Portnoy brutally mocked after hinting at NYC | Sports News

Dave Portnoy has been broadly mocked online after hinting that he might enter the race for New York City mayor and run towards Zohran Mamdani.

During an look on Jesse Watters Primetime, Portnoy outlined why he may think about getting into politics, regardless of the comfy life-style he has constructed as a profitable entrepreneur.

Speaking with Watters, the 49-year-old Barstool Sports founder mentioned the motivations behind a potential shift into public workplace. “We need leaders to stand up…depending on what day you catch me…sometimes I do feel like it’s my duty,” Portnoy defined on-air. “I can’t turn away. I feel like I could make a change. Maybe I do run in politics…I spend a lot of my day losing my mind on what’s happening right now, especially in New York…”

He was then requested whether or not he can be concerned with operating towards Mamdani within the 2029 mayoral election. “I’d love to run against Mamadani. If I was gonna run it be here,” Portnoy confirmed.

Portnoy was shortly mocked on social media following the remarks, with customers ridiculing the concept of a potential mayoral run. Apparently managing New York City isn’t a actual job, however writing weblog posts about pizza is. Good to know the place we’ve set the bar” mentioned one X person.

Another individual mentioned: @stoolpresidente didn’t you be taught something from Spencer Pratt’s embarrassing marketing campaign for mayor of Los Angeles? Just since you’re a spoiled “pick me” douche bag doesn’t imply you have to be the f—— mayor of New York City. You f—— dunce.”

A 3rd person added: “Actually, yeah. Do this Dave. Then you can finally see how absolutely un——- popular you are.” While a fourth individual mentioned: “The biggest sin of the internet is letting people like Portnoy believe they are intelligent.”

Over the previous a number of months, Portnoy has been brazenly important of Mamdani, repeatedly expressing his opposition to the mayor’s agenda and even suggesting he might relocate Barstool Sports’ headquarters from New York City to New Jersey following Mamdani’s election.

“Honestly, I’ve given that a lot of thought — he’s definitely going to win — going to Hoboken or Jersey City or something,” Portnoy mentioned back in November. “I don’t want to [freaking] have an office (in Manhattan). But then we have all those people who, like, that [messes] up their life because I hate the guy … so it’s a Catch-22.”

Portnoy additionally took problem with Mamdani’s viral look at the New York Knicks championship parade. Mamdani drew widespread reward online after talking during the Knicks’ City Hall celebration, the place New York marked its first NBA title since 1973. Clips of his remarks circulated broadly on social media, however Portnoy interpreted the response in another way, framing it much less as a show of civic enthusiasm and more as one other instance of politics intruding into sport.

“I don’t get why people are impressed by a guy who is good at reading other people’s speeches. He’s a professional actor. People slobbering all over Mamdani,” Portnoy wrote on X. “I get that politicians always try to make sports about them and use it to their advantage, so I guess you can’t blame Mamdani for hogging the spotlight.”