(NewsNation) — Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro characterized Tuesday's New York City mayoral election as a "revenge candidacy," warning that progressive winner Zohran Mamdani's policies could prove dangerous for the nation's largest city.

"The best hope for Mamdani is that the city council stopped him from doing the things that he wants to do, because if you were actually able to implement many of his plans, it would make him more unpopular," Shapiro said during an appearance on "CUOMO" following election night.

Shapiro expressed particular concern over Mamdani's idea that "there is no problem too big for government and no problem too small for government to care about," calling it "terrifying to anybody who has any familiarity with totalitarian systems."

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