As RedState previously covered, the families of some of the victims of the 9/11 attacks in New York City have started a petition they hope will prevent the Big Apple's mayor, Zohran Mamdani, from being able to attend the 25th anniversary remembrance services.
Among the concerns raised to the organizers were how the mayor "blamed the United States for radicalizing Anwar al-Awlaki, an al-Qaeda propagandist linked to the 9/11 hijackers." Further, they noted Mamdani "appointed Ramzi Kassem, who previously represented Ahmed al-Darbi (convicted in an al-Qaeda tanker bombing plot), as New York City’s chief counsel" and "praised Brooklyn Imam Siraj Wahhaj, who has been linked to radical Islam, [and] was named as an alleged co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing."
As of this writing, the petition has nearly 14,000 verified signatures. At the time the New York Post broke the story, "at least 300" came from family members of those whose lives were lost in the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center. Nearly 3,000 people died as a result of the September 11th attacks, with 2,753 of them being in NYC.
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Today’s cover: Families of 9/11 victims want to ban Mamdani from sacred 25th anniversary ceremony at Ground Zero: ‘unwelcome guest’ https://t.co/QzyNItydfE pic.twitter.com/o0guXxk7Cx
— New York Post (@nypost) July 26, 2026
It's insulting enough for these families to have an Islamo-apologist like Mamdani as mayor of New York City anyway, considering the 1993 attacks as well as the 2001 attacks. But to add insult to injury, Mamdani responded to a reporter's question on Monday about the petition by vowing to be there anyway to "stand alongside" the families. Note how it was clearly a scripted answer:
Reporter: A number of people who are survivors of 9/11 are calling on you not to go to 9/11 memorial services. I wonder how you feel about the fact that they’re trying to keep you away.
Mamdani: I will proudly honor the families, the survivors, the first responders forever impacted by that horrific terror attack by standing alongside them at this year’s 9/11 commemoration, reaffirming that we will never forget the solemn day felt by all of us who call this city home, and frankly, by all of us who call this country home.
Watch:
9/11 Survivors Don’t Want Mamdani At Ceremony — He’s Going Anyway
— Mr Producer (@RichSementa) July 27, 2026
Q: A number of people who are survivors of 9/11 are calling on you not to go to 9/11 memorial services. I wonder how you feel about the fact that they’re trying to keep you away.
Mamdani: I will proudly honor the… pic.twitter.com/Y8jLKGOFNo
I know how sick this makes me feel, and I'm not even one of those family members. I can only imagine what they go through every year around the time of the anniversary services. To have to be subjected to an America-hating/blaming terrorist sympathizer like Mamdani pretending to show support and sympathy for all they've had to endure over the last 25 years is just too much to expect them to have to sit through.
Remember, in addition to the concerns mentioned in the petition, Mamdani has made it a point to portray Muslims as the true victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as my RedState colleagues and I have pointed out many times. Case in point, the speech he gave in 2025 as a mayoral nominee about "Islamophobia" after 9/11 and how his purported "aunt" was supposedly too afraid to take the subways "because she did not feel safe in her hijab."
Not surprisingly, his story fell apart quickly after scrutiny, with Mamdani having to clarify that the woman wasn't actually his aunt. Incredibly but not surprisingly, he accused those who questioned the story of... you guessed it, Islamophobia.
This guy has chutzpah on steroids, so it's not exactly shocking to find out that he's going to disrespectfully ignore the wishes of the families who have made clear they don't want him at the 9/11 remembrances. One can hope, however, that four years of having to put up with this, along with the rise in attacks on Jewish people and crime in general, and just how rapidly the city will decline under his watch, will finally be the wake-up call voters need to make him a one-term mayor.
Remember, he won by narrow margins, 51 percent to 49 percent. Even if he narrowly loses the next time around, it's still a loss. We can only pray New York City isn't too far gone to make this happen.
Editor’s Note: New York City is now facing the consequences of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist takeover.
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