When Zohran Mamdani was in high school, he tried to seize the reins of (student) government power the usual way: By promising the voters free stuff. At the Bronx HS of Science he ran for student veep on a fruit-juice giveaway platform. Yep, we’re looking at a career founded on tempting kids with sweets. He lost anyway.
So he amped up his proposals by a few billion dollars, and now he looks like he’s going to promise his way right into City Hall.
A mere decade and a half later — yes, we’re about to have a mayor who was in high school until 2010 — Mamdani is wowing the party that never stops saying “What an intriguing idea!” when told it can help itself to things paid for by somebody else…