(TJV NEWS) Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign is collapsing under the weight of his own deceptions — and Black New Yorkers are leading the charge in exposing him, The New York Post reported.

The Democratic Socialist candidate, hailed by his supporters as a “great, brown hope,” has instead been branded a fraud, a charlatan, and a dangerous extremist. His attempt to pass himself off as “African American” on a Columbia University application more than a decade ago still infuriates the community he claims to champion. “How dare he?” Bishop Chantel Wright of Harlem told the Post, demanding Mamdani apologize to Black New Yorkers for what she called one of the most “egregious, unacceptable, fraudulent” acts imaginable.

Mamdani — born in Uganda to Indian parents — falsely checked the “Black/African American” box on Columbia’s forms in 2009 while also identifying as Asian, the Post noted. Black leaders say this was not only dishonest but robbed a genuine African American applicant of a seat at the Ivy League school. As Wright put it, “Whose seat did he take? We don’t trust him.”

That lack of trust shows up in the polls. Only eight percent of Black New Yorkers support Mamdani, according to a Marist survey cited by the Post. Instead, his base comes largely from wealthy, gentrified corners of Brooklyn and Queens — the very communities least affected by the socialist schemes he pushes.

“He’s selling snake oil,” Wright told the Post, mocking Mamdani’s promises of free bus rides and government-run grocery stores. “Lies from the pit of Hell. Don’t pee on our leg and tell us it’s raining.” Older Black voters, she said, aren’t fooled by his TikTok-style gimmicks.

Darius Jones, president of the National Black Empowerment Council, was even blunter in remarks to the Post. “Black voters are not socialist. Period. These ideas infantilize us, strip us of self-determination, and hurt our families.” He pointed out that Mamdani’s far-left agenda — defunding the police, legalizing prostitution, decriminalizing all drugs — would devastate working-class Black neighborhoods.

As the Post underscored, Black New Yorkers understand the stakes. They don’t want to be part of Mamdani’s ideological “experiment.” They want safety, stability, and leaders grounded in reality, not self-proclaimed Marxists who’ve rarely held a steady job and lived with their parents into their 30s.

The backlash against Mamdani highlights what the Post described as the political sophistication of Black voters. Far from being swayed by utopian slogans, they recognize the danger of an inexperienced, anti-Israel, anti-police radical trying to hijack City Hall.

Or as Jones summed it up to the New York Post: “People underestimate the political sophistication of Black people. We see through the vanity projects. We know when someone’s a fraud.”