One of the many myths the young folks of New York City have been led to believe is that Zohran Mamdani, their new Teen Beat magazine cover boy mayor, came from humble beginnings. He plays the communist/socialist/victim game very well, and with a sweet smile. And he never says no, he wants to give you everything for free — also goodies these 20-somethings in NYC are used to from their parents.
But in reality, he grew up wealthy. He went to a $66,000-a-year (after tax dollars) private K-12 school, Bank Street, and then to a $100,000-a-year private college in Maine, Bowdoin College. Horatio Alger, he ain’t.
Also, he has never had a real job.
So for him to pretend that he is struggling like the rubes he convinced to vote for him is disingenuous. Or, as we say in the country, “Don’t go a-hollering hungry with a ham on your back.”
Ever the DEI game player, he said that he was Ugandan on his college applications, when both his parents are of South Asian descent. That is a liberal college acceptance delta of about 700 SAT points.