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David Mouriquand

Actress Debra Messing faces backlash after calling Zohran Mamdani a 'jihadist'

Debra Messing, the American actress best known for her role as Grace Adler on the popular sitcom Will & Grace, is facing intense backlash after sharing offensive posts about New York City’s new mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

The Democratic Socialist candidate, 34, won the election after receiving 50.4 per cent of the vote. His win is historic, as Mamdani is Muslim, born in Uganda, and moved to the US as a young boy. He became a US citizen after graduating from college and he will become the youngest mayor of the largest city in the US in more than a century.

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