[Video below.] Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said Monday that the political direction of New York City has become so concerning that he is now considering entering politics himself, even floating the possibility of challenging New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani—though he questioned whether he could actually win.

Portnoy made the remarks during an appearance on Fox News’ Jesse Watters Primetime, where the discussion centered on Mamdani and several candidates he endorsed who emerged victorious in last week’s Democratic primaries.

Among those primary winners were former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, who defeated Rep. Dan Goldman in the 10th Congressional District; labor organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier, who unseated Rep. Adriano Espaillat in the 13th District; and state Rep. Claire Valdez, who defeated Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso in the 7th District. Because all three districts are heavily Democratic, the Mamdani-backed nominees are widely expected to prevail in the general election.

After host Jesse Watters asked, “What would you do about it?”—as an on-screen graphic read, “Commie wave hits New York City”—Portnoy said the current political climate has caused him to rethink his long-held reluctance to seek public office.

“So I’ve always thought I would never get involved in politics, but I think you can do more in the private sector,” Portnoy replied. “What is going on has actually made me pause that thought. I was saying to you that old Plato quote, if you don’t do your public service and run for office, you’re doomed to be run by basically dummies. And right now I feel like that’s what’s happening. Now, not everyone’s getting out to vote. I think what the Democrats have done is they’ve let the fox into the henhouse.”

Portnoy described the current moment as unsettling and suggested he now feels a responsibility to become more directly involved.

He said it is “a scary time” to live in New York and added, “I do feel like it’s my duty. I can’t turn away. I feel like I could make a change, maybe a do run in politics. So I don’t know.”

Watters then asked whether he would consider taking on Mamdani in an election.

“You might run against Mamdani?” Watters asked.

“If I was going to run, it would be here,” he responded. “Can I win here? I have no idea. I don’t the demographics, whether I’d get enough votes. There’s a lot of people who like me in New York City. I know that. I’ve done a lot of good in New York City when I wasn’t thinking about politics, whether it was the Barstool Fund, pizza places. So, it wasn’t for show. I’ve had a real job. I’ve done real things unlike these clown politicians who have never had a job and never been in the real world for a day. But the people voting for these people that just won are these young, white, like, Ivy League-ish, elite-ish, women. It’s like, who are they? Like, they’ll never vote for me. They’ll never believe in common sense.”

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{Matzav.com}