This Man Mamdani

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Author

Eric Rauchway

W. Kingsland Macy, chair of the New York Republican State Committee, had this to say about Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt:

“Look out you don’t make the mistake of liking Roosevelt. . . . I’ve seen people taken in by it.”

“By what?” he was asked.

Macy groped for words, finally burst out with, “By a perfectly grand political personality, you fool!”1

Anyway, the mayor elect of New York met the president today. The president remarked of the mayor elect, “he’s a big fan of the New Deal I guess.”

Zohran Mamdani standing in front of the portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt on his visit to the White House, November 21, 2025. Click to enlarge.

Zohran Mamdani standing in front of the portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt on his visit to the White House, November 21, 2025. Click to enlarge.

Footnotes

  1. Earle Looker, This Man Roosevelt (Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932), 4.↩︎