Overview
- Mamdani, the city’s first Muslim mayor, hosted an iftar at City Hall during Ramadan, and photos of the event were widely shared online.
- An account on X compared the images to 9/11, and Sen. Tommy Tuberville amplified the post, writing, “The enemy is inside the gates.”
- The mayor pushed back, saying there should be as much outrage in Washington over child hunger as over him breaking bread with New Yorkers.
- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer defended Mamdani and condemned the attacks as Islamophobic.
- Days earlier, two men from Pennsylvania were charged after explosive devices were thrown at an anti-Islam rally near Gracie Mansion, which the NYPD described as ISIS-inspired.