The MAGA-voting Barstool Sports founder said there are "a lot of people who like me in New York City" and touted having had "a real job." Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy on Monday said he would “love to run” against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani , touting his purported accomplishment of having had “a real job” to unbridled mockery from critics on social media. “I would love to run against [Mamdani],” Portnoy told Fox News host Jesse Watters . “If I was going to run, it would be here.