Transcript [00:00] Over 100,000 people have signed a [00:02] petition to exclude New York City's [00:04] Mayor Mamdani from 9/11 ceremony events. [00:07] Here's why. 9/11 was the deadliest [00:09] attack in American history, and Mamdani [00:11] repeatedly surrounds himself with people [00:13] who either defend or excuse terrorism [00:15] while teetering on that same line [00:17] himself. Mamdani's chief legal counsel [00:19] is Ramsey Clark Kassem. Kassem [00:21] represented Al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed [00:24] Al-Darbi, who pleaded guilty to war [00:26] crime charges tied to Al-Qaeda. Al-Darbi [00:28] was also the brother-in-law of one of [00:30] the plane hijackers who flew a plane [00:32] into the Pentagon on 9/11. Yeah. And [00:35] here is Mamdani, ahead of the 25th [00:37] anniversary of 9/11, signing orders to [00:39] designate a citywide day of remembrance [00:42] before handing the pen to Kassem. Then [00:44] there's a Biar Kaws, who Mamdani [00:46] supported for New York State Senate in [00:48] Queens. She literally blames America for [00:50] 9/11, describing it as [00:52] >> the system of capitalism and racism and [00:55] white supremacy, etc., and Islamophobia [00:58] have all been used, um, you know, to uh, [01:01] colonize land. And we're just seeing the [01:03] manifestations of that continuation, [01:05] right, with 9/11. [01:06] >> She's been filmed proudly holding a [01:08] Hamas headband in her hand at an [01:09] anti-Israel rally. But that isn't the [01:11] only pro-terror rhetoric Mamdani keeps [01:13] in his immediate orbit. Mamdani's wife, [01:16] Rama Duwaji, liked over 70 pro-Hamas [01:19] posts after October 7th, promoted a [01:21] resistance rally just one day after the [01:23] massacre, and among years and years of [01:25] posts of terror support was a repost on [01:27] her Tumblr of Leila Khaled, a PFLP [01:30] terrorist who was the first woman to [01:32] hijack a plane. Mamdani has repeatedly [01:35] mingled with Hasan [ __ ] the Twitch [01:37] streamer who notably said [01:38] >> America deserved 9/11, dude. I'm saying. [01:41] >> And on top of all of that, Mayor Mamdani [01:43] refused to condemn the term globalizing [01:46] intifada, a phrase that literally means [01:48] killing civilians. But there's another [01:50] reason why his critics are angry. When [01:51] Mamdani talks about 9/11, he often [01:54] centers himself and his own story, [01:56] talking about Islamophobia, he told a [01:58] story of an aunt who stopped riding the [02:00] subway because she felt unsafe wearing [02:02] her hijab and described how after 9/11, [02:05] a teacher pulled him aside because he [02:06] might get bullied for being Muslim. [02:08] >> My teacher had pulled me and a Muslim [02:11] classmate of mine out out of the class [02:13] and told us that something has happened [02:15] and you may be bullied. [02:17] >> Meanwhile, nearly 3,000 innocent people [02:19] were murdered on 9/11 because of [02:21] Islamist terrorism. Their families and [02:23] friends' lives were forever changed. The [02:26] terrorism and the victims of that [02:28] terrorism should always be the focus. [02:31] I'm not saying whether or not the New [02:32] York City mayor should attend the 25th [02:34] anniversary of 9/11. What I am saying is [02:37] that when the mayor's wife praises a [02:39] plane hijacker, his chief counsel [02:41] represented an Al-Qaeda terrorist, his [02:44] friend says America deserved 9/11, and [02:46] then the mayor himself won't plainly [02:48] condemn terrorism, it's not that hard to [02:50] understand why the victims' families of [02:52] 9/11 don't want him there. [02:55] >> [music]
More than 100,000 people have signed a petition asking NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stay away from the 25th anniversary 9/11 ceremony.
Wondering why?
Mamdani’s chief counsel represented an al-Qaeda terrorist. His wife reposted a tribute to PFLP plane hijacker Leila Khaled. He has repeatedly associated with Hasan Piker, who said “America deserved 9/11.” And Mamdani himself refused to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada.”
Nearly 3,000 people were murdered on 9/11 by Islamist terrorists. Their families have every right to question whether the mayor standing at their memorial has shown the moral clarity that moment demands.
