CNN's Laura Coates Claims Mamdani Is Not A Communist, Just A Socialist… Can't Explain The Difference

Posted • November 5, 2025: Much of the media did some heavy lifting this year in the attempts to keep the "communist" label off of Zohran Mamdani. For example, in an old tweet Mamdani directly quoted something Karl Marx embraced: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." After the Trump White House noticed and shared that quote, PolitiFact basically said "wait a minute, that's still not evidence that Mamdani embraces communism in his campaign or would as NYC mayor": —— PolitiFact @PolitiFact: “Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, in 2021 used the phrase “seizing the means of production.” He did not elaborate on that and we could not find evidence that it was part of his 2025 New York City mayoral platform.” —— Some on CNN have also tried to push the "Mamdani's not a communist" defenses: —— CNN's Laura Coates on Zohran Mamdani: "He's not a communist, he's a democratic socialist." —— Byron Donalds: "Explain what the difference is." —— Coates: "Communism is a trigger word."

Mamdani's also talked in a positive way about seizing the means of production, but of course denies he's a communist (because apparently that's a bridge too far even for leftist/socialist Dems). Some in the media are obviously happy to help with that effort to downplay the truth. But let's see how PolitiFact and CNN try and help spin Mamdani's way out of a quote from last night's victory speech: Mandani kicking off his victory speech: "As Eugene Debs once said, I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity." Lefty media: "Nope, didn't hear it!" —— Zohran Mamdani, who is definitely not a communist!, starts his victory speech by quoting a communist. Naturally the same media types who tried to make everybody believe that Hunter Biden's laptop was a fabrication as part of a Russian disinformation campaign will now keep telling us that there's no proof Mamdani embraces communism. Mamdani opened his speech quoting a communist, and CNN will still lose its crap if you call him a communist.

For a guy who insists he's not a communist (with the media's help of course) Mamdani certainly likes to affectionately quote communists a lot. (…)

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