NEW YORK, NY — The shockwaves from Zohran Mamdani’s upset victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary on June 24 are still rippling across the political spectrum, uniting unlikely voices in both celebration and condemnation.

Zohran Mamdani had just been elected Democratic nominee for the mayor of New York — a jaw-dropping achievement for a politician who most voters in America’s most populous city had barely heard of a few months ago.

"These hateful, Islamophobic, and racist tropes have become so entrenched and normalized in our politics," the group said. "We know these attacks all too well."

The responses to Zohran Mamdani’s showing in the New York City mayoral primary were the latest examples of how some G.O.P. lawmakers have grown more overt in using bigoted language and tropes.

Coming up with nondefamatory ways to attack Zohran Mamdani is not exactly an insurmountable task. The 33-year-old Democratic nominee for New York City mayor is an avowed socialist from a privileged background,