After allies of Mayor Zohran Mamdani swept New York City Democratic primaries, right-wing figures including Meghan McCain and Laura Loomer urged Jews in the city to leave—while outgoing Rep. Dan Goldman raised concerns about antisemitic tropes in the campaign.
New York’s political fight didn’t just move into the ballot box—it spilled into the inboxes and feeds of Jewish residents across the city.
The trigger was Tuesday night’s Democratic primary sweep by allies of Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Claire Valdez. Brad Lander. and Darializa Avila Chevalier won congressional seats. a result the article describes as consolidating socialist power in New York. All three condemned Israel’s genocide in Gaza, turning the election into yet another test of whether U.S. Jewish voters will be punished—politically or personally—for the country’s war and its reverberations abroad.
Within hours, right-wing voices shifted from losing elections to warning Jews, specifically, to flee. On X, Meghan McCain wrote: “To my beautiful Jewish friends in America. We love you. You are not alone. We are just as freaked out as you are and see with clear eyes exactly what is happening.” The post. as framed in the article. was directed at what she suggested was unfolding danger. prompting a sharp response from the author.
Laura Loomer, a far-right activist, joined the call. In the article. Loomer’s message is described as telling the “one million Jews who call the five boroughs their home” to “go on ahead and pack their bags. ” with her contention that support for Israel is not—according to her—about American Jewish safety. but about fighting a supposed “Islamic takeover of America.” Later. Loomer pushed the urgency even further. writing on X: “If you’re a Jew in NYC. now is your time to move. After tonight’s election in New York, nobody who is Jewish is safe. I’d love to see the Trump administration address this Islamic takeover of America and the exploding Jew hatred. We need leadership on this issue. It’s…— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) June 24, 2026.”.
Loomer’s claims are disputed in the article as crankish, but the pressure isn’t coming only from fringe accounts. The piece ties the fear campaign to more serious political figures, including Dan Goldman—an incumbent congressman who was ousted by Brad Lander last night.
In Goldman’s concession speech, the article quotes him directly saying: “Jews have given back so much to this country. As history has taught us. antisemitic tropes and stereotypes. some of which I heard personally on this campaign. will ultimately be the undoing of our democracy if we all don’t lean in…— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) June 24. 2026.” In the article’s telling. Goldman—who is Jewish—lost by an “absolute landslide” to Lander. described as also Jewish.
It also reports that Goldman accused Lander of using “dangerous antisemitic tropes” to win. The article adds that it is “not clear” whether the trope Goldman meant was Lander’s alleged attack tying Goldman to AIPAC money—something Goldman “did do while publicly disavowing AIPAC donations.”
Outside the race itself, debate over antisemitism and what it means for Jews in the U.S. has surged quickly, with arguments colliding about Israel, migration, and identity in New York. The article quotes Joel Pollak writing: “Some serious thinkers have once again begun to wonder whether New York Jews might be better off living in Israel than in the United States. Joel Pollak of the California Post wasted no time casting the blame for antisemitism vaguely on ‘migration. ’ by which he presumably means ‘very scary Muslim mayor’ and/or ‘very scary immigration.’” It then links that rhetoric to Stephen Miller and Katie Miller writing: “New York will now be run by foreign communists.”.
That pattern—condemnations. accusations. and calls to abandon the city—isn’t new. the article argues. pointing to a similar push when Zohran Mamdani was elected earlier this year. It says the same commentariat had crowed for a Jewish exodus from Gotham. but that “such an exodus. by all accounts. did not happen then. and won’t happen now.”.
The article’s central claim is that while antisemitism is “real. ” it isn’t caused by critics of Israel winning elections—and it isn’t solved by Jews fleeing New York. It frames the current wave of warnings as a political response to electoral results rather than a grounded solution. insisting that fear directed at Jewish residents doesn’t match the fact that New York’s election outcomes were driven by voters choosing Mamdani allies in Democratic primaries. with Valdez. Lander. and Chevalier all winning congressional seats after they condemned Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
For all the urgency in the posts—“nobody who is Jewish is safe”—the article leaves readers with a stark contradiction: the election is being treated like a verdict on Jewish belonging. even as the winners themselves are described as Jewish. and even as the city’s future is being reduced to whether one group is told to leave.
New York City politics Zohran Mamdani Democratic primaries Brad Lander Claire Valdez Darializa Avila Chevalier Dan Goldman antisemitism Meghan McCain Laura Loomer U.S. elections Israel-Gaza