On Tuesday night, Democratic Socialist nominee Zohran Mamdani officially won the election and became the next Mayor of New York City. However, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy is definitely not exactly excited about it.
On a YouTube stream on Oct. 25, Portnoy expressed his displeasure that Mamdani seemed to be on the verge of winning the election, revealing that he had even had conversations with Barstool’s financial leaders about moving the company to neighboring New Jersey, making it clear that he “hates” him.
“Honestly, I’ve given that a lot of thought — he’s definitely going to win — going to Hoboken or Jersey City or something,” Portnoy said via Awful Announcing. “I don’t want to [freaking] have an office (in Manhattan). But then we have all those people who, like, that [messes] up their life because I hate the guy … so it’s a Catch-22.”
Portnoy made it clear that it was more about a “principled stand,” claiming that Mamdani “hates America.”
“I can’t stand the thought of (Mamdani) running New York City. I can’t stand it,” Portnoy said during a stream. “Then a part of me is like, how much will actually change? But I really have given it thought. I told our finance guys to start looking around for property, no joke. Take a principled stand. Thirty-something-year-old Communist running New York City who’s never had a job in his life, hates America, doesn’t seem like the best.”
We’ll have to see whether or not Portnoy follows through on his claim that he wants to pull Barstool out of the city. Either way, it’s pretty clear what he thinks about Mamdani.
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