Daily Report

This article is built on a bunch of half truths. First, the article claims Governor Hochul broke her promise to not raise taxes. She has supported tax increases on the wealthy her entire career, which are the only new taxes in New York. There's no evidence to suggest she increased taxes on people making under 500,000, which is the group she promised not to raise taxes for. Also, the article mentions how Mamdani "barely" broke 50 percent, and how that doesn't give him a mandate to lead. First, over 50 percent quite literally is a majority, no matter how close. second, he was in a unique race where there were three legitimate candidates instead of two and third, he won by a higher percentage than President Trump did, who won 49.8 percent of the vote, but you don't see NewsMax say that Trump doesn't have a mandate. Lastly, although this is just about labels, Governor Hochul has never identified as a socialist, and doesn't support many Democratic Socialist policies that Mamdani does. They're likely callinger her socialist as a form of criticism, but it's still wrong.