Ep. 2452 - Mamdani the Kingmaker

June 24, 2026

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In the New York congressional primaries last night, a series of candidates endorsed by Mayor Zoran Mamdani defeated sitting Democrats who were already very far left. The winners are open members of the Democratic Socialists of America who advocate abolishing prisons, abolishing ICE, eliminating borders, and believe America is a fundamentally evil settler-colonial state. Ben Shapiro argues that this is not a local New York story but the latest step in a deliberate Leninist strategy to take over the Democratic Party from within.

The Bolshevik Playbook

Shapiro frames the DSA's strategy as a direct echo of Vladimir Lenin’s tactics in pre-Soviet Russia, where the Bolsheviks first purged the more moderate Mensheviks. The DSA’s real enemy, he argues, is not the Republican Party but the "normie" left—Democrats who are merely very liberal rather than openly revolutionary. The process has four steps.

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What you'll learn

1 (01:58) **Opening Thesis** - NY primaries elevate Mamdani as DSA kingmaker and install communist candidates
2 (03:56) **Revolutionary Strategy Explained** - Four-step DSA plan modeled on Bolshevik takeover of the Mensheviks
3 (05:40) **Step Two: Claiming Victory** - Low-turnout wins reframed as national momentum via social media and TikTok
4 (07:32) **Step Three: Cowing Moderates** - Normal Democrats pressured to align or face purging
5 (08:52) **Step Four: Rinse and Repeat** - Losing nationally is acceptable if the party is captured from within
6 (12:54) **Primary Results Detailed** - Mamdani-backed candidates sweep NY-7, NY-10, and NY-13
7 (16:04) **Profile: Darielisa Chevalier** - DSA member and Columbia Apartheid Divest co-founder wins NY-13

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Show Notes

The communists take New York, and we discuss their plan to take over America; the administration begins waking up to the reality that Iran is playing us; and California cracks down on guns again.

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