Peter Orszag Says Democrats Increasingly Hate Jews And Capitalism After New York City Mayoral Primary
Peter Orszag, a businessman and ex-Obama, said Thursday that the Democratic Party was in danger of becoming an anti-capitalist and anti-Semitic party.
Orzag met with CNBC in the aftermath of the New York Democratic Assembly, Zohran Mandani, winning the primary democratic elections of the town hall of New York town hall. Mandani was approved by New York Democratic Socialists in America.
“Let me take a step back and say that I am saddened to say that I think that the Democratic Party becomes more and more anti-Semitic and anti-capitalism,” said Orszag. “And the thing about this is to turn … towards socialism and to turn away from your moral principles through anti -Semitism never works. There is therefore a fundamental concern that I have and I think that many people have in the direction of the Democratic Party along these two dimensions. ”
The host later asked Orszag to clarify what he meant with his concerns about alleged anti -Semitism.
“The mayor’s democratic candidate adopted the idea of” world intifada, “said the businessman, saying that his concerns went beyond the mayor’s breed.” The [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] Distributed fundraising emails from a senior democratic agent who said that Jewish donors are only interested in tax reductions. The high leadership of the party always seems to have cognitive on its position on Israel, and you go down the list. This is problematic. (Related: Democratic leadership lines up to kiss the ring of the socialist starlet of New York Zohran Mamdani)
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An interviewer asked Orszag if he intended to join the Republican Party, which he seemed to deviate. “I hope that the Democratic Party will change the course and, once again, history shows that neither being anti-capitalism nor to be anti-Semitic is the way to a kind of good result,” he said.
When asked if his business would continue as usual in New York if Mandani was elected mayor, Orszag was not engaged. “First of all, let’s see what is happening in the general elections here in New York, then we have to see what policy changes occur. I would say that we are very attached to New York. The bar would be raised for us to move, but we have to see how things are going,” he said.
Mamdani published a statement on October 8, 2023, one day after Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, where he did not seem to mention the name of the terrorist group. He told Mehdi Hasan de MSNBC in December 2024 that he was elected mayor of New York, would arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he was visiting. “It is a city that our values comply with international law. It is time for our actions to be also,” said the town hall candidate.
Tim Miller from “The Bulwark” questioned the candidate for town hall on sentences like “Globalize The Iifada” and “From the River to the Sea”. Mamdani said he was not comfortable with the approach of “prohibiting certain words”.
Orszag is CEO and president of Lazard, a global business and asset management company, according to the website. Previously, he was director of Obama from the management and budget office and director of the Congressional Budget Office.
