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Miami Mayor Suarez taunts NYC's Mamdani with Instagram workout video

Sommer Brugal

Side-by-side photos of NYC candidate Zohram Mamdani and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez bench pressing weights, with reps noted as 135 lb x 2 and 225 lb x 13, respectively. — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez posted a side-by-side video on Instagram comparing his lifting regimen to NYC candidate Zohran Mamdani's. Screenshot: Instagram

If your bingo card had Miami Mayor Francis Suarez attempting to drag NYC democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani with an Instagram workout video, go buy a lotto ticket.

The latest: Miami woke up on Monday to a post from Suarez with two side-by-side videos of Mamdani at what appears to be a public event and Suarez, presumably in his backyard, bench pressing — and the Internet has thoughts.

Suarez, who included Mamdani's presummed bench weight as well as his own, captioned the post: "Socialism VS Capitalism."

What they're saying: The comments on Instagram range from, "This may be the dumbest social media post I've seen in my entire life," to, "Beast 💪."

The critics: "Seriously Francis? I'm embarrassed for you," wrote one user.

"Too busy filming this sh** to do your damn job."
"Who cares. What are you doing about taxes and traffic."

The other side: Some commenters let their support for the post be known by simply dropping a lot of fire emojis (🔥) or one-word responses, like "GOAT 🇺🇸."

"😂 child vs man 🙌"
"Let's gooooo!!!"
"Increasing your bend press > increasing your taxes."

The bottom line: Anyways, just another day in Miami politics.

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Miami Mayor Suarez taunts NYC's Mamdani with Instagram workout video

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