Mamdani Slammed for Using October 7 Anniversary to Push Hamas Talking Points

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani ignited a political firestorm on Tuesday with a statement commemorating the October 7 terror attack and using the moment to slam Israel while parroting numbers from Hamas-controlled sources.

Mamdani, a self-described "democratic socialist," offered only a fleeting mention of the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust before launching into a diatribe accusing Israel of "genocide" and "war crimes" in Gaza. Citing fatality numbers from the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry a propaganda wing of a recognized terrorist organization Mamdani painted Israel as the aggressor in a war that began with Hamas’s slaughter of civilians.

“He stands with Jews only when they are dead,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry said in a blistering rebuke. “Shameful.”

And they’re not alone. Mamdani's grotesque framing drew swift condemnation from both sides of the political aisle:

• MSNBC columnist Michael Cohen criticized the statement for offering only “one anodyne sentence” on Hamas’s murder spree before diving into a tired anti-Israel screed.

• National Review’s Dan McLaughlin pointed out the absurdity of calling Israel’s military response “genocidal” when it was clearly a response to an unprovoked massacre.

• The Atlantic’s David Frum noted the “chilly, formulaic” language used to describe the butchering of Jews a stark contrast to Mamdani’s fever-pitched outrage directed at Israel’s self-defense.

Let’s not forget: On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists invaded Israeli territory, murdering, raping, and kidnapping civilians in a barbaric act that drew condemnation from every civilized nation on earth. Over 1,200 innocent people were slaughtered including women, children, and the elderly.

Yet Mamdani, who has been endorsed by far-left figures like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and New York Governor Kathy Hochul, chose this moment to equate Israel’s military efforts to terrorism, completely ignoring the fact that Hamas embeds itself within civilian infrastructure to maximize death and media leverage.

The backlash was immediate:

• Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) declared Mamdani’s remarks “beyond disqualifying” and said that “anyone who endorses him is completely unqualified.”

• Israel’s Foreign Ministry called out Mamdani for “acting as a mouthpiece for Hamas propaganda,” further accusing him of normalizing antisemitism.

This is what the modern Left has become incapable of distinguishing between terror and resistance, between victim and aggressor. The same political class that spent years screaming about “disinformation” now casually echoes death tolls straight from a terror regime's PR department.

Mamdani’s rhetoric isn’t just offensive it’s dangerous. It emboldens extremism, undermines U.S.-Israel relations, and tells American Jews they can expect support only after they’ve been butchered.

The idea that someone with this worldview is a viable candidate for mayor of the nation’s largest city should alarm every American who values truth, justice, and basic human decency.

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