• What Happened: New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is asking New Yorkers to volunteer to shovel snow ahead of an incoming blizzard, requiring ID to sign up.
  • Why It Matters: Mamdani and his political allies have consistently opposed voter ID requirements, making the ID requirement for snow shoveling sign-ups a striking contradiction.
  • Bottom Line: New Yorkers are noticing the irony and so is the rest of the country.

Zohran Mamdani wants your help shoveling snow ahead of tomorrow's blizzard. He also wants to see your ID.

Yes, really.

After a disastrous response to the last New York blizzard that left nine and ten foot piles of ice blocking city roads for weeks, Mamdani is now begging New Yorkers to volunteer their time and labor to clean up the mess his leadership created. Fine. But here is where it gets rich.

To sign up to shovel snow for the city of New York, you need to bring a valid ID.

Let that sink in for a moment. This is the same political crowd that has spent years screaming that requiring ID to vote is racist, oppressive, and an attack on democracy. These are the people who have fought tooth and nail against every voter ID proposal in every state in the country, insisting that asking Americans to prove who they are before casting a ballot is an unconscionable burden.

But show up to shovel snow for Zohran Mamdani? Bring your ID.

The left requires identification for practically everything in daily American life except the one thing that actually determines who runs the country. You need ID to buy alcohol, board a plane, open a bank account, get a library card, and apparently now to volunteer as a snow shoveler in New York City.

But voting? That is where ID suddenly becomes an impossible ask.

Mamdani could not handle the last blizzard. He is already struggling with the next one. And he just handed his opponents the most perfectly ironic talking point of the entire campaign season without even trying.