{"id":2699,"date":"2025-11-12T18:04:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/chaos-in-nyc-mamdanis-free-bus-scam-and-trump-attack-just-blew-up-in-his-face\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T18:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:04:33","slug":"chaos-in-nyc-mamdanis-free-bus-scam-and-trump-attack-just-blew-up-in-his-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/?p=2699","title":{"rendered":"CHAOS in NYC! Mamdani\u2019s Free-Bus SCAM and Trump Attack just BLEW UP in his face!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CHAOS<\/p>\n

The progressive victory of Mayor-elect\u00a0Zohran Mamdani<\/strong>\u00a0in New York City is already facing severe resistance, with Governor\u00a0Kathy Hochul<\/strong>\u00a0effectively backtracking on key socialist promises just weeks before Mamdani takes office. Mamdani\u2019s boldest proposals\u2014including making city buses free\u2014have stalled as Hochul, responding to the financial realities of the state, asserts that such plans are simply not \u201cdoable\u201d and risks accelerating the mass exodus of high-tax-paying residents.<\/p>\n

The clash exposes a major rift within the Democratic Party: the tension between the progressive wing\u2019s ideological demands for expansive social programs and the moderate establishment\u2019s pragmatic concern over fiscal collapse.<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s campaign was built on a series of ambitious, highly expensive proposals designed to transform New York into a democratic socialist model. The immediate problem is the funding mechanism for these programs.<\/p>\n

Mamdani promised to make the city\u2019s bus system entirely free<\/strong>\u00a0(estimated to cost hundreds of millions in lost revenue) and implement universal child care, paid for by taxing the rich and corporations.<\/p>\n

The Stalled Agenda:<\/strong>\u00a0Governor Hochul, who ultimately controls state funds and infrastructure (like the MTA, which runs the buses), has signaled a decisive\u00a0\u201cno\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0on Mamdani\u2019s bus promise. She stated that she \u201ccannot set forth a plan right now that takes money out of a system that relies on the fares of the buses and the subways.\u201d<\/p>\n

The immediate failure of the \u201cfree bus\u201d promise was hilariously documented by everyday New Yorkers, who quickly realized that the socialist revolution had not materialized overnight.<\/p>\n

The Bus Stop Reality:<\/strong>\u00a0One civilian pointedly asked a bus driver:\u00a0\u201cI saw on the bus it said fares required. I thought the buses were supposed to be free now \u2019cause, like, Mamdani just won. When does that start?\u201d<\/p>\n

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<\/strong>\u00a0The bus driver, highlighting the unsustainability of the rhetoric, responded that the policy was \u201cnever going to happen\u201d and that he would still allow the man to ride for free out of personal kindness.<\/p>\n

Governor Hochul\u2019s response to Mamdani\u2019s victory transitioned quickly from campaign support to crisis management, focused on protecting the state\u2019s financial core and asserting her control over policy.<\/p>\n

Hochul asserted that while she respects the progressive vision, she must govern by a strict pragmatic standard:\u00a0\u201cWhat is doable is the question.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Refusing Tax Hikes:<\/p>\n

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<\/strong>\u00a0Hochul explicitly rejected the core of Mamdani\u2019s funding mechanism\u2014raising taxes on the wealthy\u2014stating:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m concerned about outmigration of people who are the ones who are supporting our budget\u2026 One and a half percent of New Yorkers cover about a third of our budget. That\u2019s enormous.\u201d<\/p>\n

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<\/strong>\u00a0She fears that increased taxes will make New York\u00a0\u201cunattractive\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0for businesses and high-earners, leading to a further exodus.
The Capitalist City:<\/strong>\u00a0Hochul confirmed that her priority is ensuring\u00a0\u201cNew York City is still a capitalist city\u201d<\/p>\n

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<\/strong>\u00a0and that she has spent time talking to the business community to reassure them. In essence, her stance is: \u201cI wear the pants in the state of New York. I\u2019m not on board with any of it [Mamdani\u2019s radical plans].\u201d<\/p>\n

The irony of the situation\u2014Mamdani running on promises that his own party leader must immediately shut down\u2014is stark.<\/p>\n

The Democratic Dilemma:<\/strong>\u00a0The Democratic Party is exposed as playing a double game: celebrating the socialist victory to appease the far-left, while relying on the moderate establishment (Hochul) to prevent the costly policies from being implemented.<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s rhetoric extended beyond financial policy into immediate political conflict, notably targeting the former president and taking a questionable stance on law enforcement.<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s victory speech included a direct, combative challenge to Donald Trump, forcing the former president to immediately respond and call Mamdani\u2019s ideology \u201ccommunism.\u201d This confrontational style, which Mamdani uses to build his political brand as the \u201canti-Trump,\u201d is seen as a strategic miscalculation that endangers the federal funds he needs.<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s campaign rhetoric included talking points about defunding the police and replacing officers with mental health experts in the subway system. This position has drawn sharp criticism from major figures, including\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Call for More Cops:<\/strong>\u00a0Smith publicly rebuked the idea:\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t want to see less police officers. I want to see more police officers. I want to hear about no damn mental health experts in subways.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Need for Security:<\/strong>\u00a0This grassroots pushback underscores that for everyday New Yorkers, security and law enforcement are immediate, practical concerns that outweigh the ideological promises of police reform. Hochul\u2019s insistence on keeping the current Police Commissioner signals a strong alignment with the need for professional, consistent public safety over Mamdani\u2019s radical proposals.<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s early days as Mayor-elect serve as a\u00a0wake-up call<\/strong>\u00a0for the progressive movement. The enthusiasm of a single rally cannot overcome the established fiscal and political structures of a major state.<\/p>\n

Hochul, though pressed by her party, is holding her ground, recognizing that she must protect the state\u2019s budget\u2014the very engine that supports the city. The reality is that the ambitious, unfunded socialist programs that won Mamdani the election are being\u00a0<\/p>\n

The big question remains whether Mamdani will adjust his political sails to navigate the \u201cdoable\u201d reality set by Hochul, or if he will continue to push an ideological agenda that risks accelerating the flight of wealth and plunging the city into greater financial instability.<\/p>\n

California Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s social media account mimicking Donald Trump\u2019s all-caps online posts is getting under the skin of prominent conservatives on the right.<\/p>\n

The reaction to Newsom\u2019s pitch-perfect parody of Trump \u2014 including his wild rants, name-calling, and use of AI-generated images \u2014 is shining a light on the absurd behavior of the president of the United States, who has largely gotten a pass from his party for doing the same thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to stop it with the Twitter thing,\u201d Fox News host Dana Perino said Monday of the potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender. \u201cIf I were his wife, I would say: You are making a fool of yourself, stop it. \u2026 He\u2019s got a big job as governor of California, but if he wants an even bigger job, he has to be a little more serious.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what he\u2019s trying to do but it comes across as childish and \u2014 you are the governor of the biggest state in the union \u2014 what are you doing?\u201d added Fox News host Trace Gallagher.<\/p>\n

For years, and often in the middle of the night, Trump has posted screeds against his perceived enemies on his social media website Truth Social, hurling invectives and sharing conspiracies once considered unthinkable for an American president. His critics have repeatedly accused the media of normalizing the bizarre posts and \u201csanewashing\u201d his language online.<\/p>\n

Newsom\u2019s team is trying a different approach \u2014 one that\u2019s earned the governor praise from the Democratic base and lots of eyeballs. According to Newsom\u2019s office, the aggressive new strategy has resulted in the @GovPressOffice account on X gaining more than 250,000 followers, more than 225 million impressions, and more than 1.5 million profile visits since Aug. 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019ve got issues with what I\u2019m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns about what he\u2019s putting out as president,\u201d the governor said of Trump at a press conference in Los Angeles last week. \u201cTo the extent it\u2019s gotten some attention, I\u2019m pleased. But I think the deeper question is, how have we allowed the normalization of his tweets over the course of the last many years to go without similar scrutiny and notice?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNow everyone\u2019s so offended, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s so unbecoming of your position.\u2019 But not the president of the United States?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The progressive victory of Mayor-elect\u00a0Zohran Mamdani\u00a0in New York City is already facing severe resistance, with Governor\u00a0Kathy Hochul\u00a0effectively backtracking on key socialist promises just weeks before Mamdani takes office. Mamdani\u2019s boldest proposals\u2014including making…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t