JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon slammed Zohran Mamdani as “more a Marxist than a socialist” — and also lashed out at “idiots” in the Democratic Party who focused too much on DEI and not enough on real-world policies.
The head of the nation’s largest bank warned against voting for Mamdani, who won the Democratic primary for New York City mayor while pushing for a rent freeze, free buses and city-owned grocery stores.
“This guy just got elected – he’s more of a Marxist than a socialist, and now you see these Democrats falling all over themselves saying, ‘Well, he’s pointing out some real problems, affordable housing and grocery prices,’” Dimon said Thursday during an event in Dublin, Ireland.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon speaks to the Economic Club of New York in April 2024. REUTERS
Mamdani, who handily defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo last month, relies on “the same ideological