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Mayoral Candidate Faces Backlash Over Controversial Speaker Ties

7/9/2025

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New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is under fire for co-founding a college group that hosted controversial speaker As’ad AbuKhalil, who condemned U.S. foreign policy and deemed Israel a bigger threat than Hamas. As Mamdani gears up for the general election against GOP rival Curtis Sliwa, the scrutiny over his past associations intensifies.

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New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is under fire for co-founding a college group that hosted controversial speaker As’ad AbuKhalil, who condemned U.S. foreign policy and deemed Israel a bigger threat than Hamas. As Mamdani gears up for the general election against GOP rival Curtis Sliwa, the scrutiny over his past associations intensifies.