Tucker Carlson delivers a grave prediction as Zohram Mamdani takes charge of NYC.

You could hear the pain in Carlson’s voice: “I think it’s the saddest thing I’ve ever seen.”

“[New York’s] our biggest city. It’s 8 million people. Cities are incredibly complex organisms, take centuries to build… but can be DESTROYED very, very quickly.

“Look at Johannesburg. Thirty years. And it’s a husk. It’s a joke. And it was a beautiful city. Look at Gary, Indiana, Detroit. Look at almost all of our cities, Baltimore. And that could happen to New York City very soon. In fact, IT WILL. I have a child who lives there. Called me today, [said] ‘I’m leaving.’ Not an ideological person.

“It’s just like, we know where this is going because it’s happened in dozens and dozens [of cities]. In fact, it happened to almost every single big city we have. And now it’s happening to our biggest city. And it’s just the greatest tragedy. And I feel like it doesn’t have to happen,” Carlson said with grief.

“And I think it’s the saddest thing I’ve ever seen.”