Well, well, well. Look who’s back from the globalist cocktail circuit and dipping his fingers into New York City politics—none other than Patrick Gaspard, the Soros-funded, Obama-trained political handyman. If you thought the days of shadowy influence peddling were over, think again. Apparently, the Obama-Soros pipeline is alive, well, and now running directly through Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign.
In case you’ve missed it, Mamdani is the socialist state assemblyman who thinks the rent is too high, capitalism is too mean, and New York City should be run like a college sociology class. Naturally, that makes him the new darling of the Obama camp. Because when you’ve already spent eight years convincing Americans that “hope and change” meant handing the keys to the bureaucracy over to Ivy League technocrats, what’s left to do but back a full-blown Marxist for mayor?
Enter Patrick Gaspard, the guy who used to run George Soros’ Open Society Foundations and now plays political matchmaker for the progressive elite. He’s been quietly advising Mamdani’s campaign while introducing him to all the right people—the kind of people who don’t ride the subway but have strong opinions about how it should run. Gaspard even brought David Axelrod, the original Obama whisperer, down to campaign HQ for a nice little chat. No word on whether they served kombucha or just stuck with the usual Kool-Aid.
Axelrod, ever the poet, said he saw “a familiar spirit” in Mamdani. Right. That “spirit” being the same empty idealism that brought us ObamaCare, drone strikes, and IRS targeting scandals, all wrapped in a bow of soaring rhetoric. But sure, let’s pretend this is about “working people” again.
And let’s not forget the cash. Mamdani’s campaign has been writing big checks to media consultants with deep ties to the Obama world. Apparently, hope and change don’t come cheap. Meanwhile, the Soros money is flowing like boxed wine at a Brooklyn fundraiser. The Working Families Party alone has raked in over $23 million from Soros outfits—just one of several far-left groups bankrolling the Mamdani machine.
So what’s the game here? Simple. The old Obama crew is trying to recapture the magic, only this time through a younger, more radical puppet. Mamdani offers them a chance to rebrand their tired technocratic nonsense as revolutionary chic. And with Soros’ billions and their media buddies, they think they can sell it.
Of course, this is all happening behind the scenes. No splashy endorsements, no press conferences. Just whispers, introductions, and money. Always the money.
And Gaspard? He’s loving it. The man who got rich off “civil society” is now greasing the wheels for a guy who wants to turn New York into a socialist experiment. He called Soros “one of our leading defenders of inclusive and accountable democracy.” Which is rich, coming from a guy whose idea of democracy involves billionaires funding activist front groups and backroom deals.
But hey, at least they’re consistent. The same people who spent years lecturing us about “norms” and “institutions” are now propping up a candidate who basically wants to bulldoze both. Because when power’s the goal, principles are optional.
So here we are: the Obama alumni club, the Soros ATM, and the socialist upstart all playing footsie in Manhattan. And they think no one’s watching. But we are. And we see the game for exactly what it is—an elite political rehab tour disguised as grassroots activism.
The only question now is whether New Yorkers are gullible enough to fall for it. Given their recent record, I wouldn’t bet against it. But hey, maybe this time the revolution will come with a free tote bag.