The success of the Mamdani campaign should be approached as a opportunity to do some fresh thinking on the part of Democrats, not a moment to circle the wagons, to seek shelter from the storm, to distance themselves from Mamdani. So far the jury is out.
As for Trump and the Republicans they will, without a doubt, respond in predictable ways to Mamdani’s electrifying campaign and victory, that is, cast Mamdani in the most negative light possible. Such cyncial, anti working class, and racist posturing on MAGA’s part is its stock and trade.