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Queens Councilwoman Slams Mayor Over Marcantonio Communism Post
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- Queens Councilwoman Vickie Paladino rebuked Mayor Zohran Mamdani on X, calling former congressman Vito Marcantonio an obscure Italian-American communist.
- Paladino urged Mamdani to stop invoking Italian heritage, labeling him a loathsome propagandist for communism.
- She referenced her father’s World II service against Italian forces under Benito Mussolini.
- Marcantonio served East Harlem for seven terms, first as a Republican then with the American Labor Party.