Letting criminals walk the streets without any repercussions is not repairing anything.”
The 33-year-old has long criticized the prison system, previously calling it one of white supremacy’s “many faces.”
During the interview in 2020, he questioned “how much harm is actually being prevented versus created” by locking people up, saying, “I think when you ask these kinds of questions people don’t always have clear answers, what they always want to pivot to is what are you going to do about m*rders and what are you going to do about r*pists and sometimes you have to ask them what are you doing about them right now?”
He emphasized, “We need a system of justice that will repair the harm that has been caused and address it in a serious way because right now we don’t have it and it makes everyone more unsafe and that is the truth of it.”
Mandani also told The City before the primary that he remains committed to closing Rikers and working with district attorneys to release more defendants pre-trial or try and get them bypassed from prosecution.
At a March mayoral forum, he reiterated his pledge to shut down Rikers—unlikely to meet its mandated 2027 closure—and promised to invest in alternatives to incarceration, per Gay City News.
Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate facing Mamdani in November, bashed the comments as “absolutely preposterous.”
The Guardian Angels founder stated, “Of course we need jails to keep dangerous individuals off our streets,” comparing Mamdani’s stance to that of Mayor Eric Adams and former Governor Andrew Cuomo, whom he accused of closing prisons and passing laws that “coddle criminals and let them avoid the jail time they deserve.”
As the mayoral race intensifies, Mamdani’s past remarks are fueling a heated debate over crime, justice, and New York City’s future.
Stay tuned to The Federalist Wire.
