Old Commie Mamdani never met a microphone on what’s supposed to be a unifying, good time, plain old celebratory occasion that he couldn’t blast into smithereens with his Islamic victim-grievance-class hate-spew.
I sort of had an inkling he’d try it today, when I heard his Mayorness had, after much careful consideration, deigned ever so graciously but reluctantly to join the revelers at the traditional New York City St Patrick’s Day Parade.
He’s not going to Irish exit this parade.
Serial parade flake Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed he’ll march in the iconic New York City St. Patrick Day Parade on Tuesday – after staying mum for weeks over whether he’d join the craic.
“This was one of the easiest decisions I’ve had to make as the mayor,” he said Monday during an unrelated news conference in Queens.
“It is a day that so many New Yorkers look forward to. And it is one that I share in that excitement, because I know that it represents not just a celebration of the incredible contributions of Irish Americans to this city, but also one that celebrates so many of the different ethos that are core to the Irish spirit, including that of solidarity.”
While Mamdani flashed his signature style while again gushing over the Irish, his attendance wasn’t exactly guaranteed.
Drama queen.
NYC’s parade is always a BFD.
NYC hosts 265th St. Patrick’s Day Parade today 🍀
📍~2M spectators expected
📍11 AM – 4:30 PM
📍Fifth Ave (44th → 79th St)
📍Major street closures across Midtown#StPatricksDay #NYC #NYCParade #BreakingNews pic.twitter.com/9csjA9ltXM— The Jewish Voice (@TJVNEWS) March 17, 2026
And I’m sure those millions of eyeballs were all part and parcel of this progressive puke’s calculations on whether he made an appearance or made a big deal over boycotting a pretty neutral ground, city-wide celebration.
The day traditionally starts out at Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the NYC mayor.
They have a big breakfast there, you see. To share the blessings of the day, and the spirit of the saint for which it’s named. To get ready for the festivities and the boisterous good times of the parade.
As well as take the opportunity to *checks notes* read ranting screeds about Gaza genocide, oppressed Palestinians, and climate change, because that’s exactly like St. Patrick and the sneks.
WAIT, WHUT
Mamdani rips ‘genocide’ in Palestine during St. Patrick’s Day event https://t.co/qXhjOmqn2e pic.twitter.com/2jP4BHzOWp
— New York Post (@nypost) March 17, 2026
I thought this was supposed to be a ‘good time’? ‘Wearin’ o’ tha green‘ a little?
Too much to ask for.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani made an 11th-hour decision to march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, an event he previously eschewed for political reasons. But he couldn’t resist bringing his politics to bear at a breakfast he hosted at Gracie Mansion, kicking off the St. Patrick’s Day festivities.
Mamdani’s obsession with demonizing Israel was on full display. He whined about the “deafening silence from so many” about the “genocide” in Palestine. Thus did he hijack St. Patrick’s Day celebrations by turning them into a radical Muslim rant.
He fooled no one by inviting the former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, to be there. She is a hard-core leftist who not only sides with the enemies of Israel, she sides with the enemies of the Catholic Church on matters sexual.
Mamdani is a master of the politics of victimization. He delighted his left-wing Irish friends by saying, “The story of the Irish, both in Ireland and in New York City, is at one time a story of oppression, of subjugation, and of discrimination.”
Certainly doesn’t help that anyone could be ‘starstruck’ over this creature, especially since it seems to be nothing but the best people madly in love with this polished piece of bovine excrement.
…For Mamdani, whose politics are shaped by an anti-colonial worldview, that tension is not new. His outspoken support for Palestinian rights has made him a prominent voice on one of the most polarizing issues while governing a city with strong support for Israel. In that, there is at least some overlap with Ireland, which for decades has been among the most vocal backers of Palestinian rights on the world stage.
O’Reilly suggested he could look to Sinn Féin’s First Minister, Michelle O’Neill, the first Irish nationalist to hold the position, as an example of a politician who has remained grounded in movement politics while taking on the obligations of broader leadership.
“Michelle is a First Minister for all; she has had to stretch herself in order to fulfill that role,” said O’Reilly. “You can’t take Michelle’s Republicanism from her.”
O’Reilly said she was admittedly “starstruck” upon seeing the mayor in person, a politician whose rise over the last year attracted global attention and whose lefty political views align with those of Sinn Féin. Before being elected as an Assembly Member in 2020, Mamdani lauded Sinn Féin’s platform of expanding public housing, cutting rents, and freezing rents.
“People don’t want to see a compromise. They want to see that you are authentic and true to yourself, that you will work hard, and that you will represent them,” she said of the success of the new mayor. “He has stolen the heart, not just of New Yorkers, I think, but he’s stolen the heart of a lot of the world because he’s very true to himself.”
Climate change. Sincerely.. All the boogeymen.
🚨 At a St. Patrick’s Day pre-press conference at Gracie Mansion.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani turned what should’ve been a celebration into a full-blown activist rally.
Instead of talking about the holiday, he went off on climate change and even pushed claims about a “genocide” in… pic.twitter.com/ShHAXjArxX
— Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) March 17, 2026
Shame there wasn’t an Irishman with a staff on hand at breakfast to chase that oily snek off the podium.
After that fabulous start to the morning, His Mayorness made his way out to the streets, but unlike so many other Big Apple mayors, Madani doesn’t really have that common touch.
Mayor Mamdani’s staff at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade is manning a yellow rope to maintain a buffer between him and the press while marching up Fifth Avenue. https://t.co/5Hz5A8Z2jx
— Matthew Chayes (@chayesmatthew) March 17, 2026
Maybe because quite a few of the common people who voted for him already want to choke him out? I don’t know.
I’m betting it’s more than he finds them annoying.
But this is the 265th anniversary of St Patrick’s Day parades in the city. They’ve gotten pretty good at it.
ST. PADDY’S PRIDE: America prepares for its 250th birthday, but the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade marks 265 years of tradition.@SteveDoocy is live at St. Patrick’s Cathedral as the faithful and the festive are set to flood the streets of New York. pic.twitter.com/PYs9Y0sqHT
— FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) March 17, 2026
And the reigning heartthrob eventually made his way to the front and center of a banner surrounded by the cops he despises to march safely behind.
Bagpipes, marching bands and @NYCMayor + @NYPDPC marching in the New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade. pic.twitter.com/MXTTikGhsx
— Heather Fordham (@heatherfordham_) March 17, 2026
Jeez, Louise, he mouths such puketastic tripe when he doesn’t have a script in front of him.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani at the
St Patrick’s Day Parade ☘️
New York City pic.twitter.com/KKVtfDqhF8— New York City Kopp (@NYCkopp) March 17, 2026
I don’t know if you could consider a coincidence or a portent, but there was an ominous smoke cloud above the parade route as this hate-filled pretender marched along it.
🚨#BREAKING: Numerous firefighters are on the scene to a large rooftop fire with heavy black smoke that can be seen throughout the city
At this time, numerous firefighters and emergency crews are on scene battling a rooftop fire on East 43rd Street in… pic.twitter.com/tWjgBXdAoB
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) March 17, 2026
It kind of works with what he’s doing to the city and all the lovely, singular traditions his touch has despolied in such a short time.
But enough of that.
It’s St Patrick’s Day in spite of him. So I will wish you all a heartfelt Slàinte Mhath should you do some happy imbibing later…
From my ‘motherland’ of Achill Island, County Mayo, the massed bands of Achill, this afternoon, after Mass. Once again, wishing you all a very happy and blessed St. Patrick’s Day.☘️ ###StPatricksDay pic.twitter.com/M9B7gMuQTj
— Declan Ganley (@declanganley) March 17, 2026
…along with some fine piping.
And leave you with the Lorica of St. Patrick or St. Patrick’s Breastplate. It’s an ancient 5th-century, freely composed Celtic prayer of protection said to have been written by the saint, and is one of the very first, and hence one of the oldest, that didn’t come directly from scripture.
According to tradition, St. Patrick wrote his ‘Breastplate pratyer’ in 433 A.D. for divine protection before successfully converting the Irish King Leoghaire and his subjects from paganism to Christianity. May this powerful prayer be an encouragement and strength for you today. Saint Patrick, pray for us.
.@j_bambrick does my favorite reading of St. Patrick’s breastplate, also known as the lorica of St. Patrick. At 1500 years old, it is one of the oldest prayers in church history not to come directly from scripture. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️ 🇮🇪
— Megan Basham (@megbasham) March 17, 2026
Have a wonderful day.
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