Comedian Bill Maher sparred Friday with one of his guests, Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., when the lawmaker dismissed criticism of New York Citys Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani as a "contrived villain or boogeyman.""Hes not contrived. Hes gonna be the mayor of New York," Maher argued.The late-night show host cited Mamdani's "Marxist" positions, such as the "abolition of private property," after he declared that the Big Apple has "never had someone this radical.""Theres a lot of opposition [to Mamdani] because weve never had someone this radical," Maher warned. "Some of the things he says, you know he quotes Marxists, each according to their need. I mean, thats straight up Communism."'EXISTENTIAL THREAT': JEWISH LEADERS WARN OF NYC 'MASS EXODUS' IF ZOHRAN MAMDANI WINS IN NOVEMBERMeanwhile, Rep. Crow maintained that a "boogeyman" like Mamdani comes around every election cycle for Republicans."They always try to create a villain is my point," he said. "They always try to create some boogeyman or bogeywoman.""No, these are quotes. Im not creating anything, Im quoting [Mamdani]," Maher debated.The comedians second guest, columnist James Kirchick, did not hesitate to chime in about the criticism Mamdani has received from conservatives."Everything that the crazy far-right alleged about Obama wasnt born in America, Islamist, socialist, antisemite, hates America, its all true about this guy [Mamdani]," Kirchick claimed.TOP DEMOCRATS, MEDIA DEMAND ZOHRAN MAMDANI CONDEMN 'GLOBALIZE THE INTIFADA' PHRASEKirchick went on to describe what he finds the "most appalling" about Mamdani."He defends the expression globalize the intifada, which explicitly means and I dont wanna hear anyone deny this it means kill Jews whenever and wherever you can find them," Kirchick added.The "Secret City" author hit both sides of the political aisle, comparing Democrats who are not refusing to endorse Mamdani to Republicans 10 years ago, who were "letting Trump go on and on and they werent standing up to him."NEW YORKERS SKEPTICAL AFTER ZOHRAN MAMDANI DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM PHRASE GLOBALIZE THE INTIFADA"I feel with this guy were seeing the same sort of cowardice and spinelessness," Kirchick asserted.In July, the New York Times reported that Mamdani told a group of business leaders he would not use the phrase"globalize the intifada," and he would "discourage" others from using it.The American Pulse polling firm conducted a survey in July, in which it found that 30% of New York City voters support Mamdanis refusal to condemn the phrase "globalize the intifada" and his backing of the anti-Israel boycott movement.