Democratic Socialists of America want Zohran so they can "seize state power”

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“Zohran is literally attempting to do what conservatives say we want to do, which is provide gender affirming care to anyone who wants it for free. We're gonna fly people in and pay for their hotel rooms.”

That’s Daniel Goulden, a member of NYC DSA’s Steering Committee, speaking on a panel DSA just uploaded from last month’s Socialism 2025 conference.

Goulden worked on Zohran Mamdani’s campaign, helped write the trans policy platform, and says he regularly meets with Zohran and his staff.

“We collaborated with the Zohran Mamdani campaign on his trans rights platform, and what we explicitly wanted to do was use the power of New York City to provide free gender affirming care—and I say free in case insurance companies decide to boot us off—free gender affirming care not just to people in New York City but across the country.”

“DSA has regular meetings with him, let alone his team. His policy director is my friend. I've been working with his campaign manager for well over a year.”

This isn’t hypothetical. DSA operatives are openly planning to turn New York City into a national hub for trans healthcare—flying people in, paying for hotels, mailing prescriptions across state lines—and doing it on the taxpayer’s dime.

And it’s not just about healthcare. It’s about power.

“With Zohran, we’re in basically the best possible position to seize state power.”

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“We wrote the platform with him… now he’s going to be mayor.”

In this clip, NYC DSA’s Daniel Goulden spells it out. Zohran Mamdani didn’t just accept support—he let DSA write his trans policy platform. Their goal? Turn NYC into the national distribution hub for gender transition procedures.

“What we explicitly wanted to do was use the power of New York City to provide free gender affirming care and I say free in case insurance companies decide to boot us off.. Free gendering affirming care, not just to people in New York City but across the country.”

They're planning to override red states by any means necessary.

“There’s no reason at all that we can’t use telehealth and mailing prescriptions to people across the country to undermine state bans.”

Goulden lays out just how deeply NYC DSA is embedded in Mamdani’s campaign.

“The Zohran campaign was always eager to work with us… the team was so happy to work with us on this.”

“All of a sudden my work shifts from being on the outside to thinking about how to utilize the fairly significant municipal power of New York City.”

“The model we used in New York is 100% replicatable [SIC] both in terms of our trans organizing, but also getting Zohran elected mayor.”

This is the plan. In their own words.

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