De Blasio impostor tricks newspaper into running anti-Mamdani quotes

[Zorro]

The Times of London apologized and said someone duped its reporter by claiming to be former New York mayor Bill de Blasio and criticizing Zohran Mamdani.

A British newspaper of record deleted an article — billed as an exclusive interview with former New York mayor Bill de Blasio criticizing Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy for the mayoralty — after learning that the quotes were fabricated by a trickster.

The article, which published Tuesday in the Times of London, cited de Blasio — one of the first high-profile Democratic figures to endorse Mamdani — as saying he lauded the candidate for his “admirable” ambition but that his economic policies were unworkable, suggesting de Blasio was distancing himself from the socialist after deeper consideration. It was headlined: “Zohran Mamdani ally Bill de Blasio says his policies ‘don’t add up.’”

About 90 minutes after it was published, de Blasio said the article was “entirely false and fabricated.” As of Wednesday, the article’s link shows an error message instead of the piece.

“I never spoke to that reporter and never said those things. Those quotes aren’t mine, don’t reflect my views,” de Blasio wrote in a post on X. “The truth is I fully support [Zohran Mamdani] and believe his vision is both necessary and achievable,” he added.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/29/de-blasio-mamdani-times-london/