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Billionaires Are COMPLETELY DESPERATE To Stop Zohran | The Kyle Kulinski Show

2025-10-27 News & Politics
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Billionaire Financial Opposition Tactics Against NYC Populist Candidate Zoron Mdani

Discover how $22 million in documented billionaire spending attempts to derail Zoron Mdani’s populist NYC mayoral bid. Understand the specific, often identity-based, smear tactics leveraged by established elites against grassroots movements.

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  • Billionaires invested over $22 million against Mdani, signaling extreme fear regarding his economic populist message cutting through the noise.
  • Opponents fielded diverse smear campaigns questioning his personal choices, family history, and religious identity.
  • Mdani’s overwhelming first-round victory in Rank Choice Voting suggests the wealthy’s influence is failing against working-class alignment.

This segment breaks down the organized financial and narrative attacks aimed at stopping Zoron Mdani, a democratic socialist candidate, in the NYC primary. Examine the specific, often absurd, smears leveraged by the ruling class against a popular grassroots political surge.

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Top Comments (10)

@PsionicFrost 2025-10-27

I'm paraphrasing but I love what Zohran himself said about this: They're wasting more money to fight him than he would actually tax them.

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@southeastlondoner-x8m 2025-10-27

I'm terrified for Zohran's safety.

1.3k 94 replies
@lauriecraw5033 2025-10-27

Anybody who can afford to donate a few million to a political campaign can afford to pay a little more tax.

826 18 replies
@Redpilled66 2025-10-27

If Mamdani is making the billionaire liberal capitalist elite and their nationalist right wing allies triggered, then he's doing something right.

687 8 replies
@CanadianBeaver42 2025-10-27

Instead of these rich billionaires paying off politicians, can’t they just pay taxes?

582 22 replies
@WEAPONX4S 2025-10-27

Triple his security staff… quadruple it. Keep this man safe. Don’t put anything past these people. They hate him.

533 4 replies
@adamduncan5371 2025-10-27

The billionaires freaking out because Zohran is going to raise their taxes 2%? What crybabies! I've paid taxes all my life and never cried about it

315 12 replies
@frausteiner8615 2025-10-27

The funniest scandal is Zohran eating with his hands. My dudes, this is New York. They eat pizza, calzones, wings, meatball subs, ribs, drumsticks, all with their hands.

215 11 replies
@Linda-qt8qk 2025-10-27

I’m a Californian and I’m on Zohran’s side. Vote him in New York.

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@bossman6798 2025-10-27

They are not afraid of the 2% tax. They are afraid of Mamdani emboldening the working people by showing them the good the money that's being stole from them can do.

184 3 replies

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