New York Post’s ‘Red Apple’ Cover Mocks Zohran Mamdani’s victory

The New York Post put out a satirical and politically charged front page reacting to Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York City mayor on Tuesday, local time.

The tabloid used the headline ‘On your Marx, get set, Zo! Socialist Mamdani wins race for mayor’ as a pun on the phrase “On your marks, get set, go!” — replacing “marks” with Karl Marx, the founder of communism.

The phrase “Socialist Mamdani” highlights his self-identification as a democratic socialist. The Post, however, uses it in a mocking tone — suggesting he’s a radical leftist in the Marxist sense.

“The Big Apple” is New York City’s nickname. By calling it “The Red Apple,” the Post is implying that with Mamdani’s victory, New York has turned politically red — but not in the American conservative sense. The “red” here