The Democrats have failed to mount a serious response to Donald Trump’s authoritarianism. Their fecklessness has left the door open for democratic socialists like Zohran Mamdani to position themselves as the real opposition to Trump.

Who are the principal leaders of the opposition to Donald Trump’s authoritarianism? It certainly doesn’t feel like the Democratic Party establishment these days. Watching Zohran Mamdani run for New York City mayor, it increasingly feels like the opposition’s leaders are the Left.

Mamdani held a rally with 13,000 supporters at Forest Hills Stadium, joined by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and Sen. Bernie Sanders. In their speeches to the crowd, Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, and Mamdani argued that a vigorous defense of civil liberties and an aggressive economi

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