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New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, favored “collectivism” over “brutal individualism” in a speech Thursday, and prominent conservative figures around the country responded by sounding the alarm about collectivist ideology.
“We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism,” Mamdani said in his inaugural speech.
The governor of Florida. Ron DeSantis — a Republican who ran for the GOP presidential nomination during the last election cycle but ultimately dropped out and supported President Donald Trump — raised the issue of the massive death toll associated with collectivism.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to the crowd at the 2026 New York City Inauguration in front of New York City Hall on January 1, 2026. (Jason Alpert-Wisnia / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)
“The ‘heat’ of collectivism that always requires coercion and force. How many deaths in the last 100 years from collectivist ideologies?” DeSantis wrote in a post on X.
Representative of the President of the House Republican Conference. Lisa McClain of Michigan called Mamdani a “communist,” a label he has previously rejected.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to reporters during a news conference while standing on the Alcatraz Alligator Airstrip in Ochopee, Fla., Friday, July 25, 2025. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
“Zohran Mamdani is a dangerous communist who is likely to DESTROY New York through his dedication to communist ideology. Let me be clear: Communism has failed everywhere it has been tried. New York will be no different,” she said in a statement. post on X.
Mamdani said last year during an appearance on “The View” that he was “not a communist.”
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, responded to Mamdani’s controversial remark Thursday by affirming“When communists rule, individual rights – invariably – are taken away.”
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“Collectivism is not warm,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said in a job.
“It is as cold as ice and locks the poor into perpetual poverty,” he continued. “Free markets have lifted more people out of poverty than any government program ever could.”
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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a candidate for attorney general in the Lone Star State, said in a job“The Marxist and the Islamist are the enemy. The mayor of New York is both.”
