US EditionCuomo invokes fears of Mamdani’s Muslim faith in final days of NYC mayoral race
Cuomo's campaign targets Mamdani's Muslim faith to sway conservative and Jewish voters, amid concerns over public safety and education, where 1 in 8 New Yorkers are Muslim.
- In the last days before the November 4 general election, Andrew Cuomo kept up a late-campaign effort to raise fears about Zohran Mamdani's Muslim faith, chuckling as radio host Sid Rosenberg called Mamdani a `terrorist`.
- Andrew Cuomo framed Mamdani as betraying Islam by supporting decriminalization of sex work and linked public safety to appeal to moderate, conservative and Jewish voters in New York City.
- During the campaign Cuomo campaign used an AI-generated video portraying Mamdani as `radical` and voter mailers darkening his beard, while an anti-Mamdani super PAC ran ads showing him in traditional South Asian clothing.
- Several Democrats sharply criticized the comments, with Mamdani calling Cuomo's rhetoric `disgusting` and `Islamophobic`, US Rep. Ritchie Torres condemning 9/11 insinuations, and adviser Zara Rahim rejecting Cuomo's Muslim stereotypes.
- The debate over rhetoric matters in a city where 1 in 8 New Yorkers are Muslim and Cuomo expands Hindus for Cuomo outreach and gurdwara visits after criticism of his nearly 12 years as governor.
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Right-wing media ramp up anti-Muslim attacks on Zohran Mamdani in the final days of the NYC mayoral election
With less than two weeks until the New York City mayoral election, right-wing media have been lobbing anti-Muslim attacks at New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, baselessly saying his ideology is not socialism but “radical jihadist sharia supremacism,” accusing him of not giving a “shit that we were attacked by Muslim terrorists on 9/11,” and saying he would be “cheering” on the attacks if they happened while he was mayor. If elected, …
Cuomo invokes fears of Mamdani’s Muslim faith in final days of NYC mayoral race
Andrew Cuomo kept up a late-campaign effort to raise fears about the Muslim faith of Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the New York City mayoral race, even laughing Thursday at the suggestion that Mamdani would cheer a terror attack like 9/11 were it to happen again.
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