Mamdani: Localize the Taqiyya!
Kevin McCullough > Column
Friday, October 17, 2025
In politics, we often talk about “flip-flops.” But what happens when it isn’t just a shift in position, but a deliberate, duplicitous strategy of dissimulation — a kind of “live cover” for hidden intent? That is what we must call out when it arises. And in Zohran Mamdani’s recent maneuvering, we have a case study in how to localize the taqiyya — to bring that age-old tactic of concealment into our American political bloodstream.
