PolitiFact, a so-called “fact checker” long criticized by conservatives for playing defense for Democrats, is once again under fire.
This time, PolitiFact is shielding New York City’s far-left Democrat mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani from scrutiny.
The cover comes after President Donald Trump responded to Mamdani’s shock primary win by labeling him a “100% Communist Lunatic.”
The “fact-checking” outlet jumped to the defense of Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-declared Democratic socialist.
Mamdani just won the Democratic Party’s primary in a stunning upset over establishment figures like former Governor Andrew Cuomo.
After winning the primary in deep blue NYC, Mamdani is now expected to be the city’s next mayor.
Trump sounded the alarm in a Truth Social post last week, warning:
“We’ve had Radical Lefties before, but this is getting a little ridiculous.”
PolitiFact quickly swooped in, not to evaluate Mamdani’s policies on their merits, but to declare Trump’s claim “False.”
The failed “journalist” behind the “fact check” dismissed the president’s warning as just another example of “red scare” rhetoric.
According to PolitiFact, Mamdani’s platform, which includes rent control, city-owned grocery stores, and free public transportation, “is not akin to communism.”
The site leaned heavily on left-leaning academics to argue that because Mamdani