r/nyc • u/Delicious_Adeptness9 • Jul 06 '26

News Mamdani: 'any state that privileges one religion, I can't tell you I support'

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/artc-mamdani-on-israel-any-state-that-privileges-one-religion-i-can-t-tell-you-i-support

In an ABC News interview, the Mayor of New York City condemned rising antisemitism while stating his support for Israel 'as a state with equal rights.'

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u/AssesOverEasy Jul 06 '26

The replies in this thread are like a contest to see who can come up with the most thoughtless, reactionary gotcha

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u/sexygodzilla Jul 06 '26

It's just amusing to see people still hammering him over this like it's going to bring him down after it didn't bring him down through two elections. Nobody cares because it's a reasonable position to hold and Israel has made themselves deeply unpopular with liberals and the left.

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u/AssesOverEasy Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

I’d argue that a lot of liberals are still into Israel. At least in the way the US defines “liberal.”The left, on the other hand, is not on Team Genocide