Two other Democrats have now joined Kirsten Gillibrand in falsely accusing the Muslim mayoral candidate for New York City of supporting calls for violence against Jews.
Gillibrand's comments likely referred to a prior interview where Mamdani was asked if he would denounce the phrase, "Globalize the intifada," to which he has repeatedly answered that while he does not use the term himself, he will not use the office of the mayor to police speech in the way that President Donald Trump does.
Lehrer pushed back at least three separate times during the interview with Gillibrand, reminding the senator that Mamdani has spoken extensively about his commitment to protect all New Yorkers " including the Jewish community " and that there is no evidence of the Democrat ever having expressed support for the violence Gillibrand and the caller accuse him of.
Despite the fact-checks and admitting she does not "have all the data and information," Gillibrand continued to push the lie that Mamdani endorses rhetoric that endangers Jewish New Yorkers, without mentioning the anti-Muslim hate rising alongside antisemitism. After facing protests and public backlash for her comments, the senator's office told Rolling Stone on Friday that she "misspoke."
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