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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

The racism and Islamophobia behind many of the attacks on Zohran Mamdani

a man speaking in a microphone with a group of people surrounding him
The New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks about Islamophobia outside of the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx in New York City on Friday. Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

On Thursday morning, hours after a combative final New York mayoral debate that failed to move the needle in his favor, Andrew Cuomo’s attacks on his progressive Democratic rival Zohran Mamdani resumed a familiar, racially charged theme.

“God forbid, another 9/11, can you imagine Mamdani in the seat?” the independent candidate and former governor told the conservative radio talkshow host Sid Rosenberg, referring to the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City by Islamic extremists.

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