Michael Goodwin: Mamdanis mayoral primary victory sealed a headache for Dems and proved they cant win no matter what

Here’s how you know Democrats are cursed: They lose even when they win.In a week where President Trump kept his promise to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities, forged a cease-fire in its war with Israel, scored a huge victory at the Supreme Court and saw the stock market hit a new historic high, Dems won ..

.another giant headache.His name is Zohran Mamdani and his victory in New York’s mayoral primary is already proving to be more of a problem than a solution to the Dems’ woes.His uber-progressive platform is so extreme that he’s driving leading lefties to pretend to be moderates!Normally, winning the mayoral nomination is cause for party celebration because the Dem nominee usually prevails in deep blue Gotham, meaning more power, prestige and patronage.Besides, the 33-year-old Queens assemblyman routed bogeyman Andrew Cuomo and others with a campaign that boosted turnout among the kind of young voters who have been drifting away from the party.The hitch is that Mamdani’s ideas, including giving away lots of free stuff, are so extreme that New York’s Dem leaders are giving him the cold shoulder — and a slapdown.He’s a true socialist who wants to freeze the rents on a million privately owned apartments and favors taxing homes owned by whites at higher rates than those owned by nonwhites.He promises government supermarkets, called for defunding the police and — naturally — taxing the “rich.”If that weren’t trouble enough, Mamdani is also a proven antisemite.His history and agenda are prompting an outcry among even some fellow Dems and a budding effort to defeat him in the general election.

They believe a Mamdani mayoralty would be good only if the goal is to boost Trump’s popularity and help Republicans sweep next year’s elections.In fact, some see Mamdani as so radioactive that they are refusing to endorse him, lest they get tarred with his brush.Gov.Hochul is rejecting a central promise of his platform, which is to impose big tax hi...