Bill Kristol Endorses Zohran Mamdani for
NYC Mayor Despite Him Being ‘Against Israel’
Breitbart,
by
Olivia Rondeau
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Posted By: Hermoine,
10/30/2025 7:28:05 PM
Neoconservative “Never Trumper” Bill Kristol endorsed socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, saying he wishes he was less “against Israel and all that” but calling him “a very impressive politician.”
In an October 9 interview with Claremont McKenna College (CMC) student newspaper The Forum, the ex-Republican political commentator described the prospect of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo becoming mayor as “ridiculous.”
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
andyboy 10/30/2025 7:31:46 PM (No. 2023797)
When has Bill Kristol -- who bankrupted his father's conservative publication -- ever taken a stand that is not left-wing?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
greyseal 10/30/2025 7:36:27 PM (No. 2023800)
"Neoconservative...?!" TDS has completely warped Kristol's brain if he really plans to vote for Mamdani...
While I agree that Cuomo is a ridiculous candidate, he's head and shoulders above Zohran.
greyseal
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 10/30/2025 7:37:53 PM (No. 2023803)
His picture is next to the word "worm" in the dictionary.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
rochow 10/30/2025 7:38:21 PM (No. 2023804)
This piece of trash was not ever a conservative, ever.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Sunhan65 10/30/2025 7:40:26 PM (No. 2023805)
Remember, these are the people we used to pay to be conservatives. They made their living selling conservative books, ideas, and themselves, and we made that living possible by buying into it and them. I cannot adequately express my contempt for the Cruise Ship Conservatives who used to be at the head of this movement, marketing themselves and selling us out.
But I'll keep trying.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
gop_guys 10/30/2025 7:41:52 PM (No. 2023807)
Who?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
billa57 10/30/2025 7:47:58 PM (No. 2023810)
Bill Kristol has completely lost his mind to TDS. A so called 'neoconservative' endorsing the Marxist/ radical Islamist candidate. True mental illness.
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Billy boy needs to join Charlie Weaver at the care home in Mount Idey.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
stablemoney 10/30/2025 7:51:48 PM (No. 2023814)
There's money for Bill somewhere behind it all.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
padiva 10/30/2025 7:53:53 PM (No. 2023815)
Do you think any NYC voters will value his opinion?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 10/30/2025 8:04:11 PM (No. 2023823)
Is there ANY depth of political depravity that extremist nutcase Kristol won't stoop to? Clearly not.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
danu 10/30/2025 8:13:21 PM (No. 2023830)
what are those dimwits drinking? i'll have none of it
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 10/30/2025 8:15:35 PM (No. 2023832)
It's one of the reasons I canned NR. The other was when they endorsed Hillary over Trump. They got infested with NeverTrumpers. The last issue I read was when they filled their mag with anti-Trump articles. That sound you heard was Bill Buckley turning over in his grave.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 10/30/2025 8:15:55 PM (No. 2023834)
FTA I think a lot of the younger Democrats are quite impressive,” Kristol told the outlet. When asked if any names stood out to him, he listed Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger, New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill, and Mamdani.
So he supports the candidates on the Left across the board. Mamdani isn't just a Dem - he's an avowed Socialist. Can we please stop pretending this fool is even remotely conservative?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
kono 10/30/2025 8:36:20 PM (No. 2023844)
Bill Kristol calls Yomami "impressive". That doesn't evoke the same word to describe Bill's judgment. Cuomo vs Mamdani is clearly a "lesser of two evils" choice. But to make the jihadi seem preferable to anybody, Cuomo would practically need to have tried to strangle your feeble grandmo -- oh, never mind. Y'all screwed there, New Yorkers...
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Kristol is truly insane.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
caljeepgirl 10/30/2025 8:51:40 PM (No. 2023851)
This absolutely blows my mind! What's more, Bill Kristol is the father-in-law of the wonderful journalist Matthew Continetti....conversation will be truly lively at that family's holiday table!! :|
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 10/30/2025 8:53:33 PM (No. 2023852)
This should remove any doubt that Bill Kristol can be considered moderate, conservative or a Republican any longer.
Though, I'm sure he's considered "conservative" among his liberal/progressive/socialist associates and friends.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 10/30/2025 8:54:28 PM (No. 2023853)
good thing he doesn't know any Jewish folk
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
lakerman1 10/30/2025 9:01:28 PM (No. 2023857)
I first heard the term 'self loathing Jew' spoken by my undergraduate Economics professor , nearly 60 years ago.
At that time, I was too young to fully understand it.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
cor-vet 10/30/2025 9:26:08 PM (No. 2023864)
TDS is worse than I thought. I don't believe there is a cure for it.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 10/30/2025 9:49:44 PM (No. 2023871)
From the article:
"“You know, New York City gets to have a left-wing mayor,” Kristol told the outlet, which noted that he serves as chairman of the CMC center that hosts the student publication."
Not surprising that a Commie has a severe case of TDS and is somehow "heard". The Commie would vote for Satan if running. NYC, Snake Plissken is nowhere to be seen. Enjoy the upcoming catastrophe. Cheers
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 10/30/2025 10:09:59 PM (No. 2023881)
Bill Krystol is a director of the anti-trump war monger 501C group called Defending Democracy Together. Fake conservative Mona Charen is also on the board. Defending DemocracyTogether received $2 million in USAID taxpayer funds. Where did that money go? Rhetorical question.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 10/30/2025 10:12:20 PM (No. 2023882)
Anti-President Trump. Excuse me.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Safari Man 10/30/2025 10:49:53 PM (No. 2023892)
Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney have been silent, which tells me what I need to know. I'll bet the Bushes and Jonah support Momdaddy as well.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
skacmar 10/30/2025 10:54:04 PM (No. 2023893)
Joe Biden appears perfectly sane when compared to Kristols rantings endorsing Mandami.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Newtsche 10/30/2025 11:30:34 PM (No. 2023899)
Embarrassing for Mr. Kristol to reveal his romantic wet dream.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
qr4j 10/31/2025 12:28:45 AM (No. 2023907)
Zero credibility with me, this man! So, you don't like Cuomo? Fine. Don't vote for him. But why would a so-called conservative EVER vote for a socialist? WHY?! Was this man lying to us the whole time he claimed to be a Republican? I guess so. Pathetic! I have zero respect for the man's opinions. The socialist is an impressive politician? That trips your trigger? Disgusting man. Worse than the mayoral candidate himself, IMO.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
thefield 10/31/2025 5:08:35 AM (No. 2023919)
#25 the Bushes hate Trump for beating Jeb.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
5 handicap 10/31/2025 5:27:27 AM (No. 2023921)
There goes Kristol proving once again what a sleazy imbecilic ass his father raised!
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
jigzsaw 10/31/2025 5:50:45 AM (No. 2023929)
Bill Kristol is Patient Zero for TDS.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Msquared112 10/31/2025 5:59:18 AM (No. 2023932)
Being “against Israel” is the least of Mamdani’s dangers. There is nothing conservative, neo or not, about Kristol, who has apparently gone off the deep end if he thinks that the only problem with Mamdani is his stance on Israel. The man is a communist AND gets advice and hangs out with Jihadist, terrorists who were part of 9/11, and is about to be the mayor of the freaking FINANCIAL CENTER OF THE WORLD. What is wrong with Kristol???? Does he enjoy the prayer calls 5x daily over the skies of New York City, because that is what’s going to happen.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Kitty Myers 10/31/2025 6:06:17 AM (No. 2023935)
Kristol’s worth $10 million.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
RussZilla 10/31/2025 6:09:01 AM (No. 2023936)
That smarmy smile. I noticed it when he spoke out on The McLaughlin Group. A total phony. I’d listen to Buchanan and Tucker and they were always interesting. Kristal was one of the club but a real pretender. He should just fade away into the quiet of his gloomy life. Ick.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
downnout 10/31/2025 6:52:11 AM (No. 2023951)
His parents are whirling in their graves. Unbelievable.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Strike3 10/31/2025 7:00:34 AM (No. 2023954)
Barack Obama was a very impressive politician as well. He had half the country eating out of his dirty hands. Then he showed America what he really was.
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I have been led like a sheep for so many decades.
I thought Kristol and Rove were worth listening to. I voted for both Bushes, Romney and McCain.... uggghhh!
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 10/31/2025 8:24:29 AM (No. 2023989)
That sounds about like Kristol!
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
pinger 10/31/2025 8:38:00 AM (No. 2023999)
Mamdani has captured naive people's imagination much like Obama did when he first came on the scene. A smooth talker who easily manipulates weak people's minds simply because they're perceived to be a good communicator. Then add the word "free" and eyes glaze over. Another second coming of Christ. Lemmings all.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
Golden Goose 10/31/2025 8:54:40 AM (No. 2024006)
New nickname: Kristol Meth
These are your conservative principles on drugs.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
moebellini3 10/31/2025 9:28:06 AM (No. 2024024)
Billy, aka "Whacko" Kristol lost his mind years ago. He's just another TDS driven lunatic void of any morals, values or soul. Another words, he's your typical democratic commie.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 10/31/2025 9:49:14 AM (No. 2024040)
Kristol-nacht
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
red1066 10/31/2025 9:58:23 AM (No. 2024058)
WOW #8, Charlie Weaver. There's a name I haven't seen or heard in decades. His image immediately came to me just by seeing his name.
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Bill Kristol can write all about his deep affection for Mamdamni in his widely read screed “The Weakly Standard..”
Oh, wait…
BK has proven time and again that he dived head first into the drained cement pond.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 10/31/2025 12:40:32 PM (No. 2024176)
As Albert Pennyworth so wisely observes:
" Some men just want to watch the world burn."
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 10/31/2025 2:06:56 PM (No. 2024215)
ALFRED. Duh! (#45)
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
Hazymac 10/31/2025 5:50:36 PM (No. 2024279)
As an original subscriber to The Weekly Standard (which ran many excellent essays in the early years), my comment is: "What the hell happened?" Daddy Irving Kristol is spinning like an airplane propellor in his grave.
Bill went over to the dark side. Goodbye, fool. I don't care what you do ... I wouldn't want to be like you. Yeah-yay-he.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
ronniethek 10/31/2025 9:40:25 PM (No. 2024360)
Kristol jumped the shark a long time ago but this is truly beyond the pale. I never thought his identity was so meaningless to him. Wow.
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