Talking about the New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, Indian-origin Republican leader Vivek Ramaswamy said, "If a guy like this becomes mayor...the identity of New York City as we know it will be erased." "The spirit is receding...and under someone like Mamdani, it could be gone entirely," Ramaswamy added. US President Donald Trump had called Mamdani a "communist lunatic".