By Selwyn Duke

Talk about out of the frying pan and into the fire. If you want to know what you get when you cross NYC mayor Bill de Blasio with Bolshevik-like billionaire George Soros, meet Maya Wiley, candidate to run the Big Apple. You mightn’t have heard of her. But you may now hear much as she has vaulted into second place in the city’s race to replace de Blasio, who, mercifully, is being term-limited out of office.

It’s not hard to understand Wiley’s appeal in this identity politics age. Is she female? Check. Non-white? Check. In a biracial marriage as is de Blasio? Check. She’s also, says commentator Thomas Lifson, another “progressive” who’s a “rich hypocrite.” So she’s collected many checks.

How far left is Wiley?

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