I stood up to Zohran Mamdanis rabid thug and you can, too

Beware, New Yorkers: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s got a cadre of humorless, hypersensitive goons on his side — and they’re all too willing to bully you for opposing him.That’s what I learned Monday, when a bearded Hezbollah-supporting Mamdani stan confronted me on my commute home aboard an uptown 6 train. I’d hopped on at 51st Street and had just settled into my seat, closed my eyes, and pulled up my hoodie to listen to a podcast when I heard someone call my name. “Michael Benjamin.Michael Benjamin.

I see you.You can’t hide.”I opened my eyes to find a black-masked man standing over me, angrily shaking what looked like a pager in my face. It slowly occurred to me that this unhinged individual was calling me out for a post I’d made on X nearly two years ago, in October 2024, commenting on the party Mamdani threw to launch his mayoral campaign.“Is it true that no pagers were allowed?” I’d snarked — referring to Israel’s famous exploding-pager operation of the previous month.“He writes for The New York Post and tweets about killing people,” the furious stranger announced to the other passengers in the car, clearly hoping to have them join his effort to condemn me. I wasn’t shocked to be recognized — my Post columns, an active Twitter/X account and eight years in public office have made me something of a public person.But the man’s menacing manner was startling to say the least.My mind raced to assess the situation: “Is he alone? Is he armed?”I quickly realized he was the owner of the big black e-bike I’d glanced at when boarding IRT subway car 1675. A young woman was sitting alongside him.I stood up to confront him and the ranting coward retreated, still waving his black pager in my direction.A couple of young, able-bodied men scrambled away toward the far end of the car, dishearteningly reluctant to come to an innocent commuter’s aid. “Remove the mask,” I demanded — he seemed familiar, but with his swarthy face obsc...