Mamdani-backed NY state Senate candidate who downplayed 9/11 wins NYC primary

Mamdani-backed NY state Senate candidate who downplayed 9/11 wins NYC primary

Aber Kawas -- the DSA member and Mamdani-backed candidate who once described 9/11 as a terror attack that a “couple people did" -- cinched the Democratic nomination to rep a western Queens based state senate district Tuesday night.

MichaelSavage.com – Mamdani Endorsed Palestinian Activist Aber Kawas Wins NY State Senate Seat: Radical Candidate Justified 9/11

Aber Kawas, a Palestinian American activist, won her bid for New York State Senate District 32 on Tuesday following NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s endorsement. Kawas ran as part of the Democratic Socialists for America coalition that Mamdani had popularized. “Palestine was on the ballot, and now a Palestinian-American democratic socialist is going to Albany. Kawas…

Democrats Chose Candidate Who Links 9/11 To ‘White Supremacy’

New York Democrats nominated a leftist activist for a state Senate seat who once said 9/11 was the manifestation of “white supremacy” and Western colonialism.  Aber Kawas, a democratic socialist backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, won the nomination for New York’s 12th Senate District with 60% of the vote on Tuesday. Kawas, who has a degree in “Islamic Liberation Theology,” previously faced criticism for her comments on 9/11 that appea…

Mamdani-backed Aber Kawas wins New York Senate primary as past 9/11 remarks resurface

A candidate backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Aber Kawas has won the Democratic primary for a New York State Senate seat, adding to a broader wave of victories by progressive and Democratic Socialist-backed candidates across the state. Aber Kawas secured approximately 60% of the vote in the Democratic primary for a western Queens Senate district, defeating Assemblyman Steven Raga with most precincts reporting. The victory positions K…