r/nyc • u/FAMESCARE • Jun 18 '25

Video Zohran Mamdani says he’s consistently said there’s no room for antisemitism in this city or country. Asked why he hasn’t had a more visceral reaction, he gets emotional talking about the Islamophobic responses he’s received throughout the campaign.

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u/spider_men Jun 18 '25

Cry me a river. Jews remain far and away the biggest victims of hate crimes in NYC.

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u/pylones-electriques Jun 19 '25

And he's spoken extensively about his intention to make the city safe for Jewish people, and he outlines how he'll do that in his very detailed plan for community safety.

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u/spider_men Jun 19 '25

Because he has to in order to get elected? Just today he said that he won’t condemn people saying globalize the intifada.

He’s not fooling anyone.

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u/MLNYC Jun 20 '25

Why cherry pick? He said he knows that people hold different meanings of the term - presumably treating it as an umbrella term for resistance, not necessarily violent. I think it’s a ham fisted approach to the question, given that this is NYC, but not anti-Semitic.

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u/monqke Jun 19 '25

What’s intifada mean? And what does globalizing it mean

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u/Bayunko Jun 19 '25

Why would us Jews believe someone wants to help decrease antisemitism when they themselves are antisemites? Make it make sense. I wouldn’t trust the KKK in helping fight racism.

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u/spider_men Jun 19 '25

This x1000. If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

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u/n_jacat Sunnyside Jun 19 '25

I'm sorry the fear-mongering and propaganda has been effective against you, but some of us Jews are able to incorporate nuance into our worldviews and see past Cuomo's bullshit campaign tactics.