Posobiec kicked off the segment by pointing out the obvious—that Mamdani’s rise isn’t just about ideology, it’s about demographics. “Zohran Mamdani is winning because of mass immigration,” he said. “You can see that as the foreign-born population of New York City—which is highly concentrated in certain areas—are the ones leading his candidacy above all other demographic groups.”
He noted that while younger voters and urban progressives have joined Mamdani’s coalition, the traditional “yuppie” class is no longer the dominant force. “Old New York was for Curtis Sliwa,” Posobiec said, “but it doesn’t matter anymore, because you have these massive foreign-born populations.”
Posobiec also debunked conservative claims that Mamdani’s support stems primarily from Islam or socialism. “It doesn’t really strike me as particularly jihadi,” he said. “And when you hear him, he’s really just using a lot of populist rhetoric. Why is it so hard for people to admit that America’s got a bit of an addiction—and it’s an addiction to mass immigration?”
MacIntyre agreed: “A lot of people bought this propositional nation idea—that the nation is just a set of beliefs, and anyone can come here and hold those beliefs,” he explained. “But ultimately, if your beliefs don’t coincide with American founding values, and you’re already here, we don’t just load you in a catapult and throw you out.”
He continued, “Yes, they may raise their hand and pledge loyalty to the United States, but it becomes very clear that they’re abandoning that immediately. We have no mechanism for removing those people.”
MacIntyre argued that Mamdani’s appeal isn’t about convincing voters through policy—it’s about representing the city’s changing demographics. “The reason he’s winning isn’t because of his amazing rhetoric or the logic of communist economics,” he said. “He reflects the demographics of the incoming New York, which is radically different. These people don’t care if the economics fail; they care that people like them are in power.”
He concluded that Americans have been “so programmed against this thought” that they can’t recognize what’s really driving elections like this. “Ultimately,” MacIntyre said, “it is immigration—and not the marketplace of ideas—that is winning this election for Mamdani.”
