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Zohran Mamdani: “Political cartoons represent my candidacy as an airplane…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.

Published October 25, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:10

… imply that I am a terrorist or mock the way I eat, push polls that ask New Yorkers questions like whether they support invented proposals to make halal mandatory or Political cartoons represent my candidacy as an airplane hurtling towards the World Trade Center. But I do not want to use this moment to speak to them any further. I want to use this moment to speak to the Muslims of the city. (01:10–01:36)

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Asserts that political cartoons depict Zohran Mamdani's candidacy as an airplane heading towards the World Trade Center.

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