Mamdani’s debate lies, dodges and fumbles — signs of disaster ahead for NYC

Zohran Mamdani on Thursday night treated New Yorkers to a preview of what they can expect if he wins: Outright lies, deflection from direct questions and fantasy economics.

Confronted about his long-stated belief that prostitution should be legal, Mamdani shook his head and said it was all lies — he never said that.

Hah! He said it on the floor of the state Assembly while voting “Yes” on a bill to legalize loitering for the purpose of prostitution: “While this bill does not decriminalize sex work,” Mamdani proclaimed Feb. 2, 2021, “I would like to register my support for such legislation, my eagerness for that debate and for my fundamental belief that sex work is work” (emphasis ours).

Saying “Sex work is work,” means that selling your body is no different from being a librarian or a waiter.

So Mamdani is either a liar or willfully forgetful.

Asked if he’d attend the parades that mayors typically march in, Mamdani grinned like a skull and said he’d skip some parades because he would be too busy at work; pushed to specify, he shrugged.

Come on: It’s obvious he’ll skip Columbus Day, Israel Day and India Day, for starters, since he’s openly anti-Columbus, anti-Israel and anti-India.

He just won’t risk admitting that he has no intention of being a mayor for all New Yorkers.

He was utterly incoherent on mayoral control of the public school system: He’s against it, but wants “accountability” and offers plans for running the system, albeit really only about spending even more on teachers when the Department of Education already burns roughly $40,000 per student.

He can’t quite explain how or why (or, really if) he came to decide that city cops aren’t a pack of rampaging racists, how the Rent Guidelines Board works or why he thinks 911 operators can reliably decide which Emotionally Disturbed Person calls social workers can respond to with NYPD backup.

And his explanation of how he’d put the Civilian Complaint Review Board in charge of police discipline was a Kamala-level word salad.

How will he help building owners comply with Local Law 97’s mandates to slash carbon emissions? Somehow, city-run purchasing will magically shrink the costs.

He demands that you ignore even his recent statements of hatred for the cops and support for jihadi terror, simply because he’s not wearing those positions on his sleeve now during the campaign.

But, hey, he says it all with a smile!

The day he takes over as mayor and has to start doing rather than talking is the day the disasters begin.