With Republican and repeat-loser Curtis Sliwa refusing to cut a deal in the New York City mayoral election, Zohran Mamdani has all but sealed the deal. Barring something completely unforeseen, America's largest city will be controlled by a 34-year-old self-avowed communist who wants to institute price controls, create government-run grocery stores, release even more criminals onto the streets, tax people based on their race, and promote Islamism.
So yeah, things aren't looking up there, and as we approach that reality, it's worth talking about those who not only dropped the ball here, but did so in a way that is simply inexcusable. Enter the Anti-Defemation League (ADL), the supposedly premiere organization combatting antisemitism in the United States. You'd think having a guy who repeatedly refused to denounce "globalizing the intifada" on the ticket would have had them working overtime. After all, the ADL is based in New York City, and the area is home to the largest Jewish population in the country.
Instead, it took until October 20th, 2025, just two weeks before election day, for the ADL to offer any criticism of Mamdani, and they did so in the most cowardly way possible.
2/ Wahhaj has a history of supporting controversial figures involved in terrorism, including testifying as a character witness at the trial of Abdel-Radman who was found guilty of seditious conspiracy for his role in plotting the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
— ADL (@ADL) October 20, 2025
I won't post the whole thread because it's just a rehash of what RedState has already reported, but long story short, Siraj Wahhaj is a true radical who shouldn't even be in the United States. Mamdani praising him and taking smiling pictures at this mosque would be the equivalent of a politician palling around with an unrepetant Ku Klux Klan leader.
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I expect this stuff from Mamdani, though. He hasn't hidden the ball at all. What shouldn't be expected is for the ADL to be such a joke that they'd go nearly the entire election cycle without taking a stand against Mamdani. And to be clear, even the above thread isn't doing that. Instead, it ends with a remark that assumes the Islamist mayoral candidate was just mistaken about who Wahhaj is.
5/ Elected officials need to know the facts about the groups and individuals with whom they associate themselves.
— ADL (@ADL) October 20, 2025
What disgraceful framing from the ADL. Mamdani was not confused about who he was meeting with and offering support to. Wahhaj is well-known in Muslim circles, specifically in New York City. To pretend this was all one big mistake is to let Mamdani completely off the hook, and that's exactly what the ADL decided to do.
Let me ask this question: If the ADL can't be expected to openly oppose an antisemitic Islamist communist running for mayor in their own city, what is the point of the ADL?
That's rhetorical at this point because we all know the answer. There is no point to the ADL, at least regarding combatting antisemitism. It's a far-left organization that exists to serve the interests of the Democratic Party while spending most of its time pretending "white supremacy" is the preeminanent threat, not because it is, but because it feeds their preferred political narratives. Meanwhile, Islamists are gaining power and they can't even be bothered to mumble a real condemnation. At this point, the ADL ceasing to exist would do more to help Jews.
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